Star Wars GB Episode II CLOSED

looking good PB.

Thanks, guys! X-Wing = a lot of wing surfaces to paint lol. Should keep things interesting.

Sorry about your problems with MM acrylic, bob. I don't think I've ever tried the MM acrylics but haven't had problems with the MM enamel neutral gray. I just make sure it's thinned pretty heavily.

FYI, Alclad announced a line of military colors at the Telford show. Definitely going to try those.

Speaking of, seems like I always make some kind of discovery/adjustment with each project, and with the Y-Wing, it was the realization that I airbrush better with my Iwata HP-CS than the Grex. Never would guessed that happening in a million years, but there you go. March up the learning curve continues....

Finally got some paint sprayed.  It took me awhile, but I'm happy with the results.  I'm going to do a light drybrushing of Light Ghost Gray over the whole walker and then do a pin wash.  Once that is done I'll put the whole thing together and get started on the snow speeder and base.  I'm going to wait to do the pastel weathering until the the very end.

SB, 

Nice job on the paint! You said that is Neutral grey? I was going to use Light Ghost Grey on my Star Destroyer, but, I like what you are doing here. I think I'm going to try the Neutral Grey too. 

Great paint finish, Bob! How much are you going to weather it?

Awesome. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. :-)

Just a minor update as the GB deadline looms....

Added some piping and wiring to the engine bays, pre-shaded the wing access panels:

After all that is finished, think I'll dive into painting and weathering the wings.

Thanks for looking!

PB

PB,

I like the extra detail! Looking forward to seeing this with some paint on it. Great job!

Thanks, everyone! Glad you like it. I've only just started playing around with scratchbuilding, so appreciate the positive reinforcement. Guess I'm doing it right.

PB, looking forward to seeing the completed kit.

 FYI, you guys should enter your builds in the FSM model contest on the front/home page. Should be fun.

BK

Thanks Brandon! Whoa, don't visit the home page much, so completely missed the contest lol! I guess that's right up this GB's alley. :-) I'll consider entering my Y, so thanks for the heads-up.

Gentleman,

I just glued the hull of the Star Destroyer. I'm not happy with many of the resin parts I purchased for this build, so many of them have not been used. I'll get some WIP pictures uploaded this weekend.

I can't wait to see some pics Bruce, I've always loved the look of Star Destroyers.

I dry brushed everything with MM Light Ghost Gray and then sealed it in Testors glosscote.  I applied a pinwash using black acrylic hobby paint.  After giving the bottom a sealer of Testors dullcote I attached the legs and here it is.  Now that it's up on its feet I'll seal the rest in dullcote.  I will also have to glue the head into position as the rubber band that came in the kit and goes through the neck is worthless for keeping it in position.  I'll continue weathering after I get the base done so I don't have to handle it too much at that point.

Look forward to seeing that Bruce.

Bob, that is looking really nice, love the colour.

I have been promesing pics of the trooper for ages, and finally here they are. Only 3, but its a start.

I struggeled a bit with the body, especially the arms. I think it was my fault for trimming away to much of the excess vynil. I had huge gaps around the arm joins to had to use some Miliput to fill them and get the arms in the right position to hold the blaster. I have not sanded the joins areas completly smooth as i am hoping it will replicate the fabric of the body glove.

And just so you know i am not building the headless Stormtrooper, i have decide to leave that off to make it easier to paint the neck and under the rim of the helmit.

I am planning on giving it a couple of coats of white primer tomorrow, and then start the white paint on Mon.

Bish, great start on the stromtrooper! I agree with SB, I've always like the stormtroppers armor!

Thanks Bob, ye, me to. That's why I am glad I have a life sized cardboard one as well as a few trooper posters and T-Shirts.

Awesome work, Bob and Bish! Can't wait to see them finished.