Looks pretty awesome to me.

Nice unique subject for a model build.

Cheers Nix

Weathering. Learn as you go.

Found out on this build that one sized brush just doesn't cut it. We also think the digustingly hot weather didn't help overall with the paint, the silver was drying as quick as we could put it on a lot of the time and ended up getting a bit of a thick look. 32-34c with 80+ percent humidity probably doesn't help. We did thin the paint but possibly our random mixing also may have not helped our cause overall. Regardless of all that she looks much better weathered and going by Darts gauge it looks great from anything above a foot

First up we muddied the feet and then just worked the legs, more looked better as we were trying to finely detail the weather rust paint (mixed with a dash of silver) but when it dried you could hardly see it, not with my eyes anyway.









Any of you that wear glasses, take them off and it looks awesome, those of you that don't, squint a wee bit.

Grunged out the two body parts next and tried to get 'dirt, mud and rust' on where we thought it would be.







and then the leftovers





So tomorrow should be final build day!

Lies. Decided to do some glueing Get the finicky bits done so they can dry overnight.

Boba Fetts slave ship. Once i got the spikes in to see how neat they fit..they were not coming out without busting, too much pressure. So they are now glued. Going to have to come back to that clear piece and decide if we are painting it, for now it will stay unpainted, my masking skills won't be up to scratch.





Body all connected.





The finicky bits, getting these pincers in were like trying to dock on the Space Shuttle with your eyes closed...



..and we are dead in space.




Cut of the little nibs so the ball would fit in better and shaved of the paint hoping for a better contact. These will be the first bits to go missing i'm sure.






Finally the legs come into their own!







Done, all looks fairly well aligned.





And there went 2016!

On the home stretch now, legs on.







Frikkin lasers on.









Dirty boots




Time again for it to sit and dry overnight, another putrid 34c day here with 80+% humidity again. I don't think i have ever sweated so much building a model.

One last one with a before/after weathering.

Looking great Ajay but you do have to look after your tools better.

That's my cheapy live under the sink chop everything cutters

Today was get the base finished. Still needs some work around the WAR part of it but otherwise looking done



Haven't touched the Tripod all day, just let it sit and make sure all the paint and weather mix is fully cured. The mixes seem to stay tacky longer than just straight paint, maybe it's the touch of weather paint in with it, maybe it's just the humidity.



Anyone want to take a guess at what sort of car this is

A Prius?

Minor setback, fell over on the bench and a laser fell broke off, a leg covering split in two, one of the feelers at the front fell off and one of the side head covers. Repaired it overnight and looks all good again, Everything is so spindly and touchy Good news! Painted the inside of the head with a 2K mix at work and it looks magic!

Before the paint, looks bland.




After









Couple of scenic shots.










Still need to put some more plastics on, the front light covers x 3, one small cover that sits underneath and then it has the people carriers at the rear on both sides as a plastic. They look rather detracting so we will be leaving them off.




Nearly there

That looks great, the purple really lifts it. Are there any panel lines on the head that would take a panel wash?

The base looks great, love the crushed car! Lovely photos too.

Thanks Goon, and yes, plenty of lines. Most of the head needs to be painted though..unfortunately. See this build..atm i am liking it how it is, and i don't have the masking skills to pull it off. Undecided as i don't want to wreck the plastic if i stuff it up.







Quick pew pew shot

Looking really nice.


Wheels

Put the 'lights' on and calling it finished. Sitting on the bench glueing to the base, such a finicky thing to stand up without support the bugger. We reckon it turned out pretty sweet















Things we learned during the build.

Buy more than one type of paintbrush.

Get an airbrush kit.

Have a dedicated work area, we built in the kitchen, outside on the porch and at our pc's.

Don't paint were you need to glue.

Always trial fit.

Don't paint on stinking hot high humidity days.

Other than that we had fun which was the main deal, and ended up with a pretty cool looking object and amazingly didn't get glue everywhere

Great job Ajay and daughter!

Beautiful detailing. Very awesome especially if it's your first after a loooong break.

Thanks guys, very much appreciated The last model i did was a 32 scale Typhoon and was my first ever airbrush that i remember being so much easier to paint. No weathering though, and no internet for hints

It came out really nice Ajay.


Wheels

Looks great, and well done both with the build and staging the photographs.

WOW !!

That looks scarier than the ones in the film were.

Very well done to both of you. What's next ?

Cheers,

Andy