TIE Punisher 1/48ish (AKA TIE Interdictor)

CaptainMumbles

CaptainMumbles

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Gday!
I wanted to build one of these since the TIE Punisher came out as an FFG Table top Mini. It is similar to a TIE/Sa Bomber but has five fuselage tubes and larger wings of similar shape.
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I have used one of these minis as a reference.
It is not going to be accurate. There have been some limitations in the materials. I have not found where to get Plastruct and other similar materials here in Oz.
However it has been a fun build.
Years ago I attempted a studio scale TIE Bomber and failed. The left over wings from the TIE/X1 kit appear really close to the correct scale for this project.
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Cheers!
Ben
 
G’day Captain ,

Welcome to the RPF . Saw your post/s over on Keikos’ build thread , and thought to check out your build . Interesting variant of a TIE you’ve got going there ( never seen one before ) . Looking forward to seeing how you go with this . Re ; Plastruct and other materials ... two places I was pointed towards are ‘ BNA Models ‘ and ‘ Hobby Tools Australia ‘ . I’d provide a direct link , but I don’t know how . They’re both easy to find on the internet though , and they carry a large variety of our hobby related supplies .

:cheersGed
 
gedmac66 said:
G’day Captain ,

Welcome to the RPF . Saw your post/s over on Keikos’ build thread , and thought to check out your build . Interesting variant of a TIE you’ve got going there ( never seen one before ) . Looking forward to seeing how you go with this . Re ; Plastruct and other materials ... two places I was pointed towards are ‘ BNA Models ‘ and ‘ Hobby Tools Australia ‘ . I’d provide a direct link , but I don’t know how . They’re both easy to find on the internet though , and they carry a large variety of our hobby related supplies .

:cheersGed
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G'day Ged,
I check BNA all the time, i get a lot of supplies from there. It was the domes like shapes I was after. I ended up with an acrylic sphere cut down, supplied by a friend. Hobby tools Australia looks like a good place to get supplies also thanks for sharing.

At least now I can keep going with the project, now I have some balls.

Cheers!
Ben

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Keiko said:
Looks good Ben, I'll be following your progress. It looks like you're already quite far along.

Cheers,

K.
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Thanks! Once again thanks for sharing your techniques. It really has inspired me.
Ben
 
Hey Ben , that’s looking sweet ! Thanks for sharing this update , and please keep doing so !

Not being familiar with the vehicle at all ( the way you are ) , I gotta say the scratched / hand crafted greeblies adorning it look terrifically intricate :thumbsup
One thing though and it’s probably just me ( no offence intended ) , but with the wings (?) attached , the configuration of this sorta reminds me of the hero ship from the ‘ Last Star fighter ‘ ! ;)

:cheers Ged
 
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LOL !!! ... It’s a - not too bad - live action sci - fi film , with computer generated space sequences from 1984 . Possibly before your time maybe (?) . Anyhoo , the Hero ship was called the ‘ Gunstar ‘ and it’s only similarity to yours ( in my mind ) is having the cockpit housed centrally , surrounded by 4 structures housing the main weapons ! . I know , I know , it’s a pretty lame comparison , but hey it was posted Saturday night after knocking back a few :$!!

:cheers Ged
 
Yeah maybe just a bit before i was able to remember anything at all!
I was actually going for the bad ass world of hurt kinda look when i built this thing... Perhaps over the break ill make it a mission to check this movie out. I googled it and found the ship. It does temind me of something
 
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Modding the wings was menial. But they needed to be more than just tie x1 wings due to the size of the ship in comparison. It was just a fluke that the tie x1 wings would be the correct size for the tie punisher in this scale.

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