Pit looks great, Stephen! Too bad you have to close it up, but....whatchagonnado?

Looking forward to rest of build. 

Yeah, considering how little will be visible it's more than enough detail. 

That pit actually looks rather nice Stephan. I think its perfectly suffcant given how little you could see in there. Nice work.

Well, my classes are finally done and I have been able to grab some bench time, huzzaahh! So some work on the AT-ST has been done. I have been futzing about the cockpit area and finally decided, hey you are not going to be able to see much on the inside so I stopped where i was and just decided to close it up.

Closed it all up and it looks pretty good. I am a little concerned about the roof lining up with the front plate. There is a little gap. I have yet to use any glue so I might try some there and see if it helps.

Hopefully this will start rolling along pretty quick the head is just about done and that will complete the major subassemblies prior to painting.

Bish

Couldn't live without one. I don't watch much TV apart from the news, and i have a pretty big DVD/Blue ray collection, so that keeps me entertained when building.

 

Lol, I've recently got on a kick of watching SW knock-offs while modeling, watched 'Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone' and 'Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn' over the last week or so. Both on YouTube. Funny, though I've seen them billed as SW type space movies they're both more 'Road Warrior' type films. 

No worries bl, thanks for checking in.

Couldn't live without one. I don't watch much TV apart from the news, and i have a pretty big DVD/Blue ray collection, so that keeps me entertained when building.

Nice! I still haven't bought a Blu Ray player. Ah well. 

No worries PB, look forwrad to an update when you can.

I have my Blueray pre booked at HMV, due out April 10th. So looks like i will be busy that weelend.

Sorry for the silence! Unfortunately, the Snowspeeder build is stalled while I wait for some masking liquid to slooooowly make its way here from Missouri via UPS ground.  Good times. Should arrive next Wednesday.

The GOOD news is that Rogue One hits iTunes next Friday. Woo hoo!  

Because, you know....seeing it three times in theater wasn't enough....or something.

Hope everyone is well.

PB

Bish

 

It could depend on whats used to thin the wash. I often use oil washes useing white spirits as the thinner. I have had issues with it eating right through AFV axel arms.

 

That's a good point Bish.  I read one thread where the person specifically mentioned the problem after applying a dot filter using white spirits to blend it.

silentbob33

Thanks guys. The kit I read about with most of the problems was the AT-ST, and the problems seemed to occur after applying an enamel-based wash. I took the flat cutout pilot out of the box and primed it with Testor's lacquer primer and then brushed some Model Master enamel on it and he's holding up fine so far.

 

It could depend on whats used to thin the wash. I often use oil washes useing white spirits as the thinner. I have had issues with it eating right through AFV axel arms.

Hi guys, I have heard the same on other forums also. Although I do not think it is the hard plastic that has the problems but the softer plastic that is used for flexible bits and on the figure kits the joint parts, those are softer plastic also. Most of the ship and vehicle kits are made of the harder plastic so I would not think of any problems with any type of paint.

had not heard about this, so thanks for raising that Bob.

Bob:

I've built a few Bandai kits now and have thrown every type of paint I have at them--enamels and acrylics from Tamiya, Testors, Model Master, AKAN, MIG washes, Aztek, Polyscale, etc etc and none of the kits have melted yet.

Although I have read on others forums of this problem, so curious as to what causes it.

NucMedTech

Yes they are snap together and have stickers or decals. Look up some of the build reviews on youtube, there are quite a few of them. Bandai has a nice selection of figures to choose from now.

 

Yeah, I think she would really enjoy doing those.  Darn....looks like I'll have to pick some on line and at shows.  

Yes they are snap together and have stickers or decals. Look up some of the build reviews on youtube, there are quite a few of them. Bandai has a nice selection of figures to choose from now.

NucMedTech

Eagle, those figure kits are nice. I did a stormtrooper this past December and it was a blast. They are about the same size as those 6" black series figures you see at Walmart. Only thing is they don't have the heft of those figures.

 

The ones you put together are the ones that snap together and have both decals and stickers?  

I wounder if we will see some 35th Stormtroopers from Dragon.

Eagle, those figure kits are nice. I did a stormtrooper this past December and it was a blast. They are about the same size as those 6" black series figures you see at Walmart. Only thing is they don't have the heft of those figures.

LOL, couple of years ago at a model show some guy had fitted an AMT AT-AT's legs to a Volkswagen bus... 

Bish

And as for the AT-AT, how long after release will we have to wait to see this.

Or even better, this

 

WOAH!!!!  That's cool!  I think your on to something Bish.

NucMedTech

Man, that AT-AT looks nice! I will definetly have to get one. Has anyone heard anything about the 1/35 AT-AT that Dragon was going to put out? I saw a few test shots on their web site but now nothing.

Eagle your Y-wing came out really nice, I like the contrast in the different shades. Your daughter did a great job on the N-1. Let her take a crack at some of those kits in your stash she would do them proud! ( And give you an excuse to get some of the newer kits, lol)

PB, lovin the work on the Snowspeeder that is going to be nice.

As for me, I am temporarily stalled. I have to get some continuing education credits for my license renewal in May, so my hour or so modeling time is being spent sitting at the computer doing classes. I have about 10 more hours to go so I should be back at it in 1-2 weeks. I may sneek some time in over the weekend, you know, all work and no play and all that.

In other news, if anyone is interested. There is a 1/72 scale TIE Defender resin kit now available. It is for sale at Starship modeler, but before you go running over there they are currently sold out. I just wanted to let you know so you can keep an eye out for it. Bad news is it is only a few dollars cheaper than the 1/48 kit that I have put together. And, the TIE Defender is officially canon, a working prototype was used in the last episode of Star Wars Rebels, you can probably get a clip on youtube.

-Stephen

 

Thank you sir!  She did awesome.  And yes, I'll be happy to let her do which ever ones she'd like to do.......and I thought the same thing...I can get more now!  LOL!  She is eying some of those Bandai figure kits.  I think she'd like those.

Eagle90

And as for the AT-AT, how long after release will we have to wait to see this.

Or even better, this

Stephan, according to scalemates, its due out this year. But thats all i know. But where Dragon is concerned, i won't hold my breath. But that will be a series chunk of plastic at over .6m tall. I'll be keeping a watch out though.

Thanks for the heads up on the 72nd Defender, will keep an eye out for that as well. I did e-mail the guy at Multi verse last year to ask if any of the conversions would would with bandai kits. I am really interested in the clutch and the raptor. He said he didn't think they would but he was working on some new kits for this year and basically to watch this space. So will be interested to see what else he has coming. I see on his site he already has 2 conversions for Bandai kits.

Man, that AT-AT looks nice! I will definetly have to get one. Has anyone heard anything about the 1/35 AT-AT that Dragon was going to put out? I saw a few test shots on their web site but now nothing.

Eagle your Y-wing came out really nice, I like the contrast in the different shades. Your daughter did a great job on the N-1. Let her take a crack at some of those kits in your stash she would do them proud! ( And give you an excuse to get some of the newer kits, lol)

PB, lovin the work on the Snowspeeder that is going to be nice.

As for me, I am temporarily stalled. I have to get some continuing education credits for my license renewal in May, so my hour or so modeling time is being spent sitting at the computer doing classes. I have about 10 more hours to go so I should be back at it in 1-2 weeks. I may sneek some time in over the weekend, you know, all work and no play and all that.

In other news, if anyone is interested. There is a 1/72 scale TIE Defender resin kit now available. It is for sale at Starship modeler, but before you go running over there they are currently sold out. I just wanted to let you know so you can keep an eye out for it. Bad news is it is only a few dollars cheaper than the 1/48 kit that I have put together. And, the TIE Defender is officially canon, a working prototype was used in the last episode of Star Wars Rebels, you can probably get a clip on youtube.

-Stephen

Thanks, silentbob! Guess the pressure's on....hope I can deliver....!

Yeah, Bish, definitely have to get that AT-AT. 

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