A-Wing WIP in 1/24

[DarthDuck]

Howdy all,
Just became registered here and would like to share what is on the bench.
Added lighting to the instruments. The upper four flash colors while the lower three flash on/off red.

And the main display screens are backlit a diffused blue.

The engine cans were prepped to accept a jumbo LED which was tinted amber around the base. Here's a light test.

The side hulls were reworked with tubing to more closely match the filming mini.

New guns were made as well as the gunmounts upon the body. This area was carved out to bring back the undercuts and new details will be added back in.

The backplate was repaired.

And a base was whittled up.

So, there's a quick "catchup" and from here I'll rescribe some panel lines and move towards final assembly and paint.

It's great to be here in this community and I look forward to the interaction.:cool

 

[porteador]

Excelent work

Nice workbench, welcome and add some more shots. :thumbsup

 

[REL]

Nice job! And cool to see you over here.

 

[JP Modelworks]

Looking good. It's amazing how lighting can give life to a model. I'll be following this build with interest. :thumbsup

 

[DarthDuck]

Thanks Gents for giving this new guy a welcome!:cool

After some redetailing and rescribing went ahead and added the remaining parts to move towards paint.

 

[Scratchy]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again!.......

..... NICE GUNS DUCK!

 

[DarthDuck]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again!.......

..... NICE GUNS DUCK!

And judging by your Avatar- you know guns!
Thanks.:cool

 

[Apophis]

Howdy Don! Good to see ya here and great work so far!

 

[DarthDuck]

Howdy Don! Good to see ya here and great work so far!

Well if I'd have known you were here Jerry.:lol
(Good to see you too.):cool

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

Looking great Don. Keep it coming.


Al

 

[DarthDuck]

Looking great Don. Keep it coming.


Al

Thanks Al! Good to see you and it's moving towards paint. A lil putty and joint cleanup- maybe later tonite!:rolleyes

 

[DarthDuck]

Wrapping up some final details caused me to notice those elbow pipes from rear fuselage bulkhead to engine cans. While they were just "fine" I wanted a little 'more' so chopped up some tubing and put it on the ends.

 

[DarthDuck]

And here it is in basic paint. All the weathering is yet to come.

 

[Scratchy]

Very nice, Duck. I'm positive that the weathering will look just as good once she's finished.

 

[DarthDuck]

Very nice, Duck. I'm positive that the weathering will look just as good once she's finished.

Thank you!:cool

 

[3d-builder]

Man was hoping for a paint update Don!!!!
Looking great......having fun now ha?thumbsup
Fantastic job on this all the way around!

 

[DarthDuck]

Man was hoping for a paint update Don!!!!
Looking great......having fun now ha?thumbsup
Fantastic job on this all the way around!

Thanks ThreeDee,
I'm in the middle of the weathering now. Pics soon I hope.

 

[DarthDuck]

Just a quick shot of some weathering:

 

[Scott Graham]

Looking good! Nice subtle job so far. :thumbsup

 

[DarthDuck]

Looking good! Nice subtle job so far. :thumbsup

Thanks Scott.
Some of the "darker" elements are still to come- like the "hits/scorches" but otherwise it's about as 'dirty' as it's going to be. Afterall, the basic washes ink/oil paint/acrylic "sludge" for panel lines) are already in place along with some pastel shading.
I hope you still enjoy what's to follow.