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Offline Splashcoat

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B-Wing Starfighter
« on: May 10, 2013, 08:22:29 AM »
This is my build up of the old AMT 1/94th scale Snap-Tite B-Wing Fighter kit from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It’s built mostly straight-from-the-box; the only modifications I made were the addition of etched brass mesh behind the intake and exhaust housings, necessary in order to cover up the see-through nature of the fuselage. And some minor detailing around the wing hinges - the kit is designed to allow the wings to fold, but I glued them in a fixed position and covered-up the hinges. The paint scheme is a combination of grey acrylics. A B-Wing fighter is never seen very clearly on screen so I took some artistic license with the markings and weathering; the markings come from an old WWII Japanese Fighter decal sheet and the weathering is a combination of airbrushed reddish/brown acrylics and pastel chalk trailing back from the panel line leading edges.













« Last Edit: May 10, 2013, 08:24:20 AM by Splashcoat »
... but I was going to Toschi Station to pick up some power converters!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 10:10:40 AM »
very very nice! :) LOVE the weathering on it!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 04:09:50 PM »
Awesome, will be on our front page no later than tomorrow or Vader can come and get me. Fantastic.

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 10:32:30 PM »
Great work mate the weathering is perfect.

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2013, 08:29:07 AM »
love it!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2013, 09:28:45 AM »

... but I was going to Toschi Station to pick up some power converters!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2013, 12:13:15 PM »
LOL. What a great take on its a trap!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2013, 10:08:39 AM »
A true benchmark paint technique.

Greatly well painted.

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2013, 08:48:23 AM »
WOW! Another great model! The B-Wing is stunning! The weathering on this one is very nicely done.

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... but I was going to Toschi Station to pick up some power converters!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2013, 04:17:32 AM »
Looks great to me, excellent work!

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Re: B-Wing Starfighter
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2013, 07:19:53 AM »
This one was a real bear; all the old kits with "action features" need some surgery to eliminate and disguise these features.
Cheers.
... but I was going to Toschi Station to pick up some power converters!