What's up? I've been hangin' out in here for a while reading up on all the cool builds going on and I figured I'd finally join the fun and post some pics of my latest build. I just finished this model today (01-29-2007). Its the Halcyon 1/72 scale Dropship from the movie "Aliens".
The kit has been sitting in my closet for about 15 years..which is also how long it's been since I built my last model! I was flipping through the Dec. issue of FSM and saw the Dropship that was featured and I decided to get back in the game.
Anyways, I had about 2 weeks of vacation in January so I went full throttle building this thing. I posted some pics in the FSM forums but I figured I'd post some here, too.
I think I might touch up the weathered look. I tried to make it extra dirty like it appears in the movie:
I did quite a bit of modification to this kit. In the pic below you can see the rear landing skid. I added the two large pistons and completely redesigned the rest of the strut/piston assembly. I also modded the skid and the skid "bay":
The rear weapons arms, when completed per the instructions, sat at a very high angle. I modded those so that they would sit a bit more level as they appear in the movie. I also added some of my own weapons to replace the "cheesy" weapons supplied with the kit. This pic is before the weathering:
I tried to add a little detail to the boring flight deck as well:
This should be the link to the entire album of about 130 pics:
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k206/Fly-n-hi/Aliens%20Dropship/?start=all
I'll say this much...I'm alot more patient now than I was 14 years ago (I'm 30 now) and I can tell the difference in this build.
I've been reading through these forums for a while now and I've seen alot of cool stuff. I definately want to build one of those Polar Lights Enterprise refits.
I've searched through a couple of times but I haven't come accross a post that just explains how to do the wiring. Maybe someone on here can direct me to a good site that has instructions on how to do the wiring and some of the electrical "know how" to do that sort of thing.
Anyways, have a nice day.
The kit has been sitting in my closet for about 15 years..which is also how long it's been since I built my last model! I was flipping through the Dec. issue of FSM and saw the Dropship that was featured and I decided to get back in the game.
Anyways, I had about 2 weeks of vacation in January so I went full throttle building this thing. I posted some pics in the FSM forums but I figured I'd post some here, too.
I think I might touch up the weathered look. I tried to make it extra dirty like it appears in the movie:


I did quite a bit of modification to this kit. In the pic below you can see the rear landing skid. I added the two large pistons and completely redesigned the rest of the strut/piston assembly. I also modded the skid and the skid "bay":

The rear weapons arms, when completed per the instructions, sat at a very high angle. I modded those so that they would sit a bit more level as they appear in the movie. I also added some of my own weapons to replace the "cheesy" weapons supplied with the kit. This pic is before the weathering:

I tried to add a little detail to the boring flight deck as well:

This should be the link to the entire album of about 130 pics:
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k206/Fly-n-hi/Aliens%20Dropship/?start=all
I'll say this much...I'm alot more patient now than I was 14 years ago (I'm 30 now) and I can tell the difference in this build.
I've been reading through these forums for a while now and I've seen alot of cool stuff. I definately want to build one of those Polar Lights Enterprise refits.
I've searched through a couple of times but I haven't come accross a post that just explains how to do the wiring. Maybe someone on here can direct me to a good site that has instructions on how to do the wiring and some of the electrical "know how" to do that sort of thing.
Anyways, have a nice day.