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Money isn't cheap, so I'm going to save a bunch by using all this plasticard I have.

It's a good idea to figure out at least the general idea of what you're doing ahead of time. I have no clue why Dakka turned this pic upside down, it's fine on my computer.



Templates are your friends. This is the part where you can avoid your model looking like an assemblage of basic shapes by doing something a bit more interesting.



Make a little box inside for the passenger compartment. This is the stage where I admit I bought the head and legs from a bitz site, the time/money ratio is very different for articulated legs compared to a simple, boxy body.



Just go around the sides and seal each facing. Now you have a box, but it's a fancy box if you did the template stage right. Use some angles that aren't 90 degrees and you're golden.



Basic hinges are really easy to do, if you don't know how they work, go look at a door.



More to come tomorrow. What do you think, sirs?

Money isn't cheap! Looking good so far. I'm excited to see the progress.

So far so good, what size plasticard are you using?

Very impressive and ambitious. Quite an inspiration! Can't wait to see more!

How did you make the crease in the front of the body compartment?

Subscribed, because I want to see how this turns out.

Looks good so far.

Likey likey!

Thanks, folks. I hope to build the arms over the weekend.

To answer the questions, I use 1mm plasticard whenever I can, it's the most convenient when cutting to exact dimensions.

The front panel is 0.5mm plasticard, because it bends well. It's a single piece, lightly scored along the middle, and just folded across two wedges (like the roof on a house).

So for now I have this.



This part was every bit as tedious as you think it was, and probably more.



And someone tell Legoburner to stop the Gallery from randomly rotating photos

This is what I have now.



Arms up close.

that is amazing!! I shall be doing something similar very soon!!