Dampfpanzerwagon's Flying Shark!

[von Lucky]

Looking really good.

As fiddly as that must be working on such a small subject, you're effortlessly not making a mess of it. Have you worked on making things this small before?

[Braz]

That is wickedly nice. Most impressive.

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Looking really good.

As fiddly as that must be working on such a small subject, you're effortlessly not making a mess of it. Have you worked on making things this small before?

Lots. See this lnk;
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Space%201889%2FAeronef

Tony

[von Lucky]

Ah, very nice - thanks. And I see you did an Aeronef for BSC2009.

[dampfpanzerwagon]

There have also been some tutorials over on The Miniatures Page - here is one;
http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/4896/

Tony

[beefcake]

I like where you have gone with this.

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Yesterday evening I added the main Dorsal Fin or sail which was constructed from .75mm thick plastic card. The method I used to add the sail was to cut out the sail section with a small upright addition to the bottom and then carve out a portion of the main mast so that the sail and this addition fitted into the mast, running from the deck and up the lower part of the mast.



The join was strengthened with superglue and accelerator as well as adding a ring of superglue around the mast where the sail attaches. I'm sure you can follow this when you look at the images. When the superglue had fully set, I used a scalpel to trim down the diameter of the mast.



I also have to admit to the first mishap of the project. I broke off the upper tail section at the join with the rear deck and this join then had to be reinforced with superglue and accelerator applied in layers. Once the supeglue was set, I sanded the join to get rid of some of the excess superglue and to smooth out the join.



I have also added some hull decoration - I used a thin strip of sticky-back plastic along the side of the hull.

I added another layer of the filler/uPVA glue, this time with some white acrylic paint added to the mix to both define and smooth out the hull contours.



Progress is very slow as the cold weather has meant that visits to the shed-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden are limited. In addition I am trying to restrict working on the Hammerhead Shark as I have a second and more important project on the go at the same time. Call it Bad Planning.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/bs2017-hammerhead-shark-part-fourteen.html

[dampfpanzerwagon]

The model, at long last is nearing completion. The Pectoral and Pelvic fins were constructed from plastic card and after scraping and sanding to a slight aerofoil section, they were glued in place with superglue.



I have built up the join from fin to hull with some more superglue and evened out any imperfections with more filler/uPVA glue.



I have used a number of Spelljammer images as inspiration for this particular model, taking points or parts from one and detail from another. Next will be the deck guns and then I can undercoat ready for painting.



As usual, larger images can be found on the Blog;

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/bs2017-hammerhead-shark-part-fifteen.html

[majorsmith]

That's ace

[AKULA]

Brilliant.

I didn't realise until I reread the thread that it was that size - it has the detail of something much larger.

 

[von Lucky]

I agree, or are you just saying that because you've got a baby that's eating you out of house and home?

[dampfpanzerwagon]

The construction is finished.



I have added two deck mounted guns, one on the fore deck and one to the stern. These were constructed from plastic card and plastic rod with knitting needle discs as bases (the red discs).







The model is 140mm long, 54mm across the head and eyes, 25mm wide across the main hull and 58mm across the pectoral fins. It is 86mm tall, bottom of pectoral fin to top of mast and it weighs just 18g.

I would expect this to be the last set of images posted for now as the rules state that this is a Build Something Contest and not a Paint Something Contest. But there may just be one more!



I estimate that there are over 120 separate pieces to the model.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/bs2017-hammerhead-shark-part-sixteen.html

[Silent Invader]

It's a lovely looking build: smooth, sleek and yet detailed 

[Vanvlak]

That's a real beauty. 
It would be cool to have other ships from the Spelljammer universe....

[Andym]

Have you not seen his squid ship?