Awesome!!! 

Just need a Death Star to ram her into now!!! 

Lol, thanks! Would have to be the size of a house?

Porkbits

Lol, thanks! Would have to be the size of a house?

 

Probably! 

Bish,

  I made the mistake of stopping by Hobby Lobby and this Ban Dai kit attacked me,  so can you add this 1/144 scale set to my list,   and I think the other one on my list is 1/144 as well.

Thanks

John

Took maybe 20 minutes to assemble them, painting should be easy too.

John

Don't you just hate it when kits do that. Will add this nasty kit to the list for you.

That looks really nice PB, great looking ship.

Bish

Don't you just hate it when kits do that. Will add this nasty kit to the list for you.

 

John

Bish

That looks really nice PB, great looking ship.

Thanks, Bish! Not bad for a gaming piece.

Speederbike is finished, but waiting on some miniature landscaping bits so I can dress up the base a bit. 

painted the solar panels,  now taping for painting the gray.

took longer to tape the panels than to assemble it.

John

That's cool John, I can see what you mean about masking. 

Looking good! 

falconmod

 

 

Bish

Don't you just hate it when kits do that. Will add this nasty kit to the list for you.

 

 

 

 

I also thought I felt my neck constricting and a really deep voice saying something about buy or die!

 

John

 

Those is no resisting that.

masking those panels can be a pain, i have been looking over my Striker and i like how that builds up.

OT, but related for fellow SW fans:

Bandai SD released, looks very awesome:

LINK

LINK

Trailer for Mandalorian dropped last night. Seeing IG-88 in action made my life. 

LINK

Cannot wait.

Good time to be a SW fan!

Hope everyone is well.

Hey guys

I finally started k2so. 

Primed and painted his head.  

Slow going but it's progress anyway. 

Hopefully I finish by the deadline. 

T e d

Porkbits

OT, but related for fellow SW fans:

Bandai SD released, looks very awesome:

LINK

LINK

Trailer for Mandalorian dropped last night. Seeing IG-88 in action made my life. 

LINK

Cannot wait.

Good time to be a SW fan!

Hope everyone is well.

 

Cheers for the links PB, will check those out. I thought that movie had been postponed because of overkill, i guess Disney are not learning the lesson.

Looking forward to seeing more of that Ted.

As am I! Ted, assuming that's the Bandai kit?

Bish, the Mandalorian is a series that will be on Disney+ streaming service this fall (along with an Obi Wan series with Ewan McG). Can't wait. Not sure if it will available in the UK.....assuming so?

PB: Oh wow! The SD is right there in my top 5 favorite 'bad guy' ships of all time. A little pricey but still that's a fine looking model! 

Ted: Ohhhhhhhh, cool!!!! 

Watched the trailer and it does look good! Waiting here to see what people think of it though, don't want to plop down a bunch of money on the streaming service till then. 

Porkbits

Ted, assuming that's the Bandai kit?

 

It is the Bandai kit. 

As others have commented, these kits are pretty cool. The paint probably isn't necessary but I'm starting to develop quite the paint collecting habit.  New paint is just as fun as a new kit.  

I will be buying more of these. 

T e d

Awesome. Yeah, I love Bandai's SW kits. Their engineering is crazy good, so you can focus on paint, detailing, and finishes and not on just getting the thing together without trauma.

Gamera, I'm gonna have to sign up for Disney+ on Day 1 lol. Mandalorian alone is worth the price. Looks like it could be really good.

Hope to have the Bandai SD soon but.....I think Hurricane Dorian might have other plans (Gundam USA store is in Daytona Beach, FL).

PB: Looking forward to hearing what you Bish and the gang think about 'The Mandalorian' when it airs! 

OK, finished the speeder. Another excellent kit from Bandai! The provided base was bland (about the only thing Bandai doesn't excel at is the design of its stands), so taking cues from builds I saw online, I dressed it up a bit with fake aquarium plants and other landscaping bits.

(Oops-realized I broke off a handlebar brace while taking pics-will make another one)

And for whatever reason, builders obsess over the bedroll, making their own with tissue paper and glue, trying to get the texture *exactly* right. So I said "f--- it, why does it have to be a bedroll?" and scratched a couple of comm/sensor boxes for the back:

Also found a good eBay deal from a Japanese seller for the Sideshow Collectibles R5-D4. Solid prop, but the red panels were more of a orange/pink hue, so I repainted them a darker red and gave him a heavier grime wash. Have wanted an R5 for years, so really happy to finally have one:

Sorry for the ten miles of photos, so thanks for looking!

PB

Oh wow great job there PB on the bike, scout, and R5!!! Love the grungy look you've got there and the chipped worn paint on the bike turned out perfect! 

PS: Personally I think I'd replace the bedroll with a refrigerated box full of pies. They do have pie in SW don't they??? 

Porkbits- great job on the speeder.  Looks great.  Paint is fantastic. 

Is that the droid that Luke and Owen almost buy?  With the bad motivator?  

I think Lando had a similar (if not the) droid in some old SW novels. 

Great work, man. 

T e d

LOL, Gamera, thanks! That is some truth. Maybe with more pie the Troopers' aim would've been better? 

And thanks for the kind words, Ted. R5 is that droid--the one which, if he didn't have a bad motivator, would've left R2 (and the Death Star plans) with the Jawas (and presumably would've been captured by the Empire), thus scuttling the Rebels' plan of destroying the DS. So....I guess R5 is a hero?

Porkbits,

Great job on the speeder! Really a wonderful job, the chips and weathering are spot on.

Ted,

Nice start on K2SO! 

Thanks guys.  Slow but moving forward. 

Porkbits

LOL, Gamera, thanks! That is some truth. Maybe with more pie the Troopers' aim would've been better? 

And thanks for the kind words, Ted. R5 is that droid--the one which, if he didn't have a bad motivator, would've left R2 (and the Death Star plans) with the Jawas (and presumably would've been captured by the Empire), thus scuttling the Rebels' plan of destroying the DS. So....I guess R5 is a hero?

After I asked about R5 I did some googling to find out more.  There's speculation that the Force caused motivator issues.  I also found a meme suggesting Artoo sabotaged R5 which was worth a laugh. 

I mentioned a connection between Lando and R5. I misunderstood- the droid I was thinking of is Ruffi Vaa not R5.

T e d

Really nice build there PB, really great finish on both those.

Finally got the final pics taken, was just waiting to get m,y 251 done and get the booth up. As you can see i went for a very heavily weathered AAT. Lots of chipping, heavy staining around the missile launchers and some heavy washes. Other than the paint issues, this was a fun build and really pleased to have this one again, much better than my original one.

Next up the Striker. I have made a start and should have the pit ready for pics soon.