HOMO FERRATUS - by makadi3000

I'm a designer currently living and working in Zurich, right in the middle of Europe. This blog is about my original toy work and hobby interests. I dedicate it to Japanese artist Kow Yokoyama, creator of the Maschinen Krieger universe, which has always been a teacher and source of inspiration to me, as he is for many contemporary concept artists and illustrators of the 21st century.

Thanks for looking! - Adi D'Agostino aka makadi3000

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

CAMEL (02)

Part 2: The Body

Don't forget to add the spheric part and to paint the inside before glueing the body ;) I modified the guard plate to get the right position of the engine bell and guide arm...

than carefully puttying and smoothing this beautiful piece of design! I bought a scribing tool for re-trace the panel lines of the body and decided to go with my own interpretation of some 'vague' sections of the original design.

I didn't like how the junction section was arranged originally and went for a slightly fifferent assembly.

All details and extra parts from the 1/35 Gepard has been added to the body... that was fun! :)

I fitted the cockpit-suspensions with sleeves (from Matilda) for easy spring attachment and closed the back side with a PE disc...

The cables will be plugged into the middle section by use of a magnet, polycaps will keep the cockpit movable and detachable.

1 comment:

Mangamax said...

Hi.
Just getting back into the world of SF3D modelling after leaving it back in about 1986 (and throwing away my kits...) and would just like to say how much your site is an insperation.
many thanks!