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Athena-model named SANTORINI by bequest of model owner, title TERRAN FEDERATION based on Starship Trooper universe whereby pluralistic democracies were corrupted by geo-corporate organizations, with rampant graft and greed. Thus, war veterans overthrew these democracies and installed a veterans-dominated autocracy called Terran Federation. One unique aspect is that citizenship is not a birth-right, one needs to earn such political privileges through Federal service. Their well branded political tagline is "Service Guarantees Citizenship". Terran Federation (Starship Troopers) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran_Federation_(Starship_Troopers)
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In this regard, it resembled 1930s-era political climate when European democracies were thoroughly discredited via massive political corruption or inept handing of national economic crisis, thereby paving way for right-wing authoritarian regimes to coalesce popular power, such as 1922 Mussolini's "March of Rome" in Italy and 1934 German parliamentary election of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. March on Rome - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_rome
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Rollover : Metal display stand Santorini model are Walmart polish brass towel hangers, padded with rubber cushions to prevent model scraping. The stands are placed perpendicular to each other, one near front hull snugged underneath main weapons array, one is rear snugged between rear engine mount and between metal bars. Starship Troopers (novel) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers
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Pre-drilled display stand holes covered up with styrene slabs |
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Since resin lattice part was discarded, created new detailing for hull underside. Conception drawing of long rods lattice structure supported by styrene beams |
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Added rear engine detailing via use of stereo headphone jacks, drilled and superglued into mid-engine section |
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Metal rods from Walmart floral section used for lattice structure. Gold cap / styrene square covered pre-drilled display stand hole |
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Side engine detailing made from rectangular styrene sections cut to size, this covered up resin surface irregularities since it was faster than puddy / sanding. Gold photo etched parts representing power conduits came from spare items off Babylon 5 Earth Alliance Destroyer resin model |
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Close-up on hull engine nacelles detailing, part edges were smoothed out with Dremel hand-held drill sander. Styrene slabs added to smooth out surface |
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