Finished Projects

Have a look here to see finished projects with links to their respective work in progress posts. I'll add new projects as they get finished and add photo's when I find them. I'll also try to keep it in chronological order.

Note: Cast parts refers to parts I made, then molded and cast, an especially useful technique when needing multiples of the same part.

Chernovan Tank from Warhawk Video Game (PS4)

I guess this is my first scratch built model using papercraft plans and stills taken from the game. Would still like to do a final paint job on this. Roughly 1/35 scale. All scratch built from styrene, cast parts and brass. The tank track are from a model tank kit.

William Underwood (re-named the Krista B) scratch built wooden model boat.

I found the plans and instructions for this in a great book called "Boat Modeling the Easy Way by Harold Payson". Built from various types of wood, some styrene and found parts. Only a few parts like the blocks and the prop are store bought.

YT-1000 Corellian Freighter. From the Star Wars universe. A lengthy build, 16 months I think. Again scratch built from styrene, cast parts and model kit parts for all the greebles. 

MAKO from the Mass Effect Video game (X-Box). Another scratch built, mostly styrene, cast parts and some 3D printed parts.

Rey's Speeder from Star Wars The Force Awakens.

Probably one of my fastest builds. 

More to come....

Star Wars Episode 7 Speeder

As soon as I saw the teaser/trailer I thought building this model would be fun. 
First thing to do was get some screen shots, fortunately some of the views were direct side views which made it easy to get the models dimensions.

This is the model I made...

...using this image for reference...

...and this is how I made it.


I set my scale at 1/18 or the same as the 3 3/4" action figures. 

Some wood blocks were cut and lacquered to give a super smooth surface for vacuum forming. 

After that it was a matter of cutting and assembling. The model is 99% scratch built with only a few model kit parts.

These are the intakes at the front of the Speeder. Just used some tank wheels. You can't really see them unless you look right into the front grill.

I scribed the panel lines and added the rivets, which are made by drilling a small hole and placing a bead from a water filter. The hinges at the back are made from pieces of tank track. The grills are 3D printed.

The controls are from a model helicopter I think.

The engines were made by turning one on my lathe, then I made a mold and cast the other. Then I added the details. The hand controls are scratchbuilt from styrene rod. The seat was carved from a high density foam.

I airbrushed the model using a few reds and rust colours, then an oil wash to give it that grimy look.

Thanks for viewing.