Buck Rogers Scorpion

[steve36uk]

This is a model I've had running over at RI for a while it's one of the guest ships from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - the Scorpion or Gnat fighter.
One of Universal Hartland's creations it uses a Fujimi 1/48 F14 and Revell 1/32 Huey Cobra with bits of Harrier,M60a1 and various other kits thrown in.









The original aim was to have a detailed cockpit rather than the black painted canopy of the miniature but stress fractures in the glazing put paid to that. Two White jumbo LED's provide Engine effects.

[Wombat]

Nice clean looking build ya got going there!

[JAWS]

Love your work mate.
Very glad to have you on board.

[peza]

eh up buddy,i like this mym8,it looks sweet....keep it up buddy,i`m defo goin to follow this build...cheers peza

[darkimmitator]

Very nice looking project . Going to have to break out the buck rogers box set and watch for this ship . I can't seem to remember it ?

[t2sides]

Ohh man is that COOOOOOL!!!!

Great project Steve, looks really, really great!!

Gotta be fun chopping up the kits and making this thing come to life!!

Looking forward to more updates, I'm sure the finished product is gonna be amazing!

-Sean

[Apophis]

we need a parts list of kits used! Now?

[Joseph C. Brown]

(09-28-2012, 10:08 AM)darkimmitator Wrote: Very nice looking project . Going to have to break out the buck rogers box set and watch for this ship . I can't seem to remember it ?

It was in at least the following episodes, as a bad-guy space fighter:

Planet of the Slave Girls

Plot to Kill a City

Return of the Fighting 69th

[steve36uk]

Thanks Joe yes those are the ones. Cheers for the kind words guys-yes it is fun chopping up the kits-I think she's one of the best designs from BR but she's also a bitch as there's very little ref-the two battle buck pics,some small res pics on the Universal Hartland site and all the screencaps I can pull and process thru Photoshop

[steve36uk]

Still creeping along - fill,sand,prime.sand,fill....
Building up the mysterious brackets that link the missiles to the wing - lord knows what the original used but I'm pleased with these so far - two smaller ones to mount in front of these plus two stub ones to connect these two to the harrier pods.




Engine more or less done-fine copper wire piping added here and there..





Finally a couple of moody shots......

[LastBattlestar]

Man that looks cool! A hint of A10 Warthog badassery about it too, very tough looking ship. Love it!

Mike

[LeeS]

Superb work!!!

[peza]

eh up buddy.lookin sweet mym8,cant wait to see it painted up now!!!!peza

[JAWS]

Wicked fresh buils Steve.

[steve36uk]

Little bit more done-upper barrels for the turret soldered up from brass also a representation of the undercart like bit that goes on the big "radiator" on the underside.







Detailing on these miniatures always amazes me - lots of nice techie bits from 88's,Leos,8 rads etc.....but a bloody soldiers knap sack??? On a Space ship??

[jedimaster]

Looks sweet...... Knapsacks nothin. There's a whole soldiers arm on the ISD.

[Tsophika]

Haha, I love those touches. There's an infantry backpack on the Falcon too.

[Wombat]

The G has a few things also that has me asking out of all the parts why did you use those.. LOL

This build looks fantastic!! The design is right up there with coolness and badass rolled into one. Some really nice clean looking work with those latest touches shown. It's coming together nicely and looking sharp!!

[Apophis]

awesome Steve!

[LastBattlestar]

I'm loving this model Steve! Hey, the knapsack could well be a toolkit for spacewalk repairs, hey?

The Galactica has a few German helmets glued on under the bay's and painfully obvious differential housings all over it, so I wouldn't complain about anything.

Mike

[steve36uk]

LOL - cheers guys - not just the sack,its the axe on one side and shovel on the other as well,on the other hand to make the nose tip I used a tin helmet from the Quad so since that's where the sack n tools came from as well may just be right...

[steve36uk]

Unexpected development..............oh my :-)

[Wombat]

Someone has a commission on there bench by the looks of things?

It's an awesome looking ship really which you've done a fantastic job recreating.

[steve36uk]

Cheers Phil-yep got commission for another Scorpion.They must be mad!!

[Mr. Wabac]

Hey I cool this ship - what a cool design !

Love the build too - very neatly done.

[Wombat]

Congrats on that Steve!

I really do like the design of this craft myself, it has that really badass look to it. Of course thats going mostly on your first build there which looks bloody killer! I'm looking forward to seeing it once you have it painted and weathered as it'll just take it to another level again..

Awesome job and it's easy ta see why someone else out there would want one.

[steve36uk]

Cheers Phil-just discovered who my benefactor is and can i go hide please.....

[steve36uk]

Client build starting to grow alongside her sister..

[steve36uk]

Pics back up at last!-now to catch up!!

[JAWS]

Great stuff!
Cheers Steve.

[steve36uk]

Pics from today showing progress on the second Scorpion plus her sister :-

[Guy Cowen]

That just awesome, then awesome again, never seen this before...well done and top draw stuff

[JAWS]

They look wicked

[JAWS]

Photos gone...

[Apophis]

yup! darn, someone needs to try to get back in touch with Steve, i dont have facebutt, i think others do?