Revell EasyKit Landspeeder Repaint and Mod

So any of you who happen to follow my projects, if any, will know that I picked up a Revell EasyKit Landspeeder (as used by a certain Luke Skywalker in a certain Episode IV: A New Hope) for the princely sum of £9.99

On a first look, it's not a bad kit; that said though, Revell's kits are never that bad on first looks. The molding was decent enough, and the scale and proportions seemed to be correct; however I noticed at least 2 details that I was going to be annoyed without.
1) the rather conspicuous dent in the front of the speeder
2) the neck of the third/middle jet/vent thingy is curved in the model kit but straight in the original. Hrmph.

Anyway, first up: I cut and filed all the parts, then spray painted parts that would end up in light colours white, and dark colours in black



I then got up to butchering the dent in with a soldering iron



AND thus far, that is all I have done!
Any advice and suggestions are very welcome indeed.

How long has this kit been out? Never heard of it...

It's been out for a while now. I've seen it here up in the Canadian west coast, so you should be able to pick it up easy enough at your LHS.

Nice work so far, I've been tempted to acquire this as well.

Good start!

It looks to be about the same size as the original 1978 Kenner speeder. Is it?

It's a newer kit, I've been on the lookout for it myself.

PHArchivist said:

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How long has this kit been out? Never heard of it...

As far as I know it was originally a Revell of Germany kit released earlier this year, but Revell U.S. has acquired licensing for sales here in the states. Being an "easykit" it's a snap-together prepainted styrene kit with vinyl figures (1:14 scale according to Revell) marketed for younger and beginning builders. As such, accuracy is in the eye of the beholder; the rough dimensions are at least close, but some of the contours (the shape of the engines and the windscreen, for example) are a little off compared to the full-size filming mock-up, some details are simplified, and the figure sculpts are rather soft. It looks okay built up right out of the box, but most advanced modelers will likely put their skills to good use to make it more accurate to what was seen in the movie.

SO! Back to work on this, have to admit I'm not really interested in this kit anymore , but it's a good challenge as far as weathering goes and I plan to sell it once I'm done (c'mon, I'm a cash-strapped student!)



Sorry for the "instagram'd" effect, it's my new lamp, the bulb is very yellowy on camera

Well, all pretty low-tech painting techniques here, washes, drybrushing, nothing new but all very effective. The dark red details on the bonnet (?) were hand painted on with any dodgy spots covered by some appropriate weathering



And just a close-up shot of the weathering techniques. I used multiple layers of dark and light metallic paint, and rust coloured paints to get an interesting weathered effect.

nice work!

Looks great


-MJ

Again, I've got back to work on this after I lost the left grille piece but I found yesterday, so I've continued on!



Not exactly my greatest painting, I must say; but it gets the job done alright





But nonetheless it's coming along very nicely for such a kit.



And with the base it certainly looks the part. It's just a real shame that the figures are SO awful, the do detract from the piece when they're put in. Still got to neaten up the cockpit area and clean up the assembly; but this should be done shortly.

I'm putting this in the junkyard when it's done, so if anyone is interested in advance, just PM me. I already have a rough idea of what price I'm after for this, but I'm willing to negotiate.

Looks real good. The paint job is great!!
It is a good sized kit from the looks of it. Didn't know it was out either!!!


Kenny

I saw this kit a while back. The mold looks pretty good for the most part. But you've given it some real justice so far!

Bravo! Wonderful paint job

These kits came out in early 2012 in the states and should be pretty easy to find in the hobby shops. But ever since the XP-38s came out they just aren't in demand.

PHArchivist said:

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How long has this kit been out? Never heard of it...

Finally got one of these..

Was mentioned earlier that Revell suggests 1:14 scale.

Not sure if that was a typo but the kit is close to 1:24

Ill take some pics of it later next to 1:24 & 1:18 scale cars

Clearly 1:24...

That's the 1:24 Christine the left; 1:18 on the right. And a 1:24 Vin Diesel