Sci Fi KitBash - Gun Ship - Zelle Fire

Choppa Nutta
black bits on wings to be removed as is the fan tail at the back and tail dragger UC fitted, plus a few guns and weapons etc. 🙂

uncle chop chop
Shweeet man, GAZFIRE!

Choppa Nutta
Cheers 🙂

I'm aiming for a Star Wars meets WW2, think I might call this one a Zelle Fire and British markings on it 😄

I have a Harrier and a Cobra in the same scale too for a German version 😉

uncle chop chop
Good stuff man

Kerry COX
If there is one thing I love about scale modelling, it is an imagination.;-/
Choppa, your an other one of the freaks that live here.
Thank God.!

Choppa Nutta
well, moving along with this one but 1:72nd scale is quite fiddly and seat belts at this scale are tricky to scratch build, I thought I had cut them really finely but when I came to stick them on the seats they are monsters !! lol 😄

Anyhow, I suppose it's all moot once the Airfix glass goes on so I guess as long as I have an impression of a detailed cockpit that'll be good enough for me 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Awesome!

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Cliff & Uncle, a bit rough here and there but I feel like I'm "winning" so far 🙂
Not much detail in this kit and the pilots seem really small too, you get the seats and a flat console, that's it !
Painting 1:72 dials is very challenging 🙂

and Kerry, I've always liked a bit of OOB thinking (and modelling too haha 😄 )

Kerry COX
Me too mate.
It's looking wonderful Chopps. 🙂

Choppa Nutta
it's all good practice 🙂

And besides, I'm "Building the Dream", according to the box 😄

Kerry COX
Don't snore too loudly then. LOL 🙂 👍

Bart Goesaert
intresting...

uncle chop chop
Looks crazy man

Choppa Nutta
Bit more progress, tail fan sawn off and modified as a lift fan and some blue tacking about just to make sure all is looking good etc 🙂
Without the wings it has a certain submarine quality 🙂

Pavel Pinzhin
Zvezda T-90A Russian Main Battle Tank - building process | Album by Zarem (1:72) 🙂

Pavel Pinzhin
Do you have a sketch for this one? Can you show it? Or the intrigue must be held till the completion? 🙂

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Pavel 🙂

Choppa Nutta
I'm putting my sketch ideas here -

World War 2.1 Concepts and Builds :) | Album by Choppa Nutta

I've taken a few ideas from the sketches but I am more or less sketching in plastic for this one 🙂
But I could certainly do a proper sketch etc. once I've finished if you like 🙂

I have this vague notion of doing the final reveal like a few pages from a graphic novel, draw in a few characters and speech bubbles etc. and tell a silly wee story, Garden Wars or some such 😄

Pavel Pinzhin
@Choppa - Haha, such a reveal would be great, and quite suitable for the subject 🙂 The right amount of silliness and a good load of fun!

Choppa Nutta
some green screen and photoshop, not really seen it done before, could be novel 🙂
did you have a look at the sketches Link ?

Pavel Pinzhin
@Choppa - Yes, I did! Some wild things there are )

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Pavel, glad you like them 🙂
more to come for sure 🙂

Choppa Nutta
Some more progress on the wings and I've also got the basic kit of parts all sorted now so that helps 🙂

I can see myself doing a series of these "WW2.1 - NT edition" models 🙂
Gonna need to do a baddy for this puppy 🙂

Kits abused so far are
1/72 Spitfire, Gazelle, Huey, Cobra, Harrier and Kiowa.
1/48 Harrier and a 1/24 Little Nellie with some PE from a 1/32 Spitfire 🙂

Bulldog Scale Models
Choppa, that it is really super awesome, really looking forward to see it finish

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Antonio 👍
today I wrote a little 5 page story board for some comic sillyness for when I am finished 🙂

Kerry COX
A possible answer to "Why are we here.?" LOL 🙂

Kerry COX
Choppa, this project you have here is developing nicely, and I still have no real idea of where it's going or what it's final looks will be, but stunning innovation all the way mate. 🙂 👍

Choppa Nutta
Take a look at picture 9 and imagine the detailed wings of picture 11 on there,
add a tail wheel and two main wheels under the wings,
between the fuselage and rocket pods will be a pair of slim bombs on each side under the connecting spar, naturally 🙂
finished off with a Spitfire classic scheme of green & grey with yellow bits,
invasion stripes wrapped around the rocket pods and a sky blue band around the tail 😄
with a few more little details here & there, British markings from the Spitfire kit and you're there ! 🙂

Kerry COX
Choppa, Thanks for that and now my 'minds eye' has tears in them. 🙂
That is an extraordinary concept mate, and it will most certainly draw a lot of attention here.
Like I said before.
I love your imagination mate, rich and healthy. 🙂 👍

Choppa Nutta
.....and occasional vulgar 😉 😄

Kerry COX
As it should be from time to time. 🙂 👍

M.Julian Marles
pretty cool!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Freakin' awesome Choppa.

Choppa Nutta
Thank you kindly gentlemen 🙂
Dieter, it was the inspiration of your King Racer "straw" that broke my motivational "camels back" 😄
So thank you for shaking up my enthusiasm 👍

Kerry COX
What a lovely compliment Choppa. 🙂 👍

Alberto Bianchi
Great 👍 i'm a fan of this technique. Beautiful job.

Jean Tchao
Wouah !

Choppa Nutta
...Don't get all mushy on me Kerry 😉 😄
and cheers chaps, your encouragement is appreciated 🙂
Here's hoping the finish lives up to all the high praise thus far, I'll try my best for sure, and I'll try not to over weather this one 😄

Kerry COX
😉

John Thomas
Very cool

Choppa Nutta
A little bit more progress 🙂
A few photos of a dry run test fit before painting 🙂

Pavel Pinzhin
Ah, so that's what you are, Zelle Fire...
Damn, that thing is menacing! 😄

uncle chop chop
Shes a rocket mate

Bulldog Scale Models
Look really good

Choppa Nutta
Cheers chaps 👍

I'm 90% there !
Only 90% to go 😄

some more fine tuning of the fit required to get it all square, or at least as best I can, then it's fill the gaps in the canopy, mask and then painting, woo hoo 😄

Choppa Nutta
Thought I would have a go writing and story boarding a small episode of WW2.1 - The NT Edition 🙂
Episode 1 - The Milk Run.

This aint sophisticated reading just in case expectations were running wild 😄

Kerry COX
Biggles flies again. LOL. 🙂 👍

Choppa Nutta
Just a silly bit of fun really, the idea is to replace the drawings with photos of the models and draw the characters properly onto it etc.

I just fancied having a go at a different way of presentation 🙂

Kerry COX
It works for me. 🙂 👍

Choppa Nutta


Yay !! it's ready for some paint !! 🙂

guess which colour first 😄

Clifford Keesler
It's defenitlely unusual, but looks great.

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Cliff, just fancied something off the wall unique 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I know what you mean. I have been thinking about building one of my Star Trek kits, but they are such a pain to paint, the last one I built I hand painted each tile on the saucer section and secondary hull, and light it with fiber optics, this was before the mini LEDS of today.

Choppa Nutta
I can see myself doing a handful more like this, got a few 1/72 cheapo's waiting in the wings awaiting some animal experimentation 😄

I quite like the format though, take a second world war fighter and chop & blend with a heli

Clifford Keesler
It's cool.

Kerry COX
Fibre optics are better when used in conjunction with the LED. NO HEAT. !! 🙂

Choppa Nutta
Interesting Kerry but how did we get onto the subject of Fibre Optics ? 😉
abyhow cheers again for all your encouragement 🙂

Choppa Nutta
After a bout of hairbrush troubles, broken nib and farty sounds etc. and a homemade "extractor fan" later, some progress 😄
I'm doing a weee experiment with Sharpie Pen preshading and an unexpected results is the thinned primer reactivates the ink from the pen causing some blending, might be quite effective, especially with practice.

Anyhow camo next 🙂

"home Made" 😄
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Choppa Nutta
A little more progress 🙂

Martien Lourens
once took the time to look at it with amazement. very special. Cockpit looks very good. 👍👍👍

Calvin Gifford
Very interesting!

Gábor Bélik
Awesomeness 🙂

Choppa Nutta
Huge thanks chaps 🙂

Rui S
Nice looking original, and also great work in the cockpit, Choppa.
BTW, I like your homemade "extractor fan" hehehe

Urban Gardini
Never use Sharpies for anything that you'll paint over. It'll bleed through all layers of paint on top of it. Just look at when kids use Sharpies on a wall an the futil atempts to cover it up with paint.

Choppa Nutta
Haha Urban, it does need some care but it's actually a cool simple way to do preshading, handy for the small scales too 🙂

Now that I've let the primer dry off for a couple of days it seems to have stabilized it and no issue with bleed when the camo went down. I did however get some flecks of dust in the paint annoyingly...... but I am happy to try the Sharpie preshade experiment again though judging by how it's worked so far, still room for improvement though 🙂

I think it's the alcohol based thinners that is making it bleed through because numerous layers of primer kept reactivating it, camo paint was thinned mostly with water and just a drop of thinner.

Cheers Rui 👍

Urban Gardini
Just wait n' you'll see...

Choppa Nutta
seems to have worked Ok 🙂

Urban Gardini
It's like the man who jumped from the tenth floor, when he passed the fifth floor he yelled "So far it's going good!"...

Choppa Nutta
Well it hasn't bled through the camo paint at all and the next coat is Future Klear.
Well anyway, we shall see in due course 🙂

Rui S
There are some prophets of doom in scalemates about the use of markers, lol

Choppa Nutta
I don't mind, I respect Urban's opinion as he does good work ! 🙂
still though, it's always worth experimenting with something you aint seen before and I aint seen preshading done quite like this before 🙂

Rui S
And I also respect Urban, is good intentions and is excellent work. That was not the point.
I was just sending fuel to an interesting discussion that as been going on on another thread:

Schneider CA1 | Album by VelluS

Also, I agree that it's good to get out of the confort zone and experiment.

Choppa Nutta
Cheers Rui 🙂

Pavel Pinzhin
Here it comes dressing up in it's livery! The final straight of the build is one of the most exciting ones, really revarding to see the idea taking it's real form. Coming up really nice.

Choppa Nutta
....... haha yes Pavel, 90% done and now only 90% to go 😄

.. bit more basic painting to do then chippings and then clear coat, decals weathering etc. and then final assemble, probably with a dry run or two in the middle somewhere 🙂

Choppa Nutta
A dry fit after painting, needs some tidying up. masking didn't go as well as planned, oh well 🙂

Almost decal time 😄

Kerry COX
Looking more outrageous than ever mate. The "Mongrel Mangler". ? 🙂 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Cool !

Calvin Gifford
Great job!