A Thunder Fighter from the 25th Century

[Blitzkreig]

An enjoyable build. Always loved the lines of this ship. Remember this fun show from the 80s?

 

[swgeek]

Is this a scratch build or a kit?

 

[Blitzkreig]

Is this a scratch build or a kit?

Ah sorry, should of mentioned that It is a 3d print designed by Alain Rivard.

 

[Galactican]

PERFECT! Great job!

 

[samster27]

The painting looks perfect. What colours and makes did you use?

 

[Borjis]

That's very impressive and it looks like he sells it for $ 60. Very good price! I knew of a rare finished limited edition starfighter but those are out of my budget going for $ 1,500 iirc.

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[Blitzkreig]

That's very impressive and it looks like he sells it for $ 60. Very good price! I knew of a rare finished limited edition starfighter but those are out of my budget going for $ 1,500 iirc.

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Ya he does a good job. And his files are reasonably priced. His Mando N1 is very nice.

 

[Blitzkreig]

The painting looks perfect. What colours and makes did you use?

The base was Archive X reefer white. I used oils for weathering, with overspray highlights and streaks. Along with some pastel work.

 

[Blitzkreig]

A couple build photos. One with a 24th scale X-Wing for size comparison.

 

[samster27]

The base was Archive X reefer white. I used oils for weathering, with overspray highlights and streaks. Along with some pastel work.

Tia a thing of beauty.

Well done

 

[Borjis]

Blitzkrieg, did you print it with the any cubic resin printer in the background?

 

[samster27]

Its probably a very complex qestion, but assuming you do not have a printer,how much would it cost to get printed?

Or

What plastic, what resolution, how many hours.....ball park ish!

 

[Blitzkreig]

Blitzkrieg, did you print it with the any cubic resin printer in the background?

I did. It's an Anycubic Photon Mono X. Using ABS resin. These printers are very reasonably priced now at around 350 bucks. I paid 800 a year ago.

 

[Blitzkreig]

It's probably a very complex question, but assuming you do not have a printer, how much would it cost to get printed?

Or

What plastic, what resolution, how many hours.....ball park

Well let's see. The printer now is about $350 (but obviously this could be used for many other projects.) Spent about $70 on the ABS resin. $60 for the STL file. I guess the file and the resin would be the total monetary cost once you own the printer.

It took about 5 prints, doing one a night. Larger prints took about 8 hours each. A far as the settings for the printer. If you get the Photon Mono X. I could share my settings with you.

 

[Borjis]

I've got a delta printer, my buddy has a resin printer. I can see this model deserves a resin print to avoid printing lines and enable finer detail.

 

[Blitzkreig]

I've got a delta printer, my buddy has a resin printer. I can see this model deserves a resin print to avoid printing lines and enable finer detail.

Ya I would suggest to resin print it too. Prices on them have dropped quite a bit. I've been looking into a larger one. Don't tell the wife .

 

[Blitzkreig]

Found this photo. The Reefer white looks better in natural light.

 

[Borjis]

That looks EVERY bit as good as the studio models imo. Maybe better in fact, especially the weathering.

 

[publiusr]

You could convert the core into a droid/with fighter hybrid.

Wasn’t a model kit of this with added fins sold as a stealth fighter once?

 

[Borjis]

As far as I know the added fins fighter existed on one episode: happy birthday buck.