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Here is where my design begins to deviate a bit more from Howard Day's original render, though hopefully not too much. I have mostly completed work on the conning tower on the underbelly of the Claw which is quite different from Howard's. Now I am working on biulding the upper conning tower...

Here are some more pics. I have added some green coloring to the side of the ship, a couple of launch tubes and on one side of the Claw, another nameplate. Should I put the nameplate on both sides or does it look good on just one?

Finally, an update: I have started work on this project again. I haven't had much time to work on it in the last month or so what with starting school again and having a relationship explode in my face but I've finally got back to work on the old girl. In these pics you can see some work I've...

I'd also be more than happy to answer any questions that anybody has about how I did stuff. I check the forums a few times a day, so I'll be able to respond pretty quickly most days.

That's kind of a hard question to answer, I've been building this whole thing from scratch, and much of the inner supports are improvised as I go. However, I will consider putting together a kind of tutorial on how to turn Howard Day's blueprints into something usable for model building...

Hey thanks for the great info/pics Rapierdragon! I'll be adding turrets last probably, but it's good to have so much info. I've thought about lighting this model, but at this point it would be too much of a hassle. I'm not a good enough electrician, and I don't want to set the claw on fire :) I...

I'm debating between doing something like that or kitbashing this dreadnought I found online and just building a ton of copies of the turrets. The advantage of these ones are that they look better and actually can swivel, but they might be a bit too tiny for my skill level...

Here's some more pictures of my progress on the TCS Tiger's Claw. As you can see, I'm nearing completion. I just need to add conning towers, launch tubes, engines and turrets. Still not sure how I'm going to do the turrets...suggestions? Pericles might be able to give some tips...

Closer... I got some work done on the top of the model, finished up most of the bottom too. The glue is still drying on the raised part of the model, I've got a ton of touch up work to do but I'm done for today. Enjoy the pictures and have a nice day.

Ha ha thanks, but most of the credit for this Model goes to Howard Day. Without his texture map, I'd be lost!

I've done some finishing work on the blocky wing things, here are two pictures of the overall progress of the model from top and bottom. There's still some glue drying on the bottom, but other than the conning tower, some clean up work and that random block near the engines, the bottom is about...

Alrighty, I've started work on the big, blocky wing things in the back. This is really starting to look familiar. Enjoy the pics!

Nameplate I added the nameplate tonight, I also did a few other things that aren't worth showing. I'll be adding the back wing things pretty soon. Sorry for the low quality of the picture.

Find the time! Life is short :)

Good to hear about the comic. Here's a final pic of some barrels I found time to add. Is the comic about a young Halcyon? The colonel from WC1?

It's good to know that there are still interested parties! I just realized that I had been the only one posting for a while about this for the last couple of days and I didn't want to be annoying people with posts about something they didn't care about. Oh, and Ninja LA, I read your webcomic...

Don't know if there's still a whole lot of interest in this project, but I'll give you an update. I've been doing a lot of detail work, and I added the little wing/turret things on the front, I haven't done the barrels yet. I've also covered up a whole bunch of white lines that were showing on...

Everything is looking sharp. What was the reason for the name change?

Update Here are two more pics of some work I got done. I put the Confederation insignia on the bottom of the ship, I think it looks rather good. Also, I covered and started completing the area over top of the hangar bay. Finally got that roof on!

I love it. The Hornet it my favorite ship! Wish I knew how to do 3d modeling like this.