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Offline Mr. Bill

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Space Clipper Crown Princess
« on: 16 Jun , 2018, 22:25 »
 Greetings!
   
 Vintage Airfix kit of the Pan Am space clipper from 2001: A Space Odyssey finished in a speculative Princess Cruise Lines scheme as Clipper Crown Princess.  A few minor changes to the kit along with added landing gear from the spares bin.  Decals from an old Mircroscale special print run and various spares.  A few other scratch built modifications and enhancements.  Simple paint scheme and some subtle weathering.  No panel shading.  I wanted to do something different from the typical Pan Am scheme and avoid the complicated panel shading.   Straight from the box, the kit has several problems, but can be made into a nice build with some effort.  No attempt was made to scratch build wheel wells into the bottom fuselage and wings which are not seen when the model is displayed.  Many thanks for having a look, questions and comments always welcome.
   
 Cheers,
 Bill
   
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Offline 42rocker

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Re: Space Clipper Crown Princess
« Reply #1 on: 17 Jun , 2018, 12:13 »
Very interesting look to it. Nice Job. 
 
Later Tim

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Re: Space Clipper Crown Princess
« Reply #2 on: 22 Jun , 2018, 02:25 »
Great job! I've got this kit (gift), and always go..."sigh". I have sailed on Princess (about 1000 yrs ago), nice touch!
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Offline Mr. Bill

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Re: Space Clipper Crown Princess
« Reply #3 on: 23 Jun , 2018, 12:30 »
Thanks !  This was a fun build and came out much better than I had thought it would.  Sometimes I enjoy doing something unique which avoids the effort trying to duplicate a real life subject.  Using just imagination, the build goes fast with no stress and no "rivet counting". . . .

Bill