Archive&Future
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About a year ago I did a repaint and light (as in not heavy....but lights as well now I mention it) conversion of the Revell EasyKit Slave I. I've no idea whether it's closer to 1:72 than the Finemolds kit is, some say it is, but the deciding factor between getting a Revell or a Finemolds is that I got this kit for £2.98 while an FM is £60+
When I did my last Slave I, I did very few modifications....I didn't feel that it needed many. HOWEVER, one year on and my skills have improved drastically, and I can see so many things that need doing on this little kit.
I started off by drilling out the holes in the rear cockpit shield
I then glued the two fuselage halves together. The fit was tight but stepped, I didn't need any filler, however plenty of sanding was necessary
Ideally I would have liked to cut the entire rear cockpit shield off entirely, but I settled with gouging out a groove instead. On the studio model this part seems to be totally separate from the body and only glued by the edges, so I decided to just give the impression of this.
On the left side you can see where I planed and filed away the edging, on the right you can see how it is OOB
However I then realised that I needed to take away that entire lower shelf
I used the lid from one of my old inhalers to create the passenger flight deck
I used a resin 1:72 cockpit chair for the passenger seat. There ought to be two, technically, but it's still an improvement
The wings were originally solid, whereas the studio model wings are made of many complex layers. I planed and filed away the walls to get the layered appearance, they still need a little bit of clean up
So far that's it....with the amount of other projects I'm tinkering with, this may not get a look-in for a while so if you're interested it might be worth hitting the subscribe button
Thanks, stay tuned
When I did my last Slave I, I did very few modifications....I didn't feel that it needed many. HOWEVER, one year on and my skills have improved drastically, and I can see so many things that need doing on this little kit.
I started off by drilling out the holes in the rear cockpit shield
I then glued the two fuselage halves together. The fit was tight but stepped, I didn't need any filler, however plenty of sanding was necessary
Ideally I would have liked to cut the entire rear cockpit shield off entirely, but I settled with gouging out a groove instead. On the studio model this part seems to be totally separate from the body and only glued by the edges, so I decided to just give the impression of this.
On the left side you can see where I planed and filed away the edging, on the right you can see how it is OOB
However I then realised that I needed to take away that entire lower shelf
I used the lid from one of my old inhalers to create the passenger flight deck
I used a resin 1:72 cockpit chair for the passenger seat. There ought to be two, technically, but it's still an improvement
The wings were originally solid, whereas the studio model wings are made of many complex layers. I planed and filed away the walls to get the layered appearance, they still need a little bit of clean up
So far that's it....with the amount of other projects I'm tinkering with, this may not get a look-in for a while so if you're interested it might be worth hitting the subscribe button
Thanks, stay tuned
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