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1:72 Knight's Interceptor WIP 3

Posted Sun, 08/30/2009 - 13:04
Partial Assemby B

Before I do the little bits like the weapons, I needed to finish the rest of the upper shapes. Finally its beginning to look like one of the coolest little fighters on the big screen!

1:72 Knight's Interceptor WIP 2

Posted Tue, 08/18/2009 - 21:12
Cockpit 3

The Knight's Interceptor scratchbuilding project continues! Here's some images from the next stage of the Interceptor build. The use of a dental forming machine helped with the difficult shapes of the cockpit, as well as custom photoetch for some of the details. A dummy for the actual canopy itself has been tested, with more photos soon.

The next critical challenge will be to turn the twin guns on a miniature lathe.

 

1:72 Knight's Interceptor in progress

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 20:48
Plan view

The 1:72 Knight's interceptor scratchbuild is now in progress. After drawing up some plans, with research from screen-grabs and Revell's very nice 1:24 'Easy Kit', styrene has been cut, and a few odds and ends assembled.

The heat dissipators were the first part assembled, but it's quite possible that they will be rebuilt in a slightly more detailed format.

A knight and a fully detailed cockpit are envisioned. A new vac-former will help greatly in creating the unusual and challenging canopy!

Starship Modeler gives us a 9 out of 10!

Posted Sat, 05/09/2009 - 15:47

Starship Modeler has just posted a review of our UN SPACY pilots. We are very grateful for a 9 out of 10! Thanks to John Lester for the time taken to review our products.

Starship Modeler is one of the oldest and best hubs on the web for the science fiction modeler - one of the best places for new SF product announcments, reviews, and a great online community. We're honoured to have been noticed!

The review can be read in full here.

Mac Aus Con - May '09

Posted Sun, 04/19/2009 - 23:12
Mac Aus Con 2009 - by Polidread

Our sculptor Petar B will be going to Mac Aus Con 2009 in Brisbane - Australia's first ever Macross convention. The convention will kick off with a special screen of Macross movies at the Regent Theatre in Brisbane. There will be all sorts of modern and vintage mecha action on display. The con takes place over 16th & 17th May 2009.

Studio Starforge is proud to a minor sponsor with some prizes up for grabs at the modeling competion!

We encourage any mecha fan - and especially Macross fans - who can make it, to come to the event.

Full details can be found at MacrossWorld here.

UPDATE: the last few tickets to the all-day cinema event are now highly discounted! Snap them up while you can!

UPDATE AGAIN: Petar B was the proud winner of the 'Custom Model Paint' category for a 1:72 VF-2SS.

UN Spacy pilot ready to launch

Posted Sun, 02/22/2009 - 18:46
Super Ostrich by Sean Brannin

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our next two products, the male and female UN SPACY 1:72 pilot sets! These pressure-cast resin pilots are perfect to accessorise and finish off your 1:72 scale models. See under 'products' for more details, and for a peek at the decals that come with them. So what's next? Here's a hint - speed, scouting and bikes... Stay tuned.

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