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Custom wall display of the Narcissus shuttle from Alien nestled in the Nostromo hanger. The shuttle scaled at 1:72 was scratch built and includes cockpit with lighting effects. The entire display spans 5 feet when assembled

From Aliens comes this cool little shuttle. Only seen for a few seconds it became quite an iconic ship amongst builders. This build is in studio scale using the same parts found on the original except a few scratch parts where needed.

Scratch and bash of the Tie Bomber in 1:24th scale. Features cockpit and engine lighting.

This scratch built Daedalus from Stargate  has a 36″ long hull. Phase1 of construction consisted of creating the armature for single point mounting and MDF substructure as seen below.

PHASE1: Single point armature and full MDF substructure. COMPLETE
PHASE2: Cut outs for windows, cutouts for hull lighting, and routing of wiring for all LED lighting.
PHASE3: Skin substructure [...]

Scratch and bash build of a Tie Bomber at 1:24th scale. One static build and one with cockpit and engine lighting.

This scratch build of the Gemini Freighter from  Battlestar Galactica arrived to me needing some repairs and correction as will as getting a full repaint, markings, and weathering. The first area to get attention was the head of the ship. In order to repaint this section the heavy paint needed to be stripped so the [...]

Completed photos of the 1:24th scale Tie Phantom scratch build.

This unused original design by Joe Johnston for the Empire Strikes back has been one of my favorites for some time. There is no scale reference for this so what to do… go big! It will stand 18″ tall when completed.

Scratch built 1:24th scale Republic Y-wing from Star Wars The Clone Wars animated series. Build features fully lit cockpit, R2 unit, and engines.

Tie Predator scratch build at 1:24th scale. Features lighting to the cockpit and engines.