Watch out for Ewoks! 

A splendid speeder.

Gary

I like it. Nicely done and a cool model!

That looks awesome! Great job Frank!!! 

Desert sounds good to me. Or at least a heck of a lot easier than trying to build all the plants and undergrowth for an Endor's forest moon diorama. 

Fantastic job. Great attention to detail. I like it.

That is nicely done. There was a modeler in the past on this forum who did great bases, mkostly of runway landing spots, where he used a print of the ground including the runway number and "smeared" it for a blurred speed effect. If I can find a photo of that, I'll post it.

Bill

Very nice work Frank.

Dodgy

One of my favorite MPC kits from the 80s. Easily the best of the Return of the Jedi kits they made.

Yours looks awesome.

Looks great Frank.  What's left?

keavdog

Looks great Frank.  What's left?

 

Thanks, everyone. This was a fun build and different for me, a guy who usually builds airplanes. I'm still kinda surprised how big the finished build is.

John, what's left is what to do with the base. I need to put the speeder bike and trooper into some kind of context.

Great job!  I have this one in my stash...you've inspired me to blow the dust off and have some fun!  

I've been lurking in the background and your build has drawn me out of hiding.

The Speeder Bike turned out great.  The original kit had a circular clear sheet of acryclic to suspend it.  I like your base much better.

I've been carrying one of these around for 25 years now.  It was gifted to me right before several big life changes.  Finishing college, getting married, having kids. 

It never had the opportunity to be a shelf queen.  It went directly to box troll.

It's kind of like a groundhog.   Except if it sees modeling tools it jumps back into the box for another 5-10 years.  Maybe seeing another of it's kind will encourage it to come out and play.

fotofrank, I think that it looks great!  You don't see too many of these built up since the new Bandai Speeder bikes arrived on the scene.  Thanks for the tip about using colored map pins for the control levers.  What paint did you use on the trooper's goggle lense?  I like the idea of using one of those blurred base scenes and I have seen others on you tube where they used aquarium plastic plants to depict more of a jungle scene.  I've got to get into my stash and find my kit of this and build it soon.  Well done and cheers!

tjs

I've got this kit in the box. Someone kinda started it, but not much done. Yours looks great. Kinda makes me want to put mine higher on the list to get done.

BK

Brandon, go for it! The kit is a fun, easy build.

Mr Tom Schry, the goggles were painted Tamiya X-28 Green.

Thanks, y'all. Thhese old MPC Star Wars kits are fun and they have decent raised detail.

Find one at a hobby show or swap meet and go for it.

fotofrank

Brandon, go for it! The kit is a fun, easy build.

Mr Tom Schry, the goggles were painted Tamiya X-28 Green.

Thanks, y'all. These old MPC Star Wars kits are fun and they have decent raised detail.

Find one at a hobby show or swap meet and go for it.

 

I agree, I first ran across these MPC Star Wars models in 1978 at a JC Penney clearance bin in New Hampshire. I got Vader's TIE, Luke's X-Wing, R2-D2 and C3PO. I didn't have enough money for the Darth Vader figure, and when I returned the next week, it was gone. The boxes were beat, but the kits complete.

I was hooked and have probably built every AMT kit except Vader.

Well, it's certainly been a while. I've had to force myself to regroup recently. Just too stuff on my bench and I couldn't maintain my focus.

After varnishing the edges of the plaque, I finally laid down the paste that will make up the base for the Speeder. The paste needs to set up for couple of days then I can paint it to look like desert sand.

Here it is, the final product. I made the photographs this morning.

Nice work, Frank!  The backdrop of the fence really helps to make the clear rod invisible in a couple of those shots.

Good job.  I like your paint work, makes the model  show up well. The base is great.. "less is more" simple is better 

That's too cool. Well done. Now you make me want to build mine up.

BK

Thanks everyone. Not the best kit but still a fun build.

Brandon, go for it!

Looks great to me Frank, good show sir!!!