In a previous thread, I asked for some help with Chinese ideograms for use on a model I was building, and a number of Dopers were kind enough to help me–thanks again, you guys!
One of my helpers, chromaticity, who went to a lot of effort, asked me to share pictures when the model was finished, and so here we go:
The year is 1898, and above an overgrown temple to some forgotten and terrible god, the Imperial Chinese aeronef “Ocean Wind” is repelling a single (albeit very large) boarder.
Here’s a link to my Photobucket album, where there are more pictures:
Just for fun (well, a sort of obsessive-compulsive fun :rolleyes: ), I tallied up all the parts that went into this model. Not counting the foam for the scenery, there are 1079 parts you’re lookin’ at here, 14 of which came from the original kit.
Very cool models, Rocketeer! I remember seeing your models from previous threads and I especially liked the van ship.
If you don’t mind me barging in on your thread, I’d like to show off my previous birthday gift from my boyfriend: the Yugo Tank. It’s mostly scratch built except for the wheels and the barrel at the back of the tank. I’d asked him to make me one for my birthday last year after we had a conversation about WW2 tanks. We both enjoy Soviet and Cold War styling for its kitsch value and the conversation eventually drifted to the aesthetic value of marrying a Yugo car design to a tank. So now I’m the proud owner of the world’s only (miniature) Yugo Tank!
It was inspired by Master of the World’s Albatross–and once long ago I stumbled across a bunch of web pages with some kind of roleplaying games featuring aeronefs, so that’s probably an influence, too.
Thanks! An update: I took the Aeronef to Wonderfest, the premier sci-fi/fantasy model show in the US, and received a Gold and (completely unexpectedly) Best Starship! I was grinning for three days straight!
