In 2008, whilst in the third year of my degree course, I spent some of my spare time making a replica of the filming miniature of the Imperial Shuttle Tydirium from The Return of the Jedi. This was to be a prototype for a set of patterns I wanted to produce so that I could make a garage kit for collectors. Eventually I ended up scratch building three of these, with each one being more accurate than the last. This is my V1.
Work in Progress photos
Lasercutting the fuselage interior and wing mechanism supports
Piecing together the fuselage interior
The fuselage in primer
The wing mechanism
Test-fitting the wings to the lower fuselage
Vac-forming the upper fuselage
Fitting the dorsal wing
Guns
The finished rear end in primer
Almost completed
