Chrisisall
Sr Member
Thanks! I shall certainly get right on that, then!
Thanks! I shall certainly get right on that, then!
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.I carefully twisted the plates on mine with pliers. It was fun work, and really adds to the 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.
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.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
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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.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!!!
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.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!!!
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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
Sorry, I misunderstoodOh, sorry, I was experimenting with whether I could sufficiently shave it down to fit it inside the glass-less one. It's quite destroyed now...