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JPG Galaxy Quest Shuttle
JPG's model is 1:72 scale and comes in 16 well casted white resin parts.
The only real hiccup I had was the landing gear. They are at an angle, but to my eyes the angle was so slight I couldn't really make it out. trying to fix one, I snapped it, but thankfully my little collection of styrene rod had the correct size.
Giving the build a break, I wanted to make a little vignette representing the alien planet or Goblin Valley UT. I had generic "science" looking figures. But when it came time to find them, they were no where to be seen. So my vignette will just be the ship. The base was some carved foam, the base was a Michaels 6" round placque with some torn cork sheet on it, and then some Vallejo Ground paste (or whatever it's called).
Next up was painting the windows. I saw a tutorial about painting windows once and it involved creating a gradient where the darkest color was up top and it got lighter toward the bottom I airbrushed some MIG NASA bluie after a bit of masking, and then added a few drops of the darkest blue I had to the cup, and just shot the upper left corner. It worked out pretty well.
Then came the decals. They looked pretty poor as they weren't solid. But once down on the craft, they looked fine.
And just like that I was finished. Thanks for looking.
The only real hiccup I had was the landing gear. They are at an angle, but to my eyes the angle was so slight I couldn't really make it out. trying to fix one, I snapped it, but thankfully my little collection of styrene rod had the correct size.
Giving the build a break, I wanted to make a little vignette representing the alien planet or Goblin Valley UT. I had generic "science" looking figures. But when it came time to find them, they were no where to be seen. So my vignette will just be the ship. The base was some carved foam, the base was a Michaels 6" round placque with some torn cork sheet on it, and then some Vallejo Ground paste (or whatever it's called).
Next up was painting the windows. I saw a tutorial about painting windows once and it involved creating a gradient where the darkest color was up top and it got lighter toward the bottom I airbrushed some MIG NASA bluie after a bit of masking, and then added a few drops of the darkest blue I had to the cup, and just shot the upper left corner. It worked out pretty well.
Then came the decals. They looked pretty poor as they weren't solid. But once down on the craft, they looked fine.
And just like that I was finished. Thanks for looking.
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Re: JPG Galaxy Quest Shuttle
Nice work. The base really adds to it.
Cool little kit. Didn't even know Jimi produced that.
Cool little kit. Didn't even know Jimi produced that.
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Re: JPG Galaxy Quest Shuttle
Now that's a cool dio. Even have that ball thingy they were trying to get.
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Thanks guys! Yes, some of his kits seem to slide under the radar. I follow him on FB, so I get nearly all his posts.
Actually you get 3! I guess if you want to make one of those minor miner scenes... Hehe
Tim Fortuna wrote:Now that's a cool dio. Even have that ball thingy they were trying to get.
Actually you get 3! I guess if you want to make one of those minor miner scenes... Hehe
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Nice work, I really like what you did. The dio is a great idea and well executed.
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Nice diorama
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Thanks guys!
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Get job on this. I did go to his site and it looks like he's in the hospital at the moment.
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Re: JPG Galaxy Quest Shuttle
That's a sweet little build up! Well done indeed.
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Thanks guys.
Yes, I saw that re: Jimi, the JPG guy, is basically a one man show out there...
Yes, I saw that re: Jimi, the JPG guy, is basically a one man show out there...