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Maschinen Krieger · Hasegawa · 1:20
LUM-168 Camel
Even the pilot of an advanced vehicle has socks to wash.
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Hobbies
I build and paint sci-fi models. Here are some of them.
Sci-fi models
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Outland · Con-Am 27
Con-Am shuttle
The shuttle from Sean Connery’s mining-colony thriller, built and painted on its landing pad.
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Maschinen Krieger · Hornisse and P.K.A.
Hornisse: waiting for a lift
A break from LEDs, with emergency torchlight painted into the scene.
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Alien · Nostromo · Cast resin
Nostromo: a long search
After many years of searching, a rough resin model I had to bite the bullet to finish.
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Randy Cooper · Pegasus Hobbies · 1:32
M.L.E.V.-5 Mars Hopper
One of my favourites, with a detailed interior and several aftermarket lighting sets.
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Gundam · Exact kit edition unconfirmed
Sinanju
My goal with this build was to try a shiny, car-lacquer finish, using paint straight from the dealership. I rarely build Gunpla, but this was great fun. The car lacquer was amazing.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Nautilus and the giant squid
What shall I say? A gorgeous model, and I think these were my first experiments with LEDs. The build was easy. Painting it was a learning curve.
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Maschinen Krieger · 1:20 Snake Eye reconnaissance type · Reissue
Sea Pig: beside the pool
I think this was my first Maschinen Krieger model. For a long time, you couldn’t get them. When I finally had one, I imagined a suit working in water and thought a moon pool would be cool.
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Alien (1979) · Nostromo escape shuttle
Narcissus
Narcissus is another step towards completing my collection of human spacecraft from the Alien films. This is the Nostromo’s escape shuttle, with its compact, wedge-shaped hull and rectangular engine openings.
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Alien 3 (1992) · EEV
Sulaco emergency escape vehicle
The Alien 3 escape pod adds another craft to my Alien collection. It was the first model I bought as 3D-print files and printed myself.
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Alien: Romulus (2024) · Mining hauler
Corbelan IV
Corbelan IV came next. The print files were excellent, but I realised too late that printing the model at the files’ original size would make it far too big. I had to scale it down, which cost me some time.
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Aliens (1986) · Colonial Marines transport
USS Sulaco
The Sulaco was a nightmare to paint. I masked the individual colour variations across the hull plating to create the patchwork grey finish.
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Space Battleship Yamato · 1:500 model
Space Battleship Yamato
Yamato is just a classic. I’d love to build another one, but next time I’d go ballistic with LED lighting.
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Dune · Harkonnen aircraft
Harkonnen ornithopter
The Harkonnen ornithopter was my first Chinese model kit, and I was very impressed. Like Gunpla, it goes together without glue. The injection moulding is very good.
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