“Scratched” 1/144 Snowspeeder

C17ldmstr

Well-Known Member

• Jun 6, 2018

• #1

First post of a work in progress. I wanted to test my scratch building skills and decided to hack the Bandai Snowspeeder. Here’s what I’ve got so far.

Started with chopping the canopy and hollowing the interior.

Started the new canopy.

And the interior.

Next, hallowed put some panels and made a “functional” air deflector. Plan is to display with canopy up and panels removed for maintenance.

Today was paint and weathering. This is my first attempt with washes and pastels so lots more work to be done.

And here’s where we are.

https://imgur.com/a/ukrRify

Not happy with the seats. The multiple washes took their toll, but I used a piece of aluminum foil to get the baseline seat texture, so I may rip that off and try again. Or not...

Thanks for looking. Any comments suggestions welcome!


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Last edited: Jun 8, 2018

3Dsf

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jun 7, 2018

• #2

Wow. That’s crazy. I made 3D printed interiors for these speeders and thought installing those was bad enough. But scratching up something, especially the canopy is something!

 

C17ldmstr

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• Jun 7, 2018

• #3

Thanks! I’d do it differently for round two. Out of this aluminum or something. Just testing my abilities and techniques.


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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #4

Is it just me, or are there no pics?

 

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bigpetr

Active Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #5

No pics for me too

 

C17ldmstr

Well-Known Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #6

Interesting. I’ve used Tapatalk to embed the pics and it works in the app. But you’re right, no pics on the www forum. I’ll see if I can fix... any help?


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C17ldmstr

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• Jun 7, 2018

• #7

Created an Imgur account and re-posted a pic. No fun.... Will Tapatalk not show for everyone?


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Vivek

Master Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #8

Use the direct image link: https://i.imgur.com/k5vhZJS.jpg

Add the image tags as follows:

 

Axlotl

Master Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #9

Another member is also having issues with Tapatalk.

 

C17ldmstr

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• Jun 7, 2018

• #10

Vivek said:

Use the direct image link: https://i.imgur.com/k5vhZJS.jpg

Add the image tags as follows: link

Click to expand...

No idea... your second image didn’t show in Tapatalk. Would like to consider myself tech savvy, but can’t afford to lose any more penguins. Not gonna learn this soon...


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Last edited: Jun 7, 2018

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Vivek

Master Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #11

There is no second image. I just typed that as the format for displaying images.

Since Tapatalk is currently having issues with displaying images, I suggest you to continue using Imgur.

Just switch to desktop once to see how it's done using the above suggested format.

 

C17ldmstr

Well-Known Member

• Jun 7, 2018

• #12

Forget it.

 

Last edited: Jun 7, 2018

C17ldmstr

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• Jun 8, 2018

• #13

Vivek said:

There is no second image. I just typed that as the format for displaying images.

Since Tapatalk is currently having issues with displaying images, I suggest you to continue using Imgur.

Just switch to desktop once to see how it's done using the above suggested format.

Click to expand...

Thanks for all the help. It looks like the problem fixed itself. (Maybe?)


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Vivek

Master Member

• Jun 8, 2018

• #14

Yep, looks like Tapatalk resolved the issue at their end.

 

C17ldmstr

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• Jun 10, 2018

• #15

Started this guy as well...

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