U.S.S Thunderchild

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loenf

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Hi,
after I build the Enterprise-E from Zosho's site, i decided to build also his other models. Here is a ship of the Akira-Class, the U.S.S. Thunderchild.
Its a very nice Model and just as well as the Enterprise-E. For these models I designed a custom-build stand so that you can hold the model in your hand an consider it from all sides.

Regards Loenf

akira.jpg akira1.jpg akira2.jpg akira3.jpg akira4.jpg akira5.jpg
 
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chooch.42

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Not to diminish the excellence of the ships, but the crafting of the stands is most impressive. Thanks for the exhibit of skill ! Bob C.
 

dhanners

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Clean builds and very nice work! That's a great idea about the stands, too. Thanks for sharing the photos.
 

ThunderChild

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Great Builds loenf!
I particularly like the Akira class...:twisted: "wink-wink"

I think some of the other members here will agree with me on this: I'd like to see a tutorial on your HardDrive stands... For instance: How do you get them so shiny?
And -looking at the two models in this thread- the Starfleet logo and detail image looks like they're recessed into the stand... how...? :eek:
 

loenf

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Great Builds loenf!
I particularly like the Akira class...:twisted: "wink-wink"

I think some of the other members here will agree with me on this: I'd like to see a tutorial on your HardDrive stands... For instance: How do you get them so shiny?
And -looking at the two models in this thread- the Starfleet logo and detail image looks like they're recessed into the stand... how...? :eek:

Hi,
I used the inner Frame of the Harddrive. The Starfleet logo is really resseced into the former place of the motor, I just used the cut-outs of the chassis.
To get them shiny I used grade 1000 emery paper and water, for the stands in this thread, for other stands I used silver car paint.
The uprights are made of small slices of plexiglas. After I polished them and cut them to right length, they are glued on the stand with superglue.

regards Loenf
 

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ThunderChild

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That's exactly what I needed! Thanx Loenf! I think you're going to start a trend! :)
Once again, great models dude!
 

Nightcrawler

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I was checking out the site to download the Akira Class. Unfortunataly there is an error message. But the Thunderchild is really awesome! Great Work!
 

myrmedon

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Wow! The Akira class has always been one of my favorites...and this is really well done. I am especially impressed with your re-purposing of the old hard drive cases. Makes me wish I had not thrown out the 2 dead hard drives I had sitting in a box for years.
 

fernandico

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nice work.....but the stands are incredible, my recommendation is produce more and sell them, for star trek model builders of papercraft, styrene, and resin users they are F#%$@#$%ing amazing great job
 
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