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Beautiful !! Definitely recommend to have a look at the WIP thread too.

Was definitely worth the wait. Looks excellent Andy......off to RFI now.

Yes, sounds like the re-wiring and cleaning out the work room would be a HUGE job ! Paint is looking excellent, especially the stripes as Matt also pointed out. Really looking forward to the weathering, but get that house done. Don't want you having to work by kerosine lamp for months on end ! 😛

Cool thanks Matt. Figured as much, Spring is typically his busy time I believe.

Andy's MIA !!

Yeah I saw that as well. He's a bit slap dash with the weathering, but I guess that's how they did it back in the day. Some good ideas though, like that random gloss panelling to get different light effects as you look over it.

Orange paintwork and weathering on those engines are looking damn fine to me !!! Looking magnificent Andy !!

Looking good Andy !!! Unfortunately a fair bit of prep work, but I'm sure once the paint goes on it'll all be worth it. I happened upon this today. Norm from Tested unpacks his Hasbro crowd funded Razorcrest. If you'd like any more reference material or possible ideas ??

Yeah I agree, there was some definite open endedness to the discussion. And I totally agree it doesn't really fit a bounty hunter. Where is he going to put all those carbon freeze bodies ? Still I guess it's a good change for now. Can't wait to see a starfighter dogfight with some force use !! Anyway, I like the OG RC colouring, silver is a cool and different look. Can't wait to see how Andy's looks once we get to the paint section !! Looking very nice so far Andy !! Am sure no one will notice the manual slots once the paint is on.

Looks like you might have another Mando ship to do at some point Andy ! Hopefully Bandai are on it !!

Good to see you back Andy......I was starting to get worried the Trandoshans had got you !

Haha yeah i noticed that and thought of you Andy. But I guess he went out with twice as big of a bang, killed twice as many goons too !!

Looking good. Some nice progress Andy. Lights do definitely add something. What did you use for the seatbelts ?

Nice start Andy ! Really looking forward to seeing more on this one. Especially with Book of Boba also coming in a couple of days. Star Wars 2022 can't begin soon enough !!!! Merry Christmas to all as well !!

Excellent stuff Andy !! Your OCD is strong on this one !! But that's what makes it interesting 🙂 The care to detail and making it better is a delight to watch and read. Really looking forward to see how this turns out, especially with the non standard Star Wars metallic finish outer hull. She really is the most exciting Star Wars vehicle we've had in a long time ! And just in time to run parallel with the Book of Boba too !!!

Nice job Andy. Love the highlights on the red skin and tree base ! Really takes it to the next level !!

Here's a video showing set details. Sorry, only in German. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuozcO2hC0&t=309s

At first glance I thought this must be an injection moulded model kit. Excellent stuff Andy. This is where modelling is going fortunately/unfortunately, so I'm glad you're embracing it. Surely many advantages and disadvantages. The banged up rusted mesh panels are my favourite, along with the rope and wood on the back. Excellent stuff !!

Excellent Andy. Love the final colour combo with dust and weathering perfect as per normal !

Damn, that looks pretty damn good !

Nice job Andy. He looks great. Really love the colour variation on the jacket, collar etc. Not sure if you've done this already, but for 1/6 headsculpts they always add a clear coat gloss over the eyes to give that eyeball effect. All the Grogu's I've seen have the hairs either punched in (no go with 3D print) or stuck on fibres. Usually seems to look OK. But this is pretty small scale.

Nice work on the body paint Andy. Love the tones. I'm assuming brush painted right ? Just out of interest what sort of brush style did you use ? Flat, rounded ?

Yeah the days of hoarding odds and ends and looking through $1 shops for greeblie stuff are defintely numbered !

Yeah ditto to Hunter Rose. Good decision in the end imo. I can see some stanley knife scratches being added more in the centre of those big flat panels. Love how there are up to 2 layers of chipping colour coming through. I can see why a graphic visualisation can really help. It does my head in thinking how multiple layers will look, when to put on shipping fluid etc.

From my point of view, the plain yellow is a bit bland, however the white panel breaks it up, but it's a bit too much. So yeah, yellow, but with something a bit more subtle with the logo than the white to break the pure yellow would be my vote.