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                        1:48th X-Wing Cockpit (weekend project)

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        1:48th X-Wing Cockpit (weekend project)
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:55 PM
                        Here are some progress pics of a scratch cockpit I started (for my soon to be Red3) over the weekend.

                        With the AMT parts:




                        Test fit:


                        Pilot:





                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        ssgkopp
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by ssgkopp on Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:30 PM

                        looking good cant wait to see the finished product

                         

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:55 AM
                        Thanks. I'm done with the R2 and started correcting the intakes and preping the engines for lights. Then it'll be off to detail the rest of the surface.




                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        gwaihir
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by gwaihir on Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:13 AM
                        Looks good Matt. Sorry for the stupid quetsion...is it sculpted? If so with what? Thanks,
                        Leon
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:48 AM
                        Thanks Leon. The tub was sculpted in two parts out of Aves to get the basic form and fit to the inside of the kit. After it dryed it was detailed with styrene. The figure is just a reworked and detailed kit part. This pic shows the parts a little better:





                         
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:43 PM
                        Nice job Matt. Ain't epoxy putty neat stuff!
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:28 PM
                         StevenQ wrote:
                        Nice job Matt. Ain't epoxy putty neat stuff!



                        Thanks Steven. No kidding! I think Aves is a gift from the model gods. I've been hooked from the first time I tried it.




                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:07 PM
                        I've never tried Aves, but I use Maigicsculpt. I like it because it smoothes with plain water. Its nice for complex curvy areas. Are you going to light the cockpit?
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:36 PM
                        Yeah I think there is just enough room to get some fiber optics in there, I hope anyway... The Aves is the same way you can work it with water to a glassy smooth surface. If you take your time there is little to no clean up when your done.




                        ~Matt T Meyer
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