Archive&Future
Sr Member
(This is a commissioned piece)
Well yup I've got another model to be working on now, the 1985 Airfix B-Wing. I must say that I was expecting something absolutely awful, instead this is actually a very workable kit to anyone with moderate modelling skills. The kit was built when it arrived, in perfect condition too; thankfully it's a snap fit kit and i could pry the parts away from each other.
The guns, as you'd expect, are kinda lame. I was never going to keep them anyway though
The first thing I did was to cut and file away the guns on the cockpit jaw, the plastic is so soft on the kit that this was easy peasy
I also scrapped the smoke tinted canopy and went for a more studio look. At least you'll can see the cockpit now
I also started scratching the wing mounted guns from brass rod, heatshrink and....cotton buds
I then filled the terribly misaligned cockpit seams and enhanced the angled end
Before I could glue the fuselage together, I had to scratch build new guns for the wing pod
And then a ton of clamps!
I've not seen many build ups of this kit, it's tiny but respectable. Comments are always appreciated!
Well yup I've got another model to be working on now, the 1985 Airfix B-Wing. I must say that I was expecting something absolutely awful, instead this is actually a very workable kit to anyone with moderate modelling skills. The kit was built when it arrived, in perfect condition too; thankfully it's a snap fit kit and i could pry the parts away from each other.
The guns, as you'd expect, are kinda lame. I was never going to keep them anyway though
The first thing I did was to cut and file away the guns on the cockpit jaw, the plastic is so soft on the kit that this was easy peasy
I also scrapped the smoke tinted canopy and went for a more studio look. At least you'll can see the cockpit now
I also started scratching the wing mounted guns from brass rod, heatshrink and....cotton buds
I then filled the terribly misaligned cockpit seams and enhanced the angled end
Before I could glue the fuselage together, I had to scratch build new guns for the wing pod
And then a ton of clamps!
I've not seen many build ups of this kit, it's tiny but respectable. Comments are always appreciated!