Oh that's cool Hoggarth! At least the blue areas are mostly rectangular in shape. 

May the Force be with you... always... 

Thanks to a late start this morning (electricity out at the office) I got a chance to start R2.

First dilemma. I'm not a very good modeler. If it's not straight from the box, paint and glue, I'm almost clueless :)

While I like the engineering and fit of the Bandai kits, they are pretty much intended to be snap fit no paint endeavors. I don't like the look of leaving R2's dome in the colored plastic. The waves and discoloring in the silver, as well as the seams have to go. Getting rid of the seams means putting the dome together with the blue parts already in since they insert from the inside. If I can do a good job of masking the blue then I think I can pull it off. I just need to find a brushed stainless steel paint that works.

Good to see we are up and running. Not seen the R2 kit before, interested to see how that comes out.

Hogfanfs, thanks for the decal tip - duly ordered!

Ted, I loved K2SO!  He was my favorite character in Rogue-1.

Well, here we go. Little R2 is ready to come to life. Wish me luck :)

hogfanfs

 

 

Eagle90

GB day!!!!

Let's see, which SW kit to chose... I only have 40 or so to pick from.  Any Suggestions?  LOL!

 

 

 

 

How about something the Emperor would fancy? 

 

Speeder bike or slave 1

T e d

Eagle90

GB day!!!!

Let's see, which SW kit to chose... I only have 40 or so to pick from.  Any Suggestions?  LOL!

 

How about something the Emperor would fancy? 

GB day!!!!

Let's see, which SW kit to chose... I only have 40 or so to pick from.  Any Suggestions?  LOL!

Real,

Check out these decals on ebay: Here

I bought some from this same seller for the 1/144 X-Wing and Y-Wing, and they are really good quality. They are thin, yet sturdy, and took serveral coats of Micro Sol and set very nicely. Take a look at the Death Star Attack set I posted at the bottom of page one of this thread. You will see the X-wing and Y-wing with the decals.

That is, unless, you want to paint the blockade runner. 

The Rebel Scum make a move into the GB!

Bandai's teeny Mecha-Collection Blockade Runner is just bursting with fine details which put other kit makers to shame.  I drilled out the pin sockets and scraped down tabs to allow the kit to be easily slipped together to check for fit and to allow disassembly for painting.

https://flic.kr/p/RHtEAn][/url]BR-03 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/RHtEkn][/url]BR-04 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/TkD8Q1][/url]BR-05 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/TkD8Jj][/url]BR-06 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/TkD8Ch][/url]BR-07 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

The above photos are without any glue.  Loosening the snap fit pins and tabs improve parts fit from good to near perfect.

The kit's only real weakness is that those cursed stickers are provided for the red markings.  I'll have to paint them on instead.

NucMedTech

Funny, used to have more types of kit manufacturers for this group build. Only Bish and Gamera have strayed from building a Bandai kit. I am looking forward to that Feddy tank though.

 

Ye, i was thinking it might be that way, they do seem to have stolen the show. I am still to see if the fuss about them is justified, i still like the FM kits myself.

Funny, used to have more types of kit manufacturers for this group build. Only Bish and Gamera have strayed from building a Bandai kit. I am looking forward to that Feddy tank though.

Ted4321

 

 

hogfanfs

  

Oy vey! I can't believe I'm giving advice to a rebel scum! LOL! 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll pick, and as you can see, we have a lot fun with this GB. 

 

 

 

 

Count me in!  Please add me with imperial K2SO.

T e d

 

 

 

Nice choice! Haha, a bit Empire and a bit Rebel! 

hogfanfs

  

Oy vey! I can't believe I'm giving advice to a rebel scum! LOL! 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll pick, and as you can see, we have a lot fun with this GB. 

 

Count me in!  Please add me with imperial K2SO.

T e d

walker, you want me to add that to the roster.

I built the AT-AT a couple of years ago and rather enjoyed it. I really should get a couple more.

Bish

Sorry for not getting the front page updated. Been trying to make up for the time i lost when my back was playing up and catching on with my 432 build. Was hoping it would be done by now so i could get straight into this GB.

We all kick off tomorrow, if you are not on the list yet, don't worry, your still included. Will update it when i can. For now just crack on with your builds.

 

Oh no, I completely brain-farted. I read the start date, but it just didn’t register. Not to worry though. I have something else on the way, plus, this came in the mail the other day. I haven’t done one of these before, and PE has never been one of my favorite things to work with, but I’ll give it a shot.

I have two GB's to finish, but, I will be digging into Vader during this time. Just need a couple more things to properly accessorize Lord Vader...

I've got such a backlong on other stuff right now so I'm not sure when I can start in earnest but Han is ready to go. 

Sorry for not getting the front page updated. Been trying to make up for the time i lost when my back was playing up and catching on with my 432 build. Was hoping it would be done by now so i could get straight into this GB.

We all kick off tomorrow, if you are not on the list yet, don't worry, your still included. Will update it when i can. For now just crack on with your builds.

Eagle90, Bruce, Gamera, as you say, this is a great little kit. I’ve built several of them so I’m familiar with their great fit and detail and look forward to building these little guys. 

The instructions have you build the main bodies of the bots at the same time. Basically the only difference in the two are some colored tidbits on each one and their ‘heads’. The bodies go together quite nicely, with the fit that we’ve come to expect from Bandai. And this is where I left off for the day.

Hoggarth

 

 

Bish

Will do Hoggarth, is that a Bandai kit?

 

 

 

 

Yes. The Bandai 1/12 kit. Thanks.

 

Cheers, will add you to the roster at the weekend. Thanks for joining in.

Bish

Will do Hoggarth, is that a Bandai kit?

 

Yes. The Bandai 1/12 kit. Thanks.

Will do Hoggarth, is that a Bandai kit?

I've been away from the hobby for far too long. I'd like to jump in and actually finish a build group build.

Please put me down for the R2-D2 (Rocket Booster ver). I've always wanted to have a little R2 of my own :)

NucMed,

From what I've seen online, the kit does have one LED with it. Bandai does make, what looks generic: Here, a LED lighting kit. So far, I have not seen any lighting kits specific to the 1/2 BB-8 kit in the after market.

I thought the BB-8 came with lights or at least had a lighting kit. Then again I thought the same thing about the PG Falcon kit, I was wrong.

Gamera

Cary: Looks cool! I love how Bandai molds their stuff in colour like that - sometimes with multiple colours on one sprue. I always paint my stuff anyway but still it's a cool technique. 

Bruce: A guy I follow on YouTube was joking about buying a R/C BB-8 and his daughter keeps removing the head and tossing it around like a soccer/football ball... 

 

Cliff,

I can see why, it's the perfect size of a soccer/football ball! LOL

Cary: Looks cool! I love how Bandai molds their stuff in colour like that - sometimes with multiple colours on one sprue. I always paint my stuff anyway but still it's a cool technique. 

Bruce: A guy I follow on YouTube was joking about buying a R/C BB-8 and his daughter keeps removing the head and tossing it around like a soccer/football ball... 

Eagle90

No doubt!  And they are supposed to be coming out with a total of something like 10 droid kits!  And each kit (so far) has come with "accessories" for other droid kits.  The two I have had  accessories for the R2-D2 kits.

 

I see Bandai now has a 1/2 scale BB-8 kit, that I almost pulled the trigger on. If I can find (or maybe home build a lighting kit) I may not be able to resist.