Clone Wars Hyena Bomber - Hasbro conversion

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REL

Sr Member

• Oct 28, 2010

• #1

Hello,

This is the huge Hasbro Hyena bomber measuring 16" long. I love this design
Thanks for looking.

Pic rom the show:

First I had to "untoy it" by filling in all the screw holes, removing all the buttons, then filling those in. Then fitting things together so it could be built up to resemble the CG version.

Then I cut the windows out, resculpted the bomb bay.

Installed the lighting.

Then I kind of forgot to take pics so here it is finished.

 

Last edited: Mar 16, 2013

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Jedi Dade

Master Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #2

Very cool - I love that Hasbro has taken a little care to at least get the toys "close" to what they should look like. They are doing a really nice job with them...

Then of Course REL gets a hold of it an takes it up about 20 notches

Your rebuild looks awesome!

Jedi Dade

 

cayman shen

Master Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #3

Very nice! How well does the paint stick on these Hasbro ships?

 

kibosh

Sr Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #4

Man. I am in awe of how good a little bit of weathering can look! How did you apply the "rust"? And the black smoke trails?

 

Macrossmaster

Well-Known Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #5

How much better the prequels could have been if FILMED with ships like this.

 

Contec

Master Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #6

Macrossmaster said:

How much better the prequels could have been if FILMED with ships like this.

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true:thumbsup even if the story pretty much sucked still they would have a "used" universe to be in.

Great work (as always) Rel, Is this one of the toys you got as compensation?

 

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REL

Sr Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #7

Thanks everyone.

The abs plastic it's made of takes paint very well, it's just really hard to sand, cut and scribe. Imagine trying to scribe or sand the side of a tire and that's pretty close to what it is.

When you sand it, it wants to ball up and it's impossible to get rid of scratches. So the trick is to sand it, then put on several coats of duplicolor gap filling primer, then sand that with finer grain sand paper and it comes out nice and smooth.

Scribing is best done with the back side of a xacto blade making very very fine passes, if you push down too hard it won't scribe so much as scratch, once again like if you were scribing on a spare tire.

The rust was orange pastel chalk disolved in rubbing alcohol, then splattered on with my wifes....I mean, an old tooth brush.

Here's some more pics.

Thank you for your interest.

 

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darth_daniel

Sr Member

• Oct 30, 2010

• #8

It looks awesome! Immediately looked on ebay for the toy... :lol

The most annoying part of this build must be masking the zig-zag-pattern on the wings! :confused

 

Apophis

Sr Member

• Oct 30, 2010

• #9

looks great rich!

 

NAZGÛL

Sr Member

• Oct 31, 2010

• #10

Very cool toymod. Paint really makes it look great!:thumbsup

 

Rick Deckard

Sr Member

• Oct 31, 2010

• #11

Really nice conversion, i loved it!!:thumbsup

Adolfo

 

CJ 617

Sr Member

• Oct 31, 2010

• #12

That's a great looking model, a great conversion...love the lighting

 

MooCriket

Master Member

• Oct 31, 2010

• #13

Love what you have done, man that thing "pops"