SMA BSC #6: 1/144 YT-1300p

[nicholassagan]

Another quick build before the week is out!! I'm not expecting any awards or anything for this one, again, it's just satisfying my itch to BUILD BUILD BUILD....It's also a throw everything to the wall and see what sticks situation.

Basically, it’s an OOB build with no primer. The chrome plating may be novelty to some, but I take it as a challenge to work it into the concept on this build. It’s surprisingly easy to build up since it’s not getting a) super detailed or b) lit. Again, this is a good practice kit for when I want to do those things next time around. I did have a hell of a difficult time with the glue, mostly because all the surfaces that connect needed to be scraped or sanded of the chrome plating. Other than that, I’m painting some parts that would be colored differently if it were coming fresh off the line. I might do some panel variations with other tones of silver, etc, but for the most part this is a “fresh off the assembly line” look.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Blinglennium Falcon!

 

[nicholassagan]

This is also the answer to: "What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon??"

;D

 

[Quaralane]

I this is more Chromium than Aluminum
Looks interesting this way, though

 

[Grendels]

I bet that is hard to build and keep clean. Looking forward to the result!

 

[nicholassagan]

yeah, it's tough...shows every little finger print and smudge :-X

BUT i laid down a nice brushing of future and that cleans everything right up!! bling bling!

 

[nicholassagan]

More progress! Assembly is SUPER easy. The trick is keeping my fingerprints from showing up! I coated ALMOST the whole thing with Future and have been using gloves to handle it. There is now a pilot and a passenger in the cockpit and the turret bays have been painted. I gotta say Fine Molds could have done better on the turret bays…they are very shallow. Next build calls for Scratchy’s aftermarket. Fo sho. Anyway, I was thinking more on how to spruce this up beyond the bling-o-bird scheme so I plan on doing some various yellow panel markings a la Sukhoi or MiG pre-delivery schemes and then adding a TON of stencil data. Best of both worlds, eh? Here’s where she stands…

 

[Grendels]

Bling, bling bling!!

Very shiny...

 

[Quaralane]

She's looking really good, and REALLY shiny.

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Is that Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' tour bus?...er, I mean tour ship?
O kinda like the bling-osity of it!

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Now all ya gotta do is put a chain on it and show it to Flava Flav... I'm sure he'd where it in his next video! Great job on this bro... love the shiny falcon look!

 

[nicholassagan]

All done here, too! ;D ;D ;D I toned down the chrome plating first by dull coating the entire craft then going back in and hand brushing select silver panels with Future. With the decals there are 6 variants of panel coloration and luster. Definitely an interesting process for whenever I get to the next chrome-plated kits (I have a MiG-15 and a P-51D in chrome...)

The full run of 100+ photos are here, please enjoy: http://nicholassagan.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/sma-bsc-6-1144-yt-1300p-predelivery-pt3-done/

 

[ModelMakerMike]

She looks good, but I think she could benefit from a darker background for taking pix.
Quite the dramatic change from all her chromey goodness!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[Quaralane]

I agree that a darker background might help her presentation, but she's a sharp looking ship