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Offline Dr. YoKai

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another Dracoon
« on: July 31, 2026, 11:39:41 PM »
This time, a Gundamesque conversion. Once again, this was started ages ago, and finally started advancing. The inspiration comes from a transport aircraft from the second Gundam series, Zeta Gundam (1985-86) the Garuda class. https://www.mahq.net/sudori/
Mine comes in a bit smaller, for reasons I'll detail below. The progress to date:
DSCF1349 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr
The interior will be open at both ends, so I did a bit of detailing there, and painting will be done before sealing it up.

DSCF1350 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr
Wings in place. Originally, I was going to put the rudders on short booms off the wings, but decided later to extend the fuselage.
pictures of the aspect shortly.

I had started on landing gear, but a stumble on the way to primering snapped off one of the gear assemblies, sending it flying...somewhere,
and I wasn't really confident that it would balance on just the fuselage wheels anyway. The current plan is to build up some 'hover sponsons',
akin to those found on an earlier Gundam transport, the Medea. https://www.mahq.net/medea/
Prier has been applied, and I should be able to wrap this over this weekend or next.

Offline Frank3k

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2026, 12:54:10 AM »
Wow - looks great with the wings and the interior! This kit is like a blank canvas.

Offline apophenia

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2026, 06:20:35 AM »
Wow - looks great with the wings and the interior! This kit is like a blank canvas.

Indeed. Those long-span wings totally change the feel ... Doc's variant is much more elegant than the original  :smiley:
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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2026, 01:20:10 PM »
Oohh  Nice concept.. wings will work

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2026, 02:40:06 AM »
...so tempted to buy a third kit. Canards might look good, too.

Offline Dr. YoKai

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #5 on: Today at 06:15:45 AM »
Thanks for the views and comments! It is looking better than I expected when I started this god knows how many years ago.

  Progress continues, and I'm pretty close to done. The last major construction hurdle was building a pair of 'hover sponsons' in keeping with the original design aesthetic. I'll get the interior painted, then glue the fuselage together and do some painting.
DSCF1352 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

DSCF1353 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr
Going by the anime, Drag isn't much of an issue in that universe...
DSCF1356 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #6 on: Today at 06:56:13 AM »
Super nice work on that  :smiley:

Offline Old Wombat

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #7 on: Today at 10:21:37 AM »
Coming together well, Doc!  :smiley:
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Offline raafif

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Re: another Dracoon
« Reply #8 on: Today at 10:53:12 AM »
Lookin' great so far :smiley: