Ian Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Today is a 'good day'. A couple of months ago, my six-year-old started becoming very interested (then obsessed) with the whole Star Wars genre. This interest coincided with a Sci Fi 'Campaign' or 'Group-build' over on www.modelersallaince.com where I spend quite a lot of my time when I'm not hanging-around Britmodeller. . Long story short, I took advantage of Bens interest and bought this old STAP & Battle Droid kit to enter in to the campaign and to see if he'd like to have a go with Dad at building a kit. He did most of the major assembly with the minimum amount of help form me, whilst I was allowed to do the painting. We finished at 0700 this morning (only just) in-time for the last day of school and this mornings' 'Show & Tell'. Yes, today is definitely a good day. Kit - AMT/Ertl 1:6 STAP & Battle Droid Paint - All Tamiya acrylics. Decals - None Extras - 'pins' (wrist joints), patience and lots of strong coffee. As ever thanks for taking the time to look and/or comment. Because I enjoyed this 'change-of-pace' so much I spent a lot of time over the last week or so wandering around eBay looking for more Sci Fi builds to spend my money & time on. As it's turned-out, on a purely 'modelling level' this is not one of my best, however as a fantastic experience of building a kit with my wee son, it's absolutely bl**dy marvelous. AFN Ben & Ian. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarecrowJoe Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Very well done! Great weathering and finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 That looks very cool! And its nice you got your son involved, hope i can get my kids as interested when they're older 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 nice work, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 That looks excellent. There's some beautiful shading and weathering on there Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Roger Roger! Very nice teamwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanorak73 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 love it, it looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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