spacewolf Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hi all, I was getting bogged down by the Starfury build and needed something I could bash out in a short time. They were redoing the CCTV camera's at work and one of the guys gave me a few of the clear acrylic domes they were tossing out. One of them had a hole in it and I got inspired.... all those old sci- fi book covers of futuristic domed cities... I did a google search or two and soon had a folder of great images... The idea of a domed city... but one that was dead !.... a big hole in the dome from war or a meteorite .... I toyed with the idea of the second pic but had an old memory of a book where the city had been on a poison planet... looked like Eden but everything was poison including the atmosphere.... I was off to the races ! I'll be snagging a few bits from these kits... but almost everything will be scratch built. Follow along if you like and see what madness I get into... Vaughn MikeC, Out2gtcha, Zero77 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 The dome base was 7 inches but I knew it had to be cut down a bit.. so a disc was cut out of .060...6 inches in diameter. Once I'd drawn a few lines I got busy.... no scale to this.. just using up bits of plastic I'd otherwise toss out. I had no idea what or how to build a small city, but buildings are just shapes.. so I started gluing bits on.. I added a nose cone from a rocket as the center building and then test fitted the dome... looks sort of ok... More bits added... the odd kit part but mostly just made from scrap bits.. LSP_K2, Shaka HI, Hardcore and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 A raised walk or tram way was added to help give depth.. More buildings added... I was just winging it.. various thicknesses, sizes and shapes.. Bits glued together to give familiar but odd shapes.. F`s are my favs, MikeC, BloorwestSiR and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Starting to look good ! I was chuffed at how it was looking ... Raised up an inch and the dome placed over it.. looks good.. But I needed a base for this.. a box made from .060... 9 in. square X 1 in. high.. Placing the partly completed city and dome in place...I think this is gonna work !! So there we are. Tune in next week and we'll see what silliness I get up to with this ! Edited February 12, 2018 by spacewolf Tnarg, cib2265, Shaka HI and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 That's pretty sweet idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 That looks great Vaughan. Especially since you're doing it with pretty much cast offs. Carl spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Super cool! spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Brilliant! Kev spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Neeto buddy.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Cool idea! Looking good. I think I would have to paint all of the buildings before I added them. And don't forget to add McDonald's: The mark of any civilized city. ok...J/K Gaz spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Superb idea, and looking good. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Now that's cool!!! spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 'so a disc was cut out of .060' With what? An industrial saw? Love the Monorail! Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Shaka HI and spacewolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) what a wicked idea! I love it and will be watching with interest I'd love to see more of those super highways to go around the city- that looks really cool Edited February 13, 2018 by The Madhatter spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!! Now watching this.............. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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