Finally finishing my Cooper Crawler - Done!

[OTnROTSfan]

So my Cooper Crawler has been assembled, basecoated, and taking up my assembly bench since New Years... need the bench room to finish "that other big project"... so time to paint the beast.

Had to do some "fitment" and extra pinning work on the back end and replace the upper back shelf, but other than that it came together ok.

 

[OTnROTSfan]

Re: Finally finishing my Cooper Crawler

Some lighting, extra parts, and basecoating... I put a hatch on the top to get at the wires. Thought about cutting open the non-hero side, like the original, but thought better of it...

 

[OTnROTSfan]

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Now it just wouldn't be right if I didn't so some sort of diorama... :love

Threw this together for a nice compact base...

 

[OTnROTSfan]

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And FINALLY started to paint it... got the top almost done here... with some real dusk lighting...

 

[OTnROTSfan]

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Back end coming along and practicing on the left rear section (that won't really be seen on display)... getting the hang of it... more to come.

 

[jedimaster]

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Looking good there . I've been meaning to get me one of these.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

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Very cool! Are those Micro Machine Jawas or did they come with the kit?

 

[OTnROTSfan]

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Very cool! Are those Micro Machine Jawas or did they come with the kit?

Yes, they are MM ones... I shaved them down a little and repainted them to at least get them a little closer to scale. Several had the guns reconfigured, too, to give some variety. Seem to work ok. For the R2 I had to cut the front leg off, then cut the legs off and move them back straight up and down and repaint...

 

[Maelstrom]

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That's a beautiful paint job. Can't wait to see more!

 

[Ray22]

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The weathering is looking good I know this is not a cheap kit, very nice.

 

[shinra]

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amazing job!!!

very good, I like it

 

[CaptainKirk]

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The weathering looks great the scene looks nice!

 

[OTnROTSfan]

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Thanks. My airbrush was acting up again, so did a bunch by hand, but still in the home stretch now. I just have the orange and white/gray rust spotting left, for the most part, and then some final sand-blown spots. Finally had some good sun, so snapped a few outside pics.

Getting there...

 

[clancampbell]

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Absolutely incredible! The number of times i cried out with each passing pic!

I'm stunned, even my wife was impressed with the Jawas in the control room!!!!

Rich

 

[micdavis]

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Wow and wow, oh and Wow!

Great weathering. I just don't have that gene.

 

[joez2391]

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looking great! I love the addition of the jawas...it gives it a nice scaling and you can really tell how big the SC really is

 

[DarthVader1]

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My hat's off to you, my friend. AMAZING job, and I love it! thumbsup

 

[yt]

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Wow!!!

 

[Bigturc]

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******** it .. I need weathering classes!!!

Very nice model .. 2x :thumbsup

 

[OTnROTSfan]

Re: Finally finishing my Cooper Crawler

Thanks all... the weathering has been actually quite enjoyable on this one.

Got the rusty orange/yellow put on... took about five tries to get the mix I liked... first too orange, then too yellow. Too orange... too yellow... :angry

Finally went with some thicker craft-store acrylics: Tangerine (2 parts) and Kings Gold (1 part), plus some weathering powders mixed in.