Red 5 X-Wing WIP
Going a little off script here to make it easier to paint the engines and exhausts in sub assemblies
A small dab of cement to reduce the seam lines
I plan on building it in flight, at this stage, but the kit is designed to be switchable from in flight to on the ground so I thought I'd leave myself the option
Masking contact points of cockpit parts and pilot before paint
Masked up ready for paint
Primed with SMS Surfacer White
Seam could use clean up
After some light putty work
After primer the seam is barely visible
Painted cockpit interior in SMS Barley Grey RAL7001
Painted Luke in SMS Tangerine Orange. The best color match I could eyeball for Luke's hi vis flight suit is a 1970's Holden paint color
Seat in SMS Camo Black
SMS Advance Warm White for the helmut and white sections
SMS Advance Black for the top of the stick
SMS Advance Graphite Grey for the life support rig on Luke's chest
SMS Graphite Grey on the piping, SMS Advance Black on the targeting computer and SMS Advance Carmine Red for that extra little bit
SMS Advance Carmine Red for the buttons on the top of the stick
These decals are HORRIBLE. Mark Fit Strong wasn't making a dent
I had to resort to Tamiya Extra Thin to get them to conform
Vallejo Game Color Pale Flesh 72.003 for Luke's face.
Decal on the center of the helmet needed Tamiya Extra Thin to adequately soften and get the carrier film to curl under rather than protrude
Visor given a reflective base coat with an SMS Hyperchrome pen. This will give the clear orange top coat a nice glassy appearance
First coat of Ammo Mig Crystal Orange. When that does the visor will have a semi reflective glassy look
Sprayed with thinned Tamiya X-18 Enamel based paint
Used the "reverse dry brush" technique by using pointy tiny cotton buds (Q-tips) moistened with enamel thinner to remove the paint from the raised points
Primed most parts in SMS Surfacer Grey with some SMS Surfacer Black mixed in. Will serve as a good base for chipping and weathering.
Parts do be done as metallic are just grey as they'll get a gloss black coat soon
Parts do be done as metallic are just grey as they'll get a gloss black coat soon
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22 19 May 2023, 06:53
TreehuggerIirc the blaster cannons could use drilled out holes. Might be a little tricky if you aren't used to centering holes properly.
I just realized that I could try use a chrome pen for the R2D2 unit. Some things about using a chrome pen: Rubbs off at a touch of a finger, can be covered with a gloss coat to protect the chrome paint, can be removed with solvent if you aren't careful getting a fully covered surface. Can be difficult to apply on gray plastic because you can hardly see where the chrome is and where the remaining gray plastic is.
19 May 2023, 07:16
GidgeThe back of the blaster canons? Shouldn't be too hard with a hand drill, as there's a nice ridge. Though I'm not sure it's worth it in this scale. I had to take a close look at the reference photo to work out what you were talking about.
SMS make some ideal lacquer metalic paints for R2D2 that's pretty robust. Or are you talking about painting a blue undercoat on the dome, then applying the chrome and rubbing it off the raised sections afterwards?
19 May 2023, 08:28
GidgeJust the opposite! Very stiff and rigid, wouldn't soften even with Mark Fit Strong! The carrier film was protruding over the edge of the surfaces and wouldn't bed down. I had to use Tamiya Extra Thin to soften them and make them conform.
I've had different reports from a friend who build the same kit, so your milage may vairy based on the batch.
12 June 2023, 11:24
Dash RendarHmm interesting. I will try to keep this in mind. Hope you can still use them and bend them to your will. Heh.
12 June 2023, 11:44
GidgeBased on this I plan on only using the decals in the cockpit. I'll mask and paint the exterior details. The only particularly challenging bit looks to be the unit markings but I've got the Green Strawberry masks for that.
12 June 2023, 11:54
Peter de BruinThese kits have a set of decals and a ser of regular stickers. You sure you had the decals? I have this kit in the stash and the decals look fairly thin. Could of course be a batch thing as well.
12 June 2023, 11:56
GidgeDecals are fairly thin but super ridged. It's like they've tried to make them less fragile after complaints. Kit reviews have very inconsistent opinions of the decals so it's likely they vary greatly from batch to batch.
I tried the stickers for the helmet after stuffing a couple of the stripes (at least they give yous pares). The stickers for the helmet have fuzzy semi opaque clear boarders surrounding the Rebel insignia and the helmet stripe because they're so thin. Most of them do have no exterior clear boarder however. The stickers and decals have quite visibly different colours.
The decals are based on the studio models colour, NOT the way it appears on screen (they had substantial colour shift thanks to early blue screen tech) so that's one thing to keep in mind depending on what you're going for and how important accuracy is to you
13 June 2023, 00:08
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Bandai 1:72 X-Wing, Luke Skywalker's Red 5 as seen in the original cut of Star Wars (later retitled Episode 4: A New Hope)
