Speeder

Scratchbuilt Speeder Body


Note: This is not a 'How To', but a display of a completed 'Scratchbuilt Project' showing what can be done with some materials and time. It does not have to have been judged for AP Points.

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Here is how I scratchbuilt my 0n30 speeder.

My little people were getting a little frustrated at having to walk to work every day from Cooncreek up to Tumbleweed Springs, just to do a days work then walk all the way back at night. So, - I thought I would give them a gift of a special speeder just to keep my little people happy. Here's how I made it.


The main chassis for this speeder is in fact a Bachmann H0 44 tonne, nothing added or taken away from it at all.

As for the body, well I had to scratchbuild it from photos I had seen of a similar type of speeder. The plans were drawn up on my computer.

It was then printed out on A4 paper. (This plan is full size for 0n30) The paper then was glued to cardstock. Once this had dried, using a scalpel knife I carefully cut out all four pieces ready for strip wooding. My stripwood is 1/8" wide by 1/64" thick and is perfect for all my wood structures. Once the stripwood was glued to the card and had dried, I cut out all the window areas. All that remained was for me to place the four pieces together to form body of the speeder.

As the roof had a slight curve to it I decided to make the roof out of card and stripwood this also. When dried I rolled the roof over a 2" pipe to get the curve perfect. Once this was accomplished, I inlaid two pieces of 3/8" x 1/8" hardwood under the roof allowing it to sit on the body in the right place. All that was needed to do now was to add the front and rear beams to the body make up a long seat and placed the people inside. Some decorations were added for cosmetic looks.

The completed speeder with the roof off.

Well she now runs around the layout taking my workers from place to place, and they are happy and because
they don't have to walk to work, --- work harder than before.

Paul Templar


If you wish to submit a photo for consideration, send the photo (no larger than 800x600 please) to TJ Klevar along with a description of how you built it, techniques you used, and any special tips you wish pass along.