The Tatooine Skiff has been an elusive toy for me over the years. Whenever Hasbro has released it, it’s been as an exclusive and has had a ridiculous mark-up on eBay by those who are willing t sell it. After losing many auctions, and ultimately giving up, I figured, since I made the Barge, and the epic battles that have been happening in my house over the Great Pit of Carkoon (an unused Bumbo baby seat covered by a beige blanket), I figured the skiff would be a great subject for a small scale styrene build.
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030 and 060 styrene sheet and some tube and rod make up the elements of this guy. I wasn’t trying to do anything spectacular here, just make something that looks the part and can stand up to some play.
![](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/Hutchi/optimus/skiff2_zps7e838a76.jpg)
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One feature that was a must was to have a retracting plank...a simple bit of engineering that almost works!
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The basecoat was olive green, covered in a few layers of silver, brown, orange, white, and tan.
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Almost works with the Black Series Leia...almost:
![](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/Hutchi/optimus/skiff12_zps4dbbcfdf.jpg)
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.