Custom V-19 Torrent Starfighter

[darthskellington]

What do you get when you take a bunch of cardboard and paper, slice it to bits, and then put it all back together? Why, a spaceship of course.


After finally seeing the first season of the Clone Wars, I decided to make my own Torrent Starfighter (thats the one the clones are flying). Looking at my budget, available supplies, and customizing experience (minimal), I opted to make it out of cardboard. So far, it's been pretty easy to construct, but still very time consuming. I'll post my progress here.

And yes, I finally have use of a digital cam :balloons:, although technically its a loaner.

 

[darthskellington]

Well....after a week, I finally had time to work on the ship some more. Spent a couple hours, re-cut the bottom hull, and cut top pieces. Made new cardboard inserts to hold the center S-Foil. (The foam in the first photo just wasn't gonna work.

So, I decided to get started on gluing the labels. And......ran out of glue after only one. So, borrow, buy or steal a new glue stick tomorrow.

New picture attached above.

 

[darthskellington]

Doh! Computer froze on my last post. Anyway, worked on it some more this weekend. I have a bad feeling it's gonna look kinda ghetto. But, I still think my overall design is pretty workable.

A few details left to work out, such as final wing attachment, detail stickers, and hoping the thing stays glued together when I get to that point.

Couple new pics attached above.

 

[darthskellington]

Finally figured out how best to attach the wings....the winner is....wires. Not the most attractive, but the most effective in this case. I managed to twist wires from strawberry flats into a loop so that the trailing end could be inserted into the carboard wing. Some of these wires were a real pain to shape, since they weren't very flexible when it came to precision. I imagine a craft wire would work, but this is what what available for me.

It's also surprisingly hard to take a picture of and hold with the wings deployed . The one is taken in a mirror.

Now I need to apply the labels to the other wing, create a label for the center thruster, and start attaching the main fuselage parts.