Star Wars GB Episode II CLOSED

Looks good, Bruce. Can't wait to see more progress. :-)

Bish, MAN, that's a lot of work, but worth it--you nailed the finish. Just the right amount of gloss and super smooth. I have nightmares about trying to spray white paint, so kudos.

Thanks Bruce. ye, I know what you mean. I was in 2 minds as to whether I would batter the armour up, but I decided to leave it fresh. But I will give the flat back some treatment, a tip I picked up off jack when I did Darth.

I have the metallic, so I am hoping to be done by the end of the week.

Bish,

The trooper is really looking the part. Funny how the simplest looking paint jobs are some of the most difficult to achieve. Great job! Looking forward to seeing him finished.

Nice to see the paint going on Bruce. Now, my turn.

So, i got the trooper out to the spray bay. Keep in mind this is white vinyl sprayed with white primer and then white paint, so it doesn't look that much differant. It took a week to get to this with 5 coats of paint and a couple of rubbing down sessons in between. Despite useing tamiya white gloss, it all came out very matt, so i then sprayed several coats of future.

The top of the helmit needed quite a bit of rubbing down as it was really rough.

I then got to brush painting the everythign else. I am useing Tamiya flat black for the body suit. This is after the first coat, i missied the right elbow so need to get to that. I need to try and get a decent metalic paint and am hoping the LHS has some Humbro in as i have heard that quite good, so if they have i will pick that up today.

And the helmit got some Tamiya semi gloss black. Just need to mix up a nice light blue for the other details.

And i also got the blaster together. I had to patch it up a little with some styrene strip on the vains at the front.

I have since got it primed and painted but forgot to bring it out from the shed last night, will get some pics later. I have alos been working on the base, but this is also in the shed awaiting some more varnish. More soon.

Really quick update, the Star Destroyer has been pre-shaded

Thanks for looking!

Bish, Porkbits, Modelcrazy, and SB, thank you all for the kind comments! Looking to have the SD pre-shaded tonight...

It's been a while since I checked in here and WOW, there is some unbelievable work. I won't list the ones I've seen so I don't leave anyone out, but you guys rock 

Nice speeder, Bob! And the Star Destroyer add-ons really make a big difference. Dang, Bruce, now I might have to get another one with aftermarket goodies.

Bish,

The guns are from the Avery Model Products resin kit that I purchased.

Bruce, i really like what you have done with those domes. Certainly better than what i recall of the kit ones. I have just noticed the gun turrets as well. they are not part of the kit are they.

Quick update on the Star Destroyer.

Command bridge is complete. I scratch built the cage around the domes, not too happy with how they tured out. I should have used a touch smaller round stock, and placed them more inside the dome.

Here is the complete SD:

And here with primer:

SB,

The Snowspeeder looks great! looking forward to seeing your AT-AT complete!

I might be posting some pics after the deadline with you.  I stained the base, but it is taking forever to dry, so I'm hoping at some point in the coming week I'll be able to get some celluclay down on it.  In the mean time, I've painted up the snowspeeder that will be zipping around.  I also built the flaps on the bottom side from sheet styrene and the tow line launcher from stretched sprue.  I still have to weather it.

Thank you, guys! Your compliments mean a lot, especially since I can be so self-critical. Ugh.

Anyway, I'll prob adjust the weathering as I go along (ie, tone it down or bring it up in various areas) after I get the fuselage in place and can see what the overall look is. The fuse won't be as beat up as the wings, so my strategy is go for more subtle tonal variations in the nose panels and other fuselage bits. Still pondering how to tackle the engines.

And will definitely keep posting progess pics after the deadline. :-) 

PB

Wow, PB! Looks outstanding!

Thanks, Stephen!

Got the topsides of the wings weathered, so halfway there. Bish, will definitely miss the deadline at this rate, so I'll keep posting photos after if you guys want to see more progress. 

Thanks for looking.

PB

PS--Go, Pack! :-) 

Man, that is some nice work going on here! 16 days till the end and the sprint is on! PB's x-wing is looking great! Bruce, those updates will really enhance that SD. I used 1/700 quad bofors for my turbo lasers, but those resin ones are really nice. Waiting to see the AT-AT finished up, too. That is looking great. Now, did I see Bish starting in on the Stormtrooper? Those are really big kits. Bish, did you use the spray foam for the inside on this one?

Well looking forward to how this all turns out, keep it up everyone and may the force be with you!

-Stephen

Bish,

Here is the Odyssey kit:

And here is the Avery Bay:

Here are the Odyssey Engines (3 large and the 4 smaller):

Here are the three Avery engines:

Thanks for the info on the SD kit, Bruce, and for the compliment, Bob. :-) 

Going full bore with weathering on the wings (downside of building the X-Wing--you have eight wing  surfaces to weather!), hope to post some pics soon of my progess. 

PB

I think the Odyssey hanger is better than the Avery one I installed. But, it will take much more patience to install correctly since it's in multiple pieces. I installed the Avery hanger because I'm getting to the end of this GB and all I had to do was trim and glue.

Edit: Bish, I'll take pictures of the Odyssey kits along side the Avery kits. Maybe this will give you a better idea. I'll do this later tonight after I get home from work.