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5 hours ago, Mike said:

Me again!

 

My son loves The Bad Batch, so I picked up some 3D printed figures off eVilBay, and got a surprising three poses of each of the crew, totalling 15 figures, for very little in the way of money.  They were also well-cured, and other than a few areas where some excess resin had cured in the corners, they are pretty decent quality.  I prepared them by doing a little micro-chiselling and sanding before gluing them to some 3D printed bases.

 

 

I've also got these two that I think were freebies, as I didn't order them and they were just in the box with the others.  The one on the right is a Rebel trooper, but I'm not sure what the trooper on the left is.  Any ideas?

 

He's an airborne trooper, probably the ones from the 212th battalion that Kenobi led in Episode 3.

[1:25 1966 Batmobile from Polar Lights]

Nice work, always been interested in this one, and yours looks great.

[F-15 Eagle 50th Anniversary Gallery]

Evil Decepticon "Starscream"

 

Revell 1/72 F-15E Strike Eagle

Build thread here

 

 

 

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

And we're done!

 

As I said previously, the oil wash reacted badly and stripped some paint off so I had to create some battle damage. I lost a couple of bits, mainly the pitots. But otherwise, happy. A decent kit, not brilliant, had to do minor futzing, but it's okay. I'm not happy with the spots on the canopy, I think I rushed that too much, but otherwise happy, especially as it's my first completed build in a while. I think the stand came from a Star Trek kit, had it laying around. 

 

I used Tamiya and Vallejo paints, brush and airbrush, Pledge for gloss coat, Winsor and Newton Galeria for matt coat, Winsor and Newton oils, Tamiya weathering powders, and Zap Formula 560 canopy glue.

 

Hope you like! Thanks for following and all the lovely comments.

 

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Weapons loadout has all gone on, ready for final matt coat. Had a bit of a run-in with using oils for weathering, which took some of the paint off the top of the fuselage, so had to make it into some authentic battle damage using Tamiya weathering powders. Very near the end.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Decals are on.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Tail fins painted.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

A quick update as I'm rolling along, not far off.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

14 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Thats looking good with the paint on it. Looking forward to the full effect. Will this have a Decepticon logo on it ? 

 

Thanks! And yes, absolutely.

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Have painted the intakes and wing stripes. A little bit of bleed here and there but nothing hugely worrying. Also hit the canopy with Tamiya orange clear. 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

On 25/10/2022 at 09:11, Wings unlevel said:

Looks good. How has the Revell kit come together?

Pretty good, actually. Have had no real issues with it.

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Finally getting the basecoat down - Vallejo light ghost grey.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Painted the engines and nozzles, also added some of the loadout bits, will shortly start painting the body.

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Did the nozzles, not super happy with them if I'm honest as it was tricky to try and get them to get them all lined up in a perfect circle, but oh well.

 

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Not a huge update, have added the nose and the nozzle parts have been primed for painting. Have also started doing up all the loadout bits.

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Put the fuselage together, nose should be on shortly. 

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Did the engines in chrome with the Molotov pen, so it would have a nice sharp contrast with the deep red of the intakes, which were sprayed with acrylic rosso red from the Motip brand.

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

Did the tub and the nose, am going for something fun and appropriating the cartoon style while not being super realistic. So I'm going to paint the seats and cockpit a subtle shade of orange-yellow and then do the canopy in the same colour but clear. The overall jet colour will be light ghost grey.

 

This is much more about having fun and building for me. I haven't built something in a while so I just want to be cool about it.

 

 

 

 

[Evil Decepticon Starscream - COMPLETED]

"Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies."

 

Thought his majesty should get started. Revell F-15E based on the generation one colours. Just like old times.

 

Obligatory sprue shot:

 

[F-15 50th Anniversary STGB Chat]

Hmm, didn't think about that. Have to think about how difficult it would be.

[F-15 50th Anniversary STGB Chat]

Fantastic, will do! Yep, it's just a standard F-15. Will probably use the new Revell 1/72 kit.

[F-15 50th Anniversary STGB Chat]

I noticed WHIF in the rules. I'd love to get on this, but I was thinking of building a version of a certain 1980s transformable jet...

[London Lady saying hello!]

Hi Sophie - Great models!

[Shelby Mustang GT 350H]

brilliant!

[Tamiya Mustang GT4 (That One)]

Fingers crossed not too long. Made a stupid mistake and forgot to put a gloss coat on the little bits of the front grille that need decals, but I think I’ve got away with it. 

On 15/10/2021 at 14:23, mustang1989 said:

Looking good so far MD. Try not to rush to meet the deadline and sacrifice the quality going forward. You've got some good time and work invested here.

Thank you! Trying my hardest.