Corellian freighter

[ulvdemon]

I thought I had my MF build posted here, but I can not seem to find the thread. If it is, my bad on the double post. I did want to share my some of the pictures of my attempt at painting my Falcon, in a custom color scheme.

After the initial build went the basic primer, paint and so forth, only problem was I was using a rattle can.

This is after the primer, base coat of Krylon White and the Emeral Green. As you can tell, the problems have begun.




The final product with Black and masks removed. needless to say I was not a happy camper with the final look.



After a long session of stripping with oven cleaner and Simple Green:

 

[ulvdemon]

I had a number of pictures so I thought it would be fair to break up the posts so the initial pot is not too long.

The scratch built barrels since I did not like the turrets that came with the model originally. I swear when I made them they were glued on straight while setting.



Here it is primed again:



Some pre-shading which I could have made darker:




First coating of model masters Flat White with Gunmetal mixed in:

 

[JohnSimmons]

Looks good

 

[ulvdemon]

Had the chance to return to work on my freighter. Worked on it for abotu an hour, applied a couple of layers of Emerald Green. Major difference between using an airbrush versus the rattlecan. let me know what you think, thanks.

Ventral:





Dorsal:




Cockpit:



Boarding Ramp:

 

[Junkie]

All these YT projects really have me thinking....

 

[ulvdemon]

if you want a project to tear your hair out. Then this would be the one. ;D

 

[Jaitea]

All these YT projects really have me thinking....

Yes Scott.......What?

Don't keep me in suspense!

John

 

[Grendels]

Interesting, will be watching!

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely an interesting color scheme for one of these

 

[ulvdemon]

After a couple more layers of Emerald Green, then I will apply Gunmetal on the rear deck and some smaller areas.

 

[stretch]

umm, your quad gun mounts should be flush with the ship, not pointing out

 

[ulvdemon]

I purposely built it that way. I also changed out the barrels with brass rod. So many different versions of the freighter, saw no reason why I should keep the mounts flush.

 

[Splashcoat]

I thinks it's safe to say there's no right or wrong way to build one of these beasts. When I was researching my YT-1300 I came up with so many conflicting, contadictory, confounding and confusing references and opinions that I gave up on building it by-the-book.

Great work on this one... love the green colour.

 

[stretch]

and thats 100% perfectly alright too

 

[ulvdemon]

Thanks all. Tried to work on it last night and the Law of Murphyt ook effect. Airbrush wasn't acting right. Once I put a new needle in and got it to work, I ran out of paint. So buying some more today then going to try to work on it tonight. ;D

 

[myhobbyroom]

Very good start. I am interested to see where you take the build.

 

[ulvdemon]

Added some more to the green last night. I believe I have done as much as I can with the green. I do not want to layer it on too much and I think this particular color isn't going to get any darker with the base color being gray/white. (The flash from the camera probably doesn't help) So I will move on to the gunmetal colored portions and then I will see about dirtying it up so cover up my bad tape lines. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Junkie]

Lookin forward to the masks coming off.

 

[ulvdemon]

Had the chance to spray on the gunmetal... looks intersting. I have to pick up some more to touch up on some areas where the green is still showing underneath and to even up the coverage. and then I will take off the tape and masks. Lets see how it looks then.

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Can't wait to see it with the masking tape OFF.