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Super Detailing an AMT Star Wars Snowspeeder

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Posted by richter111 on Monday, April 13, 2009 3:20 PM
Looking great so far!
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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 13, 2009 4:14 PM

 richter111 wrote:
Looking great so far!

Thank You

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 13, 2009 4:16 PM

Here is what I got done last night.

 Fuel Cell Area

Engine Bay

 

Air Intake

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Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:25 AM
Incredible workmanship.My hat is off to you sir.

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:18 AM

Got a lot more done on the engine bay, camera was not working with me so I could not get any closer shots of the wires and details that I added. I will try in the daylight to get a closer shot. But here is a few of the side walls that I added and the detail to them, and made the panels that go on the access panels...

Panels:

engine bay panels/detail:

 

engine bay panels/detail:

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:20 AM
Getting closer, also tried to open up the panels on the forward compartments on the big guns but gave up as they are way too skinny, plus Im getting anxious to finish this project and trying not to get anymore complex than it needs to be. Painting, weathering, and battle damage will challenge me on this one alone, then to think about putting the diorama together...

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Posted by TANGO 1 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:32 AM

What a thoroughly enjoyable thread! I take my hat off to your detailing skills, and I love the idea for how the speeeder will be posed. Great work indeed!Thumbs Up [tup]

I will watch this with great interest.............

 

Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:01 PM

 TD4438 wrote:
Incredible workmanship.My hat is off to you sir.

I appreciate every ones comments, it keeps me motivated as well.

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:02 PM
 TANGO 1 wrote:

What a thoroughly enjoyable thread! I take my hat off to your detailing skills, and I love the idea for how the speeeder will be posed. Great work indeed!Thumbs Up [tup]

I will watch this with great interest.............

 

I appreciate every ones comments, it keeps me motivated as well, and thank you for watching and checking out my thread. Also when I complete the speeder and then when I complete the dio I will have better close up photos taken to show better detail. Like I said earlier my camera is not very good at all, its a relic and doesn't take great photos.

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:39 PM

I am having an internal arguement with myself however, as I look back on the building so far I regret not having come up with a color scheme so that I could have painted the background of each interior piece, then paint the components one by one including the wires. My thoughts as I went along was to:

1.) Like military modeling, build as one piece then paint and weather, and add battle damage.

2.) I had not put any thought in to the final colors when I started the project, except to just come close to the movie model, but decide it would be a little different from the movie model.

3.) Figured I would just paint it afterward one color then put a wash on it. (in the access panel areas)

But now Im thinking it will look too monotone. Unless Im good enough with a brush to pick out the detail.

 

My questions to everyone following along,  in your personal opinion, now that all the detail will be built as one:

1.) What color would you paint in the open access panel areas, including the engine bay, feul area, and other panels?

2.) How would you paint it your self in the above areas, to match an outside color scheme as well?

3.) Also talking about the color scheme for the outside of the vehicle?

3a.)Basically if this was your model to finish from this point on how would you finish it?

My thoughts on the outside paint scheme would be different shades of grey, and then maybe orange panels like the movie or grey like rogue leader.

Thats where I am now. Happy with the progress but thinking I should have been painting them as I went along.......

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Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:37 PM

Well I would go with the orange interior since that is what's seen in the movie.(canon)

Outside could be in the assortment of greys and whites with the colored stripes, maybe something diffirent than the orange or grey, perhaps blue, green, yellow, etc stripes.

The original concept was that they where modified Y-Wing cockpit sections so yellow would work well. 

 

Or if you want to be completely original you could go with a zinc chromate green interior and custom outside paint scheme, camo, low-vis, special coloring, more like modern AC.

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:35 PM
 Division 6 wrote:

Well I would go with the orange interior since that is what's seen in the movie.(canon)

Outside could be in the assortment of greys and whites with the colored stripes, maybe something diffirent than the orange or grey, perhaps blue, green, yellow, etc stripes.

The original concept was that they where modified Y-Wing cockpit sections so yellow would work well. 

 

Or if you want to be completely original you could go with a zinc chromate green interior and custom outside paint scheme, camo, low-vis, special coloring, more like modern AC.

 

Eric... 

Orange interior works for me, I just discovered that I need to make some seat belts however. Greys will be for the outside, and possibly orange and yellow stripes and grey as if they were salvaged to build the speeder. I was thinking Zinc chromate for the access panels, but may go with red that they had on the cross section books...

 

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Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:49 PM

This pic you posted earlier is the one showing the red/orange interior.

It's one of the filming models.

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:04 PM
 Division 6 wrote:

This pic you posted earlier is the one showing the red/orange interior.

It's one of the filming models.

 

Eric... 

Ok now i see what you mean as far as the red and orange interior of the body not where the pilots sit. Yeah that is what i was originally planning for that panel and probably for the rest of the access panels, engine also but engines will need to be black, thats why i say i should have painted each piece as i was adding the detail because its gonna be a little tricky to go back in and paint all the detailSad [:(]

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Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:10 PM

Cockpit colors are greys.

Look through those ILM pix I sent you.

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 20, 2009 4:31 AM

Didn't get much done on the speeder this weekend, added more bits and pieces to the interior and access panels and started the detal on the lower air brakes/rudders...

 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 20, 2009 3:22 PM

Took a better shot of it out side and a shot of more detail added to the access panels...

 

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Posted by Division 6 on Monday, April 20, 2009 4:03 PM

Looking Killer.Thumbs Up [tup]

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 20, 2009 6:15 PM
Thank you Eric, It may be taking me longer to finish this baby as i had originally planned, life has gotten in the way of it and I have some issues to take care of at home. Thats one of the reasons nothing got done much last week. However I am trying to keep focused on this project because with this amount of work I want to see this baby completed.

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Posted by Division 6 on Monday, April 20, 2009 7:29 PM

No hurry.

It's coming along faster than mine is and much classier.

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Monday, April 20, 2009 7:35 PM
 Division 6 wrote:

No hurry.

It's coming along faster than mine is and much classier.

 

Eric... 

Eric,

 Thank you again for the kind words and I wouldn't consider mine classier than yours we just have different takes on the same project, infact I like your idea better about displaying yours with the engines out of the speeder. That is a very cool and original idea.

Darren

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Posted by TacoBuff on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:02 PM
This is a great WIP!  This is my favorite Star Wars vehicle.  I'm lookin forward to the finished project.  Where did you get this kit?  I ask because now I want to build one.  The only one I've found is the new Revell snap together kit, and the molding looks less than stellar on that one.
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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:18 PM

 TacoBuff wrote:
This is a great WIP!  This is my favorite Star Wars vehicle.  I'm lookin forward to the finished project.  Where did you get this kit?  I ask because now I want to build one.  The only one I've found is the new Revell snap together kit, and the molding looks less than stellar on that one.

thank you TacoBuff, it wasn't my favorite vehicle but the easiest one to work with, i feel for adding a lot of interior junk. My favorite is the falcon, but unless you pay 100.00 for the resin side panels its too toy like. I got my speeder and two other speeders on ebay.  The only problem with ebay is you have to be patient and wait to bid the last 2 mins of the auction so you dont end up paying to much. I didnt pay over 10-12 dollars for each of mine. Doesnt include shipping but i figure they are worth at least that much, if you are careful you can even get them for as low as 5.00 i just passed up one last week that no one bid on and it ended for 5.00 plus 8.00 shipping, but i have 2 others that i have used for various parts that i ruined for this build and figure after all this work i may never build another speeder. Im looking towards detailing a tie fighter now.... Any way yeah ebay to me seems the best bet, you can try your local hobby shop, they reissued the speeder in 2005 or 2006 i believe and produced some current runs of it but if they cant order any then ebay or maybe try a sci fi forum , sometimes people trade on those and even can try craigslist.

Darren

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Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:21 PM

The one I have I bought in 1980.

I did see the other day the Fine Models of Japan is coming out with a 1/48 model soon.

Smaller but more accurate (and expensive) 

 

Eric... 

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Posted by TacoBuff on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:38 PM

hmm, expensive is no good.  I check the internet, or wait until something crops up at the LHS

 

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Posted by Division 6 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:10 PM

Hobbie Link Japan

Preorder this item by May 12 to get it for 5% off the regular price of 2,800 yen!

Yen Price:
(Merchandise Only)

2,660 
About $26.51 USD; €20.15 Euros

 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:00 AM
 Division 6 wrote:

The one I have I bought in 1980.

I did see the other day the Fine Models of Japan is coming out with a 1/48 model soon.

Smaller but more accurate (and expensive) 

 

Eric... 

Love fine molds models, My favorite is there falcon but 200+ dollars? Not even if i had that much disposible cash for my hobby would I spend that much on one kit. Ill get the courage up some day to scratch build more realistic sides on an old amt falcon kit. But would like to see the speeder done by them. Im sure it will be highly detailed and very realistic.

Darren

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Posted by Division 6 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:29 PM

The fat sided Falcon is accurate to Ep 3  (ducks and covers)

I still have my original falcon unfinished in the closet, the first release with lights. 

 

I'd like to get the FM 1/48 X-Wing but may just save up for a CC/Salzo Studio Scale instead. Shock [:O]

Wouldn't mind picking up this studio scale Speeder when kit's start being released and the studio scale Slave One.

Not that I have that kind of money. Sigh [sigh]

 

Eric... 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 3:37 PM
 Division 6 wrote:

The fat sided Falcon is accurate to Ep 3  (ducks and covers)

I still have my original falcon unfinished in the closet, the first release with lights. 

 

I'd like to get the FM 1/48 X-Wing but may just save up for a CC/Salzo Studio Scale instead. Shock [:O]

Wouldn't mind picking up this studio scale Speeder when kit's start being released and the studio scale Slave One.

Not that I have that kind of money. Sigh [sigh]

 

Eric... 

 

Wow, I like this studio scale Slave One very nice slave one.

Darren

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Posted by Division 6 on Saturday, April 25, 2009 3:23 PM

Looks like Kit Kong has the AMT kit's in stock for $16.50.

 

Eric... 

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