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Tracks, guns, trim, etc
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2018-10-09 09:38:00-07:00 |
| I realized that there was some unpainted paper in the recesses around the tracks, so I masked off the tracks and ran the airbrush over ... |
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Basecoat
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2018-10-02 09:45:00-07:00 |
| I've finalized the planned paint scheme, so now I just have to get down and do it. First step, using my airbrush I preshade with ... |
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Prime time!
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2018-09-18 00:14:00-07:00 |
| Sprayed everything with gray primer. Have to be patient though, this stuff goes on thick very quickly. I have a couple of spots I've had ... |
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Wood hardener
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2018-09-18 00:09:00-07:00 |
| I decided to add a decent covering of wood hardener to the model. This stuff applies like thin super glue, and soaks the paper/card, when ... |
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Final model, almost
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2018-09-11 00:15:00-07:00 |
| Here are some higher res photos of the (almost) final model, before final prep and painting. There are only a couple of things still to ... |
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Details
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2018-09-10 23:59:00-07:00 |
| Primed & painted the imperial eagle with polyurethane, then applied some thinned silicone. After this I covered it in plain silicon; this will become the ... |
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Iconography
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2018-09-06 23:02:00-07:00 |
| Working on the iconography (don't know what else to call it!). Got an Imperial Eagle design going, this will go on the front of the ... |
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Smaller details
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2018-08-30 00:32:00-07:00 |
| Smaller progress lately: added a bunch more rivets, added some more engine detailing, started filling in the minor gaps with some card strips, etc. I'm ... |
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Rear engine vents
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2018-08-22 23:34:00-07:00 |
| Spent the evening making the large engine vents on the rear of the vehicle.Lots of tedious cutting and gluing, but the end-result looks nice. Still ... |
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Current progress
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2018-08-17 23:43:00-07:00 |
| Ha. Built the starboard sponson swivel gun, then realized afterwards I had built the mirror image gun armor plate. Sigh. Luckily it is not that ... |
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Main gun finished!
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2018-08-15 23:36:00-07:00 |
| Added all the detail around the main gun, looks pretty neat, at least to me. In the last photo you can see the starboard swivel ... |
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Main gun, continued
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2018-08-15 23:28:00-07:00 |
| The main gun has these disks that fit around the barrels, with all sorts of stuff going on. So I cut the disks out of ... |
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Main gun barrels
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2018-08-15 23:23:00-07:00 |
| Making the main gun's barrels. These are just four rolled-up tubes of regular printer paper, glued with purple school glue. Nothing to see here, move ... |
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Miscellaneous
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2018-08-08 23:42:00-07:00 |
| I've redone the gun covers on the sponsons, plus figured out how I wanted the assembly to work so that I can (a) rotate the ... |
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Sponson weapons, Take 3
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2018-07-26 16:55:00-07:00 |
| I wasn't so happy with the guns, plus it was a tight fit to get them to swivel, so I shortened the design, improved the ... |