The Bumble Bee

[tigrazor]

Strange stuff, that SciFi genre, is it...?!

New pictures...

[tigrazor]

Space Invaders! >> Made from 1/700 Harrier wings (Trumpeter) - the armada is ready to strike the Bumble Bee.

[LyleW]

Lucas, quite strange indeed to someone whose brain is wired like mine! I'm a pretty literal guy.Still, this is quality work.

[tigrazor]

Hehehe...

Bumble Bee continues:

[Stuart]

That's looking wicked - like a proper 1970/80s Sci-Fi film prop.

As an aside, I still think it was a shame when Sci-Fi went away from using models to computer generated effect - The models had a realistic quality that you just don't get with CGI...

[tigrazor]

But there are some exceptions from the rule - "Moon" is probably the best example for it. No CGI at all and a good story too. If you dont know that movie already - watch it!

[Stuart]

But there are some exceptions from the rule - "Moon" is probably the best example for it. No CGI at all and a good story too. If you dont know that movie already - watch it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsuUEdRqV8

Ah you got me there - and yes it is a good film!

[mostrich]

In the new STAR WARS episodes a lot of studio models will be used. Up to a scale of 1:1.
Times have changed, CGI is cheaper now than high quality models. But a big Disney production can afford that, luckily.

[Stuart]

In the new STAR WARS episodes a lot of studio models will be used. Up to a scale of 1:1.
Times have changed, CGI is cheaper now than high quality models. But a big Disney production can afford that, luckily.

Really? Wow that's good - so not fully gone then...

[tigrazor]

Ill wath the new part just for completeness - and I dont really expect a good story. Maybe theyll dance the intro instead of showing the legendary intro. The other Lucas, i.e. George made a complaint to the studios, because they just ignored his ideas. But thats another story.


Meanwhile, the project continues... Somewhere I had a Revell F-89 Scorpion kit. A perfect kit for a kitbash: Well detailed and high standard - not bad for a kit thats some years on the market now.


These are the parts I used:


-Air intakes:
>> now at the rear end

-Nose:
>> on the belly

-smaller landing flaps:
>> just below the air deck, at the rear end of it

-larger landing flaps:
>> those are just perfect for new decks located at the sides of the main air deck!

-Engine front
>> same here, but different - upgraded with some plastic profile and lead wire. Better solution than the Harrier parts, it would take too long maybe.

And some 1/144 Revell Tomcat exhausts on the belly.