Gentlemen, 

Thank you for the compliments! I'm out of town this weekend, but next week I hope to start painting the TIE.

Cliff, 

Those engines lit-up look really cool!! I can't wait to see this one finished,

Got the engines on the A-Wing wired. I think I said I'm having to carve big chunks out of the kit to run the wires etc. which makes me a little uneasy. So far I think I'm ok.

Sorry about the toolbox background clutter, it's the first thing I grabbed to prop the starfighter up.

Looking good, Bruce. 

Bish

Nice, that PE really adds a nice touch.

 

Nice, that PE really adds a nice touch.

Gentleman,

Just a quick update on the TIE fighter.

I have most of the PE completed. Just have a few more pieces to add, then it will be time to paint.

Here is a before and after of the front half of the command pod:

And the before and after of the rear half of the command pod:

Thanks for looking!

Sweet.

Lol, that was awesome.

That was cool! Thanks for posting.

hogfanfs

@Bish,

Sorry to hear of your troubles with the solvent. But, it looks like a nice recovery. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

@Justin,

Looking forward to the progress on your Speeder Bike. Always wondered if they would handle like a real motorcycle!

 

Quick update on the TIE fighter. Lots of little PE on the exterior of this kit. I had to remove many exterior details and still am adding the PE. I think it will look quite good once completed. I also primered the Solar Array wings. I'll get some pictures posted in the next couple days.

 

https://youtu.be/aZxoVyM6EJE

Thanks G. This has been a bit of a learning curve on weathering a light finish. 

Looks really good Bish, I always have issues getting washes on light coloured subjects not to look overdone. Funny about the solvent doing that, great recovery there. 

PB: Sounds cool, looking forward to it. 

Cheers Bruce. It did stumpmea bit, but over it now. Looking forwardto seeing that TIE.

@Bish,

Sorry to hear of your troubles with the solvent. But, it looks like a nice recovery. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

@Justin,

Looking forward to the progress on your Speeder Bike. Always wondered if they would handle like a real motorcycle!

Quick update on the TIE fighter. Lots of little PE on the exterior of this kit. I had to remove many exterior details and still am adding the PE. I think it will look quite good once completed. I also primered the Solar Array wings. I'll get some pictures posted in the next couple days.

Thanks PB. Looking forward to that TIE.

Nice shuttle, Bish! 

Hope to start the TIE soon.

PB

I had planned an update over the weekend. But i had a paint issue and PB was not playing ball anyway. I painted with Tamiya acrylics over an Alclad black primer. After letting it dry for a couple of days, i started doing some oil dot filtering. But my solvent, white spitits, started to strip away the paint. No idea why, the acrylic should have been fine. So, i had to strip back that wing and re paint. So this is it before weathering, this time with flory washes.

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I have since got on with the weatherign and hopefully will have some more pics tomorrow.

And thanks Justin for the tip on using Flickr. Now i am getting my head round it, i am liking it more and none of the issues as with PB.

Thats looks nice. It will be a bit smaller than the old MPC kit, but still a good size.

A friend just sent this to me on FB- an upcoming Bandai 1/144th AT-AT:

http://www.taghobby.com/?p=160735

Got it sorted, thanks Justin.

I did see that Justin but the link is massive and it wouldn'twork when i put it in the insert image box. I'll try posting it directly tonight, thanks.

Justinryan215

In between grocery shopping, and a post holiday holiday party, I don't have alot of time, so I decided to start building the stormtrooper/rider...

Return of the Jedi speederbike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

 

Ouch, I think a Wookie pulled your scout trooper's arms off

All joking aside very cool. Love seeing some vintage kits here as well as the newer versions.

Bish

Sorry Justin, i'll get it added. I do like this kit. I built one many years ago, its one of the few that have survived. I now have 2 more to do, its a nice display once finished.

By the way, i notice your useing Flickr. How do you get the links to post the image, i can't work it out.

 

When you go into your photo stream and click on a photo, next to the photo, on the lower roght, there are several options buttons.  Tap/click the curved to the right arrow, and a https:// link will appear in a popular box...select "bb code" and copy the link that is supplied, and just paste it into the text field of your post!  Easy peezy japaneezy!

 Screenshot_2017-01-15-18-07-28-01 by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Screenshot_2017-01-15-18-07-35-01 by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Sorry Justin, i'll get it added. I do like this kit. I built one many years ago, its one of the few that have survived. I now have 2 more to do, its a nice display once finished.

By the way, i notice your useing Flickr. How do you get the links to post the image, i can't work it out.

In between grocery shopping, and a post holiday holiday party, I don't have alot of time, so I decided to start building the stormtrooper/rider...

Return of the Jedi speederbike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Hey Bish....it looks like I never made it onto the roster!  Lol, well, I started my build anyhow....

Here is the venerable MPC Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike...

Return of the Jedi Speeder bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Gamera

Oh yeah, I remember now- somehow I was thinking Luke and Leia were leaning over Han and Chewie's shoulders. And I watched RotJ again about a month ago! 

I suppose it could be corrected but I know the old rule that: 'If you massively rework an old kit to correct it a company will come out with an improved kit before you finish.' 

A close relative to the 'If you buy an expensive resin kit some company will put out a cheaper and better detailed injection molded one soon after.'

'And if you scratchbuild a subject that's not available- yeah some company will put out a kit before you're done.' 

 

O yes, the golden rules of model building.

The old MPC/AMT  kits are not known for accuracy, but i do like them. I can't imagine we will get a new decent one of these. I know Revell have done a couple of smaller ones in their snap tite and easy kit range, but i like these bigger ones.

Oh yeah, I remember now- somehow I was thinking Luke and Leia were leaning over Han and Chewie's shoulders. And I watched RotJ again about a month ago! 

I suppose it could be corrected but I know the old rule that: 'If you massively rework an old kit to correct it a company will come out with an improved kit before you finish.' 

A close relative to the 'If you buy an expensive resin kit some company will put out a cheaper and better detailed injection molded one soon after.'

'And if you scratchbuild a subject that's not available- yeah some company will put out a kit before you're done.' 

Thanks G. Actually, there shouldn't be. Thie kit pit doesn't look at alllike the ones you see in the movies. There should be seats in there for a start. If you recall the scene where the rebelsare flying down to Endor, behind Han and Chewy is Leia and Luke both on seats. The kit could actually do with a lot of improvment but i just wnated a nice quick build and after having itso many years its niceto just get it built.

Alot of people who build this black out the canopy as they did in the movies. If i get a chance to do an in flight one, i will probabaly do that, as well as improve some of the detail on the outside.