Speederbike looks awesome, Justin.  I suppose you could add miniature fern or two to the base, but def looks good the way it is.

And my son just competed in local Pinewood Derby a couple of weeks ago. It was his/our first so he didn't place, but....learning curve! We'll get 'em next year. :-)

Porkbits

Speederbike looks awesome, Justin.  I suppose you could add miniature fern or two to the base, but def looks good the way it is.

And my son just competed in local Pinewood Derby a couple of weeks ago. It was his/our first so he didn't place, but....learning curve! We'll get 'em next year. :-)

 

Last year was our first derby, and he averaged fifth place in all his heats, but he won best in show with his car!

This year he wants to go faster....

Looking really nice there Stephan. I do like how it looks on that base, can't wait to add that to the front page.

I just started working on my T-70 X-Wing. Currently I'm just cleaning up some of the parts for priming. One thing of note is that it's pre-painted, and there are some spots in the paint that are ugly (bubbles, smudges, too thick/thin, etc.)! So I have to clean up the ugly spots. I wish they made this kit without paint, it would probably be cheaper and a bit less work!

Looking forward to it bl. It would be nice if they offered both the painted and un painted option.

Yep, looking forward to some pics of your build, BL. 

Almost done with the TIE. Just have to give the fuselage a flat coat, gloss coat to the stand, and then attach the "windscreen."

OK, calling it done. :-) 

Fun little kit to do, no issues other than I'm not used to working in 1/72. 

Next up...think I'll do the Bandai Snowspeeder before tackling the SD. Speeder will be fun to weather.

Thanks for looking!

PB

PB, that came out great! Your painting really picks out the detail. Watch out for the TIE killer Y-wing, lol.

Got a little work done on the Defender, basically just a white base coat. 

Still trying to figure out base colors and such. Once I can make a decision it should not be that much to finish it up.

PB: Whoa, awesome job there! Love her!

BTW did you use a sludge wash on the details?

Stephan: Great job there on the TIE Defender too.

Thanks, guys! Glad you like it. 

Gamera, I did use a wash--some MIG pigments and artist's oils. I'm still trying to work on my technique...getting a good wash is trickier than it looks. 

Defender is coming along nicely, NMT. 

Great job on that PB. I like the shade of grey you used,  and the weathering is realy well done. These are indeed very nice kits, going to have to get to a few more of mine soon. Got you added to the front page, glad to have it there.

I'll add the snowspeeder to the front page, it is 1/48th isn't it. I will be loking forward to seeing that one, got it saved in my E-bay watch list for a future purchase.

The Defender is coming on well Stephan, thats going to look really impressive.

That tie fighter  (and the y wing!) Look fantastic!  I may have to pick up a copy of them!  

Ias for the Speeder bike....I got it all weathered and flat coated, the scout trooper is glued on, and finished the base up with a MIG wash to darken the soil a bit.  I will have pics later this weekend....I can't wait to show it off! Lol

Justinryan215

That tie fighter  (and the y wing!) Look fantastic!  I may have to pick up a copy of them!  

 

Ias for the Speeder bike....I got it all weathered and flat coated, the scout trooper is glued on, and finished the base up with a MIG wash to darken the soil a bit.  I will have pics later this weekend....I can't wait to show it off! Lol

 

Those FM kits are a bit pricey at the moment, but they can be picked up on E-Bay.

Look forward to those pics.

Here they are....the finished pics of the Speeder bike!

Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike build...finished by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike build...finished by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike build...finished by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike build...finished by Justin Ryan, on Flickr

The only change I may want to make would be to remove those tall grass shoots, and maybe feplace them with forest ferns....other than that, I am very happy with this build.  I used a youtube video as reference from"Juho making stuff".  He was building the Bandai version of the Speeder bike, and that one would appear to be parsecs ahead of this old MPC version.....

Great job on the speeder Justin. really nice finish and greta job on the trooper as well. And i do like that base.

Thank you for joining us, got you posted on the front page.

Thanks, Bish and Justin!  FM and Bandai make some really nice kits, so def get one, Bish. And correct the snowspeeder is 1/48. Can't wait to start it, but life keeps getting in the way. Ah well. 

Justin, bike looks awesome.   The base turned out really well. My preference is for ferns, but the tall grass looks good, too--he doesn't necessarily have to be on the far side of the forest moon of Endor. :-) :-) 

OK, I've started. Not exactly sure how to approach everything, painting-wise, but will figure it out as I go along (per usual). I'll paint some of the detail on the cockpit sidewalls next.

PB

Porkbits, the TIE Fighter looks great!  I wish I'd gotten the Fine Molds kits while they were affordable.

Justin, great job on the Speeder Bike.  Like the others have said, the base looks fantastic.

Nice to see you started PB. Are those darker parts the cockpit side walls?

I've now got one of these added to my e-bay watch list. Not a ba price and free shipping from Japan. Think i will get this next month.

Thanks, Lewbud! I bought the TIE over ten years ago. Old enough that the kit decals pretty much shattered on contact. Good times.

Bish--yeah, those are the cockpit sidewalls (sorry, bad photo). Glad you got one, too! Bandai kits are first-rate. 

PB

Justin: Looks pretty dang good to me! The grass shoots look fine but if you really want to lose them then go ahead, beats thinking 'I wish I'd done that differently' everytime you look at the model.

PB: Some nice detail there, looks like it'll be a really nice kit. 

Thanks, Gamera! It's definitely going to be a fun build. Worked on the cockpit a bit last night, will post pics when I make more progress.

PB

I agree with G, it does look nice. I was looking at the pics earlier and trying to work out what the holes were for. Then it dawned on me, the cannon.

Aha, yep! Moving along with painting cockpit pieces and for the first time ran into somethng Bandai did that I don't like--there are lugs on each of the seats backs for attaching the rebel pilot figures.

I don't like dealing with figures, so...had to grind the lugs off each seat and then do my best to rescribe the seat padding lines. I'm a horrible rescriber so the results aren't great--argh. Thanks, Bandai! Ah well. Onward and updward....

Thanks everyone for the compliments!  I will more than likely add another build to this list, but I am busy right now with our pinewood derby cars...the derby is next weekend, so that may free up some time until it gets warm enough to get back out to the garage and get a couple of woodworking projects done....apparently I have too many hobbies!

im going to keep following this thread...I can't wait to see that snow Speeder finished!

I'm glad to hear you will be sticking with us Justin. I have enough on my hands iwth just the one hobby. I couldn't have a econd, i hate doing anything which takes me away from the bench as it is.

Good luck with the derby, Justin! Feel free to post any pointers/tips. :-) My kid needs a leg up on the competition this year so....guess I'll keep posting progress pics of the speeder to keep you around lol.

SO, here's some more--finally finished all of cockpit detail/painting. Used a set of Eduard's fabric seatbelts intended for WWII USN a/c to add a little oomph to the seats. Cockpit bits are just temporarily put into place for photos.

Thanks for looking!

PB