Babylon 5 Starfury-Queen of Spades

[Quaralane]

Thanks, guys.
John, you're right about being done soon. I've been decalling her all week. Soon to be done with that and turning to weathering

 

[Quaralane]

All right.
Start with final assembly as the thrusters are now all in place.



Then, after a coat of Future, I set about using a combination of kit decals, and the custom markings I made, to work decalling the kit.
Some of the smaller white markings were painted on by hand as I didn't want to deal with 1/16" wide decals in some spots.
With the decals applied, I gave her another coat of Future and set to doing some weathering.
I applied a black wash to the guns and all of the thrusters, then gave the rest of the kit a wash of Vallejo smoke.
With the wash dried, I drybrushed some more bits with the Vallejo smoke then put another coat of sealer over her.
I removed the masks from the canopy, and called this one done.

Finished pics:










Youtube link:
Starfury-Queen of Spades-SMA BSC-Part 3-Finale

 

[Cave_Dweller]

That looks great, how'd you do that custom decal? it turned out really good

 

[Igard]

Fantastic Q! Loving the decal scheme. It's very B5 in style. 8)

 

[TRM]

WOW Q!! Congrats on the finish!!! She is a beauty too!! The metallic effect is excellent and really shows this piece off!! Well done!!

 

[Jaitea]

Wow brilliant build Q, I've never seen this Starfury kit, looks well detailed

That looks great, how'd you do that custom decal? it turned out really good

I really like the decal, how did you make it

John

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.
I'm glad it turned out as well as it did.

Jaitea, Cave_Dweller,
The decal was rendered in Poser 9, then printed onto clear decal paper at the right size.
( Working in Poser is one of my other hobbies, and the Queen herself is one of the characters I've had in the program for awhile. )

 

[hilld]

Loved your finale video. Great ship! What a quick build. 16 days is amazing.

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, hilld.
I was happy with how quickly it went together

 

[The Model Dude]

This looks great Quaralane!

Your thread was a treat as well; nice updates, and your build log videos are looking good too! Thank you for sharing sir!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Nice job Q! ;D

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, Les, John
Les, I'm glad you enjoyed the build log

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Well, Q,
you've done it!!!
She looks great!

 

[Grendels]

Wow, I blink my eyes and it is done! Nice fast work on this kit!

And the custom decal worked great!

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, guys.

John, sometimes it flies.
Getting the feeling this may be another multi-build year for me.

 

[cobraleader]

nice work Q...

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, cobraleader

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Dude that came out looking really good! I hope mine comes out looking as good.

 

[Quaralane]

With your skills, LrdSatyr8, I wouldn't be too worried about yours turning out.

 

[hooterville75]

Holy moly Q, at the rate you went with this one you could have put together fifteen of the kits Im doing and I havent even really began assembling mine yet ha ha. Good stuff man. Really like this one. Ever since I started watching Steve Neills videos on you tube Ive really started taking a interest in Sci-Fi. Shall see what the future holds. I really like this build though. Super job as with all your kits. Great clean work.