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  1. Hi all, hope this finds you and yours safe & well! Well that was a year - the hobby, those on here and my club forum IPMS Ireland really helped me through it....thank you! My first finish was in January, a hangover from the 2019 Flying Boat GB - Revell's CL-415 in 1/72 with metal u/c, otherwise, OOB. Next up was Bandai's lovely tiny Millennium Falcon for the Film/Fiction GB There was a What-If GB on our club forum so my next finish was PM Models Ta-183, again mostly OOB with some spare decals. With Covid-restrictions starting to happen in March, our club started an Asian GB and this kit was kindly supplied from a friend just before our first lockdown hit – 1/72 Trumpeter P-40B and a lovely kit to build. ( Next was the Naval Aviation GB here and I built a diorama with a 1/72 Esci Sea Harrier (and lots of plastic card) for the ‘Alraigo Incident’. The van is plastic card on a Krupp Protze chassis. E E Then it was back to sci-fi with a couple of Bandai TIE Fighters converted from First Order to Empire era as seen in Solo, A Star Wars story For the 'Kit you built as a kid', Airfix's old Hellcat in 1/72 was next. I sanded down all the rivets but otherwise OOB. My first time doing 3-tone with an airbrush and I learned a lot about using pencils and pastel chalk for weathering - probably my favourite paint finish this year! By now, we were into a second lockdown here so what better time to attempt vac-form conversion! I’ve always wanted a 1/72 Greyhound and with the type due to be retired, thought it was worth a go. Probably the most challenging kitI built this year...but the most rewarding. Not perfect by any stretch but love having it in the cabinet. Falcon conversion with Fujimi bits. F For the Choppers/Vertical lift GB here, I decided to build 3 kits...not like I was going anywhere! First up was TC’s chopper from Magnum p.i converted from the 1/72 Italeri AH-6 Next was Airfix's beautiful SH-2F Seasprite, again OOB. Really wish they would re-release this as part of their classics series - it's a lovely kit for its age. And last of the choppers was Dream Models' Panther 565 converted to an Irish Air Corps Sa-365 Dauphin 2 and built in memory of the crew of 'Rescue 111', lost on a SAR mission in July 1999. Gratuitous group shot ! For the Battle of Britain GB, Airfix's nice 1/72 109 E-4 backdated to an E-3. Again, OOB with decals by Southern Expo For the Tornado STGB, I continued the Battle of Britain theme with a 1/72 F3 by Tamiya (Italeri) in the 'Red Zebra’ scheme which was the display aircraft for the 50th Anniversary. Built OOB with aftermarket decals.. It was back to Star Wars with Bandai’s 1/144 Millennium Falcon from ‘Solo – A Star Wars Story’. OOB with cockpit and engine lighting set from Captain Jacks. Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_7 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr And my last for this year and my first 1/48 was Eduard's Spitfire MK1 from their Spitfire Story boxing - built as a Christmas present for my father in law. And that's it! Thanks everyone for your support, words of encouragement and comments. It really does help one's mental health & stress. Here's hoping 2021 brings better things for us all. Stay safe and keep building models! Dermot in Dublin
  2. This is the 1990 re-box of the original tooling released by MPC in 1983. No extra's added to the kit, it's just been done as a fun build and to get a bit more airbrush practice in (my third kit by airbrushing). The front inner cockpit surround was scratch-built from scraps as it was missing from the kit; it's not an exact replica of the missing part, but for what little you can see of it, it'll do the trick for the purpose of my shelf anyway! Painted with Tamiya acrylics, with X-35 satin gloss clear coat. Panel weathering/shadows using Citadel Miniatures 'Nuln Oil'. Display stand done using Halfords satin black car paint. As always, comments and suggestions welcome! 😎👍 Cheers!
  3. Well, I started building this resin kit back in 2015; I managed to get the bulk of the kit together and painted. It was an easy enough build but before I could call it done I really wanted it in a diorama. In Return of the Jedi, the opening scene shows Darth Vaders Shuttle leaving the Imperial Star Destroyer and heading for the 2nd under construction Death Star. The diorama I wanted to create was the docking bay that Darth's shuttle arrives in. Now this was going to be a challenge, so the model sat on the shelf of doom until the end of last year. Modern LED lighting technology has now made it possible for me to finally get this diorama built. So I set about looking for a suitable base, it had to be tall enough to accommodate the shuttle and long enough to recreate the force field entrance. I had an old freezer box tray that I opened up the rear and glued an empty ice cream tub to the rear. This would serve as the hanger bay entrance. Lots of scratch building over the past few months have got me to the present position in the build. I ordered twelve 1/144 Storm Troopers and a tiny Star Destroyer from Shapeways 3D printing company. I wanted to give a force perspective to the diorama. Hopefully I will get this diorama finished before the end of this month, "The Force is with me, and I am one with the Force”
  4. Hi guys, at long last my 1/144 resin Imperial Shuttle has a home in this converted freezer tray. This is my first attempt at a forced perspective diorama. In the opening scene from the Return of the Jedi, Vader's shuttle is seen leaving the Star Destroyer and flying to the hanger bay on the 2nd Death Star, although the Star Destroyer was not seen from the Death Star's hanger bay in the movie; I thought it would be a cool feature to add into my diorama. Keeping to the true spirit of Industrial Light and Magic's [ILM] model construction techniques, I kit bashed all of the details from old kit parts and bits and bobs hanging around the home. Cable zip ties, disposable shaving blades, pen tops, 1/25 car engine parts, 1/32 and 1/35 helicopter parts, tank tracks, etc all went into the build. I really enjoyed this build and plan on doing another Star Wars diorama in the future. Thank you for following along and enjoy the pictures. "The Force will be with you always". ttfn. Lee.
  5. Star Destroyer Decals (1005 for Bandai 001) 1:14500 GreenStrawberry The Star Destroyer was the first Imperial ship to be seen in the iconic opening scene of Star Wars, that some strange people now refer to as “A New Hope”. To me it will always be Star Wars, because I’m of a certain age. Bandai have been working hard to fill lots of gaps in the available Star Wars kits for a few years now since they took up the mantle from Fine Molds when the Sequel Trilogy began, and they have a huge range of kits now, including the Vehicle range that this set of decals is intended for. They are pocket-friendly kits both in size and cost, but painting details at such a small scale can be taxing to us modellers with normal skills. I’ve had the original Vehicle scale Star Destroyer on my desk since it was first released because I became locked into an indecision-loop on how best to paint it. I’m sure I’m not alone. This set from GreenStrawberry, my favourite source of Sci-Fi detail sets, aims to help with that issue for this kit and they have a new but expanding range that so far extends to the Super Star Destroyer and the Death Star, both of which have complex paint schemes in such a small scale, plus a few others for the two variants of Slave-1. The set arrives in a clear film package with their usual dark-themed card package wrapped around a stiff card insert, a sheet of decals and instructions on where to put them. The decals are very well detailed with multiple colours, lines and greeblies that will bring out the best in your model, with the visual guide showing you where each individual part goes. The printing is crisp with good registration, colour density and sharpness, and will look best when laid down on a light greyish coat of paint that has been glossed to obtain better adhesion. My go-to Star Wars paint is Xtracrylix XA1137, so that’s what I’ll be using once I find the bloomin’ model! I intend to use this set to demonstrate the effect of the decals, as I think they will do a better job than I ever could with my shaky hands and poor eyesight. Although the decal printers aren’t named on the sheet, the colour of the backing paper and style of print reminds me of the decals often used by the likes of Special Hobby or Eduard, who are also in Czechia as the Czech Republic is now known. They will doubtless settle down well with the use of your preferred decal solution, and as long as you don’t try to rush it and apply more decals in one session than is sensible, the results should be excellent. Conclusion I got quite excited when I saw these sets in GreenStrawberry’s recent newsletter, and was very keen to try them out. I went looking for my completed Star Destroyer kit and found it, and hope to show you the results when I’m done. There is also an alternative set for the personal Star Destroyer of Admiral Thrawn, who appeared in some of the well-loved books that are still considered canon under Disney’s ownership, and had a rather fancy scheme applied to his ship to pick him out from the crowd. I’ve added a link to that below. Highly recommended. Star Destroyer (1005) Admiral Thrawn's Chimera Star Destroyer (1001) Review sample courtesy of
  6. Hello everyone! Another model to add to my growing Star Wars collection, another RFI - this time it is Bandai's 1/72 A-Wing that I completed last week. I finally understand the hype surrounding Bandai's Star Wars kits, even more so than the T-70 (Resistance) X-Wing that I completed last year, this kit was an absolute joy to build! The engineering is brilliant and it can be completed in an afternoon without needing a drop of paint or glue, while still being not only a faithful representation of the studio model from Return of the Jedi but also a very solid build, without any loose parts falling off. Everything from the multicolor sprues, the box art, even the instructions, is top notch quality. The Death Star gun tower is an added bonus! Having decided that I won't be building an exact replica of the studio model but another similarly colored A-Wing that fought at Endor. I started by masking several of the odd out-of-place red panels (molded in colored plastic) and sprayed them with an enamel Revell matt white, then I pre-shaded the panel lines and sprayed the white-molded parts to get the same shade everywhere. The red panels just received a good panel wash. I sprayed the inside of the engines with Mr. Color RLM 04 yellow but several small streaks went around my masks and onto the white tail surfaces; so, I masked again and carefully resprayed the white panels. Incidentally, it resulted in a nice, gentle yellow gradient that looks like a decent representation of engine glow! Overall, I went for a decidedly less weathered look than my Fine Molds X-Wings using only a small brush to simulate paint chipping on the red panels, and I masked several panels and sprayed them grey as if they were changed due to battle damage. One small mishap was caused by my airbrush when it splattered a black flake of paint on the starboard panels during the final matte coating process; the black dissolved and looked like a blast mark. Not being content with having a blast mark on a Star Wars model (...), I gently sanded down the affected panels, sprayed them matt white and redid the entire weathering. There's a barely noticeable difference in the shade of the panels if you look closely but I decided to stop trying to fail myself and accept it's a Rebel fighter - they always look cobbled together! Still struggling to get good photos with my old camera and poor lighting... hope you enjoy, comments and criticism welcome!
  7. For kit number five(!) this year, I went with the Fine Mold's 1/48 scale TIE fighter that I've had laying around in the stash for years. This coincided with the launch of the Plastic Posse Podcast TIE Fighter Group Build, which is a scale modeling podcast that I am a cohost of. I also added the ParaGrafix photo etch upgrade fret to replace most of the surface details. The kit was painted with AK Real Colors, Tamiya, and a little bit of Alcald for the solar panels. The only weathering was done with Ammo Starship Wash enamel. I haven't painted the stand yet because I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet. Comments and criticism welcomed as always!
  8. R-33K Protocol Droid Bandai 1/12 Another repaint of Bandai's C-3PO to add to the collection (I still haven't built this kit as it's intended subject yet). As with the previous ones, this is a non-movie droid of my own design by the name of R-33K, or Reek to his friends (if he had any). He's clearly not had the best of lives, and is probably even more decrepit and useless than Boris. No real modifications to the kit apart from the various hacks and gashes, and the missing arm, the joint for which was made from spares box bits and a few lengths of wire. Thanks for looking Andy
  9. R3-B0 'Rebo' R Series Astromech Droid Bandai 1/12 This is R3-B0, or Rebo, an astromech who can be found trundling aimlessly around the back streets of Mos Eisley, carrying his few worldy possessions in his basket. He can occasionally be seen in the company of some of Tatooine's other droid lowlife, i.e. B0-R15, DN-LD, and N1-G3L. In real life, he's another Bandai R2 modification, actually the one that came with BB-8, and he's been waiting around since 2016 to be finished. Most of the detailing is just spares box bits and bobs, and his shopping basket is stainless steel mesh wrapped around a soldered brass wire frame. Thanks for looking Andy
  10. Hi ! here I go again with another bandai SW model. this time is the rebel ship Bwing as seen on the return of the Jedi. for me is one of the most badass ships in the SW saga. once again I looked for some tips and I find an amazing step by step tutorial https://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/11/build-guide-andy-moores-172nd-scale-b.html thank you @Andy Moore ! -I removed the canopy for the pics to better show the cockpit details. -this kit can be improved with the bandai Led unit. ( I will buy soon ) here's the pictures :
  11. I thought I would start a post to say I have started to build my next model. All my models are built from scratch and as before the process will start in 3ds Max. In addition, I have tweaked the version of the T-47 Speeder I created minus the landing gear, I am currently making two Speeders to go with the Walker. All models will be 1/55 scale which will make the Speeders 10cm long and the ATAT around 41cm tall! As before I’ll update with some pics as I go
  12. Hello everyone! Another of my Star Wars kit. I finished this back in spring 2020, along with my 1/72 X-Wings - you can see their RFIs 1/72 Fine Molds - Red Wing T-65 X-Wings and 1/72 Bandai - Blue Leader T-70 X-Wing. I delayed this RFI trying to make better photos with my old DSLR but no luck with that, so apologies for the bad photos! The Revell "pocket" TIE-Fighter is advertised as 1/110 but it is exactly the same size as the Bandai 1/72 one. The panel lines are a bit soft but overall detail is pretty good, particularly on the wings. Fit is generally good, especially if you use glue and don't rely on the snap joints. As a negative, I can point out that it lacks the Sherman drive spoke part that goes just behind the "canopy" on the rear of the cockpit ball and the pilot figure that comes with the kit is grossly oversized (close to 1/48). I made several minor improvements - I used hypodermic needles for the chin blaster cannon barrels, 3d printed the Sherman drive spoke, used the 1/72 pilot from the 1/90 Revell "pocket" TIE-Interceptor (not that you can see him in the cockpit, as I placed him too far back in the cockpit ball) and I decided to use quite a few stencils from various leftover decal sheets. I also designed and 3d printed a stand similar to the one used on the Fine Molds Star Wars kits - it's free and available for download on Thingiverse, if anyone's interested. The paint is a custom mix of Gunze Mr. Aqueous Color. It is quite blueish but doesn't look nearly as garishly blue in person as it does on the photos. Cockpit ball chin details: Cockpit ball rear with 3d printed part: Next to my 1/72 X-Wings in the shelf: Compared to the Revell 1/90 TIE-Interceptor. As you can clearly see, it's quite bigger (the stand is the same 3d printed model, just downscaled) despite officially being scaled as 1/110 by Revell... Overall - great kit, especially for the price, which is less than a third that of a Bandai TIE-Fighter! I bought it for about 8 euros. In terms of scale, it fits neatly next to 1/72 Bandai TIEs or other 1/72 Star Wars kits. And with a bit of extra work can be turned into a good, detailed model. Hope you like it! Best regards, Ventsislav
  13. Hello. This is the ‘moving edition’ from Bandai, comes with lights etc. no super interested in that, but it was this or the fine molds one that I couldn’t find on eBay at the time. one thing I don’t like much about these Bandai kits is the soft edges on many of the panel lines, so I’m thinking out removing them. At least on the nose. anyway, I’m trying to figure out if I need to create sub assemblies for painting, since it’s difficult to dry fit these kits. Very nicely detailed, The ‘power brick’ that contains the wing motor and the leds. Very toylike, I’m not a huge fan of the base either... we’ll see how this goes. Cockpit assembly, added few bits to it... not much. Pretty interesting how they engineered this around the red5 paint scheme. But I don’t like the massive panel gaps, so... I’m going to at least sand down the differences in the fit of the panels relative to the surface. I’m not sure what to do here, I think I’m going to glue these parts together to I can get rid of the seem. I’d rather do it to just the upper fuselage,so I have good sanding access. I think think I need to keep the canopy separate for now. Bandai give you an option for a framed one (here) that comes with a glazing piece that snaps in, but it’s very thick, and interfere’s with my shortsighted cockpit additions, that I am attracted to now. You also get a fully glass piece, like a traditional model kit, this version is thinner and allows you to pose the canopy up. I’m going to punt on making that call. Meanwhile, I joined the front and rear fuselages together. I hope this isn’t a huge mistake. Using superglue to fill the gaps (green zap a gap). Sorry for hand texture. A bit of primer to see where i’m at. I sure did blow away a lot of panel lines...
  14. This is a “what if” I just finished with an AT-ST from Bandai in 1/48th scale. To me it’s quite clear the influences used to create the Empire aesthetic in the Star Wars universe, so instead of doing it with the usual light grey scheme as seen in the Forest Moon of Endor, I thought to be more interesting to run my imagination free and place it in the eastern front during the second world war. I used some Tamiya 1/48th German Infantry figures and I made this simple vignette with some snow melting and mud. The Bandai kit is really detailed and fit perfectly without the need of glue so I totally recommend it!. To give it a WWII look I give a cast steel texture to the armour plates and I added some big bolts. Colour use was panzer grey from Tamiya and a combination of oil paints from MIG and Abteilung 502 to create the weathering. Cheers and I hope you guys like it! Jorge “Somewhere in the Eastern Front” as usual, any comments are welcome and thanks for looking!
  15. After a number of weeks I am pleased to share my finished T-47 Snowspeeder! I have tagged a few members that have commented through the build so you can see the finished article (I hope you don't mind). @Konrad Popławski @Pete in Lincs @Hunter Rose @SMD70 @moondrome @Soeren Please see the build thread here: The finished render in 3ds Max before exporting to Pepakura: An some photos of the model: Made from 230GSM Paper, Superglue and Bostik Glue and Nimble Fingers! The model is 1/55 scale so approx 10cm long to match my previous builds. Hope you like it
  16. IMPERIAL TIE FIGHTER Bandai 1:72 I've had the Bandai TIE Fighter waiting in the stash since last year when Model Hobbies were discounting the Revell imports. Having recently finished a bit of a marathon build, I was looking for some light relief and this one seemed like a good idea. There are very few parts on the TIEs, so assembly is fairly rapid. The painting was pretty quick too, in fact the longest job of the build was masking off the solar panels which I'd sprayed first. Nothing particularly exciting with the main painting - just a cool grey for the base coat, followed by some filters to pick out different panels. A pin wash and some highlighting of the smaller details finished it off. Thanks for looking Andy
  17. "What a piece of junk!" This is my build of Bandai's 1/144 Millennium Falcon from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Weathered with acrylic and oils. I also installed an LED strip and battery box inside.
  18. Hi all and here's some Falcon for a Friday. Really enjoyed this one which I started earlier this year but got distracted by group builds. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Bandai MillenniumFalcon 'Lando Calrissian' version Scale: 1/144 Build: Out of box Decals: From kit Paints: Tamiya black as primer, Tamiya White, Klear, Flory Models wash, pastels, finished with W&N satin varnish. Extras: Engine & cockpit lighting kit by https://www.captainjacksmodels.co.uk/ Thanks for looking, stay safe and happy modelling! Der Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_1 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_4 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_6 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_5 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Bandai_Lando_Millennium_Falcon_2 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr (Click for video) IMG_8947 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr
  19. Boba Fett's Slave 1 Finemolds 1/72 Hi everyone This is Finemolds 1/72 Slave 1, Boba Fett's customised Firespray patrol ship, built August-September 2014. I added some fibre optics to the cockpit instrument panel and backwall along with LED accent lighting and hull lights. The paint chipping was done with masking fluid applied with a sponge. Paints are a combination of Vallejo, Tamiya and Gunze. The long term plan for this is to construct a maintenance bay dio for it to sit in, hence the removed hull panels and port blaster. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to do that this year, time permitting. Hope you enjoy the shots *2019 Update* I was looking over the original shots I took of Slave 1 recently and, to be honest, they were embarrassingly shoddy. On top of that, I've also added a little extra weathering since the build was finished, so overall it seemed like a new set of photos would be a good idea. The extra weathering mainly consisted of some additional brush painted chipping to enhance the existing masking fluid chips and a bit of post shading with some heavily thinned Tamiya dark brown, particularly over and around the glazing which had looked a little too clean and shiny before. I didn't have a battery to hand when taking these shots, so the lighting isn't on. I'll leave one of the original shots at the end so you can still see it lit up Hope you enjoy the new shots Thanks for looking Andy
  20. Hi all, So to go with these two tiny TIE Fighters, I've decided to have a go at this one which was a Christmas present from my lovely wife 😍 Bandai_Solo_Falcon_box by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr What's in the box.. Bandai_Solo_Falcon_contents by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Compared to the Revell Easy kit.. Bandai_Solo_Falcon_size by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Started with the cockpit - primed Bandai_Solo_Falcon_Cockpit by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Started painting. Great detail on those tiny seats. Bandai_Solo_Falcon_Cockpit_1 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr And all done! Bandai_Solo_Falcon_cockpit_2 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr More soon, thanks for looking. Cheers, Dermot
  21. Hi,here's my Bandai at-st i built about June last year. Its a snap together build,but i did glue it! I built the whole thing unpainted, except the cockpit interior,airbrushed matt black, then airbrushed matt white in places to give some shading. Gave it a Tamiya matt grey(sorry,can't remember what colour grey!) top coat. Ak pigments,engine grime,light rust pigment,sponge chipping,and burnt umber oil paint for some rust stains. The cockpit and pilots, i had a few not so sharp pictures from the web from the empire strikes back movie,to get an idea of the colour layout,but as the at-st is fictional,a bit of creative license was used in the colours! I did add a set of harnesses made from kitchen foil and attached them to a wire frame i fitted. I didn't glue the roof,as i didn't want to spend loads of time and effort, only to cover it up! Lol! The stand,i masked off where the feet sit,put pva glue on and spread some modelling grass/foliage i got off ebay,Serious Play the name on the packaging. It had just the right amount of grass,sticks and twigs to give it that 'forest floor' look! I managed to find a case for it,despite its shape/dimensions! Ive got,waiting in the wings,2 more bandai kits,the 1/72 tie fighter and 1/12 stormtrooper, looking forward to those! Thanks all for looking:-)
  22. Hi to all. I just finished this beautiful kit, it is a snap kit, no glue si required. I painted with Tamiya acrylics, XF-2 and XF-53 in a 3:1 ratio with a drops of blue. I wanted to leave the upper hatch opened with a crew member looking out, so I modified a figure to change the posture from sitting to standing. This are the pictures, I hope you like it. Regards, Pablo
  23. Slave 1 – Boba Fett’s Ship (05678) 1:88 Revell WARNING: If you've been trapped behind a wardrobe since the 1980s, there may be some spoilers ahead. You have been warned! We were introduced to Boba Fett the bounty hunter and his ride, Slave 1 in Star Wars Empire Strikes Back in 1980, when he was tasked by the Empire to hunt down and capture Han Solo, and to bring Luke Skywalker to an ambush, in order to tempt him to the Dark Side of the Force. We saw the ship for the first time when the Millennium Falcon detached from a Star Destroyer when they dumped their garbage before their jump to light-speed, although it was only a brief glimpse at that point. Later we saw it parked at Cloud City on the gas giant Bespin, when a frozen Han was trundled aboard his ship and it took off in a flamboyant style while Princess Leia and Chewbacca fired upon it in a desperate attempt to prevent his departure, setting up the beginning of the final part of the original trilogy. Slave 1 showed its age when it appeared in the Prequel trilogy under the command of Boba’s father, Jango Fett, with a substantially cleaner and better-kept exterior, although the older blue and yellow parts of the scheme was a bit off-putting to my eyes. It was originally made by Kuat Systems as the Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft, and somehow came into Jango’s possession, then with Boba at the controls after his father’s decapitation during a fight with a young and oddly Scottish Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Kit This is a re-release of Revell’s own Snap-Together kit from the previous decade, but without the crude factory-applied painting and with decals to complete the package. The kit is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars The Empire Strikes back, which to folks of my age is a sobering thought, and comes together with an A3 poster from the movie to celebrate that. It arrives in an end-opening box, and inside can be found seven sprues and two hull parts in grey styrene, a clear canopy, a vinyl Boba Fett figure to sit within the very visible control tub, which rotates with the craft’s take-off to fly in the “elephant’s head” position, rather than engines downward in “flat iron” mode. Thanks to the recent nature of the kit, the panel lines are engraved and detail is good right out of the box – only the scale is unusual at 1:88. This is a gift set edition too, so there’s a bag containing six pots of Revell acrylic paint, a small bottle of Contacta Professional glue, and a #2 brush. Construction begins with the aforementioned engines, which have a ribbed cylindrical form made up from two halves, with a domed internal structure that looks a little like an umbrella. The skirt on the lower hull is shown painted in the next step, with the strikingly gross patchwork of colours evidencing very poor maintenance over the years. The exhausts are clipped into the lower section of this part, which is then put to one side while the “elephant ears” are made up. The fins are comprised of two halves, and they are linked together with an axle that goes through the body to synchronise their movement when installed. The diagonal bracing struts are clipped around a pivot-point, and these are slotted into the hull underside detail panel, which is also painted up in the same haphazard style. Boba gets a detailed coat of paint, with lots of colour call-outs and a pair of decals adding small markings to his helmet. As the figure is vinyl, you might want to do a little research on how best to paint vinyl figures, so the paint doesn’t fall off later. I recall something about adding PVA to the paint, but don’t take my word for it. His control tub is also painted, given a seat and five instrument decals to add a little realism to the area, after which Boba’s large butt-plug is inserted into a matching slot in the floor to hold him in place. Anyone sniggering at this point should go to the back of the class. The cockpit is painted up, then receives the tub and Boba, with a choice of positions between flying and landing modes. The two fuselage halves are next, with detailed painting guide shown inline, with the same feature for the underside of the “trunk” area. The halves are brought together with a crystal-clear hinging canopy, which is most definitely not canon, and the axle that later holds the ship’s main armament, which should be fitted in position without glue to remain mobile. The cockpit and underside panel are both installed, then the weapons are glued to the tips of the axle so that someone much[/] more childish than you can go “pew pew pew!”. The two hull sub-assemblies are then brought together, and the detail insert is placed within the skirt of the lower hull, along with a saucer-shaped gun platform under the nose, with two blasters in grooves on opposite sides. Markings Slave 1’s paintjob is a mish-mash of colours that implies the craft has had a very demanding life since Boba took over ownership after his dad lost his head, so the painting guide is long, covering five pages in total, but you will still want to check your references to get the correct patina that reflects its grubby screen persona. There are a number of decals supplied that will ease painting of grilles and vents, plus a number of curved stripes that will save some masking. From the box you can build Boba Fett’s ship, but there’s nothing stopping you from portraying Jango’s scheme if you’re so minded, using your references and different paints to assist you. Decals are by Cartograf, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin matt carrier film cut close to the printed areas. Conclusion Considering the origins of this kit as a more toylike offering, detail is good and only the strange choice of scale is a head-scratcher. If you’re not glued to a scale however, it will build up to a nice replica that will look great with a sympathetic painting and weathering scheme. Highly recommended. Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For further information visit or
  24. Hi all. I have started this Bandai kit, magnificent as the others I have of the brand and theme. I did not feel like continuing with the models that I have running. I do not feel like for now correcting this, removing the other or modifying what is beyond; so I have taken this kit from all the ones I have from Star Wars (which are quite a lot and more complex and numerous in pieces). The interior is exactly the same as the TIE Fighter, only the figure obviously changes because this is Darth Vader's personal fighter. As a base color I have used Tamiya Neutral Gray. To the front and the inside I have applied a soft dry brush with the same Vallejo MC tone clarified with white, although I have reinforced some details by applying the color with the brush normally. The profiling of details has been with a very dark mixture of Tan oil and Black. The details on the back, the ones on the back of the D.V., are painted with Vallejo MC tones and highlighted in the same way. The figure of D.V. It is painted with several very dark shades of gray and with black the helmet, gloves and boots but I have given the coat a coat of matte varnish and I have given the helmet and boots a shiny finish. It really is a useless job, since I know with cause from the TIE Fighter that almost nothing is going to be seen of the cabin even using a flashlight. Andrés S.
  25. Hi all. I've been stuck with Wing B. I know what I want to achieve with the exterior paint but I'm not quite sure how to do it or the result. So since the Bandai kits yard is not enough to take things lightly and push forward to see what comes out I have decided to leave it until my ideas are clarified and in the meantime undertake a much simpler kit, in all aspects. And it was this little one's turn. Very good kit from the Fine Molds brand, with good details and equally fine and negative panel lines representing this small combat ship that appeared in the film “The Phantom Menace”, or Episode I of Star Wars, being piloted in it by young Anakin Skywalker. Ignoring the staple with the pieces of the exhibition platform, the kit consists of three small staples: two grey and one yellow. The cabin is quite well reproduced, as well as the figures that correspond to an adult pilot and the little Anakin, who is a due to his age and height is represented somewhat smaller, which will make it even more difficult to paint a figure that is to scale. 1/72. I don't know about you, but what has always caught my attention about the ships of the planet Naboo has always been the stylized shape and the pointed shapes that they have. Both this ship and Queen Amidala's cruiser as some other I've seen. So before undertaking the construction, starting with the cabin, I have decided to prepare this aspect of the ship. Both the fuselage and the engines have a very pointed finish, however the corresponding parts are not sufficiently represented. With 600 grit sandpaper and later 1200 grit I have refined the corresponding pieces. The cones on the front of the motors have also received the same job with sandpaper. And the area where the previous cones fit I have also worked. And this is all for now. Andrés S.
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