Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Hi all. This ship from the Star Wars saga first appeared in the Return of the Jedi movie. It appears very briefly, at the moment before the attack on the 2nd Death Star, spreading its wings to the combat position. It is a heavy fighter equipped with various types and powerful cannons and that was expected to have more prominence in the development of the final battle, but due to the thinness of its fuselage and wings, there were problems with the Chroma process during the post-production of the special effects and their scenes were removed. It also appears at the end of the last movie in the galactic saga but I have not managed to see it. This time I am going to start the model the cockpit, which I have painted with various gray tones of Vallejo MC except for the metallic part for which I have used Alclad Aluminum, having as a base color the Neutral Gray of this Vallejo. I have highlighted details using oil and used Vallejo matte varnish for the final finish of the instrument panels and satin varnish, also from Vallejo, for the metallic area. Andrés S. 13 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 I continue with the cockpit with the last piece that is the pilot. The instructions indicate that the flight suit is painted red. However, I have been guided by the images of the film and who goes in that color is the character who pilots with Lando Carlisian the Millennium Falcon, while one of the B Wings is piloted by another character of the same race whose flight suit is green. I have painted it as usual with Vallejo references and satin varnish also from Vallejo. And now yes, the entire cockpit. I have also completed the engine nozzles. The base color has been Alclad Titanium. I have given a circular section Vallejo inks mixing blue and red to obtain purple. Immediately behind him I have applied sepia ink to simulate the burning of the metal between both areas. To the internal part I applied aluminum and pigments, although I think, after looking and looking, that I will reinforce it with some more layer. Andrés S. 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Shin 407 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 great start, everything looks amazing, especially your 1/72 pilot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 14 hours ago, Shin said: great start, everything looks amazing, especially your 1/72 pilot. Thank you so much !! Andrés S. Link to post Share on other sites
The Chief Smeg 494 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Those engines look mighty fine too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 11 hours ago, The Chief Smeg said: Those engines look mighty fine too! Thank you so much !! Andrés S. Link to post Share on other sites
FG2Si 930 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Great work so far. The cockpit and pilot are nicely done. Carl 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kitchen Modeller 2,983 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Beautiful work so far Andrés - that cockpit looks superb. Very nice work on the figure too - hard to believe you did that with such a small figure. The engines are coming along nicely - it's hard to judge without knowing how much of them will be visible. But certainly the interiors look really good... Looking forward to seeing how this progresses 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, FG2Si said: Great work so far. The cockpit and pilot are nicely done. Carl Thank you very much, Carl !! 4 hours ago, Kitchen Modeller said: Beautiful work so far Andrés - that cockpit looks superb. Very nice work on the figure too - hard to believe you did that with such a small figure. The engines are coming along nicely - it's hard to judge without knowing how much of them will be visible. But certainly the interiors look really good... Looking forward to seeing how this progresses Thank you so much, Kitchen Modeller !! Soon I hope to show some images of the weapons. Regards to all. Andrés S. Edited July 30, 2020 by Andrés S. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrés S. 1,219 Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Well, before starting to join pieces of the fuselage / wings I wanted to leave the armament finished, which consists of several blaster lasers or whatever they are called ... I have hollowed out most of them with mini drills. As a base color, I have applied Neutral Gray by Tamiya, painting the canyons of the small wings with white stripes, making some dirt airbrush on the front one. I have soiled the ends of all the weapons with smoke colored pigment. The profiling has been with oil and the final finish with Vallejo satin varnish. Andrés S. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
sroubos 1,077 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Superb work, love the weathering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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