# Rocketeer's model-building over the last couple months **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** arts-crafts\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221 "2021-02-04T22:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/1 "2021-02-04T22:24:28Z")
I haven’t posted here for a while; **Mrs. R** built me a Facebook account, so I’ve been sucked into the Infinite Hole. But I thought I might report in here, and let you guys see my latest model projects. An outfit out of Australia called Miniature Scenery makes some interesting steampunk kits in Warhammer scale from laser-cut MDF; they’re generally well-engineered and go together without any stress. My first kit from them was their Scuttlebug transport ( **Little R** ’s boyfriend says he’s thinks it’s “Nurgle”, whatever that means.): [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50673849246_fc664ec1b9_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50673849246_fc664ec1b9_4k.jpg) Flickr album here: [Scuttle Bug | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157717140440392/with/50673849246/) Next I got involved with their “Chastiser” Battle Church conversion for Games Workshop’s Rhino kit; I was almost sucked into the Charybdis of Warhammer, but managed to stop, heart pounding and wallet smoking, on the brink of the abyss: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50907710957_54247a3bd5_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50907710957_54247a3bd5_4k.jpg) Flickr album: [Chastiser Battle Church | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157718159588397) Their “Ursula” Heavy Mortar ( **Mrs R** hates the paint job): [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50906885983_a18be63da7_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50906885983_a18be63da7_4k.jpg) Flickr: [Ursula Heavy Mortar | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157718154562921/with/50906885983/) and the “Steel Wyrm”, a bit more fiddly than their other kits: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50906877043_043f773002_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50906877043_043f773002_4k.jpg) I also discovered the website of Ramshackle Games, out of England, and bought their charmingly clunky “Gnu” Military tractor. I couldn’t bear to build another dirt-and-grass-tufts base, so I set it in an exhibition hall and painted up a little Hasslefree Games figure to go with it: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50622971172_e866f9dc4c_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50622971172_e866f9dc4c_4k.jpg) Flickr: [Gnu (Ramshackle Games) | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157716957736958/with/50622971172/) …and I’m slowly continuing on the spaceliner Aetilia Gargantyr; she’s in primer now, waiting for me to mix some paint and crank up the airbrush: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50909561341_1b50b9575d_4k.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50909561341_1b50b9575d_4k.jpg) Flickr: [Spaceliner Aetilia Gargantyr | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157716052200363/with/50909561341/) It’s been a really productive couple of months. While glue is drying on one project, I can do something on another (and, if the hiatuses aren’t too long, I can usually remember where I was!). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/2 "2021-02-04T22:36:07Z")
Awesome stuff; can’t wait to see the Aetilia! Thanks for the update. Model building is quite a thing on YouTube now, if the sheer number of people making booknooks and whatnot recommended to me is a measure of anything. Most of those people are good; you make them look merely competent. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/3 "2021-02-04T23:26:19Z")
Was the Aetilia the one that you were looking for a quiet motor for, or was that just a similar design? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/4 "2021-02-04T23:52:23Z")
Yep, that was Aetilia Gargantyr. **Beowulff** sent me several very quiet motors, so I used one of those. It’s still audible, but much better than my first motor. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/5 "2021-02-04T23:53:08Z")
quote=“Snowboarder\_Bo, post:2, topic:932221, full:true”] …you make them look merely competent. [/quote] Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/6 "2021-02-05T02:01:17Z")
Your models are some of my favorite posts on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/7 "2021-02-05T02:52:33Z")
Thanks! Mine, too! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/8 "2021-02-05T13:15:00Z")
Awesome as always. And so many in one thread, a real treat. Post more WIP pics as well, I love those. Although, tell the boyfriend he’s mistaken - Purple is not very Nurgle. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/9 "2021-02-05T14:11:54Z")
Nice work, I’ve been thinking of getting back into modeling. Fun relaxing past time. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/10 "2021-02-06T19:06:20Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Aetilia Gargantyr Jack Vance, isn’t it? “The Killing Machine?” ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/11 "2021-02-07T06:35:18Z")
I think it’s actually from “The Face”. AG is destroyed and Lens Larque gets an insurance settlement from one of Gersen’s companies. The model is not intended to be from the book; I just liked the name–Vance always has such great names. I did change the spelling just a tad. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221/12 "2021-02-07T18:49:03Z")
Grin! I didn’t want to comment on the spelling, and you’re quite right, it is The Face. Love that series of books! Your model is much too sleek and snazzy and lovely and smooth – I adore the ring structure! – for the real Gargantyr, a rusty leaking old p.o.s. hauler! All of your work is magnificent, and I wish I had the time and inspiration and skill even to come close! (Also the storage and display space!)