I met Matthew at a Wright Stuff Rocketeers launch and since I am a little OCD about my finishing sometimes, he asked me if I wanted to proof a new kit. Since I am fully aware of the N-1, I kind of went "yikes!" Had no idea what I was getting into. V'ger 01 arrived in the mail. Usual Altaira impressive instructions and literally hundreds of parts. The entire model except the core is laser-cut card stock, you have to make 3d parts including the central sphere. To date, the most difficult kit I have built. Ilea, Decker, and V'ger are almost done, so am going to post a couple pics of interesting card stock constructions and some painted shots. Paint will be a separate post - airbrush is almost required, but if you are building SL4 and 5 kits, you should have one anyway. The sphere support arms are "C" shaped arches, very strong when built. Attaching the sphere panels is tough - I flubbed a bit but was able to fix with putty and layers of yellow glue.
The whole thing is clever as heck - I do some custom builds but would have been lost in trying to do a 3d structure like this
Here are a couple structure pics.
The whole thing is clever as heck - I do some custom builds but would have been lost in trying to do a 3d structure like this
Here are a couple structure pics.