Re: DS2:Scratchbuilding a dropship

I seen once in a magazine somewhere, where this guy made his own
"landing craft"
from a spent "underarm deoderant" container.  He added the bowl part of
a
plastic spoon to the top on the front edge, off-set to one side.  The
"landing
ramp" was attached (i think) to the underside of the front.  The entire
opening
was on the bottom side.
I don't remember if the craft had landing gear, or was made to look like
it was
hovering.  Oh yes, the whole thing was painted green.

After seeing that picture, I have noticed that some Deoderant containers
do look
a bit like ships or landers.

Search your scraps, there just might be the makings of a varity of
landers
lurking about.

Donald Hosford

David Tan wrote:

> Has anyone attempted scratch building a dropship (a la the big GZG
one)?  I
> can't afford the commercial thing and was wondering how one would do
it -
> balsa, stockcard, foamboard??
>
> I tried making a card template over the w'end and it was a big flop. 
I
> could cut it accurately enough using thick card and then had to fill
in the
> gaps using artistic medium.  In the end it looked like a really bad
1st year
> fine arts student attempt at sculting.  very dissappointing.	Any
ideas
> appreciated.
>
> cheers
> dave tan
>
>  
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