Plasto Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Hi, Very occasionally I drift into a bit of Sci-fi Modelling. I’ve been watching Lincoln Wright’s excellent ‘Paint on Plastic’ You Tube channel and this has spurred me on to have a go at a Ma.K build at some point but a built but not glued Bandai 1/12 scale C3PO kit turned up on our local equivalent of EBay... So for not many dollars it’s arrived today and is thankfully as advised unglued. The seller was a Lego enthusiast who doesn’t have room for more stuff so C3PO got the chop and had arrived intact and with all of the alternative parts on the sprue. I fancy converting him into K3PO the white Protocol Droid seen on ESB on Hoth.. K3PO is on screen for only a few moments in a couple of scenes.. The conversion is simple and is a paint job I intend to do ‘him’ in active condition without the blaster damage you see in the final scene... Might he an excuse to watch ESB again for research... here is what I have... here is where I’m heading... it would be good to light the kit eyes.... I’ll have a think on that.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Sounds like a great project. Are you stripping the plating or painting straight over it? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Would be cool to see him in front of an acrylic screen all lit up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 3 hours ago, AndyRM101 said: Sounds like a great project. Are you stripping the plating or painting straight over it? Andy Painting over.... I think lacquers will have enough bite into the plating to adhere ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 If you scuff the plating paint will have better adhesion. I used to do that with automotive chrome covered plastic grills years ago. Always hated chrome to gaudy for my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Might be a bit late for that he’s got the first coat of lacquer primer on as we speak... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadKarma75 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Watching this with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Ok so the base primer layer seems to have gone down well and it adhering ok.... its got a slight off white golden hue which looks cool... I used Tamiya Rattle can fine surface white.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It looks good to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Hi, Base paint is done.. in the end he had a couple of coats of Tamiya Basic white primer out of the rattle can, then a coat of Racing white also ut of the rattle can followed up with a light dusting of USN Insignia White... I debated painting the 'pips' on.. I can punch a mask easy enough and I also have access to some floquil Caboose red which I suspect it the colour on the 'real thing' .. In the end I punched some decal discs out of some spare RAF roundels.. Which was a bit easier... I think they look ok and in proportion to the screen shot from ESB.. I'll let the decals set up and give the paint a good few days to fully harden off before I start some basic weathering.. Any comments or tips welcome... Cheers Plasto... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hi does anyone know what type of LED works best for the eyes on C-3PO?? Im picking it’s a SMD type to get the size? Anyone have an idea or part number?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 @PlastoI dont know but you might want to give the @Madmonk a call as he makes lighting kits for these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Cheers, I did a bit of digging and it seems the preferred thing is a 0805 SMD LED. They are available on EBAY for a few $. That and some .2mm magnet wire should get most of the job done... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Yes, 0805 SMDs are fine, go with warm white rather than cool white and don't forget the resistors. The camera shows the eyes brighter than they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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