Re: Build Diary: Revisiting the Jedi Training Remote
Looks great! What did you use to trace the outline of the styrofoam?
:confused I think you mean styrene. Check the thread and you will find the answer to your question.
whoa...nice paint
i havent been able to touch my JTR for weeks. work has me swamped!!
Hey its only taken me 2 years.
In case anyone is wondering most white primers will be a very close match the Floquil Reefer White. The closest match is the Testors variety, but you'll have to deal with a very subtle almost eggshell texture. That is what I used, and managed to get it smooth, mostly. Touch ups with the Floquil paint are seamless.
My original color match for the small panels was Flint Grey, also a Testors color. However, keep in mind I was outside of the case the remote was in (lighted differently inside the case) and this thing is from at least 1976.
Every article I've read concerning the ANH shop in Van Nuys indicated they were using Floquil paints for a lot of the finishing. I'm carrying this logic one step further. If you were at the hobby-supply wanting to paint a panel a primer grey which Floquil grey paint would you pick first? Primer for the little panels. If you were to assume it yellowed slightly over the years, then it would look just like the Flint Grey mentioned earlier.
The wash on most of the remote contains obivous red/brown pigments. The images I've got indicate its the same color used around the rims. This also effects the panel colors.
Not to mention the panels are all very thinly painted. Almost as if the paint was applied like watercolor. The rectangle panels on the equator are a different shade of grey, but very diluted. I'm using the Haze Grey from the Tamiya line, which is curently the closest color match to the original TIE. It is my best guess... most of the ANH stuff seems to utilize the same color-set.
