Racecar project is progressing.Initial painting, parts of the frame and engine. I used Tamiya LP range, SemiGloss Black, Italian Red, Silver and Sparkling Silver. Now the time has come for a bit of detailing. I’m planning to add wires and tubes to the engine. Started with spark distributor and wires. I used 0,2mm red wire…
“Drivers – start your engines!” Lately I got opportunity to watch amateur class racing at BullRing LasVegas. Between many classes there was so called Asphalt Modified. It was awsome, like a go-karts with V8 buileded in!Then I found 1/25 scale model of Modified class from SalvinosJR – decission was simple – I’m on it. As…
It was great OOB build – Millenium Falcon from DeAgostini looks just stunning!The last issues contains the rest of greeblies and small hull details. I completed detailing of the engine cover and put other sprues to the box – extra details will be added after painting and construction. Next step – cockpit! I have something…
Painted fans received washes from GW range, Agrax Earthshade on internal parts and the hubs were covered with Nuln Oil gloss.Now it looks as I planned. Of course – test run is a must 🙂 Sweet! Then I returned to Falcon’s parts.Issues 95-99 contained parts for spaceship legs. I cleaned the parts and construction went…
In meantime I glued all grills in – alignment wasnt easy – unfortunately some of the grill ribs were misaligned – will straighten it up at final build.Engine test of all vents with grills on: Now the time has come (finally) for the paintjob! I decided to use AK Xtreme Metal range to paint the…
I was planning this design in my head for a while… Finally the time has come to put my thoughts in actions!My idea was to put fans on a hull level – that would add more depth to vents look and will make fans spins easy without hitting the housings. As motor below fans are…
Quick update this time – all koolshades are completed. As my friend told me – if I will go one day to hell, they will release me immediately ‘he already suffered enough’ 🙂 Yes, this part of build was painful. I have real issue with repeating tasks… but it was worth to spend the time…
Some years ago, I bought photoetched vents set from https://scifimodels.de/ – to be honest, when I received it – I said to my self – it is to crazy to be true 🙂 it’s the best replica of “Kolshade” grills used by ILM in their 5footer model, scaled down to 1/43. Original 5footer engine vents:…
Some new additional parts arrived last week. A bag of electonics bought on Aliexpress. …and set of resin prints from https://www.falcon3dparts.com/ Cockpit crew: Additional Leya figures: Luke for gunwell: External warning lights housings: and finally set of Engine Ventilators, including fans, housings and coolshade net. Combined together looks cool! I’m not sure at this stage…
Issues 96-97 focuses on engine cover details. Many small “greeblies”, some are easily recognizable as some tank parts, suspension and wheels or even German stick granades 🙂 The build went straight-forward – something around 100 pieces glued to the surface of the rear engine panels. Small hint – radiators and grills will be replaced /of…