rockpopandchips Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Looking great! I love that underside. Are you planning on painting it in one piece? Johnny. Cheers Johny, I'm hoping I can paint and build in the three sections I have, she'll, front underside and interior and the back underside. I have fitted a peg in the back section now and sorted the stand out, I used plenty of resin to glue it so it should hold and the car is going to look much better in the air. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Another update this morning. I have glued the front anitgrave "wheels" to underside after much fretting about getting them square in line, primed the rear section and broken the compressor..... I was moving it to use later and it slipped FFS, could this fix? Probably not as I don't think I could get the thread out the compression tank. I might have a go at it later with the drill as I can not make it any worse. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalekCheese Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Very nice! Like the tailplane. Looks nice. What colour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, DalekCheese said: Very nice! Like the tailplane. Looks nice. What colour? Cheers, it's a Camaro so it should be yellow with black stripes, so I'm going with that if I can get a decent yellow paint job done on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalekCheese Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Ah, well that’ll look good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Test fitted everything again and now I'm not sure if I like the lower winged engine.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Finished the underside side of the car now and I think its ready to start painting, so it will be put to one side until I can get my compressor fixed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalekCheese Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Posting early! :lol: I like the lower winged engine personally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 So what are you to do when your on with a build its still in parts and you can not paint it? Dig out the last few LED's.... 4 blue 2 red, that with light the from and rear car lights and the two thrusters on the top of the car....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 4 out 6 lights test fitted..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalekCheese Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Coming on very nicely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 That looks pretty good! The lights add a lot. What are you gonna do with the rear wheel wells? Looking at it I like the idea of skirts filling the wheel opening and just smoothed to the body shape. Or do you already have something to fill in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 Wanted to put a driver in the car but couldn't find a cheep one until I was forced to go inside a Home bargains shop.... And found this Fortnight keyring figure and after much chopping of of butt and most of the lower legs we now have a driver. I will need to glue together and fill a few gaps but I'm very happy with him. On 11/22/2019 at 1:00 AM, Tzulscha said: What are you gonna do with the rear wheel wells? Cheers, I was going to fill the archers and smooth over but I have ended up with a bit more of a mechanical look with are partialy filled rear arch using some Zaku feet.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Looking good, those lights add loads. 🙌 Driver looks cool too. Nightmare about the compressor. Is it fixable? Johnny. Edited November 25, 2019 by The Spadgent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 11:08 PM, The Spadgent said: Looking good, those lights add loads. 🙌 Driver looks cool too. Nightmare about the compressor. Is it fixable? Johnny. Cheers Johnny, I have made some progress on the compressor and it's looking promising but I need to find a 1/4 to 1/8th male male that is longer than a standard.... Typical! In the meantime a can of TS 47 was purchased and now we have a Camaro in it colour. It's a bit flat looking so I want to do a bit of colour modification when the AB is up and running again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 That’s a nice colour. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 11 hours ago, The Spadgent said: That’s a nice colour. 😀 Cheers and a bit more yellow on the Finns also painted the insides of the thrusters gold to keep with the yellows and the inside is now painted a very 70's brown. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Last of the light tested and I'm happy with the look. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Those lights are awesome. I have some plans for a Battle Star Galactica builds that needs loads of bulbs. I might d to call on you for some advice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 14 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Those lights are awesome. I have some plans for a Battle Star Galactica builds that needs loads of bulbs. I might d to call on you for some advice. Cheers but I'm no expert but will help out if I can, I learnt most from building my flying ship and in that WIP, @Will Vale and @Gimme Shelter Helped out loads. I will see if I can find it. And after only a few week asking revell an email they only when and sent me this, so I have another Camaro to build and I have 2 massive engines sorted for it. Very nice of Revell and the after sales help. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Those lights are awesome. I have some plans for a Battle Star Galactica builds that needs loads of bulbs. I might d to call on you for some advice. Have a look at this thread page 5 ish, it might help. Edited November 30, 2019 by rockpopandchips 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 1:18 PM, rockpopandchips said: Have a look at this thread page 5 ish, it might help. Ooh ace thanks. ✊ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 excellent kitbashing in action and I love the colour you've used for the body it really works well with the shape, are some of those parts you've used from a strike Gundam ? I have one in the stash and some of the bits look similar. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Brundledonk said: excellent kitbashing in action and I love the colour you've used for the body it really works well with the shape, are some of those parts you've used from a strike Gundam ? I have one in the stash and some of the bits look similar. Pete Cheers Pete. And yes most of the parts are from the Aile pack from the 1/100 Strike Gundam and its base, the AMT 1/6 B1 Battle Droid kit left over from my Mr Bones build, there is also a bit of a snow speeder, an SD Wing body, a few tank parts and the rest is reused car parts from the Camaro kit.....so far! Edited December 2, 2019 by rockpopandchips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 38 minutes ago, rockpopandchips said: Cheers Pete. And yes most of the parts are from the Aile pack from the 1/100 Strike Gundam and its base, the AMT 1/6 B1 Battle Droid kit left over from my Mr Bones build, there is also a bit of a snow speeder, an SD Wing body, a few tank parts and the rest is reused car parts from the Camaro kit.....so far! I wondered what the bits were the are along the bottom and in the front arches and is that the battle Droid ? ( leg or arm joints ) when I saw it they were familiar but I couldn't think what they were, really excellent choice of greeblies as they really work well and make the look feel authentic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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