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Project Orion nuclear spacecraft

by Paul sutton on September 4, 2020
in Sci-fi — 9 Comments

This project started with the Revell 1:144 Saturn 5 rocket kit, however I wanted to do something a bit different with it. Project Orion was a spacecraft concept that the USA seriously considered in the late 1950s and early 60’s. The space race[...]

Crashed imperial star destroyer

by Paul sutton on August 12, 2020
in Sci-fi — 7 Comments

Hello all. This diorama shows a crashed imperial star destroyer. I’ve tried to show a story with this diorama. The ship has taken heavy damage to its bridge causing it to crash land on a fairly hospitable planet. The diorama is shown a number o[...]

Luftwaffe flying saucer

by Paul sutton on July 19, 2020
in Sci-fi — 8 Comments

A small diorama for all the conspiracy theorists out there. This is the Revell 1/72 Haunebu flying saucer dissolving a Russian tank with its ‘death beam’. In all fairness the kit does not actually come with such a weapon (instead it has 3 turr[...]

Blake’s 7 Liberator

by Paul sutton on June 20, 2020
in Sci-fi — 5 Comments

Hello all. This is my latest lockdown project, the ‘Liberator’ from the classic 1970s BBC series ‘Blake’s 7’. If your not familiar with it, Blake’s 7 followed the escapades of a group of freedom fighters opposing a dystopian galactic government.[...]

TIE interceptor vs X wing

by Paul sutton on June 4, 2020
in Sci-fi — 13 Comments

Hello all. This is a small Starwars diorama showing a brave TIE interceptor pilot defending the space lanes from rebel scum. The kits used were the Revell snap together kits. There is a slight scale difference between them but In this context I [...]

Babylon 5 heavy cruiser 3D printed kit

by Paul sutton on May 4, 2020
in Sci-fi — 5 Comments

Hello all. This is a model from the classic 1990s sci fi series ‘Babylon 5’. It is the Earth Force ‘heavy cruiser’ (sometimes refers to as the Hyperion) This project was a first for me as it was constructed from a 3D printed kit (bought of eBay)[...]

London taxi (post apocalypse)

by Paul sutton on April 12, 2020
in Sci-fi — 6 Comments

Hello all. This is my first attempt at a car model, a 1/24 scale London taxi cab with a distinctly post apocalypse look to it. The kit is by Aoshima and the figure by Master box Ltd. All the armour panels and mesh windows as well as the base are[...]

Starfury launch bay

by Paul sutton on February 8, 2020
in Sci-fi — 6 Comments

This is the old Revel Babylon 5 starfury kit. I wanted to make a nicer stand for it than the kit offering and, anyway, one thing led to another and I ended up with a scratch built launch cradle and bay. The kit has a few modifications including [...]

That’s no moon!

by Paul sutton on October 25, 2019
in Sci-fi — 9 Comments

Hello all. This project is a completely scratch built model of every bodies favourite weapon of mass destruction, “The Death Star”. The model is constructed in a similar way to the actual studio model for ‘Starwars episode 4 a new hope’. I used [...]

Flash Gordon Rocket ship

by Paul sutton on May 30, 2019
in Sci-fi — 8 Comments

Hello all This model is the ‘Flash Gordon rocket ship’ from Fantastic Plastic. This model is based on the Flash Gordon movies from the late 1930s (so very retro sci fi) The kit is all resin and is fairly easy to put together although there is a [...]