Scratch Built Studio Scale Snowspeeder FINISHED!!!

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Test pilot! No thats not the one I used. Thats a happy meal toy I used to test the size....NO ITS NOT MY TOY!:confused
 
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Gave the canopy a base coat of paint.

Being as primitive as I am, I do not have an airbrush kit. So at this juncture I m forced to use spray cans.

I used Testors flat light aircraft gray #1233 for the base coat of the entire model. It took about 3 of these 3oz cans.
 
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Im not a very good sculptor. So i cheated a little when it came to the pilot. I took the head from the Aurora Dracula model and then just sculpted a helmet on his head out of clay. I also filled in his mouth with putty.....So he wouldn't bite me!!:eek

I also sculpted the body out of clay and then primered, and painted.

The goggles were cut from a piece of a tech spec decoder from one of my old transformers!..."Hail Decepticons!":angry
 
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Im not a very good sculptor. So i cheated a little when it came to the pilot. I took the head from the Aurora Dracula model and then just sculpted a helmet on his head out of clay. I also filled in his mouth with putty.....So he wouldn't bite me!!:eek

I also sculpted the body out of clay and then primered, and painted.

The goggles were cut from a piece of a tech spec decoder from one of my old transformers!..."Hail Decepticons!":angry

In these pics the pilot does not have a control box on his chest but I added one later!
 
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Giving the model a base coat. As I stated earlier, I base coated the entire model in the light aircraft gray. After which I gave it a very light wash in black. However, I did not use model paints for this. Instead I used an acrylic water base craft paint. The water base made it easier for me to control.

PAINT PROCESS:
First of all, I would tape off sections and paint one panel at a time so it gave a look of grease and individual weathering of each panel as if they have been removed and replaced.

I dipped my paint brush into water, then dipped it into the black. I would lightly brush it onto the panel I was working on, and then I would take a dry cloth and lightly wipe the paint, giving it a nice streak as well as blending the black with the base coat making a nice gray.

I used the rogue 2 prop as a guide and painted some of the individual panels in a Morning Mist Gray color(Also acrylic) To give the illusion of replaced panels.
 
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Begining to weather the bottom. I used the same technique for the bottom as I did on the top. in some areas I put the paint on a little heavier to make ares a little darker. I used the same technique by the way with the other colors for rust and dirt.
 
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Here the harpoon gun has been built and the boxes on the back are corrected.
The base for the harpoon was actually an m-60 rifle from a military figure from the McFarlaine line. I just cut off the front and glued detail onto the sides. The pieces are actually from the ertl darth vader tie fighter model. I then drilled holes in the front and glued in 2 rods. From there I just capped the top one with a piece of an ink refill from a ball point pen, which is the muzzle. Other greeblie detail was added to the gun to dress it up. I just left the primer gray for the base, and then just added dirt, grease and rust.
 
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I started building the rear flaps. I thought I had more pics of this part but I can't seem to find them. After drawing the pattern on a piece of styrene and cutting it out, I glued on the pivot point for the shock. I wanted the shocks to actually work like shocks! So I used brass tubing for the inset piece and used a hollowed out bic pen body, cut down to size, for the larger part. The brass tube slides in perfectly! The cool part is, the piece that I used to connect the shock to the flap was actually the tip of one of those correction tape dispensers. You know the plastics ones that are clear and you just slide it along your paper where the mistake is and it leaves a strip of white? Yep...that. It comes apart in 2 halves and has a peg attatched to one side. So i drilled a hole through the brass tubing and slid it in. I then glued the 2 halves together and viola! I then just added other detail around it and made it look machine like.

In the pics below you can also see that I began painting the back. I used the rogue 2 model again as a guide and gave the rear a black base coat. I then added rust and scrapes and other weathering.
 
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I started building the rear flaps. I thought I had more pics of this part but I can't seem to find them. After drawing the pattern on a piece of styrene and cutting it out, I glued on the pivot point for the shock. I wanted the shocks to actually work like shocks! So I used brass tubing for the inset piece and used a hollowed out bic pen body, cut down to size, for the larger part. The brass tube slides in perfectly! The cool part is, the piece that I used to connect the shock to the flap was actually the tip of one of those correction tape dispensers. You know the plastics ones that are clear and you just slide it along your paper where the mistake is and it leaves a strip of white? Yep...that. It comes apart in 2 halves and has a peg attatched to one side. So i drilled a hole through the brass tubing and slid it in. I then glued the 2 halves together and viola! I then just added other detail around it and made it look machine like.

In the pics below you can also see that I began painting the back. I used the rogue 2 model again as a guide and gave the rear a black base coat. I then added rust and scrapes and other weathering.

Im sorry the pics bite! but as I said so does my camera!:cry
 
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Next I built the corrected engines. I built the base out of 2 round styrene discs wrapped in a piece of .25 styrene, creating the cylinder. I also added a small strip of styrene wrapped around the tip to create the lip. The detail of the engine is made up of a tire from a military jeep and a wheel hub on top of that. There is a smaller wheel glue on top of that one. All the cylindrical exhaust vents are actually cut pieces from a ribber hose.
 
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Starting to rebuild the cooling units. I used the same method as before. I just corrected the length of the front and then added a strip of styrene to make the larger section in the back bigger.
 
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I sculpted the gunner and glued him in as well but 4 some reason I didn't take good pics of him.:confused

Now all that was left was to do little touch ups like some additional scribing, fixing errors and detail. Then the final painting, weathering and scarring.
 
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I sculpted the gunner and glued him in as well but 4 some reason I didn't take good pics of him.:confused

Now all that was left was to do little touch ups like some additional scribing, fixing errors and detail. Then the final painting, weathering and scarring.

Bye the way, I forgot to mention that the gunners head was the Wolfman from Aurora!...Hope he doesn't fight with pilot dracula!:loljk... they get along great like mav n goose!
 
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ITS FINALLY DONE!!! :lol:love:lol I have included a lot of additional pics. I hope you enjoy and thank you so much for all the views and positive comments. If you have any questions on any parts of the build please don't hesitate to ask.
Take care!
Chris
 
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