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Gareth Lloyd (Squack)
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Eagle Transporter

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52 31 August 2023, 15:50
Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat for this iconic subject.
3 September 2023, 05:02
Torsten
Nice, follow 👀
3 September 2023, 15:21
Dominik Weitzer
good to see one building the eagle. watchin g with interest :-D
4 September 2023, 06:17
Rui S
I'm in 😎
9 September 2023, 20:36
David Taylor
Watching Gareth.
23 September 2023, 18:18
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work so far.
23 September 2023, 20:27
Thomas Espe
Following!
24 September 2023, 11:28
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work on the landing gear.
30 September 2023, 12:07
Ben M
Love this so far!
13 October 2023, 13:28
CaptGPF
very nice! The nice thing with the Eagle is even if you screw it up, you can just throw the kit against the wall and put it in a crashed diorama! 😱
15 October 2023, 06:21
Villiers de Vos
The paint work on the rescue pod came out very good.
15 October 2023, 11:42
Villiers de Vos
The engine bells came out very nice. I understand that assembling the rear engine with its tubing can be tricky?
17 October 2023, 14:44
David Taylor
wish I had the space.
17 October 2023, 16:49
Gareth Lloyd
Thanks all for the comments. It's coming along nicely even though I'm being distracted on the weekends with the Rugby World Cup. Unfortunately my Team (Wales) have now been knocked out so more time for modelling 😄. @Villiers de Vos, Yes the engine tank assembly is very fiddly, there's 8 rods, 4 of them perpendicular to the base and another 4 at an angle and you need to sandwich them between the "top" and "bottom" parts lining them all up at the same time. Taking your time and using Tamiya Extra Thin allows a bit of "wiggle time" to be able to do that bit. All the pipework parts were fiddly but the engine is probably the trickiest. Thankfully past that stage now and into adding paint and dirt then assembling 😎
17 October 2023, 17:51
David Taylor
Brill.
5 November 2023, 18:10
Villiers de Vos
The result is fantastic.
5 November 2023, 19:19
Ben M
The newsfeed says 84 photos but when I go into the album there's only 64 and I can't see the completed photos. The cover image looks great though!
5 November 2023, 19:50
Gareth Lloyd
Thanks for the kind comments. This was a long build but I suppose that's to be expected for such a big kit, just need to find somewhere to put it now 😄
@Ben, sounds like you're missing all the photos uploaded yesterday (5th Nov), maybe your browser has cached the gallery so trying a F5/Command+F/Refresh might bring the rest of the photos?
6 November 2023, 07:32
Ben M
Hi Gareth, I can see them now. I was having lots of trouble with scalemates. Dumping the cache and reloading didn't help. Your eagle looks fantastic!
6 November 2023, 14:00
Dominik Weitzer
love it 🙂
6 November 2023, 15:48
Gareth Lloyd
Good news Ben, thanks Dominik 🙂
6 November 2023, 18:17
Rui S
Beautifully done big Model 👍
6 November 2023, 20:47
P Carey
This is amazing, bravo! 👍
6 November 2023, 21:04
Gareth Lloyd
Thanks both, glad you liked it 👍
7 November 2023, 10:34
Michael .
Love it. I still have the toy from when I was a kid. I may have to add this kit to my stash soon.
7 November 2023, 12:44
Dominik Weitzer
btw, forgot to mention. memories from the childhood while watching the series came up 😉
7 November 2023, 15:38
Dale
Great build! Thanks for sharing all the step-by-step details; really enjoyed the overview!
1 June, 02:07
Gareth Lloyd
Thanks Dale, glad you liked the build diary 😊
1 June, 17:42
David Taylor
Sooo jealous.
1 June, 19:30
Mr James
Second best spaceship in the world ever 🙂 Great work on this beauty. I didnt realise how big it is.
1 June, 20:07

Album info

Next on the bench is the MPC Eagle Transporter from Space 1999. Planning to follow how ModelMakingGuru made his one using the playlist at Youtube Video .
I don't have the special edition version that he built in then videos so not so many decals and I'm planning to do the Rescue Version with the Red Stripes on the pod in the middle.

 

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