Saturday, 11 April 2015

MY SPACEX PHOTONIC PROPULSION SPACE STATION SCRATCHBIULD: JOB DONE!


My model above...

and the original toy below as it appeared on Ebay


I can see already I got the boom angle wrong! Ho hum!
Here are some different sides of my model....



 and a few family portraits of my various models...


from left to right:
Mark 1 2009, Mark 2 2015, Mark 4 2015, Mark 3 2015


and one last head shot to finish!


What do you think readers?

7 comments:

  1. Well close enough, all recognizable take on the rare SpaceX bird. You've got the spark Woodsy!

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  2. I think they're all super, Mr Woods. Although they're all different, they're all very evocative of the real thing. And your inspired use of source materials is absolutely ingenious to say the least.

    Cheers, cheers and cheers again
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    Paul

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  3. Stunning! Im well jell. I might perhaps say swap the booms from the instamatic version onto the latest funnel one, but thats not a criticism. Wonderful stuff. Id have a go myself, but I couldnt better any of them!

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  4. Cleverly done. Looks the part.

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  5. Thanks everyone. Very much appreciated!

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  6. Marvelous project. Excellent stuff Woodsy : D

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  7. Cheers Scoop. Means a lot. How's your SWORD hangar coming on. That was a cracker!

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