Star Wars GB Episode II CLOSED

Great stuff, everyone!

Well, after many delays, here is my battle-weary Y-Wing. Still my favorite SW ship--in my mind, the perfect expression of pure, ugly function and the struggle of the Rebel Alliance.

Bish, I mentioned I could finish the FM X-Wing by the end of this GB, but seeing that it took this long to finish something in 1/72, December is probably unrealistic for a 1/48 kit. :-)

In any event, hope you like her, and thanks for looking!

PB

Very cool builds Klik!  That Bandai AT-ST looks much nicer than the old AMT kit.  Looks like you have a nice little flightline going Nuc.

I haven't made a whole lot of progress on my AT-AT yet, just gotten most of the head pieces together as well as the neck.  The detail is a lot better than I thought it would be compared to the pictures of the MR replica and the studio model.  The worst part about it is the raised panel lines, but I can work with it.  Here's where I'm at:

Great job Klik, I like the metalic  armor. BTW, do you do much painting on that desk? 

I got some TIE cockpits pretty much done. Hopefully I will be able to start painting tomorrow.

Ok, the Stormtrooper:

In progress, 'humor pic' for you. ("Aaagh, my legs!")

this Kit, also a work of art, even unbuilt, came with all the armaments of the Empire:

When it came to the rifle (the long one); I chose to make it a sniper rifle, by making a scope for it (like how it appears in the Battlefront games for PS2):

It also came with ambidexterous gun hands, so you can make this trooper dual-wield!

I must, regretably, point out a fatal flaw with this kit: There is no chin in the helmet, so when you pose the head up, from the side, the Trooper looks to either be a robot, or have an unnaturally small, squished head. SO, to fix this, I BUILT A CHIN (forgive the caps, but I am extremely pleased with how this worked out:)

I used putty:

once dry, I painted the chin black:

and, viola, it worked:

I added the green stipes to make this Trooper a Seargent, with the grey spots covering up places where the paint has rubbed off (an unfortunate side effect of not thoroughly washing the kit before painting). Looks good, though.

Thanks for looking, and I hope this can help whoever else was lucky enough to get this kit before Disney stupidly locked Bandai out. (I managed to also get the Scout Trooper and Speeder bike before the order lock, but I'm saving it for later...)

Klik

Ok, Back with pics, as requested:

the AT-ST, which I built first, was also the more complicated of the two (but has BEAUTIFUL detail), such as the Cockpit:

The 'Laser Effects' look silly, don't they?

Final Pics:

For numerous reasons, I shaved down the connections for the roof, to keep it removable:

I also didn't use the "missle launcher" that goes on the left side (I didn't like how this part was made by Bandai, and I personally think the AT-ST looks more fearsome without it, so I just gave it an "oil slick" where the mount was removed from the head). The roof had two choices of hatch, open or closed:

So, that by using the open hatch, and Chewbacca (who came with the kit, in only two pieces, if you can believe it), you can recreate the "hero" AT-ST from the Battle of Endor:

And, to keep my posts short-ish, I'll follow up this one with the Stormtrooper!

To be continued...

Klik

Outstanding, Orange. I really like the finish, all the way around. Another shelf tropy.

What did you use for the body of the racer, Alclad or MM Metalizers?

Klik, I find your lack of pictures ... disturbing. (Mechanical breathing ensues)

The base is the kit supplied styrene piece. after a base coat of vinyl spray paint, i used acrylic paint from lifecolor. rather than paint it on, i stippled it with a ruined brush.

Bish

Do you want me to use one of those pics or wait till you get some others.

yeah, my outdoor pics weren't any better.

Octaneorange, that came out great! I might have to reconsider getting one of those kits.

Bish, since there seems to be a lack of Empire involvement here let us put the clawcraft on the list and I will update on the other ones. I plan on the marathon but we will see how it goes.

Now, hold everything! Did I read something about another GB?

Looks really good! Like I said earlier, those engines are works of art. And I agree with Bish, the stand looks great. Is that the one that comes with the kit? How did you paint it?

I've made a small start on my AT-AT, but there's a lot of clean up to do. I'll post some pics when I've finished building the head.

some completed pix. i will do some better outdoor photos next fine day. Overall a nice kit that builds up into a fine replica of the movie prop. there are some issues with the pod-cockpit, which need forethought to resolve ahead of time. For one, the way AMT made the top and bottom cockpit leaves a terrible seam along the top of the 'door' area, unless you blended and painted it after adding the driver and masking him somehow. The instructions show putting the 'hood' decal too far backward, over the top of the dashboard. i put it far forward as it would go.

I'm sure i'm not the only one who's thought this:

I found a good photo online that shows both dish greebles are located on the Left, so i stuck the rhs one on the left as well and covered the hole on the left with a greeblie from my spares (a piece of a distributor)

Hi guys, here is something I started on today.

I am on a staycation  this up coming week, so I figuring on a marathon build. I am going to try and finish five models by next Saturday. TIE fighter, TIE interceptor, TIE advanced, TIE bomber and this the Chiss clawcraft.

Nice, OO!! Looking forward to seeing the finished product. 

Well, the lighting in my basement workshop is horrible, so I'm going to have to wait until next week for sunlight and then take some shots of the Y outside. Ah, well.

Double post

That is looking great!