1:48 Tie Fighter almost complete first post to SMA!

[builder101]

Hi all I have been checking out the site for a while and this is my first post. I have seen some great work on the forum.. I took a break from a kit I was putting a lot of work in and started working on some straight out of box builds. I need to figure some weathering methods for this and finish some details and add a few parts.

Here is some pics of the fine molds 1:48 tie any how to clean weathering advise on this would be great.. I have a few products that I hope will work. I have a few bottles of AK washes. Black ink and acrylic\enamel paints.

Thanks for looking!!!

 

[Quaralane]

Looking sharp there

 

[Glorfindel]

Welcome. Nice looking TIE.

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Welcome aboard, and yes, that is one very awesome looking ship. !
;D

 

[builder101]

Hey thanks for all the kind words I hope that I can wrap it up by Sunday and post more pics when it's complete.

Mike

 

[JohnSimmons]

Nice work!

 

[Grendels]

A nice looking Tie!

 

[builder101]

Thank you for all the above comments. Finished the Fighter up and weathered good with acrylics mixed with dish soap and thinner. I cleaned the canopy with alcohol and the plastic was smeared with a white haze in a panic I removed it and dunked back in future and the stuff saved the day..

Here is some pic's I have a bunch of kit's waiting as I make a decision on my next build.

Thanks again!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Excellent!

 

[Boxster]

Nice job!

B

 

[ModelMakerMike]

It looks great!...Now, we'll need a few dozen more. I want to start F-X filming on Tuesday.
LOL
;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[Grendels]

Nice!

 

[MikeW1166]

Looks great! If you don't mind me asking, what is that you used on the base? They almost look like some type of computer chips. Keep up the great work!

 

[builder101]

Thanks again for all the feedback it really means a lot to me to have other builder's look at my work. I think a good forum like this can push to get a project done cause you know that you want to try and take some nice pic's and get them up..

Mike, yes the base is made from old processors (intel P4's) that were otherwise heading to recycling. Sometimes when they say recycling I am not sure where the old parts really end up.. I am sure they do their best but you know some of it goes in a landfill somewhere.. I use the parts that I can and since I have gotten into building models I look at parts differently. For example, I made a death star tower gun a while back and used the old printer gears for the torrents.. Other materials a little kit bashing, staples, and styrene.. One of my first scratch builds and I have only done a few.. Nothing exact I have seen this gun made really well. But here is a pic of my use of other stuff headed off for recycling..

Again Thanks!!

 

[hook1169]

Tower turned out really nice too!

 

[ModelMakerMike]

That turbo-laser tower is pretty darned suhweet!
;D ;D ;D

 

[JohnSimmons]

Yeah let's see more of that Tower!

 

[builder101]

Once again thanks for all of the comments made!!, and asking for more pic's has given me the motivation to re-visit my build and do some touch up and weathing. Here is some more pic's I would like to one day make one of these again.







Here is a pic to get an idea of scale.

 

[hook1169]

Wow! I really like that, great idea and very ingenious... What is they yellow ball with legs in the last pic? That thing looks kinda cool!

 

[builder101]

Thanks Hook, That little yellow guy is a quick scratch build of a model robot for my son he is 6. It's a michaels globe converted into a robot yellow was the requested color. It was a quick build and turned out :-\ ok. But he likes it..