discussion BOATMANS FIREBALL XL5 BUILD

[boatman]

HI ALL well tiger steve wanted to see this build of the model in the title but please remember that these pics were from 40 yrs ago when i was building it an some pics are not that good but the last main pic of the model came out ok an first off i have built the fusealarge but i dint take any pics before this as i dint know then anything about putting pics on the web sites in fact i think the web was still to come

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

top view

 

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bottom view

 

[boatman]

now here adding the tail section

 

[boatman]

an here beggining to take shape

 

[boatman]

an a very blured fireball jionior sorry but well i last it can be seen what it is an its standing on its own fold down under cart

 

[boatman]

an in this pic the whole craft is standing on its own under cart an if you look on the right hand side the fold down steps can be seen in yellow

 

[boatman]

here im now goin to fit the back main atomic engine on the left

 

[boatman]

 

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now spraying her in the matt silver

 

[boatman]

an now adding some red collour

 

[boatman]

close up shot of the small fireball

 

[boatman]

AN HERE IN ALL HER GLORY THE FINISHED MODEL ON HER STAND an she drawfes THUDERBIRD 2 which is about 15 inches long an THUNDERBIRD 1 at about 8 inches long as i still have the models up in the loft but jen wont let me bring them down

 

[boatman]

WELL Steve thats my build of it an i was thinking of building at the time a ZERO X at about 4 ft long but i got side tracked into gettin married if i remeber rightly lol
chris

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice blast from the past there…..you certainly like your models large Chris!

 

[boatman]

Very nice blast from the past there…..you certainly like your models large Chris!

HI Tim yea it is a blast from the past an whenever i look at it it makes me feel young again an yea why not have a big model if youve got the room for it as in a big model you can get in more detail an i just wish i had took better pics of it but at the time i could not afford a decent camera but then these pics are better than none at all thanks for lookin in Tim cheers :thumb2:
chris

 

[BattleshipBob]

Is the TV 1/1 :tongue-out3:

 

[scottie3158]

Chris,
That is a great build mate.

 

[boatman]

Is the TV 1/1 :tongue-out3:

yes Bob about a 30" why ?