Fine Molds TIE Fighter....DONE!

caisson2delta

Member since
September 2009

Posted by caisson2delta on Friday, September 11, 2009 9:23 AM

Really nice work. That's one nice looking kit and a great paint job.

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Kugai

Member since
July 2003
From: Huntington, WV

Posted by Kugai on Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:48 PM

PatlaborUnit1 wrote:

Very nice!!
Im working on my paint mix to no avial I keep coming up too blue. Any suggestions?

If you're going for the "real" color of the first studio models that accidentally got bleached out to light gray in the compositing process, I'd say a non-photogenic blue would be a good starting point for comparison while mixing.

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:17 AM

Thank you.It's a pricey but well detailed and engineered kit.Almost puts itself together.

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batmancustoms

Member since
September 2009
From: Garland , Tx

Posted by batmancustoms on Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:43 AM

ME LIKES!!!!!!

John 'Panzer' Hinton

http://www.batmancustoms.com/

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:27 PM

Thanks.I got two more coming in the mail.One for me and one for a guy that saw the above build and wants one just like it.

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terry35

Member since
May 2005
From: Dublin Rep Of Ireland

Posted by terry35 on Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:51 PM

Wow thats just beautiful, got two myself...........

WOW

Terry.

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:09 AM

Sian wrote:
PatlaborUnit1 wrote:

Very nice!!
Im working on my paint mix to no avial I keep coming up too blue. Any suggestions?
Lt Ghost Gray out of a can/bottle is as good for the light-colored TIEs as Gull Gray is for Xwings. I've got some Ties in the pipe (one ln, one Interceptor)and will probably go for the darker but not blue ESB colors, probably with dk ghost gray.

I just read at SSM that the studio X-Wings were white sprayed over a black base.

Once weathering is applied,it's not easy to tell what the base coat was.I don't worry too much about what shade of grey I use,but I'm actually itching to paint a few TIEs blue.

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Sian

Member since
February 2009

Posted by Sian on Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:37 AM

PatlaborUnit1 wrote:
Very nice!!
Im working on my paint mix to no avial I keep coming up too blue. Any suggestions?

Lt Ghost Gray out of a can/bottle is as good for the light-colored TIEs as Gull Gray is for Xwings. I've got some Ties in the pipe (one ln, one Interceptor)and will probably go for the darker but not blue ESB colors, probably with dk ghost gray.

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:38 PM

Go with something out of a rattle can.Plenty of grey shades available if blue doesn't work out.

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PatlaborUnit1

Member since
January 2006
From: Baton Rouge, Snake Central

Posted by PatlaborUnit1 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:22 AM

Very nice!!

Im working on my paint mix to no avial I keep coming up too blue. Any suggestions?

Build to please yourself, and don't worry about what others think! TI 4019 Jolly Roger Squadron, 501st Legion

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Griffworks

Member since
June 2004
From: The House of Blues Clues

Posted by Griffworks on Friday, April 10, 2009 9:35 PM

Agreed, John! Excellent work, TD! I like that this one, like others recently posted here, aren't the bluish color from the later movies, but is the ANH off-white.

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