Star Wars Rebel Transport

[Fargo]

Here we go :D first post with my current work-in-progress model: Star Wars movie-based Rebel transport Gallofree GR-85 :D
I used as inspiration the "real" Gallofree GR-75 medium transport seen both in "the empire strikes back" & "the return of the jedi" => http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/eb/GR-75_Medium_Transport.jpg and decided to give it a bit more personality (read "weapons" :cool:). the real ship should be 90 m long, whereas my version is a bit smaller but faster. I designed it with Rhinocheros, printed the basic structure and starded the engines... even with some naiveties due to my inexperience with paper :o

The work done so far:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/863/p1000150.th.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000150.jpg)

details of the lower hull
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8152/p1000152.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000152.jpg)

the body, without luggage :D (you can see 1 of the naiveties, that yellow foam i used to support the lower plates, easy to deform: luckily it will be completely covered... I think next time I'll use paper ribs)
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5850/p1000153.th.jpg (http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000153.jpg)

the luggage; as you can see, I use a mixed technique, specially with kitbashing fot exterior details (and I have A LOT of respect for you all that use only paper!)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1714/p1000164.th.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000164.jpg) http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4124/p1000165g.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000165g.jpg)

main shield (I'm pretty happy with the 3D result, made with paper only)
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3872/p1000154.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000154.jpg) http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4828/p1000155x.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000155x.jpg)

rear shield
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4436/p1000158w.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000158w.jpg)

cannons
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5907/p1000159i.th.jpg (http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000159i.jpg)

ok, now dry assemblage, just to let you have an idea of the final result (second pic with 1 of the 4 lower plates; in the gaps there will be attached tha packages, containers and whatever-you-want needed in a base on a distant planet :rolleyes:)
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3544/p1000162.th.jpg (http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000162.jpg)http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9619/p1000163.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000163.jpg)

hope you like :)
feel free to criticize and to ask, I'll appreciate it

[B-Manic]

That's pretty impressive Filippo. I think you have captured the Gallofree very accurately. Thanks for sharing.

~ Douglas

[dansls1]

Cool model!

[Fargo]

glad you found it interesting :)
as probabily all of us, I feel a bit disappointed for just a couple of things during the building process...very uncommon, right? eheheh!
joking apart, the underside of the main shiel is a mess, even crooked... but it's covered so I'm "pardoned" for this time :D
I've also some questions about the paper, but I'll reserve them for a specific topic. anyway, as you could see, it's very small but this decision has been taken in order to keep the correct scale with the main ship of this little task force I'm gonna build... perhaps (http://freemovement.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/doh_homer_left.jpg)
the main ship is the EF-76 Nebul-B => http://bragewj.com/starwars/Nebulon-B.jpg I just began it but I'm stuck by a long list of problems :rolleyes: (I'll post some pix...)

[Fargo]

little (really!) update :) sorry guys, very few time for this work

here you can see the completed sides of the inner hull and the main weapons assembled (I notice now that the the turret in the first pic seems a bit crooked... no no, just checked and no panic, it's only the photo :D)
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9265/p1000208large.th.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000208large.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6023/p1000209large.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000209large.jpg)

here the paper containers first, than the plastic ones (not really sure if I'll use all of them... it depends on how much free space there will be under the shield)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9779/p1000212large.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000212large.jpg)http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4421/p1000213large.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000213large.jpg)

and here... eheh, something I tried some time ago
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1496/p1000214large.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000214large.jpg) it's a DX-9 ground troops transport (needs some last touches too)

here a comparison with the Gallofree, same scale (and you can also see the last finishes on the main hull, with the small bridge :) I decided to give it another shape compared to the classic one on the studio-scale model: never liked it, it's the worst part of that ship)
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6569/p1000216large.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000216large.jpg)

yes, rhino is very powerful... http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6794/rhinomedium.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rhinomedium.jpg)

Ok, to be honest I don't know when I'm gonna complete this model, because now the biggest part of the work will be painting all the separated components (specially all the boxes) and then assemble everything... most of my spare time is in the evening and painting after dinner is a bit of a problem (not enough light, not enough time...). all my hobbies rise in my bedroom and I don't think it's very healty to mess around with paintings just before go to sleep. I don't know, but I feel it will be easier to begin with another model than end this one :rolleyes: ... ok, I'm joking :D I'll finish it as soon as I can

see you!

[Fargo]

eheheh :) something is moving here, in the end :D
I found some time to give this amount a paper a touch of primer and, I must say that, I'm very happy with the result, specially for the bottom part:

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2294/p1000370large.jpg

all the details are well emphasized with this basic grey and I'm looking forward to see how it will look like when weathered :rolleyes:
http://i27.tinypic.com/25jio7d.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/906kw1.jpg

maybe tomorrow I'll try something for all the containers and boxes.
the conclusion is coming :) (I hope so!)

[lehcyfer]

Wow! I'm flabbergasted!

It's extremelly intriguing ship.

I want to build one too :D Will you publish it?

[SJPONeill]

Are you sure that's paper??? Looks awesome!!

Am very interested in your build first then paint approach....

[imcold]

Yeah, the underside looks cool - and weathering, that's the fun part, I'm looking forward to see that :) Did you use a regular brush or some spray for painting?

[Texman]

Very cool.

[sherban]

It's a brilliant work both in design and paercut.

[Fargo]

Wow! I'm flabbergasted!

It's extremelly intriguing ship.

I want to build one too :D Will you publish it?

ahh.... really, this time it could be almost impossible to publish it, because... well, this model is really a hybrid: I mean, there's paper, ok... but there's even a huge amount of "kitbashed" plastic and that's due to my (poor!) past in plastic scratchbuilding. when I decided to use paper instead of styrene, my mind gave birth to this ship, a sort of passage from a tecnique to the other. I think I could make available the paper structure but that would be, more or less, the 50% of the model. are you familiar with Rhinoceros 4.0?

Are you sure that's paper??? Looks awesome!!

Am very interested in your build first then paint approach....

Yeah, the underside looks cool - and weathering, that's the fun part, I'm looking forward to see that :) Did you use a regular brush or some spray for painting?

thanx :) I'll answer both of you: I used normal paper covered with an adhesive clear plastic sheet (for the same reason of some lines before and that's why it doesn't seems paper) and the primer is a common gray spray paint. weathering will be added with a brush, I don't have any airbrush. that's way I'm interested in learnig how to put a texture on the model before printing it... less laborious :rolleyes: and if the texture is good enough, the result would be great the same

[Fargo]

Very cool.

It's a brilliant work both in design and paercut.

thank you!!

[Fargo]

painting progresses:

I applied a white paint layer over the primer (spray), like the original transport, even to the lower shields (sorry, the light sucks...). just one coat: it allows the model to keep a sort of transaparence for the gray underneath that mucks up that "once immacolated" white hull.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2236/p1000378large.jpg

the contrast is good IMO. it needs a light touch of sandpaper (also because, when spaying, a little fly flew through the paint jet :mad::mad::mad: now there's a corpse stuck to the rear hull!!!)
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8741/p1000379large.jpg

I think the biggest part is done: now it's time to bring the brush and give some life to all the boxes and do some HEAVY weathering :cool:

[Fargo]

hi folks :)
after a long brake I'm back on this ship and the end is approching very fastly. today I managed to complete all the containers and to attach them under the main hull. looking to the poor reference stuff found on internet, I couldn't get a good idea about the original support system for all those boxes, so I simply glued them together and directly to the hull... in a way, it's a maze ;)

work just begun
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5541/p1000389large.jpg

in the middle...
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4730/p1000393large.jpg

et voilà
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3952/p1000396large.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4251/p1000397large.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/681/p1000398large.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4411/p1000400large.jpg

next step: weathering, weathering, weathering everything :cool:

[gomidefilho]

Fargo you work is amazing... Great scratchbuilder, and a font for inspiration...

[Fargo]

Fargo you work is amazing... Great scratchbuilder, and a font for inspiration...

thanx man :o

"fresh" update:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5378/p1000401large.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5351/p1000402large.jpg
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9385/p1000403large.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4157/p1000404large.jpg
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3981/p1000405large.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1020/p1000406large.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2818/p1000407large.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9089/p1000408large.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4209/p1000409large.jpg

[Fargo]

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8558/p1000410large.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1093/p1000411large.jpg

well... I haven't glued the two halves together yet, due to last check or whatever could come to my mind, but it could happen in no time :)

[sagittarius]

This is absolutely outstanding job Fargo.a Big inspiration for me :eek:

[Millenniumfalsehood]

Awesome! I wish you would post these pics on Starship Modeler. They'd get a kick out of seeing what paper can *really* accomplish given the time and care you've put into both this and the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter.

[Fargo]

This is absolutely outstanding job Fargo.a Big inspiration for me :eek:

thank you!!! I'm very happy you like it, as everybody here who has been very kind with my build :D oh, if you all have some questions about the model or whatever you want, feel free to ask!

Awesome! I wish you would post these pics on Starship Modeler. They'd get a kick out of seeing what paper can *really* accomplish given the time and care you've put into both this and the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter.

man, thanx :) this is REALLY a big compliment! yeah, that could be interesting... do you know if it is free? or do I have to log in before?

oh, I was forgetting the little update: I glued the two halves together :) now the model is a "sigle piece" and, well, almost complete: what I need now is a proper stand (clear I think) in order to display it with all the future ships around the nebulon B... a sort of "flotilla"

[Millenniumfalsehood]

SSM is completely free; all you have to do is register. Just post it in the Star Wars forum, not the Card Models one. The former gets a heck of a lot more traffic than the latter, and the CM one is really geared for designers anyway.

If I may be so bold as to suggest a stand, bend coat hanger wire into a gentle curve, insert it into the side of the ship, and insert the other end into a predrilled hole in a wooden stand. Simple, elegant, not distracting, and the ship appears to float from certain angles. A lot of guys do this for their plastic models, and I love the effect.

[Rhaven Blaack]

Fargo, Your work is nothing short of AMAZING!!! You do great work and I look forward to threads like this. By all means keep up the good work.

[Fargo]

SSM is completely free; all you have to do is register. Just post it in the Star Wars forum, not the Card Models one. The former gets a heck of a lot more traffic than the latter, and the CM one is really geared for designers anyway.

If I may be so bold as to suggest a stand, bend coat hanger wire into a gentle curve, insert it into the side of the ship, and insert the other end into a predrilled hole in a wooden stand. Simple, elegant, not distracting, and the ship appears to float from certain angles. A lot of guys do this for their plastic models, and I love the effect.

thanx for all your info :D and also for the suggestion for a stand, I didn't consider that way :rolleyes: I was thinking about something like a thin clear plastic pipe, but your idea is way cheaper and I like that!

Fargo, Your work is nothing short of AMAZING!!! You do great work and I look forward to threads like this. By all means keep up the good work.

thank you!!! I'm very pleased with your words!

[Zathros]

These look better than movie props. It really is amazing to see that kind of detail executed so well, frustratingly, amazing.

[Millenniumfalsehood]

He makin' you jealous, Zathros? :D









Me too. :o

[Fargo]

:o:o:o:o:o:o:o thank you both so much!!!

[Tirick]

The detail on this model far exceeds even the official plastic kit from Ertl, I have to say in the few posts I've reviewed here, nearly every build is of incredible precision. Awesome work!

[Fargo]

The detail on this model far exceeds even the official plastic kit from Ertl, I have to say in the few posts I've reviewed here, nearly every build is of incredible precision. Awesome work!

thank you! :D when I was a child (I mean, more "child" than now!) that model (Ertl Hoth base diorama) was at the top of my wishlist. Years later I saw a very good review from a member on starshipmodeler.com here (http://www.starshipmodeler.com/starwars/jb_rebuild.htm) and it gave me the idea; I also used his pics as reference, very useful

[Tirick]

:o

I'm sad to say that while I have that diorama (I actually have both Hoth diorama sets), I've not had the time to put it together... which is a great excuse, provided I have not had them for almost a decade.

I saw that review, and I like the mods he did to the Falcon. Very poor Falcon in the set, really, although Ertl was never known for the accuracy of the SW kits (I think that LFL deliberately asked them not to be).

They are very good sets though, despite the massive scale differences (the Falcon is a little over half the length of the transport, but to scale, should likely be less than a third)!

[marksolo]

Nice build Fargo.

Now that we have two great star wars model designers exchanging ideas, can't wait to see what happens next.

[Fargo]

Nice build Fargo.

Now that we have two great star wars model designers exchanging ideas, can't wait to see what happens next.

thank you mr. solo :)
I can't wait myself but I think it could pass a lot of time before because of my university business (new courses started this week). personally, I'm going to end my current models and I won't build anything new till next year, sparing the few free time I'll have taking some breath from studies :rolleyes: and gathering ideas and sketches with rhino...

[marksolo]

understood Fargo, real world obligations have to come first.

may the force be with you in your university studies

(can;t believe i just wrote that, lol)

[Fargo]

same here, as I wrote on the bulk freighter thread: model with stand... work 100% done!

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2442/p1000504custom.jpg


other pics on my Flickr page, see my signature for the link! :D

[marksolo]

Congrats Fargo!
What a way to start the new year!
I have similar stands for many of my models, simple and effective!

[Rhaven Blaack]

Fargo, You have done it again. You do AMAZING work. You should work for a movie company making film models for thier films. THis model does not look like it was made of paper.

[Darth Windius]

Sorry I just discover this thread today. Awsome and impressive work!!!!! And very realistic and accurate model!!!!:):)

I always admire people who can imagine and build models of such small size!!! It's a real piece of art!!!

[Fargo]

thank you so much :D :D :D really!!!

@ Rhaven: eheheh!!! yeah, maybe a couple of decades ago :) and in that period I was just too young. nowadays there's only CG and virtual animation... anyway, in another life I could give it a try :cool:

[Rhaven Blaack]

thank you so much :D :D :D really!!!

@ Rhaven: eheheh!!! yeah, maybe a couple of decades ago :) and in that period I was just too young. nowadays there's only CG and virtual animation... anyway, in another life I could give it a try :cool:
That may be true (with CGI) but you truly are a master. My hat is off to you sir.:D:D:D
I wish I could meet you in person and learn all that you know. Even though I have been building models (off and on) for over 25 yrs (you could not tell by my work though:rolleyes::(:rolleyes:), I still have A LOT to learn.:o:o:o
I love your work and I love to see your threads.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

[Fargo]

I wish I could meet you in person and learn all that you know.

:o ah, there's not so much to learn from me after all, but if you have any question, feel free to pm me or whatever any time :) if I can be of any help, let's be it. you see, you're in paper models from 25 years, I'm 25 years old now :D it's like to say I started this hobby yesterday!
I just bought online my first "classic" paper models and haven't started their construction yet due to my examinations... even because I feel as I'm in lack of something, like... experience?!? yeah :) maybe that could sound a bit odd, but I don't have any problem at all approaching a model born from my mind, whereas something like a kit "scares" me :rolleyes:

[Rhaven Blaack]

:o ah, there's not so much to learn from me after all, but if you have any question, feel free to pm me or whatever any time :) if I can be of any help, let's be it. you see, you're in paper models from 25 years, I'm 25 years old now :D it's like to say I started this hobby yesterday!
I just bought online my first "classic" paper models and haven't started their construction yet due to my examinations... even because I feel as I'm in lack of something, like... experience?!? yeah :) maybe that could sound a bit odd, but I don't have any problem at all approaching a model born from my mind, whereas something like a kit "scares" me :rolleyes:
Granted, yes I have been modeling (off and on) for 25 years, but I still have VERY CRUDE skills. :o
When I first got into this hobby, I thought that I was the only one that did such.:confused: Every on that I would talk about it thought that it was a "NICE" hobby, but really did not care and wondered why I did not make "REAL" (plastic) models. :(So It was not until I found this site (and Zealot), that I realized that there was such a following and that I was not the only "crazy" person on this planet.:D
So when I come across people like you, I feel like I just started this hobby yesterday (BTW, that was not an insult. Your skills are far better then mine and you do GREAT WORK).:o:o:o

:D:DKeep up the great work. I enjoy looking at your build threads.:D:D

[imcold]

Hi Fargo, congrats to finishing the transport and the freighter! I have to praise the paint job and the intricate detailing again. Just great! I'm eagerly awaiting what your next project will be. And good luck at your studies!

[Fargo]

thank you both!!! :D
ok... I give you a little anticipation about my next challenge... because that's what it will be, totally...

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6618/60580053.jpg

it's a WIP, very very rough... but there's time :)

[Tirick]

*cough*

Awesome!! The Neb B is one of my fav's, for certain! Brilliant start!

[Millenniumfalsehood]

Oh man . . .


I think I may have to move to where you live so I can drink the water there. Because there's obviously something in the water . . . or something.

This looks to be an incredible build, man!

[Rhaven Blaack]

Fargo,

WOW!!! I will definitely follow that build thread!!!

[Fargo]

*cough*

Awesome!! The Neb B is one of my fav's, for certain! Brilliant start!

thanx! maybe I could make some space for your b-wing inside ;) and yeah, even for imcold's x-wing :D

Oh man . . .


I think I may have to move to where you live so I can drink the water there. Because there's obviously something in the water . . . or something.

This looks to be an incredible build, man!

where I live there's only a bit of dissolved limestone in the water, so I suggest you to prevent your kidneys health and stay there! :D:D:D

Fargo,

WOW!!! I will definitely follow that build thread!!!

thank you :) me too... I mean, I'd like to follow that thread and not to create it, because even the thought of what I'm gonna do in order to build this... err... thing... :eek: ahh, I must be crazy, it's not a spaceship, it's more a supply shop for plumbers glued on a rickety gun...
anyway, I do hope to start it soon, but it looks to be a very long building (the ship will be 55 cm long) and I haven't finished the project yet... but don't worry, I promised myself I would have built it :) and I don't care how long it could take!

[Tirick]

... (the ship will be 55 cm long) ...

Hmm... 1:500 scale or so?

... but don't worry, I promised myself I would have built it :) and I don't care how long it could take!

I've said the same thing about my plans for a 1:50 Falcon (with interior). Maybe after the B-Wing is done I'll stab at the old bird again.

:D I do look forward to the actual thread on your Nebulon B though! Might have to do a 1:500 (or whatever scale you've picked) Falcon to go with her....

[imcold]

I'm looking forward to this one too :D Plus I admire your bravery, it's one of the ships I decided *not* to build, the surface would kill me for sure. Just take your time... and when you start assembling it, I'll build you an X-wing that will be in scale with it. Lemme see... it would have to be 2,4 cm long or so.. that sounds like fun :D I see a whole starfleet gathering on this forum, holy sweetness...

[Millenniumfalsehood]

where I live there's only a bit of dissolved limestone in the water, so I suggest you to prevent your kidneys health and stay there! :D:D:D

Oh . . . so I *shouldn't* be chewing this piece of chalk?


*p-tooey!*

[Darth Windius]

thank you both!!! :D
ok... I give you a little anticipation about my next challenge... because that's what it will be, totally...

it's a WIP, very very rough... but there's time :)


Wooow!!! THIS Ship?:eek: FANTASTIC!!:)

But I don't know what will be the most insane: creating this Ship, or (beta or standard) buid it??:D:D:D

Of course, I prefer like you would follow this thread than create it, but I will have to decide if I do more ;)

Nevertheless, you have all my supports, specially with your incredible sense of details and realism!!!!

[Fargo]

Hmm... 1:500 scale or so?

the scale is very stupid: quite 1:547... I chose it in order to get a model of 55 cm, because bigger could be a problem to display in my room (in my ideas there was even a Calamari cruiser of my own design... a meter long... then I should drag my bed out of the house). even the bulk fr. and the transport are in the same scale, I'd love to build up a flotilla :cool:

and when you start assembling it, I'll build you an X-wing that will be in scale with it. Lemme see... it would have to be 2,4 cm long or so.. that sounds like fun :D I see a whole starfleet gathering on this forum, holy sweetness...

yeah :) the starfleet is on the way. in order to match with the scale I used, your x-wing should be 2.3 cm long

Oh . . . so I *shouldn't* be chewing this piece of chalk?


*p-tooey!*

hey, I warned you! :D

Wooow!!! THIS Ship?:eek: FANTASTIC!!:)

But I don't know what will be the most insane: creating this Ship, or (beta or standard) buid it??:D:D:D

Of course, I prefer like you would follow this thread than create it, but I will have to decide if I do more ;)

Nevertheless, you have all my supports, specially with your incredible sense of details and realism!!!!

thank you :) I just hope not to disappoint you all (and myself too!) with the result!

[Tirick]

the scale is very stupid: quite 1:547...

...

yeah :) the starfleet is on the way. in order to match with the scale I used, your x-wing should be 2.3 cm long

And the Falcon thus about 6 cm long. Bit of an oddball scale, but I'll go with it... why not an even number, dare I ask, like 1:600... dumb question, I know.

:D