Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Scifi and Fantasy => Topic started by: tiking on April 16, 2021, 07:23:46 PM
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This is the Hasbro tread speeder, that I modified to a desert speeder instead. I sawed off the treads, the toy-like missile launcher and it's mechanism, and other parts that I didn't want and replaced the opened areas with plasti-card and some minor scratch built and other small detail parts from 'box of tricks'. The result is what you see. I posed the figure that came along with the Hasbro tread speeder. I posted photos without the figure as well. Thanks for looking.
(https://images54.fotki.com/v556/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with.html)
(https://images34.fotki.com/v1605/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder.html)
(https://images14.fotki.com/v1665/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure_A-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-1.html)
(https://images46.fotki.com/v1671/photos/0/3821280/16352466/t_speeder_with_figure_zoom_out-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-2.html)
(https://images54.fotki.com/v101/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure2-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-3.html)
(https://images41.fotki.com/v1670/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure3-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-4.html)
(https://images20.fotki.com/v1672/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure4-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-5.html)
(https://images14.fotki.com/v1665/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure5-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-6.html)
(https://images54.fotki.com/v556/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder_with_figure6-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder-with-7.html)
(https://images46.fotki.com/v1660/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder2-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder2.html)
(https://images44.fotki.com/v1409/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder2a-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder2a.html)
(https://images12.fotki.com/v1667/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder2b-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder2b.html)
(https://images20.fotki.com/v1666/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder3-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder3.html)
(https://images54.fotki.com/v556/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder4-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder4.html)
(https://images42.fotki.com/v1423/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder5-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder5.html)
(https://images20.fotki.com/v1666/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder6-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder6.html)
(https://images44.fotki.com/v447/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder7-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder7.html)
(https://images41.fotki.com/v868/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder8-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder8.html)
(https://images20.fotki.com/v1672/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder9-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder9.html)
(https://images12.fotki.com/v1641/photos/0/3821280/16352466/desert_speeder10-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/the-desert-speeder/desert-speeder10.html)
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Awesome !!!
That fits the genre so well.
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Awesome !!!
That fits the genre so well.
+1 8)
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Another beautiful creation Charles!
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Thanks guys. The original Hasbro model is this:
(https://images46.fotki.com/v147/photos/0/3821280/14387147/eaea892f92fca1f6b85da9818b6c44-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/misc-album/77eaea892f92fca1f6b.html)
(https://images46.fotki.com/v147/photos/0/3821280/14387147/JFqA7PN-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/misc-album/jfqa7pn.html)
(https://images41.fotki.com/v826/photos/0/3821280/14387147/speedergoa1-vi.jpg) (https://public.fotki.com/tiking1970/misc-album/speedergoa1.html)
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Love that the toy came with "crash effects"! ;D ;D ;D
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:smiley:
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Thanks for looking.
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Wow - Great weathering and so much better than the original design, too! Those treads weren't doing it any favors.
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Thanks for the 'original' toy shots for comparison. That is an astonishing transformation :smiley: :smiley:
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Wow - Great weathering and so much better than the original design, too! Those treads weren't doing it any favors.
I hear ya. Didn't exactly do it gor me either.
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Thanks for the 'original' toy shots for comparison. That is an astonishing transformation :smiley: :smiley:
You're welcome. Glad you like the transformation.
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Thanks for the 'original' toy shots for comparison. That is an astonishing transformation :smiley: :smiley:
+1 You took it from a toy to a damn good model.
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Silk purse out of a sow's ear, that's a gorgeous build and finish.
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Thanks for the 'original' toy shots for comparison. That is an astonishing transformation :smiley: :smiley:
+1 You took it from a toy to a damn good model.
Much man! Thank you.
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Silk purse out of a sow's ear, that's a gorgeous build and finish.
My humble thank you. Glad you liked the finish.
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Takes speeder to another level (or two) with mods and weathering. Looks 'used'.
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Takes speeder to another level (or two) with mods and weathering. Looks 'used'.
Used and abused, especially in that type of environment and combat scenario.
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Yet again wonderful work! :smiley: Your design fits the universe better than the original. The greeblification also adds much-needed detail, especially when compared to the rather bare toy.
The idea of a monotrack speeder/bike is pretty cool, but Disney's set-up doesn't really work, I think. Looks sorta imbalanced with the driver sitting so far behind the tracks. Kinda funny how the brain will excuse the Force and giant space lasers, but draws the line at a centre-of-gravity issue, going "Yeah nah, that doesn't work at all". ;D
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Yet again wonderful work! :smiley: Your design fits the universe better than the original. The greeblification also adds much-needed detail, especially when compared to the rather bare toy.
The idea of a monotrack speeder/bike is pretty cool, but Disney's set-up doesn't really work, I think. Looks sorta imbalanced with the driver sitting so far behind the tracks. Kinda funny how the brain will excuse the Force and giant space lasers, but draws the line at a centre-of-gravity issue, going "Yeah nah, that doesn't work at all". ;D
I guess they thought of a mono thread vehicle would associate better with the audience as it is currently on vehicle at the present time... Maybe...
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In this form it looks like something you'd see in Tales From The Loop.
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I don't think I've seen tales from the loop.
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My local library had a copy. The artwork has inspired board games and a mini TV series.
https://www.amazon.ca/Tales-Loop-Simon-St%C3%A5lenhag/dp/1624650392?asin=1624650392&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1 (https://www.amazon.ca/Tales-Loop-Simon-St%C3%A5lenhag/dp/1624650392?asin=1624650392&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1)
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Its the Swedish author. I kmow of him. Thanks