ETA 2 Finished!

stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

ETA 2 Finished!

Posted by stipp on Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:47 AM

hey people, I have finally finished the AMT ETA 2 from Star Wars Episode 3.

I ran into a few problems, one: I used rubber cement as a mask and when i sprated it onto my canopy the paint and rubber had a chemical reaction and "crazed" the clear, but I was able to vacuum form another canopy.

two: i used the mig pigments to weather the model and was ready to clear coat it, and for some stupid reason I got too close to the model and blew the chalk all over the model and had to strip the paint and clear off and repaint and reweather it once more.

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:31 PM

Looks real nice. Very effective weathering. ( cna something that flies in outer space be 'weathered'? Hmm, something to ponder)

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

"I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:33 PM

A lot of these craft were used in atmospheric battles as well as in space too.

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Mindless

Member since
December 2005

Posted by Mindless on Saturday, January 21, 2006 3:01 PM

Very impressive work. Good job on that one. Smile [:)]

The kit itself seems nice too. How was it to build?

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:34 PM

Yeah it wasnt too bad, the canopies must be left off until your done painting unless your good at masking, the kit is about as simple as you can get without being snap tite.

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plasticmod992

Member since
January 2003
From: The Hoosier State

Posted by plasticmod992 on Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:52 PM

Looks cool, good job on the build! I'm an aircraft guy, but I sneek over here every once in a while to marvel at the really neat stuff! Now where did I put that Episode III CD.......

Greg Williams Owner/ Manager Modern Hobbies LLC Indianapolis, IN. IPMS #44084

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:34 PM

stipp wrote:
A lot of these craft were used in atmospheric battles as well as in space too.

I know. Just a weak attempt at humor on my part.

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

"I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Monday, January 23, 2006 9:42 AM

These kits FINALLY just showed up at my Walmart last week! I gotta get one! So tell us what all is in the box, gimme some comments. I may pick on up today. I just dug out my old MPC Millinium Falcon yesturday so i hope to start back on that on with my new skills that I have learned after taking a ten break on it!LOL

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Monday, January 23, 2006 5:06 PM

Well lets see, the kit is comprised of the hull halves and the clear canopies are in plastic and there are 3 different head rests because obi-wans is different than Anakins and 3 different solar wings, because they are different too, it went together well and all the panel lines are deep and are easy to enhance with a wash, the cockpit is good it has a lot of detail and could use some extra wires and hoses.

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:38 PM

Does this fighter represent the second fighter Obi-wan flew when he when and fought General Grievous? On Cult TV man site there are pics of a blue and green version. I like the grey. I'd like to do a black one to represent a sort of post Episode III version for Vader. I went to Walmart yesturday but they didn't have any so I am going to have to check one of the other local Walmarts. We have three! Again nice job!

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html