Tuesday, 1 August 2023

The Light Fantastic

In the Season 4 episode of Blakes 7, 'Stardrive' - A device designed by an ex-Federation engineer was reluctantly working with a rogue group called the 'Space rats'. Our heroes convince her to join the crew and promptly nick it and fit it into their clapped out freighter,  which turns it into an incredibly fast, clapped out freighter! When the Scorpio later comes under attack, the engineer is unfortunately killed in an accident as the drive is activated. Cheery stuff indeed!

Here is my scratchbuild of the Stardrive model from Blake's 7. Easy as colliding with an asteroid, 

Kevin

(Just don't turn it on when you're in the room!  Bill)


 

5 comments:

  1. Does it have Dolby Stereo Kevin ?

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  2. Nope, mono and in 4:3 still!

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  3. Looks completely amazing Kev! How does it light up? Are there bits of a Dyson in there?

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  4. Thanks. Led strip inside a white styrene tube which is inside a pink perspex tube. The disc at the end is lit by the workings of a ridiculously bright pocket torch. There is also a sound chip that makes the engine noise.

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  5. It's a work of art Kev. I'm just blown away!

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