USS Orion

By Art Cunningham Tweet

The USS Orion was designed on paper before actual construction began. I designed it as a large Battle Cruiser. It has facilities for a large number of 1- and 2- man fighters. It has photon torpedos, plasma cannons, and various other armaments. The model was built to a scale of 1"=100'. The actual model is approximately 12" long and 9" high. The model was built from plumbers PVC tubing and sheet styrene. The large plasma cannon was made from the landing gear of a jet aircraft part I had in my parts box. The 2-man fighter coming out of the landing bay was carved from styrene. The base of the cannon was made from the running gear of a tank model. I added various details from electronic parts, model kit parts, and styrene. Making the "nose cones" was the hardest thing to do - especially getting them both to match. The model was painted with Polly S paints. I weathered the model with a hot soldering iron, and pastel chalks. Details

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