The Gozanti Cruiser

No one can accuse me of timely building of my models. This little kit, from JPG Models,  was pulled from way deep in the stash. But it's now time to build. From the site: 

The Gozanti Cruiser, also known as the Gozanti-class armed transport or Gozanti-class shuttle, was a class of armored starships used by various factions. The Gozanti-class cruiser was a starship that could act as a freighter and cruiser. It could be modified to accommodate a twin laser turret in a dorsal mount and a heavy laser cannon on its ventral side. The Gozanti also had a loading elevator on the bottom near the nose and docking ports to the side near the cockpit section.[10] The ships had a hyper-drive and three engines.

This model is in 1/350th scale and has fairly clean resin casting.  It comes in 8 parts, and 3 (radar dishes) that look to be styrene. 

 It didn't take too long to clean up the mold lines and the remnants for the pour stubs. Building is straight forward and the main parts went together in less than an hour. Not included in the kit, but added was the wooden block and the clear styrene rod that will be the base. 

 Looking at the images searched for most were just a plain gray or dull metallic exterior. A few others had it looking like the red and white from the Clone Wars era. The image on the packaging is that plus a lot of weathering, which is the way I went. The block I just made flat black and I was done.  As I sort of expected was the little radar domes were all to easy to knock off, and 2 of them were lost to the carpet monster. I'll come up with a replacement. Thanks for looking. 

 

 

 

UGH! Romulan Chowder - class Cruiser

 Another kit from deep in the stash. This one is from Ugh Models which produced quality , not seen every day sci-fi vehicles from the Star Trek and other genres. Sadly they are no longer around. First signs of them were in 2013 and they seemed to be gone by 2118. If anyone has more specific info LMY

Anyway the kit is the 1000 scale Romulan Chowder - class Cruiser.  from the Star Fleet Museum site:

 

As UESN forces began their advance into Romulan territory in late 2158, the Romulans gradually abandoned any realistic hopes of resuming offensive action or achieving their war aim of conquering Vulcan. Instead, defense of Romulan space and Romulan worlds became paramount. For this reason, ship production began to shift from Cabbage-class cruisers to the purely defensive Chowder-class cruiser. Also known as "squids" or "Veronus" by UESN Intelligence, Chowder cruisers replaced the large hemispherical hull of Cabbage with a gently tapered cylindrical hull 30 m in diameter. A small wing atop the hull was tipped with two spindles that may have been auxiliary directional warp nacelles for increased maneuverability at warp speeds. A smaller version of the standard Romulan fusion power plant appeared to be used, but slightly slimmer warp nacelles were capable of propelling Chowder to a maximum observed speed of wf 3.2. Armament included a plasma cannon and six missile launchers.

 

 What drew my attention to it was the "Not A Saucer Shape, Not Seen Every Day" nature of the ship. The kit came in 5 parts, with a base and some decals.

 Clean up was quick and in no time to construction was complete. I added a wooden disc to beef up the base. 

 The base was painted black and I'm deciding what green to use. Images show if from a Deep Green to an almost gray Sage Green. But that's for next time. Thanks for looking. 

 

McDevitt Werewolf

 When I originally ordered this kit I either didn't pay attention or somehow missed it, but this thing is huge! Having a deep look into Troy McDevitt's offerings it turns out that it is 1/3rd scale. 

 In the same search I found that it was sculpted in 2013 - aah  - nothing like getting to things promptly.

First things first, I found a wolf image that I liked and that I think I could copy. Then it got it's primer coat of black 

 

The other colors were added. All that's left if finishing the mouth and the eyes. 

 

  

Made creepy yellow eyes, and weathered up his teeth, and I was done. Thanks for looking.