I remember "building" the Revell Sandworm when I was a teenager, I wish I could get my hands on those models now, with the experience that I have now. One of these days I'll buy the STL files for the modern Dune Ornithopter to 3D print one of those.
It’s coming, Jeffrey! “Real life” got in the way, but I’m going all Peter Jackson and working on parts 2-4 simultaneously so I can wrap up the ornithopter saga and branch out into other topics. I don’t want to put a timeline on this and disappoint anyone, but I’m hoping to have part 2 out by the end of this month.
So, really great video. Love the insights into your scratch building approach for the interior of the cockpit. It's one thing to watch a modeller do it (with some cheezy stock background music) but a totally different thing explaining why he did what and where the problems were, etc. I really like that. Also, your cockpit looks great so far, I am really impressed. Adding greeblies to detail stuff always looks really easy, but is actually not easy at all to pull off in a convincing manner. Too many people just randomly glue stuff together in the hopes it looks "industrial". So, well done, really looking forward to your next video.
Wow, thanks very much for the kind words! What you described is exactly the effect I’m trying to achieve…explaining how and why I did certain things in the hopes that it inspires my viewers to do the same. You’re absolutely right about scratch-building…it’s sooooo easy to overdo it. In fact a future video will be showing how I made just those types of mistakes in a major kitbash project many years ago, and how I heavily modified the project to repair my mistakes once my skills had increased. But first, I want to finish off these short Vintage Build videos on the ornithopter…I think there will be 2-3 more needed to fully tell the story. Thanks again for your positive feedback and keep watching!
Can’t wait for the next part!
Thanks, John. Depending on how much interference “real life” gives me, the next vid *should* be up in less than 2 weeks.
I remember "building" the Revell Sandworm when I was a teenager, I wish I could get my hands on those models now, with the experience that I have now. One of these days I'll buy the STL files for the modern Dune Ornithopter to 3D print one of those.
Dany, I hear you…I wish I could get my hands on the other Dune models now too (without having to take out a second mortgage!)
I need part 2! I’m a beginner! :)
It’s coming, Jeffrey!
“Real life” got in the way, but I’m going all Peter Jackson and working on parts 2-4 simultaneously so I can wrap up the ornithopter saga and branch out into other topics. I don’t want to put a timeline on this and disappoint anyone, but I’m hoping to have part 2 out by the end of this month.
So, really great video. Love the insights into your scratch building approach for the interior of the cockpit. It's one thing to watch a modeller do it (with some cheezy stock background music) but a totally different thing explaining why he did what and where the problems were, etc. I really like that. Also, your cockpit looks great so far, I am really impressed.
Adding greeblies to detail stuff always looks really easy, but is actually not easy at all to pull off in a convincing manner. Too many people just randomly glue stuff together in the hopes it looks "industrial". So, well done, really looking forward to your next video.
Wow, thanks very much for the kind words! What you described is exactly the effect I’m trying to achieve…explaining how and why I did certain things in the hopes that it inspires my viewers to do the same.
You’re absolutely right about scratch-building…it’s sooooo easy to overdo it. In fact a future video will be showing how I made just those types of mistakes in a major kitbash project many years ago, and how I heavily modified the project to repair my mistakes once my skills had increased. But first, I want to finish off these short Vintage Build videos on the ornithopter…I think there will be 2-3 more needed to fully tell the story.
Thanks again for your positive feedback and keep watching!