Thank you! :)
What a surprise to see a comment in German. This is my first thread on itch.io, so I thought the language to use was English. If you don't mind, I'd keep posting in English so that international fans may understand what I'm writing. ;)
Please excuse the late reply. I have a very busy job and am working on a few other projects at the same time. Now then. After successfully texturing the parts in CorelDRAW I have started the test build. Here come the first pictures! :-)
As you can see I was working very hard on this kit. The small size of some of the parts made it a bit challenging but with patience it can be done. ;)
I started with the nose and the cockpit. Unfortunately I worked so fast that I did not take any pics of the interior assembly but it is not all that different than the one from my 1/48 Colonial Viper kit. Basically you build a tub, put the seat into place and glue it to the nose piece whilst it is still open. Then you add the rear plate and close everything.
This closeup shows you the little detail I worked into the kit. It is still pretty basic but it helps to bring it to life. Since I have no pictures of the real dashboard I had to make up the detail myself. You see a retro-style steering wheel with a Galactica-style honk button. The cassette deck was important to me since this info was given in the description of the car. Usually that deck would be located on the bottom of the dashboard, however, if I had put it there it would have vanished completely. So I decided to put it right on top. I hope the original creator forgives me for that but heck - this vehicle is so wild that I think this will only add to its charm. :-D
The nose insert features re-used lights from my Landram model. Please note the license plate! :-D
The main thrusters are simple tubes with front and back inserts. It took a few attempts to size them correctly.
The wings are straight forward, too.