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Sorry to necro this thread, but where did you get this side-on shot of the S5 model?

A bit odd to open on this shot then.

With that low lighting and ar that angle the change isn’t as obvious. As a fan you can spot some changes a mile off of course. This is the best pic I have of the entire S5 model, as you can see, the side is much the same. However, the scoop is quite different and the top of the “nose section” is completely different as are the structures on top which would be obvious during the closing titles.
Side note – it looks like they salvaged rhe OG engine section as on this model it is disproportionately large, something that would also stand out at the end of the credits.

Edit – comparison pics for scoop/bow.

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Would that be for 3D printing?

I bought a model of the classic Dwarf a while back, they’re still on eBay and etsy, it was absolutely terrible. It wasn’t hugely accurate but I could live with that, the problem was that none of the pieces would fit together. A friend of mine offered to fix it with some laser cutting thingy but it turned out that the details on the hull wouldn’t line up if he made the internal faces fit together.

We definitely need a well made Red Dwarf model on the market. With 3D printing you wouldn’t even have to print them yourself. You could sell the STL or failing that upload it to a site like Shapeways, they print and post and you get a share of the money. 

I suppose you could 3D print any 3D model, but that wasn’t my intent. I wouldn’t have space for one thing. What I wanted to do eventually was make a VR experience of it in full scale flypast to really get the sense of size depicted in the show. But I also just want it to exist again in one form or another. A loving homage to a lost piece of childhood. And fuck-you to Sir Issac Newton. I’m not looking to charge for any copy of it.

Photogrametry of the DVD model footage has been helpful for general shapes, but getting the precise scale of the original model is important for correctly identifying the various greeblies used. Like the piece in Captain Star’s user icon appears to be a rear portion of the left shoulder of a Super Dimension Century Orgus II model kit, but I can’t be sure what specific kit. I’m guessing a 1/40 scale, but there seem to be a few. Captain Star’s matches the number of vent grills on the original, but has a locating tab/tophat that I can’t make out on any of the footage available. I managed to find a duplicate of the wooden ruler they used for scale in their photos of the remaining name panel, but none of the shots are pefectly square on, so there’s still some distortion trying to scale it as precisely as possible.

It’s also really frustrating that not all the model footage used in the show is included on the DVD bonuses. I know some footage of original model was used in Skipper, but I’d really love to know if that’s restored/upscaled archival stock or actually re-digitised from original filmstock. Because if that 35mm filmstock still exists, it would be far more detailed than anything publically available.

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Also question … is it made of wood? Which is looks like in that pic. Because I’d always assumed it was parts moulded from plastic in some way.
Its layered sheet styrene & plasticard with panel lines scored across the surface.
The kit bash parts are from several 80’s “Robotech” kits (Orguss II & Battroid Valkyrie). I had a bit of luck as someone on another forum was building a replica of Picard’s Stargazer model from TNG & I recognized a part reused on the ship. Once I new the type of kits to search for… Robotech, Xabungle Walker Machines, Macross etc. I identified a lot of parts used all over the ship.
The white name plate is cartage paper with fine pen/pencil line work & scored panel lines.(the left side still need gumming back down)
No tiny lister just a small reddish square with minor damage. Naturally the lettering itself is off limits to touch ups.

Sorry to necro this thread, but do you have a list of the specific kitbashed parts and what kits they’re from? I’d really love to know. It’d also be really helpful for getting dimensions acurate on a 3D model (I really want to experience the original opening flypast in VR).

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