Star Wars GB Episode II CLOSED

It looks fantastic...how about the Peregrine Falcon?

Also Bish, I've decided my build is going to the graceful Naboo Starfighter in 1/72 by Fine Molds....FOR THE REPUBLIC

Klik, I really like that. Its a real novel twist on the falcon. I really do like the 2 tone scheme. I'll hold out on posting a pic on the front page until you have done the stand, unless you want me to use one of these.

Now, naming suggestions. I am useless at that sort of thing, but will have a think on it. But hopefully someone else will come up with a god suggestion first.

Outstanding work, everyone!

Ok, I finally had an hour or two free so I took some 'final' pictures for y'all.

Note: I haven't been able to paint the stand yet, so it is currently unpainted.

Anyhow, pics:

Overall Views:

And, as an added bonus, a close-up of the cockpit:

And that's all she wrote on this build (except the stand...I'll spray it with black paint from a rattle-can, which is actually the same paint I used on the cockpit framing)

Something else about this build; I haven't named her yet, and every starship needs a name. Suggestions?

Keep up the work, everyone!

Klik

Señormodeler

Yeah, it's not nearly finished, panzer. Just beginning the weathering process.

Kool!

Can't wait to see that thing look like it's got some miles, er "light Years" on it.....

Yeah, it's not nearly finished, panzer. Just beginning the weathering process.

uodate:

heres a section where Ive begun to do some dot filter discoloration. I used blue, dark rust and dark mud (abteilung oils). It's mostly transparent. 

The next step will be to do some subtle streaking. Then I'll go in and paint the individual grey and yellow panels. And after that some more discoloration of individual panels. Then more streaking. Then pigments.

Looks nice but I think it needs a wash and some dry brushing though...

Too clean.

Bravo! Just beautiful...

Thanks nat. It certainly is a beast. 900 parts. But I loved it. Something about diving headlong into a huge task with lots of details really excited me. But now I'm ready for a weekend build.

Señormodeler, this looks incredible, and it's a beast!

Thanks, Terry and Bish!

Not much I can say there senor, it just looks damn amazing.

Senor thats some fantastic build, I'm drawn to the cockpit with the figures which is awesome, then I look at the Falcon with all the detail and then to one very cool base. You really have it going on this one, very nice. Terry

So much really great work going on here!

This week I found some time to work on the Falcon and to begin my favorite part of the process... weathering. I started applying the first filter over the base color... Abteilung German Ochre. The base coat needed to be warmed up a little and the german ochre does the job. 

But before applying the filter I went in with a gundam marker and put all the little hash marks that appear all over the ship. Here you can see the hash marks and also the filter. The left side of the image has the first layer of the filter and the right side doesn't.

I also did the bulk of the painting of the death star tiles. I gave each one a slight different shade of grey. I still may go back and add different tonalites as well as do some weathering on them.

And here's the falcon with a couple more layers of filtering with german ochre. Warming it up inch by inch.

Thanks for looking. Comments welcome.

Hello all...

It's not a big update, but considering how much sanding and eye straining work that took place, I figured at least a couple of pics were in order.

This pic somewhat shows the cleanup taking place on the cannons. I cut them off and the left one shows how I cleaned up the molded mounting tabs. I also started working on detailing the front end.

Rigidrider

Eagle... Very sharp!  

Thank you sir!  She is colorful!

Eagle90

Klik

Wow, Awesome job, everyone!

Eagle90, that ARC-170 looks great! Doesn't even look like a Snap-tite kit.

I actually finished my pseudo-Falcon a week or so ago, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to take final pics of the build (though I still need to paint the stand...). I'll try to get some pics up later this week, if I've got time. Sorry for the delay.

Keep up the great work!

Klik

Thank you Klik!

I tried to do some stuff like gluing and weathering to help it not look like a snap-tite.  Thanks so much!

Eagle90

Eagle... Very sharp!  

Wow, Awesome job, everyone!

Eagle90, that ARC-170 looks great! Doesn't even look like a Snap-tite kit.

I actually finished my pseudo-Falcon a week or so ago, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to take final pics of the build (though I still need to paint the stand...). I'll try to get some pics up later this week, if I've got time. Sorry for the delay.

Keep up the great work!

Klik

natvtxn

That looks real nice Eagle90!

Thank you very much!  Even thou it is a snap-tite kit, it is a very cool subject from the world of SW and adding a little weathering here and there and touching up the paint for the seams lines makes it look a lot better.

Eagle90

Bish

thanks nat, got you added to the roster.

I rather like that eagle, nice work. Where did you have to blend in the paint, I can't make it out there.

Thank you sir!  Mostly on the seam areas.  I know we talked about painting the whole bloody thing but with all that is going on here, I tried for a few minutes to match the paint colors first.  The "red"  Is actually Tamiya's Hull Red!

Eagle90

Rob S.

Very sexy starfighter Eagle...well done!!

Thank you sir!  She is a sweet looking piece!

Eagle90

That looks real nice Eagle90!

thanks nat, got you added to the roster.

I rather like that eagle, nice work. Where did you have to blend in the paint, I can't make it out there.

Very sexy starfighter Eagle...well done!!

Good Night!  There are some spectacular builds here!  I'm ashamed to put my ARC-170 in here!  Superb work everyone!

Pretty much got the 170 finished!  Had to mix some paint to try and get the same colors as the already pre-painted parts.  Wanted to try and match it before I did the whole bloody thing.  Might try to get a "space" background and shot a few more pics, but here she is!  Thanks for looking!

Eagle90

Bish

nat, can you let me know what your building so I can add it to the roster.

I'm doing 2-Revell Snap Tite Jedi Starfighters (Anakin, Obi-Wan).

nat, can you let me know what your building so I can add it to the roster.

Alright, first off I'm not sure if I'm supposed to reply to the original post or if I'm supposed to click new post? So, if I did this wrong, sorry.

On to the build. About 6-8 yrs ago, my oldest son and I did the Anakin and Obi-wan Jedi Starfighters (Interceptor) Revell Snap-Tites. They used to hang in his bedroom, but have since spent the last two years thrown in a closet. I have decided to revive these and hopefully breath some new life into them.

My "plan" is to mimic the opening scene from Ep III where Obi-Wan's ship is covered in buzz droids and Anakin tries scraping them off with his.

So, here's the first pic, not much done yet other than started to give OB1 some damage.

OBTW...OB1 is AWOL. so unfortunately unless I buy another kit, one ship may be pilotless...bummer.

Wowsers,  I didn't even notice that was a background until you said it was. Great little vignette!

Rigid,

That is one really nice dio. The kit is great and overall you killed it. Nice work!!