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That is a damn nice model and a fine looking cat.

nectarprime wrote:That is a damn nice model and a fine looking cat.

Thanks. His name is Jasper.
Three and a half feet long from whiskers to tail when he stretches out...
As for the Arvus, although i have posted all the images here, the full gallery is below in case anyone wants to check out the progression again:

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g19/All_the_good_usernames_are_taken/Arvus%20Lighter%20Build/?start=all

Wow...

Your scratchbuilding skills are excellent indeed. Thank you for sharing your build. I love seeing someone's plan come together.

Do you post on Fichtenfoo? If not, this should really be on there, they share your love of Maschinen Kreiger and all things scratchbuilt.

That's a fantastic build, the hanger as well.

awsome built is there a chance you will built this hangar for the arvus? would be a hell of a dio!!!

many thanks for sharing this!

Viktor von Domm wrote:awsome built is there a chance you will built this hangar for the arvus? would be a hell of a dio!!!

many thanks for sharing this!

Thanks. The Hangar is a project i thought about so i could display my WIPs for people in a scale environment. The idea is that when it's done, i can use it just as a camera box for taking pics of WIPs.

Ash 1 wrote:That's a fantastic build, the hanger as well.

Thanks a lot. I am waiting for a few large sheets of styrene to arrive so i can finish the hangar. That will be my next project.

totallyrobot wrote:Your scratchbuilding skills are excellent indeed. Thank you for sharing your build. I love seeing someone's plan come together.

Do you post on Fichtenfoo? If not, this should really be on there, they share your love of Maschinen Kreiger and all things scratchbuilt.

I doubt they'd be interested over there. I post on the Ma.K forum anyway, so Michael will see it there, and he has yet to comment

Malika2 wrote:Wow...

Thanks! It will be finished shortly for sure!
Then it's new owner will soon take delivery of it

Then it's new owner will soon take delivery of it

you can part with that... would be like selling a child for me...

Thanks. The Hangar is a project i thought about so i could display my WIPs for people in a scale environment. The idea is that when it's done, i can use it just as a camera box for taking pics of WIPs.

I am waiting for a few large sheets of styrene to arrive so i can finish the hangar. That will be my next project.

yeah *punches fist into the air*
i too am currently making a camera box/dio to better present my models/minis... a hangar done by you...be sure of my yet again wetted apetite of bar productions^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Bar wrote:Then it's new owner will soon take delivery of it

you can part with that... would be like selling a child for me...

It's only a model, lol...
Actually, the guy who is buying it wanted me to make ANOTHER one for him. But i told him i would just sell him this one(I will probably just make another one for me later on). I made master patterns of the engine braces, intakes, exhausts, front end and back end. I could probably rustle another one up in two weeks. I have already made a new engine cradle just to prove it was easy(Took about an hour). The cradle parts are sized to accept 50mm plumbing tube(I hid the lighting systems in there on this build).
I have a VERY special Arvus variant planned for the future. And the parts will be very handy for that.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Bar wrote:Thanks. The Hangar is a project i thought about so i could display my WIPs for people in a scale environment. The idea is that when it's done, i can use it just as a camera box for taking pics of WIPs.

Bar wrote: I am waiting for a few large sheets of styrene to arrive so i can finish the hangar. That will be my next project.

yeah *punches fist into the air*
i too am currently making a camera box/dio to better present my models/minis... a hangar done by you...be sure of my yet again wetted apetite of bar productions^^

Great idea Viktor. And thanks for your kind words.
You can see the lines i have drawn on the walls of the hangar. The upper lines are a gantry walkway, and doorways leading off. On the lower lever there will be staircase leading up to the other levels, and on the right there is a giant doorway(It will be closed, but it COULD lead to other hangars/storage areas).
The hangar will be generic. It could POSSIBLY be a bunker underground, or on the ground in an airfield, or in a large skyscraper, or it could even be a hangar bay in a starship. It will give me plenty of options for details.

this sounds like a good thing!!! such a high potential dio i had not in mind for my own needs but then again i am making a dio for outdoor scenes... and currently i wont make any flyers....so...^^

a new and special variant of the arvus too? well...i think we are in for a treat... i only hope you got paid handsomly for this beauty! as for the parts having master copies to use later i remember that you talked about that during the built, so it is only one built you give away but you have the potential to redo not from scratch but from a foundation so to speak^^

Meh, it's okay I guess... I mean if you're into the the whole superbly intricate, detail-oriented craftsmanship thing... I suppose...

Before anyone flames me to hell and back I'm being sarcastic. This thing is remarkable.

Sharkvictim wrote:Meh, it's okay I guess... I mean if you're into the the whole superbly intricate, detail-oriented craftsmanship thing... I suppose...

Before anyone flames me to hell and back I'm being sarcastic. This thing is remarkable.

Lol. Thanks. I got the humour right away. It's always good to have a laugh.

Viktor von Domm wrote:this sounds like a good thing!!! such a high potential dio i had not in mind for my own needs but then again i am making a dio for outdoor scenes... and currently i wont make any flyers....so...^^

a new and special variant of the arvus too? well...i think we are in for a treat... i only hope you got paid handsomly for this beauty! as for the parts having master copies to use later i remember that you talked about that during the built, so it is only one built you give away but you have the potential to redo not from scratch but from a foundation so to speak^^

Exactly. That was my thought on the subject. This one was not started as a commission. It was purely for me. It only changed when a member of another forum saw the WIP and offered to buy it.
I am getting a nice amount for it(Although i have three months work in this, you can't put a figure on the value of a piece like this, but lets say i am getting about 20 times the cost of the materials it took to make the craft), so i am glad to let it go for that amount.
The "variant" i have in mind is a non-orbit-capable "navy" version with outrigger wings and VTOL propellers. Kind of like a V22 Osprey.

Amazing modeling work, painting is excellent as well - I love seeing in progress stuff like this.

Wow, cant wait to see the dio

Capitansolstice wrote:Wow, cant wait to see the dio

Irony of ironies, the Arvus has been sold to a buyer in the US. Likely, i will not finish the Hangar in time for the Arvus to be show in there in it's full glory...
I will take plenty of images of the Arvus though...
And i do plan on making myself another one.

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh well

Capitansolstice wrote:WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh well

Is this in referemce to the fact it has been sold, or that it will never be shown in the hangar?

I wont be able to get to see it in the hangar. Oh well :(

Capitansolstice wrote:I wont be able to get to see it in the hangar. Oh well :(

Sorry. I will build another one, i swear...

Hmm, I come back to find more awesomeness! Interesting color patterns you chose, almost BSG like, and I do like the way that the gritty new BSG can also fit somewhat with a WH40K vehicle like the Arvus.

I only had to see the first few photos and just wow ! That got me straight away and the progress and attention to detail is superb ! Can't wait for more.

shasolenzabi wrote:Hmm, I come back to find more awesomeness! Interesting color patterns you chose, almost BSG like, and I do like the way that the gritty new BSG can also fit somewhat with a WH40K vehicle like the Arvus.

I too enjoy the fact that the Arvus could comofrtably sit in several Scifi settings. It could concievably be a Star Wars craft too....
And the shape of the hull without wings is very similar to the look of the Bumblebee escape pod from the Pillar Of Autumn in Halo: Combat Evolved.

Wolf wrote:I only had to see the first few photos and just wow ! That got me straight away and the progress and attention to detail is superb ! Can't wait for more.

Thanks a lot. I have build everything on it from scratch and even i am impressed when i look at it...

Bar wrote:

Capitansolstice wrote:I wont be able to get to see it in the hangar. Oh well :(

Sorry. I will build another one, i swear...

YESSS!!!!!!

Lol. As i said, i have all the parts to make a new one.
Next one will be olive drab with Halo style markings...

WOW! Absolutely amazing work!

so, yyou are going to build an angar too!? wow, amazing works!

At this rate he could be the next Gerry Anderson!

Loved his stuff growing up, Space 1999, U.F.O., Thunderbirds, Fireball XL-5, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, and even Space Precinct

gman1401 wrote:WOW! Absolutely amazing work!

Thanks a lot. I am not able to go to work today so it will have to wait till tomorrow for some updates.

FantasyBob wrote:so, yyou are going to build an angar too!? wow, amazing works!

Thanks. The hangar will be getting started soon when i get new styrene supplies sent in.

shasolenzabi wrote:At this rate he could be the next Gerry Anderson!

Loved his stuff growing up, Space 1999, U.F.O., Thunderbirds, Fireball XL-5, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, and even Space Precinct

What praise!
I doubt i will ever reach the heights of Gerry Anderson. He was probably younger than me when he got a start, and physical effects are no longer in vogue anymore.



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totallyrobot wrote:Do you post on Fichtenfoo? If not, this should really be on there, they share your love of Maschinen Kreiger and all things scratchbuilt.

Well, i remembered that i had registered on there, so i have posted a WIP over there.

So, how is the current status?

tryanotherone wrote:So, how is the current status?

Very good, thanks for asking. It's REALLY coming together. Just the weathering to go. I have handed it over to a friend of mine for the weathering. He will be adding the streaks, dirt and paint chips.
More about that when he has given it back to me.
For now, the Arvus is lit up, glued together and mostly painted. It just needs a bit of wear and tear added.
Here are pics and a video from today after it recieved it's windshield wipers(A small detail often overlooked in aircraft that can hover i feel...).




















A little "flyaround" of the ship just to see how cool the flashy lights still look...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUb8CuseVEc