It's been a busy couple of weeks; family, work and tax season got in the way. Finally started back up on the Raptor, adding some ...
Small aquilla for the Fire Raptor There are three of these needed, so I made the master (left), then a mold (right), and then pressed ...
The pilot, made from a cast of the gunner mold, with the arms chopped and re-glued, and pelvis structure added. As before, there are a ...
Construction is complete, the only thing missing is the mounting bracket for the flyer base on the bottom. The acrylic rod I ordered arrived today, ...
The raptor being primed: Glued together a flying base from acrylic rod: More photos at coolminiornot ...
Started on the base-coat and preshading of the Fire Raptor. More photos at the buildlog . Next steps would be the engine parts, weathering and ...
Chipping, chipping away at the Fire Raptor. Right upper wing done. More photos & verbose explanations here ...
The ball turrets on the Fire Raptor, taking shape...
More Fire Raptor work: Scorched barrels on the turrets Engines taking shape: Posed with the model Ball turret, posed with the model ...
After a loooong procrastination, I finally started weathering the underside of the bird. Lots of sponge work, lots of little nicks and scratches. I figure ...
Doing all the fiddly bits before I seal it up and do some freehand work. This includes the cables on the outside & the lenses ...
Back on the fire raptor again, and making small bits of progress...
I finished the ball turrets last night, the last pieces were the sensor lenses above the gun barrels. So the last bits are now all ...
I started preparing everything last night, starting with a cutout mask to use as a guide on the bird itself. Using the mask I drew ...
Started working on the raven freehand that goes on top of the Fire Raptor: ...
