New Hasbro Vintage 2010 Luke's Snowspeeder

[Junk Pilot]

You're a braver man than me, Crackerjazz. I may pluck up the courage to do the same as you but for now I'll just keep tabs on your progress.

But it's looking good so far.

 

[Junk Pilot]

BTW Crackerjazz, I am documenting your build in a word document, with your text and images for future reference but if any one else wants it let me know.

Hope you don't mind.

 

[crackerjazz]

Hey, Junk Pilot, glad to know you find this useful.

 

[sasmysquatch]

i know i am finding this post VERY helpful.

 

[crackerjazz]

Thanks, Sasymysquatch!

Patched up the bottom:

And started working on these details (photos from modelermagic):

Not too happy with the "tab" as it was too thick and had wrong details so I cut it off to scratch a new one.

Drafting onto index card:

Scoring to styrene:

Rubbing with marker:

Cutting:

Gluing on the details:

Cut notches. Still thinking about how to do those two tiny air scoops.

 

[Peagis]

Awesome!!

 

[Junk Pilot]

Thanks, Sasymysquatch!

Cut notches. Still thinking about how to do those two tiny air scoops.

Crackerjazz, those notches aren't cut into the bottom at all. Looking at the images they look raised to me, most likely having come from a donor kit.

 

[crackerjazz]

Sorry for the confusion Junk Pilot. I meant the shark gills. I should have said "squared off the edges" instead of "cut notches". The edges of these vents weren't shaped right on the toy. It's a bit thick too and the openings shaped incorrectly. Still figuring out how to correct those further. I could probably shave the vents off and scratch new ones in or just trim it down and reshape the openings, which is more tricky.

The 2 airscoop-like things do look like kitbashed parts, and would surely welcome any hints/scans just to take a closer look at it and scratch it better. I have a vague memory of seeing a kitlist of the snowspeeder sometime ago.

 

[Junk Pilot]

I don't know exactly where those scoops are from but something is telling me you'll find them in a F1 kit.

 

[crackerjazz]

Thanks for the tip, Junk Pilot, I'll look into that. I'd also been trying to look into my stash of the photo of the unpainted MR speeder to get a clearer view but I couldn't find it. Maybe I'll try to work off that closeup shot. Looks clear enough anyway.

BTW, in Moffeaton's blog of his 1/48th speeder project (Fine Molds 1/48th Star Wars Snowspeeder Project « HobbyLink.tv), there is a nice early photo of the prop.

This is the photo. The gray-striped prop had both tabs intact! When I saw this it felt just like seeing a photo of my granddad in his younger years with a full mop of hair. I wonder if at an even earlier stage it even had a middle part. I'm betting it would have, since this photo clearly comes from the "archiving" years as it had "Ship#2" written on it and some fins at the back had fallen off.

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/crackerjazz/Referencephoto-ShipNo2-ed.jpg

A more current photo of the prop (from Modelermagic) with only one tab remaining. I guess the years are slowly taking a toll on our beloved ILM props. Still, they could've just glued the part right back on.

And this is Master Replica's speeder with only one tab, true to the later, damaged, incarnation of the motion control Rogue Leader prop. It kinda looks like smiling with a broken tooth but I might just go ahead and do it this way. We'll see...

 

[Junk Pilot]

Crackerjazz, have tried to find a good pic of the underside as well for you but this was the best I could turn up.

 

[crackerjazz]

Thanks, Junk Pilot. That's the Rogue 3 (Ship #1) red-stripe prop by the way. Started puttying up screw holes.

And worked on the air intake openings. Of which there isn't much on the 2010 Hasbro:

I heard the 1/48 Finemolds speeder suffers from closed intakes as well. But that is 1/48 scale - a speeder that would fit in your palm. This Hasbro is 1/18 - so this detail shouldn't have been missed. Oh well, it is a toy, after all - I need to be reminded of that fact. At least it provides us with more conversion fun.

This is what we are after:

Started cutting this way...

And that way....

And ground the air intakes.....

to a fine blade:

Couldn't wait to see how the Hasbro looks with the intakes properly opened up.

 

[slave1pilot]

OMG
I want to do this now
I saw the Snowspeeder and the Cloudcar the other day at my Local Target.
Almost pulled the trigger but thought I already had enough toys
Silly me.

 

[Amish Trooper]

Gawd maybe I should mail you my whole Hasbro collection.lol

 

[Junk Pilot]

OMG
I want to do this now
I saw the Snowspeeder and the Cloudcar the other day at my Local Target.
Almost pulled the trigger but thought I already had enough toys
Silly me.

Big boys can never have enough toys. lol.

 

[slave1pilot]

and to make it even worse, I had a giftcard in hand with $125 on it
Essentially making them free.

 

[Junk Pilot]

and to make it even worse, I had a giftcard in hand with $125 on it
Essentially making them free.

Well......what are you doing hanging around here then?

 

[slave1pilot]

Well......what are you doing hanging around here then?

I'm at work LOL
and mrs.slave1pilot used the giftcard to buy groceries (of all things :rolleyes)

 

[sasmysquatch]

Your attention to detail is nothing short of amazing. Im lovin' the progress

 

[Junk Pilot]

What glue are you using, crackerjazz?

I need to update all my tools and basically start from scratch again as far as equipment goes. I have really been out of the loop as far as modelling goes for some time and need to play catch up.