Super Detailing an AMT Star Wars Snowspeeder

Division 6 wrote:

What about having it up on some sort of lift so you can see underneath. Don't know what your diorama idea is but you could do it like a show car with mirrors under it.   Eric...

Haven't gotten to the base ideas yet, althought now would be a good timet to start. The mirror thing is good, as soon as I read your suggestion a futuristic type of fork lift came to mind, but then again i would have to build that thing 100% from scracth and thats way beyond my caliber. Mirrors just might do it.

What about having it up on some sort of lift so you can see underneath.

Don't know what your diorama idea is but you could do it like a show car with mirrors under it.

Eric... 

Division 6 wrote:

Looking good my friend. I sealed mine, didn't want to deal with re-detailing them. At first I was going to have the covers removed than just decided on the easy way out.   Eric...

Looking good my friend.

I sealed mine, didn't want to deal with re-detailing them.

At first I was going to have the covers removed than just decided on the easy way out.

Eric... 

I cant get too close with my camera (i apologize for the crappy photos) , but this is a basic layout for the inside of the air brake compartment. Ill add a ton of wiring to all the components...

Aussie Muscle wrote:

That some beaut scratchbuilding in there.

Had a little time this afternoon before going into work tonight and attached the hinge for the other airbrake and finalized the layout for the fuel cells on the front compartment.

A little update, didn't get much time to work on it this weekend but opened up the foot hold holes, devised hinges for the airbrakes, begun to work on a plan for inside that same compartment,  and made a compartment where the fuel tank goes on the front of the speeder. Im thinking of adding resistors and calling them fuel cells....

Of course would have a lot of piping and wires and things in there as well...

PetarB wrote:

Amazing work, keep it up!!!

Thank you, I won't be stopping on this anytime soon. I have become obsessed with this one!!!

I have a lot of detailing to do on the inside with the engines, but i did a lot of work done on the cannon and tow cable. I re-did the port where the cable goes in through the heat fins....I built a square tube to fit the panel, and wound wire around piano wire for the coils and inserted the piano wire thru the tube, then inserted that into the heat sink part.

This probably will be all I can do for this weekend. Will give updates however if I get time to work on it at all this week, have a very heavy work week so may not be able to touch it...

Side note: The project will take even longer now as I have decided tonight that I need to rebuild both sets of supports that hold the long guns on either side of the t-47. I am not happy with the detail and to hinge the air brakes it just wouldnt look right from the kit parts, so all of that has to be scratch built.

As well as a complete compartment where I put the engines at. Its too void with out any bracing and I want to make it match the front two panels.

Division 6 wrote:

Look at what I just found.   Eric...

Oh SWEET love the speeder cross sections....

Look at what I just found.

Eric... 

Check your PM box.

Not much happening with mine.

Finally got all the scribing done.

Also working on the end pieces of the main guns.

Just took out a few bulkheads I put in last night since they don't allow enough room for the engines.

Eric... 

Division 6 wrote:

Yeah I just bought a couple figures to go with it. Don't know if the cutaway is anywhere on line. It's one of those large sized books.   I was just looking around my back room and discovered I have some of that perferated metal that's used inside the wing. Holes are a bit smaller but it will look much better than the hand drilled piece I was going to use.  It's screen used on speakers.    Eric...

Probably not online anywhere, i just thought that it would be against copyright anyway. Any updates on your build yet?

Yeah I just bought a couple figures to go with it.

Don't know if the cutaway is anywhere on line.

It's one of those large sized books.

I was just looking around my back room and discovered I have some of that perferated metal that's used inside the wing.

Holes are a bit smaller but it will look much better than the hand drilled piece I was going to use. 

It's screen used on speakers. 

Eric... 

I guess i havent see that cut away book, is there any where on line that shows a pic of that? but thats an excellant idea about showing it with the engine removed, that would have worked well with my dio that im planning. I can't wait to see your updates. My engines are from anakins podracer kit, just the very first part of the pod engine.

Are you going to build a dio for your t-47?

What are you using for the engines?

I am building mine with the engine removed for maintanance.

Got the idea form the cutaway book. 

Eric 

opened up a bottom panel the only place that would have some room. I'm thinking that the repulsors that would drive the t-47 could look like engines so im gonna add some of that kind of detail here.

also thinking of hinging this bottom panel and making a scracth built latch to hold it shut...

Division 6 wrote:

Looking Good. Started the cockpit on mine finally.   Eric...

Can't wait to see it!!! The cockpit was the reason I started the project 2 years ago. Or I should say the lack of a cockpit. So plain right out of the box.

Looking Good.

Started the cockpit on mine finally.

Eric... 

Couldn't leave well enough alone. Had to open up a panel on the front. I want to show fuel tank detail. Also think will have some panels on the bottom of the speeder, but will have to figure out a latching system so they stay in place when model is up right.

Also a shot of the scracthbuilt harpoon gun im working on...

Ok all recessed panels are complete and installed in the speeder, got that finished last night and starting to scracthbuild a harpoon gun, thing is reference is so hard to find that im basically building it as close as possible to the studio model but it will look quit different when im done.

My pictures are not the clearest, when i finish the kit I have a friend that will take good clear, close up shots of all sides...

Wow that looks good.

Coming along nicely.

I opened a few small panels on mine but lower down the wing.

Didn't realise there is no space in there.

Eric... 

Interior detail for the front access panels....

Loking good.

I'd go with mechanical items and some structure on there.

Maybe some sort of removable modules like in current planes.

Eric... 

Update: Finally finished the lip around all four openings and making the interior of the front two. Not sure if ill make it just storage space or add mechanical items in it.

opening with interior...

panel cut to fit opening to close up the access panel...