MajorClanger Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 This is what happens when I have a free weekend for the first time in ages, a Revell Snowspeeder kit that I picked up for £6 with the aim of practising some airbrush and weathering techniques, and a pile of surplus decal sheets I'd recently sorted through. Decals are mainly from 1/48 Gnat and 1/72 Vulcan. Yes, you can probably nitpick the realism of this scheme or the appropriateness of the serial, but given the subject matter I think we can probably suspend our collective disbelief a little! The kit claims to be 1/52, apparently on the basis that the full-size filming prop was about 5.3m long. It may well have been, but I suspect that, like a lot of props, it wasn't really 'full size' or properly proportioned. From the crew figures, this kit is more like 1/72 or even smaller scale. As a kit it is very easy to assemble, and in fact it lends itself to doing the top, rear and underside (the latter only a single part) separately; I assembled and painted them, and only put them all together for the final stages of weathering. Finally, here she is blatting through the Mach Loop: 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Like it. Got any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Love it !……Highly original…..especially going through the Mach Loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorClanger Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Like it. Got any more? One of my friends has asked if I'll be doing a Luftwaffe Tie Fighter next. It's a thought... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman1942 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Love the action shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Cracking job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Great idea, and a fantastic finish. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su27rules Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Great idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefkr10z Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) A great job, and an interesting idea... Now you've got me wondering how an X-wing would look in Spitfire colours... 🙂 Edited June 1, 2016 by Beefkr10z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flag_overlord Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Something a little different... nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Haha cool concept! I especially like the underside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangesherbert Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Love a snowspeeder. Even a royal air force one. Good jarb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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