Aside from the White Star, I thought that this was one of the neatest designs on B-5: it was just a matter of time before I had to
try building one. The ship is completely built from blue foam (thank you, Dow-Corning!). I discovered a number of illustrations of the ship from varied angles on the 'net, and printed out the ones
which would be helpful for a modeler. I used coat hangers as very literal 'underwire' support for foam sections which join the bow of the ship to it's wings.
It's painted a gloss brown, because I still have problems finding acrylic paints which can be bought in spray cans.... I am
slowly mastering
my airbrush, and that will be a big help when I finally get the White Star ready for re-painting as well. The windows are automotive pin-striping, cut to very small (1/16") lengths.
The ship is 14" length-wise, 11" wide at the 'wings', and 18.5" tall. Fans of the show who have looked at it say
that it looks in proportion to them, and it frew quite a few double-takes at The Secret City Annual Model Show in Oak Ridge in September.
