Howdy folks!
I was super excited to see the Omicron class shuttle from The Bad Batch get released by AMT!
Waiting for it to be available was the hard part...
It's a great little kit. I busted this one out in five days with lighting.
I started with painting the black for the solar panels then masking them off
Next up was assembling the cockpit section with a single 3 mm LED to illuminate the cockpit glass.
Then in the midst of constructing the fuselage, I added two yellow 3 mm LEDs for the forward lights, four ice blue 3 mm LEDs for the engines, and a 1.8 mm red LED for the rear turret window.
It's a snap kit, so I spent extra time on test fitting and carefully gluing the body together to limit light leaks. Then it was time for a coat of Tamiya Haze Gray.
Now comes the fun part...panel painting
Because I only use rattle cans and brush paint, there was A LOT of masking lol
Perhaps I should start using an airbrush...anyway...after a few decals and weathering, here she is:
In conclusion, this was a fun and relatively easy kit to put together. With or without the lights it goes together clean and allows you to focus on the paint work, which there is quite a bit more than I realized.
Thank y'all for taking a look!