Sci-fi Airship
This was based on a sketch by artist Rob Turpin. It was my first attempt at scratch building. It’s a weird design, but I really liked it right away. It reminded me of science fiction paperback covers from the 70s and 80’s and the magazine Heavy Metal, particularly the work of Mœbius.
I found a plastic test tube to use as the bubble canopy and scaled the rest of the ship from that. It worked out to be 1:87 (HO). The front of the ship was vacuum formed over a carved foam pattern. Most of the details were model kit parts (Mostly tanks and helicopters). The pilot is an HO scale astronaut.
The rear bulbous section was 3D printed in polystyrene filament and a few parts were turned on the lathe from polystyrene rod. It was painted with Vallejo acrylics.
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George Henderson said on July 19, 2020
Very cool
Peter Foti said on July 19, 2020
Thanks, George.
Rob Anderson said on July 19, 2020
The sketch reminds me of the work of Moebius, and you rendition is very cool!
https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-moebius/
Peter Foti said on July 19, 2020
Thanks, Rob. Yes, Mœbius was my first thought as well.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on July 19, 2020
That “thing” is positivly weird…but I love your take on the inspirational scetch. Great colours. Whats coming next from your studio?
Robert Royes said on July 19, 2020
Nice! Yes, Heavy Metal magazine.
Haslam Yeoman said on July 19, 2020
Wonderful imagination and scratch building talent.
DE4EVER said on July 20, 2020
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
Very colorful work Peter, love the colors … very different.
Spiros Pendedekas said on July 20, 2020
Agree with the above gents, Peter.
This is a wonderful out of the ordinary scratchbuild!
Maarten said on July 20, 2020
TOP !
Realy like the design ,colours and weathering are great to .
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Matija Skobe said on July 20, 2020
epic from start to finish