I have spent some more time on the nightwing. Plasticard is harder to use then some people make it look. There is some great work out there on the web. I had a lot of work to do to get the nightwing nose mesh with the star trek model ship. Its coming along. I made magnet mounts for the shuriken cannon and brightlances. I definately need a new base as well. Again I am hoping some green stuff magic will fix it all up. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Showing posts with label nightwing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nightwing. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Converted nightwing part 2
I have spent some more time on the nightwing. Plasticard is harder to use then some people make it look. There is some great work out there on the web. I had a lot of work to do to get the nightwing nose mesh with the star trek model ship. Its coming along. I made magnet mounts for the shuriken cannon and brightlances. I definately need a new base as well. Again I am hoping some green stuff magic will fix it all up. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Converted Nightwing
I have had this Star Trek spaceship in my conversion box for about ten years, and finaly have an idea for it. With some wings from my son's cheap transformer knock-off, a trimmed down falcon turret and some plasticard, I am attempting a Night wing. Here is what I have so
far.
The bulky nose section had to go, so it got lopped off with my dremel. Hopefully then it will look a little more eldar-like and less Klingon. (or whatever, I am more of a star wars guy)
In order to get the dimensions on the nose correct, I used a little bit of Algebra. I got a picture of a nightwing, measured the cockpit in the picture and then measured the actual cockpit from the falcon. Then I measured about 5-6 dimensions on the picture, ie: width of flared section, length of cutaway portion, width of cutaway portion, etc. Then I used the formula :
Picture cockpit/actual cockpit=picture width of flared portion/x. Solve for x and repeat for each new dimension. Then I used these dimensions to draw out the nose sections on paper.
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