Hey, thank you all for this nice statements :thumbsup
@ dirtydave : The bigger 232-Pod is scratchbuild/kitbashed piece, the 223-Pod is the ralphee/rel kit
@ ObiWan72 : Markus, thanks, catch and i live in the same small (very small !) village here in Germany, we both grow up with Star Wars, playing with Kenner Figures, watch the Films together so many times and so on .... We're best friends since early childhood. He give me some Ideas and i give him some Ideas (and Models :lol ) The second 223-Pod i have build was for him.
@ ManfromNaboo : Thank you ! The pics in the background are simple photos from screencaps.
@almar and lee : thank you both ! i use a mixture of different Testors gray tones for the color.
@catch : THANK YOU ! To see the things "live" is always the best, with a beer (and another beer) in the hand the models and props looks better and better :lol
At last i want to thank Lee (ralphee) and the other guys who had find all the kitparts for the pods and the help for the build up.
thanks
Andre
Here are some pics from the build up: