PB: Awesome, I've been following Robiwon's ISD, looking forward to seeing how yours comes along. 

Bish: Lookin' good! I never noticed there was that much room between the pilot and co-pilot but I guess they needed it for all the rebels to crowd into the cockpit! 

Thanks Bob. I bet that looks impressive. And good that he still has it.

Short update. I got everything together a few days back. Needed a bit of filling and sanding along the sides of the hull and pit. I had hoped to have the painting complete by now but got slowed down trying to tint the canopy.

The pit was finished with painting in all the knobs and switches. In the movies the pits are black, but i figured it would be very hard to see anything under a tinied canopy, so this is Darths other shuttle.

This kit is a lot bigger than i had expected. I would like to do another one in flight mode, but these are now going for big money on e-bay, i have seen a couple at over £100. I ain't that desperate for one.

Should have the painting done by tomorrow or Tuesday, depends if i think it needs another light coat.

Thanks!

No worries PB. I wasn't sure if you had seen this thread after you posted in the otehr one. I have your SD added to the roster.

Hey, everyone:

Forgot to check after the holidays that the GB started (Sorry, Bish, I'm a little slow on th uptake) so....glad to be aboard!

Zvezda SD arrived yesterday, and man, is she nice:

But I'll probably start with the FM 1/72 TIE in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, my mom passed away right before Christmas, so need to get through her funeral and other related matters before I can begin a project. A (small) build like the TIE is about all I can handle mentally right now anyway, but it'll be therapeutic.

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well.

PB

Glad to have you on board bad. And no worries, plenty of time.

I scored a Revell Resistance X-Wing (the big one, not the little one) from Hobby Lobby with the help of one of their %40 off coupons, so count me in the build for that. I'm also in the New Years Resolution build with another kit so I probably won't get started on it til February.

Thnaks Bruce. Those look similar to the ones they have on Star Ship moderler. I was planning on getting that to use with my 72nd kit of Dartsh TIE and a couple of fighters. They are not exacly the same desig but they are the same size. That will save me a few quid on postage.

Cheers Bruce.

Cliff, Bish, thanks for the comments!

Bish, I bought the base on eBay from a guy here in the US. It was $20 + shipping. There is another guy in the UK who is selling "death star tiles" on eBay. You can see them here. They looked nicer than what I have. I didn't get them due to the shipping cost from the UK.

Bruce: That TiE looks awesome. Love how the molded the solar panels separtly for painting. Interested to see how the PE parts work out, I think they do them for much of the Bandai line but I chose not to spring for them. 

Slowly working on the A-Wing. I've had to cut some stuff out for the wiring so I'm trying not to move too fast and end up cutting out something I shouldn't. 

Thanks Bruce.

@Cliff,

Looking forward to seeing you light up that A-wing! That is a cool little kit!

@Bish

Nice job on the office of the Shuttle, the Emporer would be most pleased! 

Nice Bruce. I do like the FM kits, i go for the 72nd ones myself. Never been able to get any AM for them though.

Where did you get the base.

Gentlemen,

I started the TIE fighter yesterday. I really like this kit, very detailed, low part count. The Added PE will make a nice difference. I'm currently adding the PE to the cockpit and exterior. Pictures to follow of these additions.

Here are pictures of the sprues.

Command pod:

Solar Array Wing:

Second Solar Array Wing:

And the extra's:

Paragrafix PE and a resin 8x11 inch base of the Death Star:

I have some clear acrylic rod and clear styrene sheet coming so I can fabricate this TIE flying over the Death Star. 

Thank you for looking!

Thanks guys.

Not surprised by the flash on a MPC kit but the fit looks pretty good. As usual nice work there Bish.

Great work Bish......Vader will be pleased.

Bobby

Thanks Bob. ye, it can be built pretty quickly. Its needs quite a bit of sanding to get parts to fit right, and the seams alng the side and the back will need some cleaning up. But looks pretty good and its a good size as well.

Made a start on the shuttle last night. And seeing as the Mrs has been at work all day, i have had a good bit of bench time today.

I started with the pit, only 2 parts. Got those together last night, then today i got it primed, sprayed and started painting in the details. I have done the consuls, so next will be dials, switches, gauges and screens and then a pin wash and light weathering.

And today i also got the bosdy and lower wings together. Not all that many parts, but quite a bit to do. Lots of flash on this, must be my time for it, the Revell U-Boat i was working on last week had a lot of flash as well.

Before i go any further i wil spend some time cleaning up the seams.

Thats all for now, more soon.

Just heard about it. They said she was only sixty... 

RIP

News just coming through on the BBC. carrie Fisher has passed away several days after suffering a cardiac arrest. Even for an Imperialist like me, this is a sad day.

RIP Carrie.

Bish: Thanks and no worries!

IL2WH: Ohhhh cool! Funny, I didn't like that look of the U-Wing till I saw it in action as it were in Rogue One and now think it's a very cool design. Neat mobile wing and it seems kinda like the SW version of a V-22 Osprey. Something that you'd need but there was never really a place for in the original series.

Sorry G, i seemed to have missed your pics. Great to see you underway, looking forward to seeing what you do with those lights.

Glad to have you on board hawk. I didn't know we alreday had kits from Rouge One out, will be looking forward to this.

I would like to join this GB, with this Revell U-Wing kit.  It's a snap-tight kit, but it's the only kit out there for this cool ship.  I'm expecting I will be gutting it and scratchbuilding quite a few details, and adding some lights.  Possibly a diorama.

A humble entry, but if I finish early, I may build another kit for the rest of the GB.

Anyway here's the fusilage. It's neat how they molded it in colour but I think I'll slap her together, mask, and then paint the maroon areas. There's some black overspray where blacked out the area under the cockpit.

My electronic parts. We'll see how it goes.

Maybe I should have joined the one month build, I pulled out the Bandai A-Wing last night intending to just fiddle with it a little bit. And ended up with the thing about half-built.

I stopped because I needed to airbrush the cockpit before assembling the top of the fighter. I got that today and am going to drybrush the thing now.

Went out today to visit our local Radio Shack and grabbed some LEDs and watch batteries. I'm going to see if I can get the engines and cockpit lighted.

Love to see those old MPC kits guys. Even back then I was more of a Trek guy and only bought the Star Destroyer and TiE Interceptor kits.