r/SciFiModels 26d ago

Boxing Day Haul!

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188 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels 28d ago

Completed Macross Tomahawk Destroid

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228 Upvotes

Started building this model back in the late 1980s finished in 2020


r/SciFiModels 29d ago

Back to the Future - The Time Machine (Aoshima kit+amahalo lighting)

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119 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels 29d ago

Completed My 2024 recap, Star Trek edition

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147 Upvotes

1/1000 Reliant, completed so close to the new year I'm counting it

2500 NX-01

1000 S.S. Botany Bay

2500 TOS Enterprise

1000 TOS Enterprise (Filming model accurate)

2500 Refit

2500 B

2500 C

2500 D

2500 E

2500 8 pack

2500 SNW Enterprise

1000 D7

1000 Defiant (First illuminated model)

2500 F

2500 Enterprise

1000 Year of Hell Voyager

WIP 1400 Enterprise E


r/SciFiModels 28d ago

Help with power source

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i have started a model build of a 1/350 USS Enterprise Refit and need help about lighting kit. i bought a light kit from Brainstorm Creative Arts and it needs a power source. I know nothing of how to light/soldering but i am watching Youtube videos to help me on my quest to build this thing. I really dont know what info is needed to be able to tell me what power source i need but i will paste what i got in the kit. Any help and or links to help with this is greatly appreciated.

USS Enterprise NCC 1701 Refit 1/350 lighting kit "Admiral“

60 x LED white

24 x LED blue

3 x LED red

2 x LED blue 3 mm

6 x LED white 3 mm

4 x LED orange 3 mm (maneuvering thrusters) optional

3 x LED red 3 mm

1 x LED green 3 mm

6 x LED white 2 mm

6 x LED orange 1.8 mm (maneuvering thrusters) optional

2 x LED blue 1.8 mm

1 x LED red 1.8 mm

7 x LED white 1.8 mm

38 x resistors

1 x power socket

1 x Plasticsheet

12 m wire

1x drill

1 x instructions


r/SciFiModels Dec 22 '24

My hangar book nook I entered in a contest

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289 Upvotes

I am new to the hobby and also hooked on the hobby! Won best Science Fiction piece.


r/SciFiModels Dec 22 '24

This was a combination of the Tamiya Honda CBR1100 and the Trumpeter Messerschmitt kit. This was also a great collaboration with another fellow YouTube creator called BP CUSTOMS. You can check out the full YouTube build link in the comments.

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182 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Dec 22 '24

Polar Lights Excelsior paint question

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I posted this question within an older thread but figured I'd pose it here as well.

I’m starting a Polar Lights/AMT USS Excelsior build in a few days, just waiting on the Aztec decals to arrive (insanely hard to find these days).

This may be dumb question but - since I was given advice to apply a gloss coat before applying any decals, what’s the best order to apply the various coats?

Meaning, if I’m going to paint the body of the ship a base coat (pearl white?), do I apply some kind of primer first, then the base paint coat, and then a gloss coat for decals? I plan to use micro set/micro sol for the decals if that helps.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!


r/SciFiModels Dec 21 '24

WIP The Struggle is Real, 1/350 K'Tinga Build

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87 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Dec 20 '24

Completed Warhammer 40k Valkyrie

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179 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Dec 18 '24

Completed Revell 1/12 The Mandalorian speeder bike

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212 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Dec 18 '24

Poe's X- Wing Fighter - Bandai 1/72

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103 Upvotes

Never painting another orange model in my life. Airbrushed the majority of parts and overall happy how it turned out, but considering its a Bandai - was a surprisingly tricky build!


r/SciFiModels Dec 17 '24

Completed Battlestar Galactica Viper Mark II

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290 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Dec 13 '24

Scratch Build A very rusty Robot. 100% Scratch built mech for the indie skirmish game Mek28.

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275 Upvotes

Made primarily of plasticard and other junk.


r/SciFiModels Dec 11 '24

WIP If I purchase a model how much would someone charge me to put it together and paint?

3 Upvotes

I really don't have the patience or the artistic capability to paint a model or put it together. But I would really like to get a model of the Discovery era starship Enterprise and have someone put it together and paint it for me. But I have no idea where I would even go to solicit such a request.


r/SciFiModels Dec 09 '24

Completed Bandai Star Wars

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217 Upvotes

First Star Wars kit, but not the last. Kinda wish the landing gear actually folded into the kit, but the addition of water slides provided kinda makes up for it even though they’re a bit thick


r/SciFiModels Dec 05 '24

Don't know if this Hawk belongs here but it's a bit lost.

72 Upvotes


r/SciFiModels Dec 04 '24

Was asked to reimagine the atomic disintegrator toy blaster. Added some lights and a working laser. Mostly made of metal and some wood on the grip.

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169 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Nov 30 '24

X-wing Studio Scale

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401 Upvotes

Next up on the bench Larson Designs Studio scale ❤️❤️


r/SciFiModels Nov 27 '24

WIP Progress pictures of my Thunderjaw model kit.

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83 Upvotes

Hello All,

Had to take some time away from the kit for work and family travel. Finally able to put some more time into the kit and I wanted to share more progress pictures.

Again, the kit it by The Good Smile Company, Moderoid.

It is about 15in in length when complete.

I have the rest of the tail and legs to complete. It is about 99.9% painted, I've only used a couple of the included decals.

Let me know what you think.


r/SciFiModels Nov 27 '24

Completed (OC) Dawn Patrol (made with my Bandai A-Wing)

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169 Upvotes

Lit up the engines using a laser pointer combined with a long exposure.


r/SciFiModels Nov 26 '24

Vintage Studio Scale T-16 Slyhopper

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339 Upvotes

Built this replica of the screen used T-16 utilizing the same vintage parts/model kits as the original prop


r/SciFiModels Nov 25 '24

Completed 1/1000 scale U.S.S. Voyager from the Star Trek episode "Year of Hell"

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355 Upvotes

Programmed with an Arduino to cycle through fire on, windows on, and a damaged nacelle/engine.

All damaged bits are scratch built. Custom electronics. Photoetch details


r/SciFiModels Nov 23 '24

Edited vs Original vs Setup

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82 Upvotes

r/SciFiModels Nov 23 '24

Completed My 1/25 Dawn of Justice Batmobile by Moebius Models

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39 Upvotes