Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Informal Lockdown/COVID-19 GB => Topic started by: Robomog on June 18, 2020, 01:12:24 AM
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During the lockdown Mrs Mog and I finished off a bottle of whisky, she was impressed by the design of the stopper and I commented that I could make that into a spaceship so she gave it to me and then said 'go on then' and this is the result.
One whisky cork, three dress making pins, a circle of plastic card, half a large scale tyre, a large scale spinner and an anonymous plastic part that looks like a thruster later and i have this
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50016711707_284c87156b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jcNHQp) (https://flic.kr/p/2jcNHQp) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
It is of indeterminate scale, but I have posed it here with Arthur who is six foot high in 1/72 scale making it a sort of unmanned probe/satellite I will probably stick with that.
I am currently filling in some of the holes ready for priming, it will be finished in day-glo orange and white
Just a crazy off the cuff sorta build.... hope you like it
Mog
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Holy Mackeral! It's the Kecksburg Pine cone! (Obscure Ufo case from the...seventies, I think? Described a crashed, small, 'cone shaped' machine
that was whisked away in the middle of the night by the Army. One version of the story has it as a crashed Russian satellite, which did have a similar appearance, but the re-entry trajectory was wrong, according to James Oberg, whose opinion I tend to trust.)
Anyway, nifty little project - my hats off to you!
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During the lockdown Mrs Mog and I finished off a bottle of whisky
How long have you been in lockdown and how large a bottle? Am asking so as to compare against my own accomplishments... ;)
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During the lockdown Mrs Mog and I finished off a bottle of whisky
How long have you been in lockdown and how large a bottle? Am asking so as to compare against my own accomplishments... ;)
Yeah me too! I think me and mrs kitnut are on our fifth 60oz'er (of rum that is)
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Yeah me too! I think me and mrs kitnut are on our fifth 60oz'er (of rum that is)
For the last hour? Day? Week? Month? Period? ;)
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Yeah me too! I think me and mrs kitnut are on our fifth 60oz'er (of rum that is)
For the last hour? Day? Week? Month? Period? ;)
Well --- over last couple of months at least ---- ;D (six doubles for me, one for you sorta ratio ;D )
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Hi all, thanks for all the comments
Dr. Yokai :- didn't know that one existed ! Had to look it up and I can see where your coming from. In my mind eye it looked like the TV satellite in one of the Thunderbirds episodes (see attachment)
GTX : - was about three quarters of a bottle of whiskey plus a bit of brandy and as we have had a nearly three month lockdown and good weather what better to do than have an ale or a couple of tinnies in the garden :icon_beer: :icon_beer: ;) ;D (,would have been rude not to ;D)
Cheers !
Mog
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Well --- over last couple of months at least ---- ;D (six doubles for me, one for you sorta ratio ;D )
GTX : - was about three quarters of a bottle of whiskey plus a bit of brandy and as we have had a nearly three month lockdown and good weather what better to do than have an ale or a couple of tinnies in the garden :icon_beer: :icon_beer: ;) ;D (,would have been rude not to ;D)
Maybe I need to slow down a tad... :-[
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I decided against slowing down and simply got a new sign instead:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5b/f2/18/5bf21848e26d2e30334c53f6ef5fbfee.jpg)
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Aaaaarrr now yer talking Jim lad..........
Splat !
Aaarrr the damn parrots done it again !!!!!!!
;D ;D ;D
Mog
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Hi all
Finally finished this one
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50349536573_6f5a949087_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdx5a) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdx5a) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350235226_2c6e8c1059_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHh7KU) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHh7KU) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50349537658_00ceffc4a1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxoS) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxoS) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50349537893_7482ac3325_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxsV) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxsV) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
Money Shot
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50349538863_aa8d6918ff_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxKD) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHdxKD) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
Scale Shot
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350397282_57fc1d6d90_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHhWVY) (https://flic.kr/p/2jHhWVY) by Robomog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/54032744@N08/), on Flickr
The satellite is really of indeterminate scale but this gives a size comparison at 1\72 scale
As always all comments and criticism greatfully accepted........
Mog
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That is just so neat.
Nice work
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Either an unmanned probe or crewed by little green men. ;)
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Thanks guys!
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Either an unmanned probe or crewed by little green men. ;)
I was envisioning a telecom satellite but it can be anything you want it to be ;)
Would be a tight fit for a 1\72 scale little green man, perhaps a 1\144 little green man would have a little more wiggle room ;D
Mog
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Love it! Especially the scale comparison ;D
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Thanks apophenia I should gave done a 1\144 scale comparison as well ;)
Mog
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