Marty_d Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 He's not a journo, he should be ok. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3stie Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 This is next level madness! Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Nice one Baz but where will all this work get you and where will it finish up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I love it too but don’t understand it. Will you enter a permanent fantasy world when it is done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Credits to you Baz..... for making your dreams come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Cheers guys. Like the steel Iron Man suit I created below, I use it for kids charities, Starlight, Camp Quality, Ronald McDonald house, etc... The Viper will likely go to Comicons, Supanovas etc, but unlike Iron Man, this one is not specifically for charities, more just a project for fun because I make stuff. If any kids charities want to use it for fundraising, (I've already been asked), then of course, I'm up for that. The ship is modular so it all comes apart section by section for storage and transport, but I'm toying with the idea of a custom low-ride trailer to store it on/in on a permanent basis. Baz. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Mods/Admin, is there a more appropriate place on the forum to move this thread to? Baz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 Foot Colonial Viper Mk II THE TIME HAS COME. The full scale Viper is in storage and on pause while I renovate part of my house and build a bigger shed/workshop. I've been putting this off for a long time because of some fears. 1. I might lose much motivation because it will be very difficult to work on in the dismantled state. 2. It may get rodent or water damaged in storage. 3. The rest of my intrusive life may get in the way of completing it. I'm a pretty determined kind of a bloke, so I will fight all the way, but these are the things on my mind to watch out for. I can't afford to buy the hundreds of dollars in resin just yet as I have to find funds for the renovation and the new shed, which is up in the thousands, even though I am building both of them myself as an owner-builder. In the meantime, I have a little three-foot model of the Viper to work on in the shed, that doesn't take up any room. This should keep me inspired and help work out a few things, like mounting the wings and guns. A difficult part of the build that makes sense to do small, before moving on to full size. The Viper will be cast in aluminium with brass and copper highlights and detailing. I have a magnificent picture in my head of the finished model of highly polished metals, now to bring it out into the real world. I've made a start on the pattern for the mold. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3stie Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Keep up the updates Baz, this is fascinating to me. There are guys on youtube with millions of followers who don't have half the creative output as you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3stie Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Also, I posted a link to your build to the ozclubbies forum - that's the car building forum for lotus 7 type cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Also, I posted a link to your build to the ozclubbies forum - that's the car building forum for lotus 7 type cars. Thanks you mate. Most kind. Cheers, Baz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 Nice one Baz but where will all this work get you and where will it finish up? Here's a story. My Iron Man suit was done on a whim, to begin with. That led to charity work. That led to folks helping me and donating to see the suit finished. That led to me making gifts in my workshop to thank people. That led to making knives, then metal sculptures. When my job in the parks came under threat, I was offered a job making knives, teaching knife-making, black-smithing and metal sculpture full time, which I still now do. You never know where these things will lead, but if making an Iron man suit leads to full-time employment, then who knows where the Viper may lead. I already have the attention of some very influential people in the movie industry. I'm not saying it's going to go anywhere, but I'll leave that to the powers above. Baz. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 G'day all. Wow, it's been four years since I last posted here. Lots has happened and the Viper is nearly finished. I'm in the middle of fibreglassing the hull right now. Here's a video on youtube of where it's at now. Full story is now on www.buildsbybaz.com, or on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/240486113096646 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 That's brilliant! Can't wait to see the finished skin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Can't help feeling it's a lot of work just to listen to some jet engines, unless he has plans to make it do something else like being able to taxy it around. An impressive effort though. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, rgmwa said: Can't help feeling it's a lot of work just to listen to some jet engines, unless he has plans to make it do something else like being able to taxy it around. An impressive effort though. I'll be taking it to comicons, supanova and other events. a couple of airshows and some children's charity work. plenty of people out there spending squillions on static art, or wasting it altogether. plus, it brings me joy. what's that worth? Baz. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) Fibreglassing. Edited October 3, 2022 by Builds By Baz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Good onya Baz, we need a few blokes with the artistic streak in metals, to keep our entertainment levels balanced. I have to admire the amount of work you've put into it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 This was a while back. Some dimming improvements have been made to the lights, plus the gauges have been backlit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, Builds By Baz said: I'll be taking it to comicons, supanova and other events. a couple of airshows and some children's charity work. plenty of people out there spending squillions on static art, or wasting it altogether. plus, it brings me joy. what's that worth? Baz. They're all excellent reasons. Nice work. Should be a hit at the shows. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 Started fibreglassing the fuselage. Progress here >>> https://www.buildsbybaz.com/fibreglassing-the-hull/ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Late night fibreglassing continues... Edited November 9, 2022 by Builds By Baz 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) I finished glassing all the underside now, right to the rear. I've now put a new trim and some bulb seal around the cockpit edges and now the canopy slides back and seals on the rubber. Sounds heaps better too. Kinda like closing the door of a Rolls Royce. Glassing high tonight. Tell me it wasn't a mongrel job getting my hairy arm in the top intake without getting resin all over it! Port intake done as well. Unfortunately I've run out of resin Looks like I won't be able to finish the fibreglassing of the engines, until I can afford more. There's a thousand bucks worth, stretched out as far as I could. I'll get this last bit out, and see how far I get. Edited November 12, 2022 by Builds By Baz 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Well you have gone far enough to have to see it through from here.. Nev 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builds By Baz Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Would anyone happen to have an unwanted tail strobe? Something small. Baz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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