jvasilatos
Sr Member
Building up the TIE Wings with Koolshade are a real b*tch... but the result is well worth it. Here are the wings with the H-Beam edges and the styrene center sandwiched between the 12 triangle sections of Koolshade (6 on each side) prior to the addition of the "star" frames...
And here are the wings finished to show the detail:
And some differing angle views showing how thick they are once finished:
Next, detailing the cockpit now that the electronics wiring issues were resolved. Cutting the line masks to paste to the light sheet just about made me blind. But you can see how they are meant to get as close as I could to the practical cockpit set and the back wall I scratchbuilt that will show behind the pilot. And also a view into the cockpit from the back showing how crammed it gets in there with all that's needed just to light the engines and the light sheet panel:
Finally... some shots showing how close I could get to trying to copy what the cockpit looks like in the films. I think the pilot is the right scale, however because the bottom of the hull is only cored out so deep, he sits very high. I will probably have to cut him from the knees down to drop him deeper into place, as much as I hate to do that... unless I get a smaller pilot. Steve said he now has pilots the right scale, so I am going to see if his fits in better.
I am going to do some extra superdetailing in the cockpit now on the top hatch along with some hoses and other greeblies before sealing it up (also waiting to see if the alternate pilot fits better). Then I will also have a small square of lightsheet on the dashboard facing the pilot to add some light on him as well that will be able to be seen from the front.
That's it for now. Attaching the wings comes next and final pictures will be posted soon.
JV
And here are the wings finished to show the detail:
And some differing angle views showing how thick they are once finished:
Next, detailing the cockpit now that the electronics wiring issues were resolved. Cutting the line masks to paste to the light sheet just about made me blind. But you can see how they are meant to get as close as I could to the practical cockpit set and the back wall I scratchbuilt that will show behind the pilot. And also a view into the cockpit from the back showing how crammed it gets in there with all that's needed just to light the engines and the light sheet panel:
Finally... some shots showing how close I could get to trying to copy what the cockpit looks like in the films. I think the pilot is the right scale, however because the bottom of the hull is only cored out so deep, he sits very high. I will probably have to cut him from the knees down to drop him deeper into place, as much as I hate to do that... unless I get a smaller pilot. Steve said he now has pilots the right scale, so I am going to see if his fits in better.
I am going to do some extra superdetailing in the cockpit now on the top hatch along with some hoses and other greeblies before sealing it up (also waiting to see if the alternate pilot fits better). Then I will also have a small square of lightsheet on the dashboard facing the pilot to add some light on him as well that will be able to be seen from the front.
That's it for now. Attaching the wings comes next and final pictures will be posted soon.
JV
