jeroen_R90S Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Looks good -just watched the film with my youngest, he loves films! Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Great Work! I built this as a kid. A few weeks ago I bought Kenner’s AT-ST on Ebay as a mod project. Looks like a similar road ahead to shed the toy. Especially the guns. The interior could be fun but not required. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Lovely work & smart spend on upgrade parts. Always liked the size of the MPC snowspeeder, some pretty good detail…and some pretty horrific simplifications, too! Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Hi all! Wow! 3 months have passed since the last update! I cast all the fins I needed and made the 2 smaller types in styrene only as there are only 2 of each. There are additonnaly some teeth right under the leading edge of the front of the Snowspeeder. I scratched a small part in styrene based on the smaller Bandai kit and produced the required amount again in resin. Next it is time to engrave all the details still missing under the craft. Somehow I thought it was mostly complete when I last worked on it, but there is still quite a bit to do! I am following the Bandai kit here also, but the heavy raised line on the kit are actually spot on. So I am sanding it off almost completely, then enhance the still faintly visible lines in pencil and rescribe mostly with the small model Olfa scriber. The rectangular white styrene bits fill the support stand openings You see here the center part of the under fuselage section. Curiously the only part of the model with finely engrave lines! Below are the first raised panels that will be added in this area of the kit. Made more progress on this today so I will post more very soon! Thanks for watching! Alain KUROK, chukw, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hi all! So this is the underside essentially complete with the scribing and all the additional plates done. It is really interesting in this scale that essentially the same techniques used by the original modelers are duplicated here. With the central section held in place just to show: Looking at the Bandai kit, it seems the 2 triangular shapes (brightly lit above) are actually intakes, so cutting out is in progress. Thank you for watching! Alain TAG, chukw, LSP_K2 and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Hi again! Finally a coat of Tamiya primer on the bottom part, to show the finished scribing and detailing work. Quite happy with the results! Really improves the look of the kit. Alain Starfighter, Mark M, Model_Monkey and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 i have this kit in the stash, thanks to you it will now start looking at me!! good job mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 That is a huge improvement! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Looking excellent, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Nice had this kit when I was a kid but I'm pretty sure I blow it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 11:34 PM, Mark M said: i have this kit in the stash, thanks to you it will now start looking at me!! good job mate Thanks! Quite a handful to get it right, but a really impressive model can result! I was looking at the instruction sheet and there is a nice drawing showing top and bottom details. Now I believe this is an original from the film production and you can see all the correct panel lines on it. On 11/20/2022 at 1:27 AM, LSP_Ray said: That is a huge improvement! Well done! Yes, I was really happy on how nicely all the scribing turned out when the primer was applied. On 11/20/2022 at 1:55 AM, LSP_K2 said: Looking excellent, for sure. Imagine if MPC had done it right at the time. At least it is easier when you know you can follow the existing raised kit lines. The Bandai kit helped a lot to confirm that. Alain Mark M, Greg W, Greif8 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 23 hours ago, rigor said: Nice had this kit when I was a kid but I'm pretty sure I blow it up Ha ha! I can say most of my early production ended in fiery crashes! I didn’t have access to firecrackers, but the solvents in the garage were put to good use! I also remember shooting a few battleships floating helplessly in a metal pail with a BB gun. Alain LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 Hello! Here is a bit of progress to show you, plus unexpected surprises that will need to be tended to! After finishing the underside, I turned my attention to the rear, as I noted there are details to add around where the airbrakes are attached. Just finding bits that fit in the available spots. I also glued on the rear end parts of the guns, and his is when I realized something just did not look right. Look at the side view and see how this end part seems to fit quite a bit too low, as it is actually glued to a short section that is, for some reason, molded off-center to the main section forward. A couple solutions were considered, but the best was to just remove the end part, and cut off a good section of the kit. I have a copper tube the has the correct diameter, and will be cut and installed with the end part. I noticed looking at references, that MPC molded in very soft details in the areas shown, and also in the corresponding areas right behind. I will add bits to replicate the very busy look you can actually see there. Funny I had never noticed the very obvious missing details in the kit beforehand! Bye for now! Alain LSP_Kevin, Model_Monkey, Greg W and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Nice work, Alain! Kev Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Ditto! Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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