I am still building, though not as much as of late. Lots going on in life. But since The Force Awakens premiered, we’ve been getting official lengths for some of the vehicles. Thus, I updated the scales for the Titaniums and the Hasbro Micro Machines. I also changed the TIE Fighter scaling for the up-teenth time. Maybe someday I’ll do a page explaining how I keep coming up with weird numbers and scales for them.
The Shrike – Slave 1 kitbash
Well, this is my latest build that I’ve been working on for a few months now. I had the Fine Molds 1/72 Jango Slave I and decided to kit-bash it into a custom mercenary transport. The build log is here with feedback at Keeper of the Force.
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- The art that inspired the build
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- 3 – with wings on stand
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- 2 – engines and greebles
Slicing thin styrene strips
Something I have had trouble with is cutting the super-thin styrene sheets (.13 mm). You can’t buy strips this thin, and using a scoring blade tends to just bend the sheets. So, I used a paper-cutter. The trick was having something that held the entire sheet down so it doesn’t move. I was able to create several dozen strips of various sizes. Now, I can put them in my chopper and create super-thin raised panels for any project I’m working on.
The Force Awakens toys
Well, I bought several new toys from the upcoming movies last night, including 5 Titaniums and several of the new Micro Machines. I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Rebelscum.com, but I updated the scale lists for the Titaniums and added a new page for Micro Machines. Currently, I only have the measured sizes…no scales yet since I don’t know the actual sizes.
Winter Hetzer
Among other models I’ve finished lately is a 1/48th scale Tamiya Hetzer in winter scheme.
Command AT-ST
I finally uploaded the gallery of my Command AT-ST from the Bandai kit. Check out the pics, comment, enjoy, and don’t forget the build log. Cheers!
