Anyone ever built a large-scale Mon Calamari cruiser?

[incrediblefruit]

A guy I know carved a huge zentradi battleshipout of foam and that was as curvy as the Mon cal pickle....

 

[AlexD]

Space Capital ships get no love. Too few of those…too many action figures and cars.

For real...After I complete my rebel fleet of scratchbuilds I want to build some Homeworld-inspired capital ships. More colorful than Star Wars

 

[AlexD]

A guy I know carved a huge zentradi battleshipout of foam and that was as curvy as the Mon cal pickle....

Do you have any pictures? I've thought about foam, do you happen to know what kind of foam would be best for the ship's structure?

 

[incrediblefruit]

Do you have any pictures? I've thought about foam, do you happen to know what kind of foam would be best for the ship's structure?

I asked a mutual friend to see if he could find some pictures and maybe find out what kind of foam was used...

 

[incrediblefruit]

 

[incrediblefruit]

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And I'm told he used foam insulation sheets

 

[AlexD]

And I'm told he used foam insulation sheets

Wow what a cool creation! Thanks for tracking those pictures down! After today I'm thinking some sort of foam structure might be the way to go, since I'm shooting for a 5-6 foot ship and don't want it to be too heavy. Thank you!!

 

[incrediblefruit]

Wow what a cool creation! Thanks for tracking those pictures down! After today I'm thinking some sort of foam structure might be the way to go, since I'm shooting for a 5-6 foot ship and don't want it to be too heavy. Thank you!!

Plus it's a lot less work than other materials I'm told

 

[publiusr]

Amazing

 

[lb429]

Hello, I was thinking of making a studio scale Mon calamari cruiser! I'm about half done a scratch-built studio scale Millenium falcon and now i wanted to pick a ship that i hardly ever see get made. Still deciding on a regular cruiser or the "Home One". I'm thinking of making a frame and covering it in something i can smooth out. I can vacuform some of the smaller bulges, but im not set up for huge vacuformed pieces.

 

[TazMan2000]

You could try and design the basic hull in 3D and print out a hollow shell. perhaps with internal points where you can attach a aluminum framework. No need for for fiberglass or a buck for a large hull. Add on vacuformed pieces as needed.

TazMan2000

 

[curiouslysophie]

I will be working on a large scale Home One for printing later in the year.
I want to do it at 1/1000 scale, which would be about 1.3m long

 

[AlexD]

Hello, I was thinking of making a studio scale Mon calamari cruiser! I'm about half done a scratch-built studio scale Millenium falcon and now i wanted to pick a ship that i hardly ever see get made. Still deciding on a regular cruiser or the "Home One". I'm thinking of making a frame and covering it in something i can smooth out. I can vacuform some of the smaller bulges, but im not set up for huge vacuformed pieces.

sorry just saw your message! That's super cool, would love to see pics of your work!

 

[AlexD]

I will be working on a large scale Home One for printing later in the year.
I want to do it at 1/1000 scale, which would be about 1.3m long

Nice! I would love to see your work on that! I have an FDM printer and if you ever make those files available, would love to print it.

 

[publiusr]

I seem to remember some teardrop shaped bits with groves—model radial engine parts?