Paper Gratha Moving Full Speed Ahead

The engines are now on RapierDragon's paper Gratha. He pointed a flashlight at the tail to snap a picture, and the resulting effect is a very cool engine glow! There will be some additional work on the upper surface, and then the ship will be nearly done.

Top side needs a bit of work to fill in a few gaps.

Reverse-angle: used a small flash-light (camera's flash made too much glare) to show the 3d-ness of the awesome engine ports. They're almost big enough to stick your pinky-finger in up to the full length of your pinky finger-nail.

Underside: I got the red/grey bit backwards on the slanted bit running back from the intake, but it's just a place-holder while I work out the rest of the cowl/armor back there.

Before cutting I place a layer of this 2-inch wide tape over the parts (helps strengthen the paper, makes it easier to clean since it provides a tiny bit of water-proofing, and gives the completed model a nice "plastic-like" sheen too)...

Since that part folds inward it was hidden in total shadow, so I had made the inside a pinkish-yellowish-off-white (just like you see in the rear-view of Michelle D's pic) and held up a small flashlight to shine light in (the camera's built-in flash made so much glare you couldn't see any shape/detail), but as a nice side-effect the light reflects off the tape and ta-da, instant "engine glow" without any kind of internal LEDS/batteries...

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