Star Wars GB

Gotcha on the boards! I wanted to build that kit a while ago, but I didn't have any cash at the time. If it looks really good, perhaps I'll muster the dough to do it!

Time to get ready troopers! I can't wait to start with you guys! Now we need some motivation music for this build... Let's see, battle of the heros, duel of the fates, the imperial march, hmmm....

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh...........

the 1st. the 1st....... I haven't been near my desk at all, I'm just waiting to rip open the Y-Wing. ..............................

and I did want to start panelling the star destroyer but the tempation would be too great........

I've nothing planned for new years eve but am seriously thinking of starting the new year with paint.

Woow a Y-Wing from Clone Wars that was a great episode, who does the kit, where can I get one and howquick.............................

Terry

Who do you mean Comet? ... try HLJ first I put in an order with them the other day. With the Euro to the Dollar its worth it, think Y-Wing about $36 THats about €28ish and about $10 postage, even with Euro to Sterling at 97 to the pound its cheaper than the UK at the moment, I think I just really need another Y-Wing while they are cheap.

Terry. 

It's 2am............. Thunderbirds is on Sci-Fi,,, .

Cartman.............Mooooooooom.................Moooooooooooooooooom. I want to start my Y-Wing..................Mooooooooooooooooom..............

I'm going out tomorrow, sitting in this house is killing me.

Terry. 

I'm on roughly 3 hours now, gonna open the kit soon and try photographing the sprues. Hoping to start around midnight.

Happy building and a happy new year to all.

Terry.

00.54 am, 1st Jan. 2009. I'm off to start.

Slan Abhaile,

Slan Leat,

Happy new Year,

See you guys soon with updates.

Terry.

Happy New Year Everyone!  It's 2:45 here so california has a few minutes and if you live in Alaska or Hawaii oh well, I'm a bit early. 

Wingform84: yeah that was probably me that veat ya.  I'm glad to hear you got one though.  Were you thinking a traditional color or something unique?  I'm thinking black panels with a green trim maybe.  I like Green and I figure since Xizor is a reptile and all maybe he has an elite green squadron. 

I to have a strong interest in this type of GB, like [Fantacmet] I need some time to get all the parts I need to build the two I want to build. Wich are a TIE Bomber & stock TIE fighter. But the bomber must come first. I'm going to scratch build the full TIE bomber, an added the wings to the stock TIE. From a TIE Int. Give me one and a half weeks to get all the stuff I'll need then add me to your list.

TIE Bomber:

Hay Check this out a cool shot from the move. Can you see the TIE Bomber in this shot?

Guys I found a link I think you all my like, there's alot of ships here that a lot of you have never seen so take a look! http://www.fischer-feten-und-reisen.de/swg/extra/ships.html

Boba Fett wrote:

Alright guys, Happy New Year!!!!! Let's ring it in with Star Wars models!

 I got started on my X-wing today. Has anyone else working on the AMT X-wing yet?

  Looking closely at it now, this kit might be a bit of a challenge. A lot of flash in corners and on edges.

 The details on the engines don't line up. I had best luck by cutting off the alignment tabs, sanding the mating surfaces flat and test fitting each half with another until I found the best match. Then I did the old liquid glue trick, clamping the pieces together, sticking a razor blade in the seam, prying it apart slightly and letting some liquid glue run down the seam. The same technique was used for the blaster cannons. 

 The wings have a pin on the lower wing that goes in a hole on the upper wing to hold them shut apparently. The pin was easy enough to cut off, but teh hole was a bit more work. I stretched a sprue and wedged each end into the hole to plug it. Once that dries, I'll cut it flush and sand it smooth.  

The R2 unit is just bad. Really light panel lines and no raised detail. I'd love to do the cone topped R2 (like the red/white one Luke almost bought from the Jawas in "New Hope", everyone calls these R5s, but Luke called it an R2 in the movie), but I'm not sure how I'd fab the head. Anybody have any ideas?

 The pilot figure is also all wrong. He's missing the vest and the box hanging on the front of the suit. His helmet is wrong too. I'm going to have to fab up some bits to fix him.

 Anyone else think the bright orange flight suit is weird for a combat pilot? You have to eject and you might as well paint a big bullseye on you. I'm thinking of maybe a gray or green flight suit. I'm sure they have some kind of tech gadget for the Rebel rescue folks to find them. 

 Well that's all for now. I'm hoping to get the wings done by the weekend and get a start on the cockpit.

Just An update from here, 19.00hrs, I off out to get hammered drunk with a bar load of drunken idiots, its friday.

I will do a full build on Sci-Fi Forum tomorrow.

NewYears Eve 00.00hrs. Revell Snap kit Y-wing.

Add some weathering and...... lots of work to be done yet.

Well I'm glad this one is started.

Terry.

LOL! And I thought mine was gonna be quick!

Started my starfighter this morning. One of the first things I did was to chop off R2-D2s head.

Pixs to follow.

Well Terry 35, I just came back from my not-so-local-LHS and I found the Y-wing for 8 bucks! Please don't tell me you're actually done! Could you alert me to any pit-falls before I start in? Thanks!

Graham aka Boba Fett

 I chopped the head off my R2 also.

 My previous post says why... 

Graham go to starship modeller and you will realise how accurate the Revell offering is. And you got yours for 8 notes, cool. Will psot later over on Sci-fi, at moment just dying from hangover.

Terry.