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Finished the A-wing I will defo be doing the engine lighting with an airbrush for the bigger ship. temporary image hosting

Cheers for the pointers. So I have up the yellow a few levels and it's starting to look better, I think because the engines recess are deep there is a lot of shadow spoiling my contrast in there. The yellow is definitely the bright piont now, do I edge in white on the outer parts. A tad more white and a smidgen more yellow.

Painting in the engines is not as easy as they make out, processing through it... I think I'm happyish with the glow But not with the inside of the engines . Do I need more white, more yellow or just more contrast from yellow to white? I thought about a wash of Agrax Earthshade and the just white highlights? imagehost

Making good progress with the A-Wings, at the piont where I'm going to have a go at painting in the engines.

Cheers I think so as well, inwill get back the filling gaps then. I have also made a start on painting the Awings, just a base and some slight shading.

A departure from the scratch building but I'm on with painting the A-wings and trying figure out how to mount them. On the end of a rod from the base or..... Using the main ship to mount the rod. . This is only earth wire I think I need some brass rod.

And we have a A-wing for scale. There will be 2 A-wings and if I come across a cheep Y-wing that might join in the fun.

Thank you very much. Here is the underside now just about finished.

Almost finished the underside now I think, and getting on with the filling...

I couldn't see it for now I can and its all I can see.....KAT it is.....😛 Iron cannon all built and the front laser battery is going in from of the iron deflector shielding. dice roll dnd Somthing like this.

Couldn't help myself...

LOL I don't feel too bad it was on a foot bath, not a cycle or bridleway. Those pesky kids..... If get my hands onum!

Working on the underside and the kingspan and gorilla glue combo are great gap fillers. Most of the large train parts now fitted and the Wago connectors of obviously small lateral thrusters. Lots to clean up in there but looking forward to see primer on the tailgate.

Can not say I'm looking forward to it, I have tried in the past and it's not been that great but I am trying something different this time. I will paint everything as normal, then highlight with bright white the glow area and then use glazes to colour.

Heavy part fitted and looks sound, this is and old bike light making up the main engines. the nice thruster bells are from a large Gundam kit and I added a wheel part from the train kit as well. Still clean up to do and more greebles to add out back.

Cheers just scored the Bandai A-Wings from ebay cheepish, I definitely want to add these to the scene. My thought is this is after a hit-and-run on an imperial outpost and the 3 ships are blasting away at full power. The only thing I'm not sure about is painting the engine flair, going to have to have a go at OSL....eeeek

Fixed in the mounting rod, going for the dynamic pose so you can see the under side of the ship and it looks cool....lol. used gorilla glue to fix this part together, it's filled in the gaps with a bit of added kingspan and seem to have set nice and solid. photoupload

Thanks, both, you never really know what these builds are going to look like until the primer goes down. I will make a start on fitting the underside and engine tonight. I think I want to have this flanked by two A-Wings, Anyone got any 1/144 for sale?

Cheers Pete thanks for the confirmation I'm on the right track. A quick spray of Halfords primer.

And I'm ready for a first coat of prime to find where the filler is needed. I was thinking this to be about 1/72 but now this looks to me more like a 1/144 light cruiser type ship.... what do you think?

Cheers. Well is greeble time, concentrating on the engine end and the old train, and an old car kit are adding some nice details. Rear set of a Honda CB750 to either side of another drop tank and a few Gundam parts.

Maybe... Cracking on with building the top deck. Used a gundam part, p38 wing and a optimusprime shield. The drop tanks ( they are from a plane so I'm not sure what they are) are obviously the from censor bank. free online images With the fuel tanks out back that will leave just a few greebles to add. facebook new photo album

A working title until some more interesting come up, two things promoted this one, I was given a train kit that was missing parts and I found an mtb mud guard on a dog walk, so I sat at the desk and these parts look almost made to fit, not glued down yet. This will make the underside of the ship. image upload upload images

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Final LED check and we are all good, now to get this buttoned up and finished off. And all buttoned up at the back.