Chrisisall
Sr Member
Thanks! I shall certainly get right on that, then!
Bandai 1/144 ROS Falcon kit as ESB/ROTJ era Falcon? That's my goal. And I seem to have reached it. Now it needs a few friends in its scale...
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Chrisisall
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Twisted hull plates done.
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Chrisisall
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It sure does! I warmed mine up with a heat gun, bent the parts with tweezers, then sanded some edges to get the bent-angle look.
While I agree with you in that going superdetailed with something like the cockpit figures tends not to be so impactful to the overall model, it’s little things like the bent hull plates which really add to the scale effect.
The trick, I think, is knowing which details will stand out, and which are pointless busywork. As a general rule, I’d say anything noticeable at first glance from 1-2 feet away should be focused on, while the nitty-gritty details can be more impressionistic and less, well, detailed.
The trick, I think, is knowing which details will stand out, and which are pointless busywork. As a general rule, I’d say anything noticeable at first glance from 1-2 feet away should be focused on, while the nitty-gritty details can be more impressionistic and less, well, detailed.
Jaitea
Master Member
Yes, I agree,...I made a video that I put up on my channel about weathering,....& I mentioned that i try to print out reference photos that will be the same size as the model I'm working on, or the area that I'm working on, its senseless using really high res zoomed in reference images on an area that is impossible to recreate
It's good to understand what that detail looks like zoomed up, but revert back to an image that is scaled right for the work you are doing
J
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Chrisisall
Sr Member
Exactly! I tend to hyper-focus on small areas, and need to reign that in to look at the bigger picture. I'm constantly battling myself in that way. When I start to search for tiny adjustments after basically finishing a kit I know I'm actually done.
Chrisisall
Sr Member
Endgame: last bits before painting & final assembly & weathering- filling in unused holes, simplifying the sidewalls just a tad, and adding greebles here & there (mainly on the docking rings which were for reasons unknown very clear except for the panel lines). Final sanding to finesse new greebles tomorrow after glue sets.
Chrisisall
Sr Member
Adding detail, subtracting detail... this is where I stop. 
Painting is next.
Painting is next.
Chrisisall
Sr Member
I began painting the cockpit & gunner bays today, and then put the windows over them after the base coat & I was like "I can't see a thing in this helmet!" Saved myself a little work as I'll really just paint the white bar lights & the red, white & blue console & wall lights. No need to go trying to be cool with the different black & gray walls and stuff- I'll never see any real work I do in there. And it boggles my mind- someone makes an accurized 3D printed cockpit for this kit, LOL!!!
JNordgren42
Sr Member
Looking good! Even with the open version of the canopy frame, it's exceedingly difficult to see anything in there. And they don't give you glassless gun bay frames for some unfathomable reason so those are even worse. I essentially made the same decision you did, I didn't even bother to fix the headrests on the rear seats.
starks
Sr Member
Its mind blowing Bandai have so much moulded detail in that cockpit. At that scale some paint on a flat surface and a good transfer would have been more than sufficient.
Coming together well!
Cheers,
Josh
Chrisisall
Sr Member
The cockpit is a bit of a safe space on this model (figures as well)- there's not much to mess up if you can't see it well. Still, I'm doing the best I can.
*edit* I bought a whole bottle of Testors Gold for ONE brush-full to do this 3PO figure?!?!?!?
*edit* I bought a whole bottle of Testors Gold for ONE brush-full to do this 3PO figure?!?!?!?
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Chrisisall
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For what it's worth at this scale...
Chrisisall
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Hit a wall. I decided not to use the clear canopy- I hate the look of painted-on window separators... so I went to LHS but they had no clear styrene. I got the Clear-Lay film that they did have, but I tested it and no glue I have will hold it to styrene.
So I hadda order it. So I have like 6 days to paint this beast until it arrives.
So I hadda order it. So I have like 6 days to paint this beast until it arrives.
Chrisisall
Sr Member
Oh, sorry, I was also experimenting with whether I could sufficiently shave it down to fit it inside the glass-less one. It's quite destroyed now...If you have no use for the glass version, I have a Lando 1/144 Falcon that would love to have the glass version
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Analyzer
Master Member
Sorry, I misunderstood
For some dumb reason the Lando Falcon did not come with the glass option
Chrisisall
Sr Member
I had to sand down the interior of the canopy- for some reason it was uneven... also just a little too thick.
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