1/32 Mando's next ride

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, I am calling this triple kit bash project Mando's next ride. This will be what you might call a 2nd generation Razor Crest.

 

The main fuselage will be from the Apache air frame, with the Colonial Raptor cockpit grafted to the nose and the A10's Gatling gun attached underneath complete with the A10's nose cone.

 

Skid landing gear will be used from the Raptor, but beefed up with the A10's metal landing legs. The idea is to give a sort of Alien Drop ship style look, but retaining some of the Razor Crest's original design DNA. I might add lighting to this ship if time allows.

 

"This is the way!"

 

[billn53]

Interesting . . . .

[HansReggelsen]

Looks like a great idea - are you going to keep the scale of 1/32 or will it be in 1/72 scale  as to fit with the Razorcrest? 

I've often looked at 1/32 or 1/48 scale kits and wondered how they would look if I 'scaled' the scale (!) down to 1/72? 

Keeping the dimensions of the larger kit, but interior etc would be in 1/72! 

 

Looking forward to your build! 

 

Cheers 

Hans J 

 

PS - it's also a good way to downsizing ones 'stash' - 1+1+1=1! 

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by HansReggelsen

[Lee Chambers]

5 hours ago, HansReggelsen said:

Looks like a great idea - are you going to keep the scale of 1/32 or will it be in 1/72 scale  as to fit with the Razorcrest? 

I've often looked at 1/32 or 1/48 scale kits and wondered how they would look if I 'scaled' the scale (!) down to 1/72? 

Keeping the dimensions of the larger kit, but interior etc would be in 1/72! 

 

Looking forward to your build! 

 

Cheers 

Hans J 

 

PS - it's also a good way to downsizing ones 'stash' - 1+1+1=1! 

 

Cheers Hans, It will be in 1/32 scale for sure.

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, here is my progress on Mando's future ship.

 

I started with no plans for this project, I simply opened up all the kits and grabbed a part and offered it up to another part and if it looked good it got stuck together! Any gaps that appeared, if possible would be covered by adding another part.

 

The Apache's fuselage was the main starting point, adding the Colonial Raptor to the front followed by the A10's tail section complete with engine nacelles that were slid over the Apache's tail boom. However, this meant the engine nacelles were too low and the fuselage looked too long. This led to me cutting a step behind the Apache's rear engine section which allowed the A10's tail to be raised to give the engine nacelles a more Razor Crest look.

 

Now I could start having some fun adding all of the Greeble details to the ship. Some photo etch was added, however I just wanted to establish the overall look of the ship. The engine details are made up from a combination of kit parts.

 

The clear intake and exhaust cowlings are from a couple of disassembled jars of black pepper, with a twist grinding top to them. I intend to add lighting to the engines, so the clear cowls will enhance the appearance. Also, I will open up an engine cowl to display a resin engine with some scratch-built detailing.

 

The front section of the ship will be taken apart in preparation for adding a fully detailed and lit cockpit; the left cabin door will be left open to allow all of the internal details to be visible. In an effort to improve the looks of the canopy, I added some extra window ribs to give a similar look to the Razor Crest windows.

 

I still have plenty of details to add, the photos hopefully will give you a good idea for how it's going to look. Not sure what colour scheme I will be using on the ship yet, but maybe a black chrome effect with yellow highlights.

 

 

The last few photos are NOT for the faint hearted! No! I did not accidentally sit on it! LOL! It was time to consider adding the cockpit interior, so taking it apart was the next job to tackle, despite the carnage it came apart fairly easily once the extra thin cement had done its job.

 

 

The Moebius kit parts fit well enough. But I will not be going with the kit interior, but rather a mixture of all three kit cockpit details to give it more of a Star Wars look to it. "This is the way!"

 

Let me know your thoughts guys.

[Pete in Lincs]

Isn't it great how parts from disparate kits fit together so well when you're scratchbuiling Sci Fi stuff? It gives me hours of fun.

I love the pepper pot additions, Just right. Must check our larder.

I'd add a couple of tank type loop handholds just above & inboard of the steps on top of the 'wing'.

Did I see a gap at the inboard end of the wing/flap interface? Maybe a piece of card to close that off?

Also that hole below and to the back of the Apache engines. I always consider the airflow on my builds.

Speaking of which, The A-10 tail fins? Reinstate the rear fuselage, add the horizontal stab but have the fins at an angle to it. Maybe 30 degrees?

Or are they too close to the engine exhausts?

Anyway, my daft ideas, your model. Please feel free to carry on with your own plans. I'll watch with much interest.

[Lee Chambers]

20 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Isn't it great how parts from disparate kits fit together so well when you're scratchbuiling Sci Fi stuff? It gives me hours of fun.

I love the pepper pot additions, Just right. Must check our larder.

I'd add a couple of tank type loop handholds just above & inboard of the steps on top of the 'wing'.

Did I see a gap at the inboard end of the wing/flap interface? Maybe a piece of card to close that off?

Also that hole below and to the back of the Apache engines. I always consider the airflow on my builds.

Speaking of which, The A-10 tail fins? Reinstate the rear fuselage, add the horizontal stab but have the fins at an angle to it. Maybe 30 degrees?

Or are they too close to the engine exhausts?

Anyway, my daft ideas, your model. Please feel free to carry on with your own plans. I'll watch with much interest.

Cheers Pete, this is just to show the basic shape of the ship, I will be tidying up the rough edges nearer to the final paint stage, of which I am way off that point at the moment.

Next will be to light the engines and then redesign the cockpit to look more organic, rather than latest techno systems.

[Pete in Lincs]

There are always rough edges! Go for it!

I forgot to compliment you on the interior bits. 

 

[Lee Chambers]

40 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said:

There are always rough edges! Go for it!

I forgot to compliment you on the interior bits. 

 

No compliments needed for the interior, it's just the standard Raptor kit parts ,they fit ok, but I don't intent to use much of it.

[Thom216]

I love it! And Mando would too, It's just great the way all the parts are just 'falling' together. Keep it going.

[Lee Chambers]

Hi everyone, this update shows how I added the lighting to the engines. I used 5mm defused orange LED's. They are rated at 9-12v, with wired in resistors.

 

They came with clip in holders, so that was handy to help mount them; I used plastic bottle caps to hold the LED's. To help reflect the light, I painted the inside of the caps with Molotow Chrome paint.

 

The rear engines have a pair of super glue bottle cone shaped caps that had a LED glued into the centre of the cone and another LED fitted behind in the bottle cap and they were epoxied into place. I was able to run the wiring through the flared wing engine mounts and into the upper fuselage.

 

Next will be to build the cockpit details and add some subtle lighting.
"This is the way".

 

[Uncle Monty]

A brilliant use of old model kits. It certainly has just the right style, I could see that popping up in the TV show. The engines, with the lights, are especially effective.

[Pete in Lincs]

I'll second that. Good to see.

[Lee Chambers]

I will be posting more progress later this week, thanks for the great comments guys.

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, I have been making good progress on Mando's new ship. I decided to try and make a figure of Mando out of the kit figure parts from the Colonial Raptor kit.

 

The helmet was hand carved into shape using a couple of sharp number 10A scalpel blades, and the figure body had some putty added to the chest area and legs to create the armour. Molotow chrome paint was used to paint the helmet and body armour.

 

The cockpit was scratch built using the parts from the A10 and some aftermarket resin parts. Lighting was then added. Once this was completed the ship was rebuilt and various greeble parts added. I detailed up the rear loading area and fitted some lighting in the ceiling.

 

Still have some tidying up to do and decide on the final colour scheme, but I am happy how it's looking so far.

 

Happy modelling everyone.

 

[Thom216]

Mando looks quite happy in there.

[Uncle Monty]

Mando looks amazing! The ship isn't half bad either, well done sir. It may be made of different bits and pieces but it hangs together extremely well. It's a small detail but the raked angle of the engines really adds a feeling of speed to the whole thing.

[Pete in Lincs]

Great figure, love the lighting effects and both the ship interior and exterior. 

[Lee Chambers]

1 hour ago, Uncle Monty said:

Mando looks amazing! The ship isn't half bad either, well done sir. It may be made of different bits and pieces but it hangs together extremely well. It's a small detail but the raked angle of the engines really adds a feeling of speed to the whole thing.

Thanks, it's getting close to the application of the final paint scheme, and a few more greeble parts to finish off the look.

[Lee Chambers]

47 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Great figure, love the lighting effects and both the ship interior and exterior. 

Cheers Pete, I still have a final paint scheme to splash on and a base to build to bring it all to life.

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, here is the final paint scheme for Mando's new ship. I custom mixed some gun metal paint from a VW Beetle colour code from the 70's, this was followed by masking and hand painting the orange stripes, with some acrylic paint which was then scratched and distressed to give a worn-down effect.

 

Then I added a mist coat of AK smoke over the whole ship, this was followed by picking out various panels, the front and rear engine cowls and buffing them over with graphite powder to give a polished black stainless-steel effect.

 

I will be adding the ship to a base so I can add some workshop accessories and a power supply will be hidden in one of these units.

 

Happy modelling.

 

[Thom216]

Fantastic! I love the paint scheme and whole look.

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, whilst waiting for some 3D printed parts to arrive for the base scene, I thought I would scratch build a new speeder bike for Mando.

 

I just stuck together a pile of odd parts and came up with a well armed speeder bike.

 

Do you think Mando would approve?

 

Happy modelling.

 

[Pete in Lincs]

Oooh! Shiny stuff. They both look great. Well done. 

[voozet]

2 hours ago, Lee Chambers said:

Do you think Mando would approve?

He already has proper clothes and a helmet, now he has a cool motorcycle. He will certainly be pleased.

Great scratch build.