Michaelvk Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I ordered this off of Amazon for £12.. Can't argue that.. And I was well impressed when I opened the box too.. I wasn't blown away but the toylike factory finish, so a mixture of some Revell Aqua's, a wash and some light dry brushing, here she is! I also drilled out the cannons, because I could. I didn't go banana's with hiding too many seams. It adds to the non-cgi-ness that I grew up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Nice job Michael - Smiffy reviewed this one a little while back, and the detail seems excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Looks very nice, not toylike at all - did you respray the whole thing? The wing centres are a lovely crunchy cluster of nurnie bits. I think you're right to leave the seams too - they're subtle, but they add to the impression of the vac-formed innards of a studio model. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeley Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 That looks the business. If I had one I'd fly it round the room making pew-pew-pew noises... whilst no one was looking, obviously. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 ..........................................and I thought the Fine Molds Model had detail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Thanks lads.. Will, I masked the solar panel and cockpit glazing (and framework) and resprayed the rest. Basically everything that's blue-grey. Subtle paynes grey wash and a dry brush with the base colour followed.. Chris.. Way ahead of you Michael, for the price and scale, you can't go wrong with these TIEs.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx79guntank Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 That's a very nice build. Now I'm tempted to grab it and run around the room making pew pew noises... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lar74 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Great build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) That's a very nice build. Now I'm tempted to grab it and run around the room making pew pew noises... Nawww, the proper noise to make when flying a TIE Fighter around the room is: "WWWWWAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!" Seriously though, I think this kit is one of Revell's better ones in the SW kit line. The shape to me also seems a tick better than the Fine Molds 1/48 one. I'm in the process of doing a repaint on my kit as while the blue color is apparently correct at least for the fighters. But I prefer a more washed out gray coloring myself. I just wish Revell would have opted to mold the cage frames separate for both sides of the solar wings as masking off the black panels on one side is VERY time consuming compared to the side with the frame molded as a separate piece. Very nice paint tweaks to the model. Only thing I could see to add would be black on that back hatch/solar ionization reactor (depending on which reference you read) hexagon "window". Edited September 21, 2012 by JMChladek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thanks! Though regarding the window thinggy.. Meh.. It's done now.. Next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablar Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 It looks like a nicely detailed kit. Youve done a fantastic job of the weathering mate, really looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Nice looking TIE fighter. Colour wise the original props were painted stormy sea blue but this caused a problem with blue screen so in Episode 4 they repainted them grey but reverted back to the blue for Episodes 5 & 6. There are some photos about of one TIE fighter painted half grey and half maroon for filming tests! I also read somewhere that the concept behind the TIE fighter was one of fragile mass production and they would not be round long enough to become too "weathered". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Thanks lads.. I've got me a decent camera since I took those pics, so I'll try and shoot some proper looking images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulj Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Nice tie fighter buiild, I think revell would have done much better if they issued this kit as a standard kit, rather than the easy kits. I think I am just missing the slave one and the at-at kits from the classic trilogy films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 I've got the Slave 1 and am in the process of detailing it. Already done up the cockpit, but still need to wrap my head around how on earth to tackle that paint job on the outside.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oileanach Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Cracking job mate! Good luck with the new camera- I switched to a dslr at the start of the year and I'm almost as good with it as my old point and squirt... I've got me a decent camera since I took those pics, so I'll try and shoot some proper looking images. Not that there's anything wrong with those shots, by the way. I dream of getting that good...Good job most peeps aren't quite as clueless as I am! What did you get? (If you don't mind me asking?) Edited October 16, 2012 by oileanach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Apologies for the late reply.. I got a Canon 600D, and very happy with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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