Completed TIE Crawler Tank photos

Here are the completed photos of my Fourth Axis TIE Crawler Tank conversion for the old MPC Return of the Jedi TIE Interceptor snap-tite kit. While the kit was designed for the old MPC kit and AMT/Ertl reissues, it could be used on the AMT/Ertl TIE fighter kit as well.

The kit represents a TIE tank from Star Wars Expanded Universe, or in other words, did not appear in any of the movies. The kit was primed in Dark Gull Gray, which is actually a fairly light gray color. The final coat was Gunship Gray lightened with just a touch of the Dark Gull Gray. The tracks were painted flat black and highlighted with Jet Exhaust.

For weathering, the kit was given a black wash and then Prof. Weathers Weathering Powders Grimy Black was used to give the kit the look that it just traversed a burned battlefield. A light coat of Future was used to seal the finish.

The configuration represents a tank from the 21st Armored Storm Trooper Regiment (Vader's Own) armed with a single laser cannon in a chin turret. Other armament options were twin laser blasters in fixed mounts and the final variant used both the chin turret and the twin blasters. There is no photographic evidence of the final variant so many modelers categorize it as "Empire 46". In this alternate reality, Luke misses the thermal shaft and the Death Star is not destroyed. Some variants used on Endor were equipped with chainlink armor to ward off Ewok suicide attacks. There are rumors zimmerit was used as well.






View the rest of the completed and in progress photos here: http://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php?cat=12299.