Nice shuttle, Bish! 

Hope to start the TIE soon.

PB

Thanks PB. Looking forward to 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.

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

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. 

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

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@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

That was cool! Thanks for posting.

Lol, that was awesome.

Sweet.

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!

Nice, that PE really adds a nice touch.

Bish

Nice, that PE really adds a nice touch.

 

Looking good, Bruce. 

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.

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,

Thanks Bruce, I can't wait to see this one finished either. Really hoping I won't screw this up.

I have finished the preliminary construction of the Speeder bike this morning!  Now, I didn't go super crazy eliminating every seam on this thing, just the visible ones...there's no sense in wasting the limited time I have to build sanding and filling stuff that will never be seen...

Assembly-wise, I only have to install the blast gates on the thrusters, but I will wait on that until I can get some painting finished on the engines.

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

ROTJ Speeder Bike build by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

I'm really going to have to step up my game with the painting and base work for this thing to even come close to touching those lit up engines and the detail in that tie fighter that the photoetch adds!!!

Thats looking really nice Justin, can't wait to see the paint going on. And its giving me an itch to get one of mine out.

Justin,

Fantastic progress on the speeder bike! I did not realize it has some nice size to it. I'm looking forward to seeing some paint on it. You're giving me the itch to go get one! Lol

And thank you for the compliment on the TIE fighter!

Bruce, ye, that speeder is a pretty decent size. Thats one of the things i like about the MPC/AMT kits. they might not be the best detailed, but they are all a good size.

Bob, thats stand is a nightmare, mine has broken i don't know how many times over the years. I should have replaced it really, but instead it sits at a funy angle which puts the whole thing off balance.

I am calling the shuttle done. After the re-paint, i added some flry wash and then went over that with a thinner coat of the base colour to give a bit of a grubby finish. Some of the panels were done in a slightly differant shade of greay then the whole thing was finished with a couple of coats of Alclad Light Sheen. This has brought out some of the colours and i really like the look.

I also removed the canopy and sanded down the front edge. It was sticking up quite a bit. Its still not perfect but better than it was.

The last thing was to finish off Darth himself, and the figure really shows how big the shuttle is, even thoguh darth would have to duck to get under the front.

So here she is.

Rather pleased with how this turned out and glad to have another kit done thats been proper up the stash for longer than i care to remember.

Hey Justin, that's some really nice work there. I remember those kits being a little rough and you're doing a great job on it so far.

Thanks, all for the words of encouragement!   I made a small adjustment to the scout trooper to make it appear a bit less static, but alas, I forgot to take a few photos!  I cut his head off, and turned it slightly...it's amazing how much less static it appears now!

I sprayed primer on the bike this evening, so paint is coming soon!

Bish....that shuttle looks awesome!  Great work!

Bish: Really nice work there! Love how she came out.

Bob: Thanks!

Justin: Cool, I've noticed that turning the head of a figure even just a little can make them seem less stiff.