Kuhn Global-Hero X Wing build up

Just got a Red 3 in trade today. I have to say this is the most beautiful kit I've ever seen, the casting's are flawless and it's HUGE. I would like to light up R2 and the cockpit so I was thinking of molding and cast the cockpit and R2 in clear fiberglass epoxy. With permission from the maker.

I can't wait to tackle this thing and go nuts on the weathering and small details.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/red3.jpg

You may not need to.
Go check out this thread.
http://www.starshipmodeler.net/cgi-bin/php...pic.php?t=40612

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Just got a Red 3 in trade today. I have to say this is the most beautiful kit I&#39;ve ever seen, the casting&#39;s are flawless and it&#39;s HUGE. I would like to light up R2 and the cockpit so I was thinking of molding and cast the cockpit and R2 in clear fiberglass epoxy. With permission from the maker.

I can&#39;t wait to tackle this thing and go nuts on the weathering and small details.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/red3.jpg
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What kind of paint do you plan to use if I may ask?

I have pretty much got my Salzo to the point where painting is eminant.
I have never done such a huge resin kit before. I used auto primer from walmart, as others have done, so primer coat is done. A little sanding and I am ready to start painting.
Though I am tempted to do that whole paint it flat black, then gloss auto white, and steelwool the sheen off and bring out the black weathering underneath. But I have to practice that on something else first I think.

Thanks REL, glad you like the kit.... I am casting the cockpit kit and r2 units for Bobby and SSM i just cast the first sent and it came out real nice, i am going to send SSM a handful of the regular resin parts first followed by some translucent parts, i think John will have a preorder up soon....
thanks again
mike

Sweet that&#39;s great news&#33;

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Just got a Red 3 in trade today. I have to say this is the most beautiful kit I&#39;ve ever seen, the casting&#39;s are flawless and it&#39;s HUGE. I would like to light up R2 and the cockpit so I was thinking of molding and cast the cockpit and R2 in clear fiberglass epoxy. With permission from the maker.

I can&#39;t wait to tackle this thing and go nuts on the weathering and small details.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/red3.jpg
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What kind of paint do you plan to use if I may ask?

I have pretty much got my Salzo to the point where painting is eminant.
I have never done such a huge resin kit before. I used auto primer from walmart, as others have done, so primer coat is done. A little sanding and I am ready to start painting.
Though I am tempted to do that whole paint it flat black, then gloss auto white, and steelwool the sheen off and bring out the black weathering underneath. But I have to practice that on something else first I think.
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I&#39;m not sure just yet, I can&#39;t build it for awhile yet. But I&#39;ll post progress when I start on it. Thanks.

Keep us posted rel, im not going for one of the new cockpits but itll be nice to see some builds with them fitted&#33;
Cessna, im going with the flat black/gloss white route, its pretty simple as it goes, just be sure to use very fine wire wool and rub away only where and what you need to. Using a gloss white itll be harder wearing too so youll ge the hang of it&#33;

bests....lee

Ok this has just become the Kuhn Global Red 3 LOL.
Thanks Kurt&#33;

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Ok this has just become the Kuhn Global Red 3 LOL.
Thanks Kurt&#33;
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SWEET&#33;&#33;

That&#39;s the Captain Cardboard kit, right? Nice model.

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That&#39;s the Captain Cardboard kit, right? Nice model.
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I agree,.. it&#39;s a beauty. Richard will do this bird the justice it deserves for certain&#33;

Negative on the CC,... well... kind of...lol. :P

It is one of five HERO kit releases I received from Salzo in 2006. Though re-mastered from Scott&#39;s PYRO bird, this one is more exact to the HERO filming version with specific parts for each bird.

I am having the Ep IV DS Trench seen done with Red&#39;s 5, 3 and 2. I will be using the future MR X-1 and 2 Steve Neisen TIE&#39;s for the chase vehicles. It will be a 1/4 pipe DS Trench display that measures 20&#39; Long X 8&#39; Wide X 4&#39; High. The only thing not accurate to the movie setting will be the 2 X-wings (Reds 1 and 6) flying low and in another direction among the top surface, evading one laser cannon turret.

Of note... shortly, Hand Solo (Bob) will be starting the HERO Red 2 for this same project. I am expecting GREAT things from both he and Richard&#33;&#33;

Richard already has a GREAT start&#33; He is amazing and I will be requesting his talent for many pieces that are on "The List" for years to come&#33;

I got all the pieces prepped, then using my belt sanding station I squared up the canopy a little so there&#39;s a perfect seam.

Update.

Looks reat&#33; Kurt is lucky to be able to afford you&#33;

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Looks reat&#33; Kurt is lucky to be able to afford you&#33;
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LOLOLOL.... You kill me Rob&#33;

Indeed...very lucky&#33; Richard is doing a GREAT JOB, isn&#39;t he?&#33;&#33;

Sorry it took me so long to get to it Kurt LOL.

Starting the weathering job now.

It&#39;s been a few hours.... done yet? lololol

FANTASTIC paint job REL&#33; Care to explain your techniques, particularly on the little strip where R2 sits?

I&#39;ll get the paints I used and make an explanation.


Almost done with the fuselage, I ran out of red paint so I&#39;ll have to do the stripe tomorrow.

I toned down the panels a bit.

Dang that is a pretty sight&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Holy crap&#33;.
How great is that looking already?.
B-E-utiful.

Absolutely wonderful. What did you do to paint the cockpit details? Specifically the straight lines just forward of the pilot... were they masked or a decal you made or perhaps some of the pinstriping decals?

Thanks, I masked the lines.

Almost done with the fuselage.