Finemolds Slave 1

[NAZGÛL]

Heres my Slave 1.

I want to thank the guys at resiniluminati for the great help and support during the build of this! And a special thanks to Fichtenfoo for the clear engine parts!

Thanks!

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Get that hand out of the picture... jeez... always with the touch and feely! .P

No, seriously, that's damn fine work that is worthy of praise. Awesome all around. :cheers

 

[Firespray]

Great job :love

Would like to hear how you lit the engines? Power supply?

 

[NAZGÛL]

LOL, ya I cant keep my hands off LOL. Thanks Carsten! :cheers

Thanks Firespray (nice name). thumbsup

Nothing extraordinary. The big engines are more or less designed for it (even cirkels showing the center spot). After drilling holes, I glued aluminum foil making reflectors and then put the clear parts from the kit on top.

The top engines are a little tougher. I got clear parts from Fichtenfoo and simply cut out the area behind it, letting the light out, then glued the resin parts over it. Then I placed 4 LEDs and left wires hanging out (I love that look, somehow it feels ILM to me) connecting to batteries hidden behind the display base. It would be easy to have the batteries inside the kit though. Its plenty of room.

Hope that explains it.


Cheers

 

[Firespray]

Thanks Nazgul. Lighting the kit takes a little more time, but it's well worth the effort.

Thought you might like the name.

 

[NAZGÛL]

Yeah agreed. I was tempted to light the cockpit with some some optic fibre, as it is plenty of room and all. But decided to leave it, as I aimed for the studio model look, and it has no cockpit lights.

 

[slave1pilot]

Nicely done.
One day I'll get around to assembling/painting my own FM Slave

 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks Slave 1 (many nice names around here LOL).

Is it a Jango or Boba Slave?

 

[slave1pilot]

The one i have is a jango
I bought it loooong ago , before the Boba was made.

 

[Oriontide]

Very nice job! Is that 1/72 scale?

 

[NAZGÛL]

The FM is closer to the Jango, even in the boba version.


Oriontide: Yeah its 1/72 (Nice and big, actually to big if you compaire it to the studio model.

 

[NAZGÛL]

Some more pics.

Thanks.

 

[zacic]

looks quite amazing, love the engine details and the overall look is just great :thumbsup

 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks man!

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

 

[crackerjazz]

Awesome build, Nazgul! I can imagine the effort you put into this. Looks just like the Slave I movie prop!

 

[NAZGÛL]

Cheers! :thumbsupBuilding is not that difficult, but paintjob takes some work.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Yeah... when are you starting filming? You can tell us... you've been hired to do the new Boba Fett spin-off, right? Right?

 

[NAZGÛL]

Yeah, they will use my hand for holding the ships in the dog fights!

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Of course... old school guerrilla film making! :cheers

It really IS a beauty.

 

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks man! Means a lot! :cheers