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My original, full size build of JRs awesome Sulaco was lost to some Nebraska weather involving a west facing window and some fist sized hail a few years back, but, I have printed out a 1/3rd of the original size version to build once I get the last three engines on the Rodger Young.

Anyway, to warm up, I threw together this amazing hi-rez "comissioning plate" I dug up around the web a while back.

This is a simple build that works great with a combo of cardstock, F-flute corrugated, and some 2mm "ish" paperboard used in construction.

I took some liberties, as the pattern is just one sheet, but it includes an instructrion page and a "flat" version (read that as just cut out a rectangle). I turned the star into a greeble and doctored the acid burns with some careful lime-green sharpie over the "stock" neon yellow. I also skipped the optional rivet greebs(edge gluing cardstock at 0500? No way, dude.) and just cut out the three from the flat version after paperboarding.

I bonded the flat version and the greeblies to the paperboard, then laminated the cardstock (printed on bright white due to the hi-rez textures! Two layers of F-flute (from a foam pillow box) laminated fit the frame strips perfectly. A little sharpie marker edge work and BAM! my Aliens collection on my desk at work looks great!

EDIT: Sorry the pictures may display sideways for you. My work computer is frustratingly archaic

Great, fast build to get mentally prepared for the saga that shal be building JRs Sulaco and finishing uhu02's Discovery simultaneously.