Monday, September 15, 2008

Swordfish II


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Based on Spike Speigel's (in)famous spaceship. The model was found somewhere on the net and transported to /po/, so if you're the original designer please let me know. I spent about a week reconfiguring the 3D model to make it buildable (hopefully), and will test it out on colored cardstock soon.



About halfway through disassembly and simplifying the parts... The original model looked amazing, but definitely was not constructed with building in mind...






All the parts have been simplified and spread out to make dissecting them easier in Pepakura.









Starting the unfold in Pepakura. A few snags I encountered were buggy exported .3DS files and a few missing faces =x However, I switched over to .OBJ format and everything worked out great. This model is going to end up being about 30 1/2" long from the tip of the cannon to the tip of the engine, and about 20" wingtip to wingtip, so rather large, but should look amazing suspended from the ceiling!


Alright, unfolding is done! In total, it will take 9 sheets of red cardstock, 3 sheets of black, 1 gray, and 1 white. Of course, you can always print all of the sheets on white, but it seems like a waste of ink to me... 5 sheets/$1 for colored cardstock vs. $30/color cartridge.

Just for reference, the cannon alone is ~13".... Things gonna be MASSIVE =D








One of the wings.









Wings attached to body. I could not stretch my arm any farther! The wingspan ended up at 22" and looks awesome already, at least to me. Sorry for the messy room, but say hi to Donatello =]













Nearly done! Just a few more engine parts and the handles.









Done and hanging from the ceiling.

10 comments:

Chthulhu said...

May I ask what the overall length of the assembled model is?

Anonymous said...

Hey Im the one who printed it out on /po/ ummmm idk why im emailing you but i figured i would ask you a few questions haha forgot them though

ORKO said...

could you please repost the model so i can dwnlad mate?

Unknown said...

The rapid share link is broken, where can we find your model, please ! a Bebop French fan...

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Unknown said...

This is a great model. Could you repost it, please. I really want it hanging on the ceiling too...

Konstruktor (Constructor) said...

Hello! Please place again this model to a different server. From the time that Megaupload is closed, I can not download the model. Please, please :)

Érika Mitie Honda said...

I'd love to assemble this model too! Please could you consider reuploading it? Thanks!! :D

Locodra said...

dude, i have the model, but its near impossible to build , because there are no instructions on the file i have
could you please uploead the pdo file or maybe just a pdf with labels?

apraez said...

https://only-paper.ru/load/kosmos_iz_bumagi/kosmicheskij_korabl_iz_bumagi/swordfish_ii_racer_cowboy_bebop/186-1-0-439 aquí encontré el archivo con el modelo 3d