K5Y1 Build and Tensegrity Stand Experiment

It is a pretty old kit (1995) molded in brittle orange plastic with quite a bit of flash. Details are not great and fit is so-so.
But it is an interesting subject! 

Pilot features were not molded very clearly. I did my best to give them real faces - seems to work at a distance but not up to close inspection 

 

 

 

 

 

main main purpose with this build was in fact to experiment with a "tensegrity" mounting. I need to find some nylon fishing line or similar to make the mounting wires a little more invisible. 

diving through the clouds 

 

The "tensegrity" stand requires a dramatic pose! Requires some more convincing clouds and invisible wire.. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

toned down the clouds; seems to make the tensegrity effect stand out a bit more too