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Flash Gordon's Skyflash

#1 Post by kevtk135 »

This is one I never heard of, but because I'm a "Classic Rocketship series" completist, I picked up a relatively new kit from Fantastic Plastic.
The kit is honestly the easiest kit I've come across, and recommend it to anyone who's never delved in resin GKs before...

From FPs site;
The "Skyflash" was the hero ship featured in the "Flash Gordon" TV series that aired for one season (39 episodes!) on the short-lived DuMont Network between 1954 and 1955. Like many rocketships of its era, the Skyflash was a single-stage, chemical rocket-powered tail-sitter inspired largely by the German V-2 ballistic missiles of World War II.

Operated by the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the year 3203, the Skyflash traveled throughout the galaxy, carrying Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov on amazing adventures on the lowest of budgets.
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The 1:288 scale model is well done resin cast, and comes in 7 parts. IMHO this has to be one of the quickest and enjoyable builds I done recently.
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The parts went together effortlessly, and the only tricky part was getting the nose cone to sit straight. While waiting for the glue to dry, it was time to think up a simple base for it. I had these 100mm plastic bases from Citadel. I took some 1/2 - 1mm tape to create divisions in the groundwork and then stippled a concrete color on. After pulling off the tape I added a shot of Smoke from the airbrush, and I had the launch area.
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Turning back to the ship I painted it in V's Duraluminum, and then gave it a zenithal shot from the airbrush of V's White Aluminum. And with that I was done.
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Very cool.
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Very nice build. Gotta love a simple, straight forward build once in a while.
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Neat!
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Thanks guys! Yep I do enjoy me a simple one every now and then.
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Looks great! Plus, I'm old enough to remember this ship when I first saw the serials.
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Nice buildup Trev. I do love those classic era rocketships. Thanks for the paint details.
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Thanks.

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