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"No disintegrations!"- Bandai 1/144 Slave 1


BloorwestSiR

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I started with the cockpit. I never realized it was a double decker until now.

 

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The underside of the upper deck:

 

 

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Since Bandai didn't really provide any colour callouts in the instructions, I looked up the ones for the Fine Molds Slave 1 to use as reference. As such, the cockpit was painted in Field Grey and Flat Black.

 

 

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I hope to work on it some more tomorrow.

 

Carl

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He's actually reasonably detailed for such a small figure. The seated Boba is a bit softer in detail but still considerably better than those "pilot" figures Dragon uses in their 1/144 aircraft kits.

 

As for how much is visible, I'm not too sure at the moment. Certainly his feet won't be.

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  • 1 year later...

Well it's time to drag this out and get her finished. Actually, I think it was more that I wanted a quick break from the Spitfires currently occupying the bench.

 

I painted Boba (Blobba) Fett and assembled the cockpit which rotates interestingly.

 

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Then it was the rear loading gate area. I gave it a very light wash as Bandai plastic doesn't like enamel washes much.

 

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Test fit with the cockpit onto the lower fuselage.

 

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One of the reasons this build stalled initially was the heavy chipping that the finish had. I ended up using it as a test run for when I built my Birdcage Corsair.

 

I sprayed a base coat of Light Grey.

 

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Then I used rubber cement to mask off the "chipped" areas.

 

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Then the top coat of Hull Red was applied.

 

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Once dry, I gave it a quick wipe and the rubber cement came off.

 

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The new Bandai SW kits are awesome! They pack more detail in their 1/72 than Fine Molds did in their 1/48 kits. Just got the Bandai 1/72 TIE Striker.

Very true. I have most of the Fine Molds kits as well as the Bandai ones so it's easy to compare them.

 

I really wish Bandai would do something mainstream like a 1/32 plane kit just to see what they could do in terms of the level of detail and ease of assembly.

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Carl,

 

Great work with the chips!

 

Cheers, Tom

Thanks Tom! This ended up being a proof of concept for my Birdcage build which needed a bunch of weathering on it. It worked out for both so I'm really happy with that and I have learned another skill set.

 

Carl

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The "wings" were assembled and painted.

 

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Then they attached and the rest just went together from there.

 

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In fact, the rest went together so well, I didn't take any pics.

 

So here it is completed:

 

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My first completed build of the year.

 

Carl

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