Re: DS2:Scratchbuilding a dropship

The large dropship/assualt shuttle I built a couple of years ago was
pretty simple, but looks OK as scenery - see:

http://warbard.iwarp.com/sg2gallery.html 

(The first group of photos)

It's basically a box (the cargo/engine section) with a wedge-shaped
nose,
thin boom-mounted tailplanes, and fairly short, wide wings. Some detail
bumps & stuff were added with clay or styrene strip; the whole thing was
painted grey with darker grey jagged camo pattern. The wide back ramp
actually comes up and down, and there's a twin-MG anti-personnel mounted
to fire out the back hatch as it opens.

The whole thing was made of .040 styrene sheet - card would have been
cheaper but syrene is tougher & a bit easier to work with.

What ever you're building, stick with it, paint it, and then see what
you've got. If nothing else, wreck it and use it as crashed-shuttle
scenery!

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -