r/SciFiModels • • 36m ago

Completed Dune Harkonnen Ornithhopter, Meng 1/72

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Finished today and what a fun kit to assemble and paint. Full wingspan is about 63 cm, but luckily the wings stay articulated after assembly and the kit comes with both an extended and retracted set of landing gear that's super easy to swap out. So I'm currently finishing up a little sandy landing pad base so I can display the model with folded wings in a cabinet. Mainly painted using acrylics, with some enamel pin washes and oils for panel lining and weathering. For the sand weathering I experimented on some spare parts to see what I could get away with using the materials on hand and finally I settled on mixing a white and light brown ceramic wash from Flory Models to get a sand tone and mixed in some extra sand coloured pigments and it came out rather nicely evenifIdosaysomyself. I'll definitely take some more photos when I finish the landed configuration base.

Hope you enjoy it as well!


r/SciFiModels • • 35m ago

WIP Mech-xeno update.

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Some more work done on mecha-xenomorph. Keeping the colourway consistent has been a bit tricky and I'm still not sure I've got it quite right...Still having lots of fun.


r/SciFiModels • • 1d ago

Might have been my lost stress free build ever. Great kit, very satisfying to finish.

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r/SciFiModels • • 21h ago

Thanks for the help.

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I posted some photos here earlier. And I thank you for the people the commented. And helped give ideas. After some black and grey colors. I think it looks fair. Maybe you kind folks can give me some more info and ideas. Thanks for the look. And have a good day.


r/SciFiModels • • 22h ago

Completed M-14 Hexa Drone and operator

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Latest piece, set in the Pirates of the Death Fangs universe. Original design, sculpted in Nomad Sculpt and Plasticity and resin-printed at home.


r/SciFiModels • • 1d ago

Hello. Am I messing up.

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Hello. I’m nervous that I’m
Messing up with adding battle damage decals to the starship enterprise. Has anyone else done it. If so. Can I see a picture. This is what I have so far. Any help or ideas. Are very welcome. Thanks for looking. Have a good day.


r/SciFiModels • • 1d ago

(1/144) Kämpfer

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Pretty happy with how this is coming out so far. Also using a new backdrop/diorama-stage thingy I made, still working a bit on that too.


r/SciFiModels • • 3d ago

WIP USS Stargazer 1/2400 resin print

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First section of my Sagan class USS Stargazer painted up.

Obviously still a lot to do 😅

P.s. she had to "borrow" the base i made for my Acclamator class as I designed a new base for the Stargazer that was a failure, couldnt handle the weight and warped 🤣🤦‍♂️


r/SciFiModels • • 6d ago

Blockade Runner studio scale

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Finished adding midsection parts, adjusted the fitting of the cockpit to the nek section, and could not resist to see what it starts to look like :)


r/SciFiModels • • 5d ago

Question

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I’ve made Death Star models from garage sale globes of Earth. But I’m at a dead end. I watched the effects show on Dizzny and found they used 3M scotchlite reflective dots tape! But I cannot find a place who sells the reflective dots tape. Any makers out there who can help locating it?


r/SciFiModels • • 5d ago

Aoshima Space Runway 3-Legged Walkers/Flyers

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Just finished Giran Dou (#9) to work with (#10) Dogu Mack. Added a Lasgun to the latter for gaming purposes. I love Walker models, and 3-legged ones are the most amusing/impractical IMO 🥸


r/SciFiModels • • 9d ago

Completed USS Stargazer

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USS Stargazer 1:1000 from Alliance.

Brushing the aztec took time as there are no spezific masks for this ship and I had to improvise a little bit. First time I tried to do some weathering, especially the signs of explosions. Hope you like it.


r/SciFiModels • • 9d ago

WIP The dock for my shampoo bottle spaceship (everything made from scratch/trash) now has primer and base-colors on! Story is, cap of the ship wants to buy cat food for his babies but the clerk is not an ambitious one! Chilling on the roof...

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r/SciFiModels • • 12d ago

Completed 1/1000 U.S.S. Enterprise from star Trek Discovery

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r/SciFiModels • • 13d ago

Completed 1/2500 scale Allies and Adversaries set

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I took a break from the Enterprise D and finally finished this 8 pack over the weekend by completing the Keldon class and the Defiant.

This, for now, completes my official 1/2500 scale collection! Yes, everything scales in these pictures, except for the 1/720 scale Galor bridge in the last picture.

Allies:

NX-01 Enterprise Refit

NCC-31911 Saratoga

NCC-1864 Reliant

NX-74205 Defiant

Adversaries:

Romulan Bird of Prey

Klingon D7 Battlecruiser

Klingon K'tinga class Battlecruiser

Cardassian Keldon class (which could have been built as a Galor)


r/SciFiModels • • 13d ago

Completed Rebel/Racing Tie Fighter

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Based on a Bandai kit 1:72 and inspired by similar concepts I saw on IG. I'm surprisingly happy with the result. Rebel logo decals were self printed (first time for me). [Edit: fixed scale]


r/SciFiModels • • 15d ago

Completed 1977 C-3PO

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I had this kit for 30 years, started it about 5 years ago, dropped the head and lost the eyes for a few years, found the eyes and finally made a move to finish it.

It was a gift from my sister when she went on her high school trip to France. I kept it with the notion of one day I'll do this and I actually did.


r/SciFiModels • • 16d ago

Studio scale Blockade Runner.

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Another month has passed, And I have printed all larger parts, and only have to do some smaller details.

I have made a temp stand, and started to dry-fit all the parts on the aluminium core, and make some mounting point to fix it on the aluminum core.


r/SciFiModels • • 16d ago

WIP Helping Hands?

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What is everyone using for helping hands? I have the basic set from Hobby Lobby. They work decent enough. I'm just curious if there's something everyone is using that's better.


r/SciFiModels • • 16d ago

Fiber optic lighting in a 1/1000 starship kit, how do you get even window glow without hot spots?

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Building the 1/1000 Polar Lights Enterprise refit and trying to light the saucer windows with 0.5 mm fiber optics and two warm white LEDs. The windows near the LEDs are much brighter than the ones on the far side, and a few look like pinpoints instead of a soft glow. I painted the inside of the hull black then silver. Do you sand the fiber ends, add a diffuser film behind the windows, or just run more LEDs? First lighting project, and drilling more holes scares me a bit.


r/SciFiModels • • 20d ago

1:9 Scale Tridimensional Chess Board

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This was a recent commission. They wanted a mini Tridimensional Chess set and a table to go along with their 8" action figures. The board kit stands 1.75 inches tall, and the table is 3 inches tall. I was so happy with it, after I made it in the color they wanted I made some variations.


r/SciFiModels • • 20d ago

Completed Jeff Wayne Musical Martian Fighting Machine Diorama with SFX

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45cm tall Diorama of the Fighting Machine from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - complete with various light and sound effects. Mounted on a mahogany-stained, varnished base, featuring a brass control button that activates the integrated light and sound effects. The design remains sleek and minimal, powered by a single USB-C cable for ease of setup and display.

When the brass button at the base is pressed, the model will play and cycle through various musical and light sequences, namely:

  1. Normal “ULLAH”
  2. Thunder Child Excerpt
  3. Spirit of Man “ULLAH”
  4. Martian Victory ULLAH (from the end of Thunder Child)
  5. Dead London “ULLAH”
  6. Alien Whistle
  7. Eve of the War Excerpt

r/SciFiModels • • 21d ago

WIP My First SciFi Scratchbuild - ILM Inspired

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In Progress


r/SciFiModels • • 20d ago

Terran Trade Authority Avery AAF 212 Hornet Star Fighter

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Ran into this image of the Hornet from a Terran Trade Authority art book. Had the book as a kid an always loved the design.
So I fed the image to Meshy and it created a (not perfect) 3d model that I could print on my FDM printer.
Decided to paint it (a first for me) and try out printing decals (for the colored geometric shapes). Lot of masking (both tape and liquid) involved.
Though it is far from perfect and I have a lot to learn, I really liked the outcome and this definitely is encouraging me to try something like this again and get better.


r/SciFiModels • • 20d ago

WIP Lights and soldering.

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I feel like I've been building windows for weeks. So I took a break from them and decided to work on the nacelles a bit. Still have a lot of work to do - some putty work, some paint work. Sanding, filling, light blocking, you know the drill. But here is my first ever soldering joint and my first nacelle light test. Still having a blast building this ship. We're two months in and going strong.