Space, My New 28mm Frontier (Jan. 12: pics recovered & 2 pics of final project)

[eilif]

Excellent selection of crates, your battles at the port will not lack for cover!

If you want more big ones,
Laser Cut Card...
http://lasercutcard.co.za/shop/
...and Crossover miniatures...
http://crossoverminiatures.com/product/economy-shipping-containers-28mm-scale-mdf-4/
...have some excellent affordable options.

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to all for taking the time to write and for the kind words.

Andym, I originally thought I would be done working on this project and have it photographed and posted in early June, but it grew so much while I was working on it that it looks like mid to late July now.

axiom, in planning this the containers seemed to be the best opportunity to add some splashes of color, and I'm happy with the way they came out... always a surprise for me which is probably part of the fun of doing this stuff.

Michka, I'm very happy with the way the Reaper "weapons" cases came out.  I think they make great looking cargo containers, but honestly as I said to axiom above, I never know for sure about these things until they are done.

eilif, I have a lot of the large Reaper shipping crates like the unpainted one pictures in this posting.  The opening episode of Firefly used them as the background and I was hooked.

[dinohunterpoa]

I have a lot of the large Reaper shipping crates like the unpainted one pictures in this posting.  The opening episode of Firefly used them as the background and I was hooked.

I was going to say that! 

AWESOME project, keep going! 

[War In 15MM]

dinohunterpoa, thank you.  I slowed down a little this week because I got caught up with 300-piece Pegasus Chemical Plant.  Gluing all those pipes together is like watching grass grow.  I've taken a little break from the chemical world and have spent the last couple days working on some moisture vaporators based on the Action Fleet Mos Espa Market version.  I hope to have them completed and posted later today or tomorrow.

[dinohunterpoa]

dinohunterpoa, thank you.  I slowed down a little this week because I got caught up with 300-piece Pegasus Chemical Plant.  Gluing all those pipes together is like watching grass grow.  I've taken a little break from the chemical world and have spent the last couple days working on some moisture vaporators based on the Action Fleet Mos Espa Market version.  I hope to have them completed and posted later today or tomorrow.

Take your time, the trip must always be as fun as the destination! 

[War In 15MM]

Last weekend the swap meet offered up a really great find. Over the years I have been able to pick up several of the Star Wars Action Fleet Mos Espa Market sets. I usually get them for a couple dollars and use them for their market stalls and the building's side awning... all good stuff, but I have never found one that still had the Moisture Vaporator attached. If you look them up on eBay, those with the Moisture Vaporator attached get into some big money... $40 or more with shipping. On Saturday I found one at the swap meet complete with the Moisture Vaporator for $5. Knowing that I was unlikely to find another one anytime in the near future I decided to scratch-build a couple simple versions of it using Lego pieces, Evergreen Plastic, and a part or two from the market set. I think they came out pretty good. I've attached pictures of the Mos Espa Market box (taken from the internet), and a picture that shows the original Moisture Vaporator (center) and the two I scratch built (left and right.  The third picture is the three finished/painted versions.

[dinohunterpoa]

Great find and build, now you're ready for Tatooine a desert planet in a galaxy far far away somewhere! 

[blacksoilbill]

Nice work! Very cleverly done.

[vodkafan]

Very nice! They do the job splendidly.

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to all.  I may try to put one more Moisture Vaporator  together before getting back to the Pegasus Chemical Plant.  Off the subject but kind of exciting for me: while at the swap meet today I came upon a large box set of SG-1 DVDs.  What was remarkable about it was that on the outer box was a plastic Stargate that is perfect for 28mm.  I ask the seller if he would sell the box lid to me for $10; his asking price for the set was $25.  I told him that if I could remove the plastic stargate without damaging the box I'd return the box lid to him.  He agreed.  When I got the box lid home I was able to remove the plastic stargate with no damage to the box in just a couple minutes.  I dropped the lid off to the seller on my way to Brookhurst Hobbies' Memorial Day sale.  It's been a good day.

[dinohunterpoa]

Thanks to all.  I may try to put one more Moisture Vaporator  together before getting back to the Pegasus Chemical Plant.  Off the subject but kind of exciting for me: while at the swap meet today I came upon a large box set of SG-1 DVDs.  What was remarkable about it was that on the outer box was a plastic Stargate that is perfect for 28mm.  I ask the seller if he would sell the box lid to me for $10; his asking price for the set was $25.  I told him that if I could remove the plastic stargate without damaging the box I'd return the box lid to him.  He agreed.  When I got the box lid home I was able to remove the plastic stargate with no damage to the box in just a couple minutes.  I dropped the lid off to the seller on my way to Brookhurst Hobbies' Memorial Day sale.  It's been a good day.

PERFECT!!! 

[War In 15MM]

Here’s a picture of the Stargate mentioned above.  It’s not part of this project, but since I talked about it earlier I thought I should provide a picture in case anyone is curious.

[Michka]

Moisture Vaporators using Legos... Brilliant. I've been trying to figure out how to get those shapes made for a couple years now, and you come up with such a simple, elegant solution. Thank you!

Oh, and I feel your pain when it comes to the Pegasus Chemical Plant. I have three boxes of those kits. Only cleaned the parts for one of them. It would be nice if they had directions on how to build the kit in the box. There's one good thing about those kits. Since the pipes are all cut in half, you can easily use them as raised detail on flat surfaces. Makes sprucing up flat boxes much easier. 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice find on the Stargate, it looks good, though it could do with a ramp.

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to both of you for writing.

Michka, glad you like the Moisture Vaporators... that make me feel good about the outcome.  Legos and Duplos are great scratch-building materials.  In this case despite the fact that I have seen many pictures of the original Action Fleet vaporators, having one of the real things right in front of me seemed to make designing my versions much easier.

Ultravanillasmuf, the picture you see of the Stargate was taken just after I cut it off the DVD box lid.  For the picture I set it on a big metal washer for balance... lots of work to do on that baby, but I feel very lucky to have found it.  I think it is a great piece with a lot of potential.  It's like so many things found at the swap meet in that I find a nice piece at a great price or in this case a reasonable price and that leads me to come home and find ways to spend a lot of money so I can use it.  I have a great Egyptian collection in terms of a temple and pyramids but those were done for my Pulp archeological dig.  Now that I have the Stargate I've been looking at the figures from Dark Fable Miniatures... good looking minis.