Work in Progress: F-109A Vampire Fighter - UPDATE

[ApophisV]

Hi all,

here are the first pictures of my newest project:

F-109A Vampire class Space Superiority Fighter (class A):

Its from the game Wing Commander Prophecy (1997)... I always liked that ship... ;)

I need to rework the nose, because its way too wide.... And I still have no idea how to create the wings, because I haven't the parts that would be good for that job..... :|

[ApophisV]

IM ON THE BRICKSHELF MAIN PAGE!!!! :D :D :D :D

Lol, how funny....

[Jipay]

nice job so far. Maybe you could use the x-wing nose technique so it wouldn't be as wide as it is

[ApophisV]

Hm... I'll think about this.... But the main problem is to get the gun part smaller.....

[jonfett]

Nice work so far Apo. Can't wait for the whole ship!

Maybe for the nose, you could make it a little longer and use a bigger slope so it would look a little more longer, like the picture.

And well done for getting onto the Home Page!.. maybe I will if I update a folder.

Jon.

[Sarg_Kulo]

Yeah it looks pretty good. Never seen that ship before. I love the use of the 2x2 sloped parts

[ApophisV]

I found out why I made the nose that big: While working on this I just looked at one particular shot of the fighter where the nose looks much wider than it is... ;)

I think I'll have a try tonight to make it less wide...

[Brickmaster]

I cant wait to see the finished project!

[ApophisV]

Okay, finally I found time, bricks and inspiration to go on with this little project... ;)

I'm not already finished, the engines still have to be made and I have to add some details / greeblings to the whole thing.

I hope to finish it the next days, so (you know whats coming now... ;)) the next sunny day will be a day of maaaaaany pics of my creations!!! ;)

[ApophisV]

Huh, almost ready... Just detailing left... But I'll visit my bed now >-| Have a good night! ;)

[Jipay]

Sweeet :-D

[xwingyoda]

:oo Great ship there Apo ;)

[MattZitron]

PREEEE-TEA!!!!!!

Man, I have to sort all my lego bricks.

Its getting stupid.

[xwingyoda]

Hey Matt, join the club of lazy brick sorters ;)

[xxbattosaixx]

I've got an idea for the blue sparklyish parts on the wings.

See this sticker sheet?

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.as...asp?P=7467stk01

It's from this set-

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.as......asp?S=7467-1 Cut the stickers into diamond shapes,and draw the design on them with a black Sharpie.

Then stick it onto a couple pieces,or you could secure it to a flag of matching color like the set.

It would look great if you ask me. :)

[ApophisV]

Hm, good idea! I already thought about printing my own stickers for the insignia at the rear of the ship, so propably I'll print one sticker sheet when I completely finished the fighter.

I'm very dissatisfied with the engines, they are too wide and not as nicely curved like the original, so I will do some rework on them before deciding what to do with the blue ellipses. Nonetheless thanks for the hint! :)

[xxbattosaixx]

No prob. :-D

I saw those sparkly thingies,and the stickers from that set just jumped into my head.

[A Plastic Infinity]

Hm... I'll think about this.... But the main problem is to get the gun part smaller.....

Use 3-stud diameter parabola pieces for the guns, they should do nicely.

[DraikNova]

I think there's a rule against reviving dead topics. And BTW, he's probably dismantled this already.