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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Scifi and Fantasy => Topic started by: Faust on January 25, 2019, 07:27:53 AM

Title: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Faust on January 25, 2019, 07:27:53 AM

Despite building them very rarely, I really do like space ships. On one hand, they really let  you use your imagination, since they’re not real. On the other, most ships of which there are kits are so famous that to paint them in other than their “accepted” schemes can often be considered akin to heresey! I’ve always wanted to build my “own” ship, with its own back story. However, I’m not up for that kind of scratchbuilding, so that left me high and dry.

That was until I came across the Wave kit of the Solvalou, a non-scale kit of the main fighter from the video game Xevious. Since I’m no gamer, and never was, I had no connection to the ship, nor did I have any preconceived notions about how it should look, scale or anything else. So, I finally had a chance to get imaginative!
I had great fun paying tribute to my two favourite books, the Usborne Book of the Future and the original TTA Book (Spacecraft 2000-2100AD) with this little model, which turned out to be a great kit!

Check out my personal addition to the TTA universe at the link below, and let me know what you think!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/1-1500-cam-1228-p2-super-gunship-wave-non-scale-solvalou/ (https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/1-1500-cam-1228-p2-super-gunship-wave-non-scale-solvalou/)

(https://adamrehorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Solvalou-TTA-014.jpg?w=425)

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Aeroplanedriver on January 25, 2019, 08:15:34 AM

Beautiful!

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 25, 2019, 08:44:19 AM

Superb build! I would not not want anywhere near the CAM-1228-P2!

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Antonio Sobral on January 25, 2019, 05:57:36 PM

Great looking ship!

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 26, 2019, 12:43:23 AM

Pretty sure Tiadan Tomcat will be glad to see this. 

Great looking model.

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 26, 2019, 05:57:48 AM

Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on January 26, 2019, 12:43:23 AM

Pretty sure Tiadan Tomcat will be glad to see this. 

Great looking model.

Truer words were never posted. This is right up Mr Tomcat's alley.

Pure eye-candy all the way!

Brian da Basher

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: tankmodeler on January 28, 2019, 11:38:24 PM

Perfect ship for the Terran Trade Authority universe.

Bloody well done, mate.

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: ed s on January 29, 2019, 12:09:47 AM

Looks like a perfect fit in the TTA universe.

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Camthalion on January 29, 2019, 06:15:58 AM

Looks great

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: andonio64 on February 01, 2019, 05:18:15 PM

Great work Faust, I peeped into your website and saw the details of this great model.
Saved the pics for future reference!

Antonio

Title: Re: A new ship for the TTA - The Super Gunship!
Post by: Faust on February 02, 2019, 09:01:34 AM

Thanks guys!

I'm glad that everybody liked it. It was fun to build and is one of those rare cases where it turned out like I thought it would!