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How are you going to save that until your son is old enough to work on it with you?!
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 26, 2013, 11:20:52 AM
How are you going to save that until your son is old enough to work on it with you?!
I'll never make it, Pete! This is getting built NOW!
Quote from: Bryancd on November 26, 2013, 01:14:13 PM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 26, 2013, 11:20:52 AM
How are you going to save that until your son is old enough to work on it with you?!
I'll never make it, Pete! This is getting built NOW!
When he comes over to play with it - tell him to 'Get one of your own, kid!'. :)
Can't wait to see it. Bryan, are you ever tempted to hang models like that from fishing line somewhere or would Jamie put her foot down? I miss my old bedroom growing up where I had a lot of models suspended from the ceiling. :)
Quote from: Rico on November 28, 2013, 04:20:10 AM
Can't wait to see it. Bryan, are you ever tempted to hang models like that from fishing line somewhere or would Jamie put her foot down? I miss my old bedroom growing up where I had a lot of models suspended from the ceiling. :)
I did in my room and in our attic as a kid as well! Jamie would shoot those down...literally. :)
It looks like ILM circa 1976 in my kitchen....Needless to say the kit comes together FAST. It's well engineered and although I had glue at the ready, I never needed to use it, all the snap tight parts snapped tight. Very little gaps or seams at all. Nice little detail elements like the torpedoes and sensor array in the nose cone. My plan is to whip this together, as seen, and then spend some time working on weathering detail. Fun model for the novice/intermediate builder, about the same size as my Hasbro.
It's a great size!
All done! Time for some weathering!
WOW - that was fast! Is it all pre-painted, decaled, etc. as it shows? Is there a landing gear option?
Quote from: Rico on November 30, 2013, 04:40:36 AM
WOW - that was fast! Is it all pre-painted, decaled, etc. as it shows? Is there a landing gear option?
Yes and yes! It's really well engineered and designed. It just came together so easy!
Quote from: Bryancd on November 30, 2013, 04:52:01 AM
Quote from: Rico on November 30, 2013, 04:40:36 AM
WOW - that was fast! Is it all pre-painted, decaled, etc. as it shows? Is there a landing gear option?
Yes and yes! It's really well engineered and designed. It just came together so easy!
Looks great! I'll bet after weathering it up that it will look pretty much like a good old days studio model!
Awesome looking! I'd have thought you'd do the weathering before assembly.
Quote from: billybob476 on November 30, 2013, 07:02:07 AM
Awesome looking! I'd have thought you'd do the weathering before assembly.
Should be easy to do it when complete, Joe.
That is awesome Bryan! VERY COOL!
Looks cool Bryan, great it was well crafted and went together well. Will look great with your other ships.
Looks really good Bryan.
There, that looks better.
Looks great! Nice job on the weathering!
It's this guy, right Bryan?
http://www.revell.com/model-kits/entertainment/85-1856.html#.Up6dgMSsigI (http://www.revell.com/model-kits/entertainment/85-1856.html#.Up6dgMSsigI)
upon closer inspection you have the nicer, bigger uk version.
Quote from: billybob476 on December 03, 2013, 07:27:13 PM
upon closer inspection you have the nicer, bigger uk version.
It is the bigger one that was just released. I have the smaller 1/48th scale one as well along with the Y-Wing and TIE in that same scale Easy-Kit.
How do those ones look? I was thinking of picking up a few of them, especially since they're quite inexpensive.
Quote from: billybob476 on December 04, 2013, 05:34:13 AM
How do those ones look? I was thinking of picking up a few of them, especially since they're quite inexpensive.
The X and Y wings are terrific.
Silly question but what do you do to do the weathering?
Quote from: Meds on December 04, 2013, 01:03:01 PM
Silly question but what do you do to do the weathering?
Good question, actually. There are a few different ways. I use black paint on a brush and then put it in paint thinner to dilute it down. Then you brush it on, the capillary action pulls the darker contrast into all the seams and makes the details really pop. Then you can use a dry brush with just a bit of paint as well for the darker areas you want to highlight.
Great thanks Bry.