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Build Something Contest 2025 – Wirelizard’s Shuttle Begins

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As mentioned last post, I’m in the Lead Adventure Forum’s Build Something Contest 2025. I’ve entered a few over the decades, finished my entries in even fewer, and ever gotten out of the first round of voting, so we shall see, but it’s always a great contest to watch even if you aren’t participating.

My BSC2025 thread is here; the entire BSC sub-forum with every other entry is here. It’s day one, there’s not a lot there yet, but some very talented people have been making some very cool plans!

Photos to date below – today (Sat 1 Feb) I got the floor and three main walls of the cargo bay built and assembled. Engines and landing gear next, then figuring out how the actual skin of the shuttle is going to cover all this stuff!

One of the classic sources of kitbashing/scratchbuilding detail parts – a 1/72 MBT, in this case a Tamiya LeClerc. Also at the top of the photo, half-round pearls from the dollar store, because you can never have enough dome shapes for sci-fi building!
Also from the dollar store, an entire baggie of googly eyes. Some of these might well wind up as actual eyes in silly places, but a bunch of them are just going to be interesting shapes for kitbashing.
Cargo bay floor. LeClerc track pieces for detail.
The assembled cargo bay. The side walls need at least one more round of detailing!
Cargo bay, showing the other side wall.
Wider workbench shot.

The main thing now is going to be maintaining momentum and not getting bogged down in overthinking this damn thing. Onward!