SS Tie Fighter build up FINISHED!!!!!!

GF

GF

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Did most of the cleanup and sanding, added a mounting point, I had to add sleeves over the rod as the diameter was a tad too small, maybe had to do with shrinkage, the aluminum rod should be 3 cm in diameter, the resin one was missing 2 mm creating obvious gaps, I resolved the problem by adding 0.20 styrene sheet sleeves on each side.


GFollano
 
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Ok finally finished the wing mounting system which was a bit of a pain, a bit of dremeling and a few washers did the trick, some minor sanding and add the "T" strips on te wings and then the fun part begins.

Stay Tuned!

GFollano
 
Re: SS Tie Fighter build up progress NEW PHOTOS!

That is the sexiest model I have seen all year. Crazy awesome!!!! :love
 
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Now that is a thing of beuty.Nice job.:thumbsup




Cheers,
Ben
 
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I agree Moffeaton, absolutely the best SS TIE ever!!!! :)

GF I know you've built these beasties multiple times and you already know what I'm about to say, but paint your black on the wings first, it's so much easier to mask that way. Then paint your struts. Got that tip from Steve.

Dave :)
 
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vaderdarth said:
I agree Moffeaton, absolutely the best SS TIE ever!!!! :)

GF I know you've built these beasties multiple times and you already know what I'm about to say, but paint your black on the wings first, it's so much easier to mask that way. Then paint your struts. Got that tip from Steve.

Dave :)
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Hey Dave,

Thate exactly what I was planning, yes way much easier masking the flat panel surfaces


Thanks for the tip!

GFollano
 
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Started painting process, all parts are ready for main color. The canon leds still need to be sanded to shape, even though I like them the way they are.

GFollano
 
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Finished my Tie kit today, got it last Friday and took me a week to complete,
still need to shape up the orange leds and might add a few grey panels, but I'm still undecided as some have no grey panels at all, all hatches are fully removeable, Oh I'm missing the pilot which I'm waiting from Steve.

Photos were taken with no flash under ordinary fluorescent light, exactly like the real ANH Tie movie prop shown in photo 5 you can clearly see how close the color match.

Enjoy!

GFollano
 
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very nice paint job GF !!!
thank for the pics !
Steve made a great version of this model kit !
i'm very impatient to receive mine !

Michel
 
Very very nice job. You have inspired me to do mine like that. And kudos to Steve for a great kit of course.

N
 
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