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08-23-2004, 02:31 PM
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Cautiously Optimistic
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Lunar Models Proteus -- finished at last!
I posted some work-in-progress pix a short while back; here are a few shots of the completed model.
Additional pix can be found in "My Gallery."
Last edited by Carson Dyle : 05-19-2007 at 07:00 PM.
Reason: add'l pix
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08-23-2004, 02:33 PM
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Top Dog
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That is a beautifully clean build-up.
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08-23-2004, 02:40 PM
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Vacation Needed
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Incredible!
Man, when I do something that requires a finish that clean, I end up weathering the hell out of it just to hide my mistakes!
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08-23-2004, 02:46 PM
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That is sweet.
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08-23-2004, 03:03 PM
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POOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR
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Stunningly beautiful! Great details!
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08-23-2004, 03:19 PM
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VERY nice job!!!!!!!  I think I'll take a break from my 3rd LM Spindrift as soon as my Proteus Interior kit shows up and work on that one instead.
Thanks, Carson, for the inspiration! A worthy companion to Flukes' Spindrift for an "ultimate" Lunar Models Museum  |
08-23-2004, 03:57 PM
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Very nice indeed Carson!!
I believe you mentioned on another thread that this kit is a vac-formed hull with a resin interior. Or did you scratch-build much of the interior?
In any case, how did you find the kit in terms of difficulty to build? I'm pretty comfortable with styrene kits and resin kits like the ones that Wilco produces but vac-formed kits have a reputation for being difficult in the extreme. Did you find that to be true with this model?
Huzz
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08-23-2004, 06:32 PM
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Carson,
Really beautiful...hats off!
How did you wind up doing the decals? Would it be possible to get a set from you? Please PM or email me at nektu@aol.com
all the best,
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08-23-2004, 07:00 PM
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man!! i wish i had skill and patience like that! i will be attempting to make the Wilco kit! i can only hope my results will look decent! may i use your pic's a paint guides????
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08-23-2004, 08:04 PM
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Cautiously Optimistic
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Originally Posted by Seaview
I think I'll take a break from my 3rd LM Spindrift as soon as my Proteus Interior kit shows up and work on that one instead.
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3rd LM Spindrift?!? You poor masochistic man...
Alas, I too am a LM Spindrift veteran. Not as tough a build as the Proteus, but damn close.
True story: about ten years ago, I entered my recently completed Spindrift in a model contest sponsored by Monsters in Motion. It was the first time I'd ever entered a model in competition, and I wasn't sure what to expext. Well, the good news is I won first place... the bad news is the twit they'd hired to MC the festivities dropped my model nose-first onto a table. Screwed up the interior pretty bad; I had to cut open the windshield and perform major surgery on the dislodged flight deck.
But hey, at least I won a bunch of figure kits I didn't really want.
Last edited by Carson Dyle : 08-23-2004 at 08:05 PM.
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08-23-2004, 08:44 PM
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Cautiously Optimistic
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Originally Posted by Dave Hussey
Very nice indeed Carson!!
...you mentioned on another thread that this kit is a vac-formed hull with a resin interior. Or did you scratch-build much of the interior? In any case, how did you find the kit in terms of difficulty to build?
Huzz
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The LM Proteus features two large upper and lower vacu-form hull halves. Unfortunately, the section of the upper hull which comprises the window frame/ upper deck/snorkel housing is included as a seperate resin piece which must be seamlessly wed to the larger vacu-form hull piece. I don't know why Lunar opted for this approach, but it required a tremendous amount of puttying and sanding.
Lunar also makes (or used to make) a resin interior for this kit. Although I bought one of these, I ended up using it mostly as a sort of road map for what turned out to be a largely scratch-built interior.
I love this ship; she's probably my all time favorite as far as media related sci-fi vehicles are concerned, and I'm grateful to Mike Evans and the gang at L.M. for producing a truly accurate kit (I bugged them for years to do so). Nevertheless, it is far and away the most difficult and time consuming model I've ever built -- or ever hope to build.
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08-23-2004, 08:52 PM
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Cautiously Optimistic
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Originally Posted by Nektu
Carson,
Really beautiful...hats off!
How did you wind up doing the decals?
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I played around with custom-made decals, but couldn't get them as clean and crisp as I wanted. I ended up creating the hull markings in Adobe Illustrator, then sending the digi-file to a local print outfit that makes "chrom-a-tec" transfers. In other words: they're rub-on. A bit more pricey than decals, but in this instance they were well worth the expense.
By the way, Lunar now offers decals for this kit. |
08-23-2004, 09:40 PM
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HOLY COW!!! VERY NICE!!! I VANT THIS KIT! I NEED THAT KIT!!!
Cool SPINDRIFT too!
Here is what I did with my 1/35 Lunar SPINDRIFT
http://troysmodels.homestead.com/SPINDRIFT.html
Last edited by fluke : 08-23-2004 at 09:43 PM.
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08-23-2004, 09:58 PM
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Cautiously Optimistic
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Originally Posted by fluke
[b]Here is what I did with my 1/35 Lunar SPINDRIFT
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Awesome. The flight deck in particular is, well... WAY awesome.
The Spindrift is one ship that clearly benefits from a snazzy lighting job.
That's a model I'm gonna have to re-visit one of these days. Bravo! |
08-23-2004, 10:50 PM
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That... is... nice! Very nice! Did I mention it's nice. Just a great job! You can be justifiably proud!
Brad.
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