Super Detailing an AMT Star Wars Snowspeeder

Looks like urban camo.

Perhaps it races on a very salty planet.

Before you ask I haven't touched mine in ages, been working on prop stuff and at the moment scratch building a ADAM extractor from Bioshock and doing research for a few other items in the games.

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Im beginning to think that I went nuts and went overboard on the salt weathering technique, however at this point not ready to go back and start over. I figure even in space there can be a lot of paint damage due to poor paint adhesion!!!!!

Ok here is a quick mock up showing the decals that I choose for this project. I'm getting closer now to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Ok back on track, had one little distraction that i had to finish:

Round 2 lil stogie:

But enough of the distractions!!!now to finish this speeder. I just realized that its been a year since I have started this thread and want to finish it this year. I have almost fixed the paint mess ups and are planing some decals and graphics for the speeder so will have to clear coat so they dont silver. More updates very soon.

Had an issue with the salt reacting with the primer, having to repaint all of the parts except for the main body. that will set me back several days now.

I finished the base coat on all of the parts today and will chip them tomorrow so I can honestly say I will have something to update this week, possibly a final assembly before the final weathering. I'm getting closer to seeing the end of this build. The diorama I was planning will probably be put on hold for a while as other projects have get in the way.

Should have something soon!!

Well I do have an update but not much, sunday and monday I was able to put a second coat on the main speeder body and use the salt method to start the weathering. I will have photos uploaded soon to show what I have come up with.

Schweinhund227, thank you so much for your kind words and im glad that I could inspire someone to get working on their speeder. Its hard because the kit is so barren just out of the box, they were made real toy-like which im sure was to gear them for the kids to work on them at an early age.

Hopefully i will have some progress pics by this coming monday to post up. I am planning on working on the two tone paint scheme but will see what happens!

Now !  that's Kewl !   Love all the work you put in the Black Box bays and all....

 This will turn out to be Really Cool to see in person !  and on the web !

You sure inspired me to start mine !!!  

 Well Done !

Hoping to have a few updates soon. Sidetracked alittle this month but not forgotten!!!

Masked the upper and lower hulls and painted the base color.

The tape lines with the red on the outside looks really strange but that will be gone soon as i start the exterior painting.

Ok base coated the interior and drybrushed the dashboard but need to detail paint and wash the interior, the panels on the body got painted and washed now some detail paint there too. The red on the exterior makes wierd shapes but will be paint overall grey, I didnt think out the painting process and epoxied the panels before i painted them, so now i have to figure out how to mask them for the exterior grey coats.

A little update, I started to add some damage to the speeder but added some more details to the main guns...(when the bug bites to add more detail it goes to town!!!)

Boba Fett wrote:

EXACTLY!!!!   An excerpt form wookiepedia...   In particle-beam based blasters, like the E-11 used by stormtroopers, a small amount of high-energy gas moved from the heter valve to the chamber commonly called the XCiter. In the XCiter chamber, the gas was energized by the power pack, then passed into the actuating blaster module, which, when assisted by the components in the barrel, processed the now extremely high-energy gas into a compressed beam of intense energy particles, coupled with intense light, which generated the deadly high-energy particle beam fired from most blasters. In these blasters, the combination of superhot laser-light and a compressed bolt of intense energy particles formed the deadly bolt.

This helps with me understand more how to damage the metal. Now when I get a few hours to myself I will do some damage to this baby. But not to much

EXACTLY!!!!

An excerpt form wookiepedia...

In particle-beam based blasters, like the E-11 used by stormtroopers, a small amount of high-energy gas moved from the heter valve to the chamber commonly called the XCiter. In the XCiter chamber, the gas was energized by the power pack, then passed into the actuating blaster module, which, when assisted by the components in the barrel, processed the now extremely high-energy gas into a compressed beam of intense energy particles, coupled with intense light, which generated the deadly high-energy particle beam fired from most blasters. In these blasters, the combination of superhot laser-light and a compressed bolt of intense energy particles formed the deadly bolt.

Division 6 wrote:

Those are cool, I like the first one as well.   Eric...

That is the look im leaning towards so far is the first one, really detailed but i think i can make it look something like it when im done. Put the speeder in the middle of it on lifts or those stands. The biggest issue is im going to have to come up with people and not all droids...

Boba Fett wrote:

Durasteel is correct, but it seems that most battle damage looks like an uneven mini crater into the hull, with a lot of black staining. Remember, they ARE using energy weapons... It's not gonna look like an 88mm shell hit it.

Kinda like this one!!!I too have noticed that they do a lot of distruction, but you are right its like laser blasts. I think that is one of the reasons i have been so reserved about getting it right before i tear it all up. With all the work into it now if i don't practice on scrap plastic i could ruin it.

Those are cool, I like the first one as well.

Eric... 

Division 6 wrote:

Working on my sub right now. detailing the forward torpedo tube area and anchor well at the moment.  Once I get some paints I'll be finishing my PBY's.   I saw an interesting model of a MaK vehicle with it up on stands that you might be interested in.

Eric,

 Those are some cool stands, also was checking out that website, really cool site, thank you for sharing. Check this out, im thinking of making a dio to look like one of these two:

Im leaning toward the first one but the second one would be easier to model.

CPD730 wrote:

Sweet build, I like the superdetailing.  Look forward to the final display.

Thank you Im also looking forward to the final display. Which i think i have found what im shooting for.

Working on my sub right now.

detailing the forward torpedo tube area and anchor well at the moment. 

Once I get some paints I'll be finishing my PBY's.

I saw an interesting model of a MaK vehicle with it up on stands that you might be interested in. 

Division 6 wrote:

It would be Durasteel. Star Wars expanded universe books use Durasteel and Duraplast for construction. Might want to look at the studio models of the Speeder, Y-Wing, M Falcon and others for inspiration in doing the damage. Eric...

 Hello again Eric,

 Hows your project going? The studio model of the speeder had some lazer blasts but not much major damage, ill check out the y-wing and falcon see how they look.

Darren