FineScale Modeler – Out of this World Modeling

Out of This World Modeling goes way beyond the basics with a chapter on the Venator class Star Destroyer.   Author Nicholas Sagan details the model with 3D printed parts, and lights it up with LEDs and fiber optics.

Here is a full list of the subjects featured in the book.  .

• Explore new techniques, seek out new projects by Aaron Skinner (USS Enterprise, 1:1000 scale)
• Spray on target when airbrushing by Aaron Skinner (X-Wing, 1:48 scale)
• Produce purr-fect plastic figures by Joe Hudson (Catwoman, 1:8 scale)
• Improve and pose post-apocalyptic foes by Brett W. Avants (Maschinen Krieger 1:20 figures)
• Light up the supersonic Dragonfly by Jeff Pollizzotto (Jonny Quest Jet)
• Paint a fantastic Flaptter by Aaron Skinner (Castle in the Sky Flaptter, 1:20 scale)
• Elevate Boba Fett to contest quality by Jeff Pollizzotto (1:12 scale)
• Sink your claws into a superhero by Tim Kidwell (Wolverine, 1:8 scale)
• Holy simple modeling techniques by Mat Irvine (Batmobile, 1:25 scale)
• Make a Viper see red by Brad Hair (Viper Mk II, 1:32 scale)
• Working with resin is a ball by Aaron Skinner (Dark Star Xenomorph, 1:8 scale)
• Master Gundam style by Steve Pontius  (RX-78-02, 1:100 scale)
• Try a super stellar vinyl vignette by Aaron Skinner (Groot and Rocket, 1:9 scale)
• Replicate an extraterrestrial RV by Mat Irvine (Lost in Space Chariot, 1:24 scale)
• Light and detail a Star Destroyer by Nicholas Sagan (Venator class, 1:2256 scale)
• Start a starfighter from scratch by Ro Annis (Y-Wing prototype)

There is a little something for everyone in this book.   With hundreds of photos, every project, every process, every step is fully detailed here.