Starbug (Red Dwarf series) 1/35th scale

[peterairfix]

I have been watching this on silent and i am impressed so much i have got RD 1-8 on vhs that i simply must watch some time.

peter t

[papa 695]

I wondered who was throwing the popcorn Ron.

Great work Colin keep it up and those pictures coming

[geegad]

superb work like the attack on the spares bin...keep them pics coming love it

[Guest]

Thanks for the feedback and comment guys.....

John, yes its great to attack the spares bin once in a while

Ron, the cleaning lady is getting a bit fed up with all the popcorn on the floor ...tut tut.

Anyway, latest progress .....

Start out with some balls

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Turn them into this with a few meccano bits, keebab skewer and polyfiller

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fiddly bits added, and sanded

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and base coat on

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[spanner570]

Fair do's....I do like this!

[Guest]

Ok then, i managed to get all the relevant detailing on, decals, stickers, aerials, bottom thrusters etc.

Couldn't find any white squarish lettering around here so i got some silver vinyl and sprayed them, they will do. (there's probably loads on eBay, amazon etc but i don't use these sites)

Got a fairly decent colour on as a base, and have just started to lay the black down here and there to form the base for the heavy weathering, will finish it of with a graphite grey rattle-can to feather the edges off and give it a spacey sheen to the dust and muck.

The engine areas had the first dry brush with gunmetal (citadel boltgun metal)

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[Guest]

Looking g fantastic Colin. Keep up the good work. Now where's that woman with the ice creams.

Andy

[Guest]

Looks amazing. Is the petite rouge one next?

[Guest]

Just having a blast with this ... onto the final weathering now, i've gone a little bit overboard but it dont look too bad

Pictures tomorrow

And yes Gav the small rouge ones next ... 1:1000 scale so she'll be about 30 ish inches long

[Guest]

So here we are, the finished Starbug.

I just let myself go with the flow so it's not an exact reproduction but it's recognisable, more fun that way

Comments, as usual, most welcome.

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[mossiepilot]

Nice one Colin, a scratching master piece, well worth 5 stars.

Tony.

[Gern]

Another masterpiece! *****

Gern

PS Where do you keep all these big scratch projects when they're done? I bet wherever it is, it looks like the storage room for a sci-fi film studio!

[Guest]

Thanks guys,

Dave, i have two ceiling high 18" shelving units with 3 - 6 ft shelves between them in the spare room, they're nearly full.

in the living room, the 7 foot book case has quite a few 10x8 inch dioramas, there's two 18x18 dios sitting on the burmese pythons vivarium and starbug is now sitting on top of my communal creepycrawly tank, i'm going to have to beg for some more room ... maybe i can steal some of the pine unit where Elaines "Blackhawk down" dio sits ... or maybe not

[spanner570]

Colin, this is just superb...I know very little about Red Dwarf, but this Star bug is just an amazing result from everyday bits and pieces......and a big helping of scratch building know how.

Well done.....Big 5 for sure!

Ron

[Guest]

Thanks ron, I enjoyed this one a lot, the main "Jupiter mining craft ... red dwarf" is next. (Look it up on tintergoogle )

If you're not familiar with red dwarf as a series due to not watching TV then perhaps you could find one of the four books written from the series ..... you'll wear out your giggle button mate