Here is the forward shuttle bay completed, unfortunately all of the construction pics were too blury to use. However the shuttle bay was assembles from 4 walls and a top, these being scribed and detailed with strip styrene as required.
The main hanger door was cut out from the forward wall and a recessed door made up. The door had to be displayed closed however as I carelessly positioned an internal bulkhead in the space this hanger would occupy.
The rear wall had a couple of greeblies added (grey parts in photo above). Can you see what they are? They are 1:72 scale german infantry gas mask containers from a dragon set!
The triangular raised hull sections were cut from 2mm styrene sheet, scribed and glued into place.
These finish off and give the forward shuttle bay the correct look from the studio model references that I have.
Finally an overall view of the underside, nearing completion of thebasic construction, just the surround of the main hanger bay left to do. The entire hull top and bottom will ultimately be covered with an array of shapes cut from sheet styrene, but I plan to do this last to maintain a consistent look to the ship.
I plan to start working on the superstructur on the upper hull next - so stay tuned,
Cheers,
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