IMHO, you can never have enough ANSA spacecraft models. What you can do is try and make them all somehow different from one another. Building a Beneath version of the ship was something I'd been meaning to try for some time, but knowing I'd have to completely scratch build around 80% of the model had always put me off.

I had a spare Skyhook ANSA craft and a lot of time on my hands, so I finally took the plunge. (It's worth noting that Skyhook do market their own Beneath version of the ship, but with International shipping costs prohibiting that route, this was the better option.)

I found as much reference material as I could, including images of other attempts by other modellers, and came to the conclusion that, for the sake of my sanity, my version would be 'inspired by,' rather than an attempt to be slavishly screen-accurate.

The base was carved from a block of discarded insulating foam (rescued from someone's skip) and then covered with a 'skin' of air-drying putty, into which I stamped some texture using a scrunched up ball of aluminium foil.

I drilled out the escape hatch on the ship, then built up the back end by about two inches using putty and added some plasti-card cut to look like torn and distressed steel sheeting. The bulk of the engine cylinder was a discarded 'Pritt stick' glue tube dressed with old plastic model kits parts, and the landing struts were adapted from spray bottle triggers. The debris field was mostly old plastic kit parts (a Chieftain WW2 tank). The crane-like gantry was just straightened metal paper clips cut and glued together.

The ash and carbon covering pretty much everything is real ash and real carbon. I just had myself a mini bonfire, ground the remains down to a fine but gritty powder, sprinkled it where I wanted it, and then 'set' it in place with some diluted white glue. I picked out some details with bright silver to suggest burned metal.

All in all, I'm quite happy. Future editions might include a Brent and Skipper, some fire extinguishers, and a name-plate. I just need to find someone with a 3D printer!