Hi, folks!
Sorry, that I haven't been active here on SMA lately. With all the preparations to my soon marriage (which is next Saturday already) and the move (which will happen just after the marriage as well, but the flat is not even completely ready yet, so movement of all the stuff will take some additional time, and I would be ready to share with you, guys, my new hobby-room in the proper forum topic only later, most probably in September)there was very little amount of free time.
Still, I manage to look through all the new topics and posts here at SMA, lots and lots of very cool stuff as always! Please, excuse me for the lack of comments from my sight, guys. Again, just very busy times lately.
I really hope, that with the beginning of autumn I would be ready to steadily devote more and more time to all of the aspects of scale modeling again and reach full capacity by the winter, to be in my best shape for the next BSC
Anyway, being able to get 20-30 minutes each evening to sit at the workbench, I've decided to start a new project, which would fit the circumstances, and will be fast, easy, relaxing and most important fun.
It is.... drums...
Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder by Revell.
A very nice little model. Well, actually not so little - it is something between 1/20 and 1/24.
As all the recent SW models by Revell (actually, the only exception was the Venator) it is prepainted and snap together. The details are nothing to be mentioned, the figures coming with the kit are awful, but I still really enjoy this kit, as the basic shape is all you need to make a candy out of this subject, and it is exactly what you get for a pretty fair price. Besides, it is the only version of this iconic vehicle (at least iconic for me, as having seen the New Hope for the first time I was really fascinated with this hover-car besides everything else). There was also a resin garage kit, but it was too small for my taste (1/48 or even 1/72, don't remember exactly, but that is tiny).
I would also like to take on opportunity to make a small friendly advertisement and once again say a thank you for this kit to Scott from Elm City Hobbies, whom I've purchased this kit from. The service, shipping preparation and all the procedures were a top notch, and everything went so smoothly as if it was my local hobby shop and we haven't been separated by an ocean. Guess, now it is only up to me left to make this model so that Scott could proudly say "Yeah, I've sold it to this guy. It was some plastic in a box back then.." ;D
Now, my plans for this project are the following (it can never be simple, right?):
- First of all, I want to make it seem to hover. I think that an as maximum as possible imitation of hovering vehicles to hover gives them 100 additional points of coolness always, so this is a must do for me. And to imitate hovering, I want to go the way of GentleGiant company and some scale modeling guys, including famous scout-bike addict Norm, with a speeder-bike seeming to hover being held by a trooper leaning onto it. For this landspeeder the seemingly much lighter object that would never hold it in real life, making the hovering effect believable would be the fueling hose... 8)
-Second, I would of course go my usual way, and make this kit as close to the studio model as it is possible for me, up to the point when the fun is lost.
- And finally. This would be a dio. And the moment I would like to depict, is one of the most well known cutscenes from the original trilogy of Star Wars, the cutscene, that has become, if I'm not mistaken, the first known about. The first version of Luke introduction to the viewer, showing him repairing a vaporator and suddenly seeing the battle in the space above Tatooine - between the Blockade Runner and the Avenger.
Guess, it is no need for me to speak here to much - beter enjoy it yourself, if you haven't seen it yet
Star Wars Deleted Scene - Tatooine - Luke with Treadwell Droid.
There is a better version in the means of quality from blu ray edition, sorry, didn't manage to find it on YouTube.
Well, enough talking, I guess, let's turn the look to the workbench (sorry, it is an incredible mess - can't make myself clean it knowing that I'll be moving in about 7 days)
The first correction I've done with the kit was the shape of the side pylons.
Here how they look on the studio model
But on the kit the shape was completely different, had to change that.
Lots and lots of sanding, but the result is worth that
Then a more obvious correction - the main grill. It is two-parts, and they really need a complete redo, as this part of the vehicle is very, so to say, visible and it stays in mind, so, I think, it really has to look good.
And finally I've turned to the bottom part of the hull. had to scratch-build the opened and upgraded by Luke himself maintanance hatch in front of the passenger's seat, and cut out the fueling hatch in front of it.
Here how it all looks from the underside
Also, I've made two round fueling hatches - the first is a cut-out piece, the is going to be depicted in an open position, and the second one can be attached to the main model's body via a magnet if I desire to present the model without the rest of the dio
Now, after all that I'm turning to the console. Here is the earliest stage
Hope you, guys, would enjoy this build. Can't make any promises about the next update and can't say how long it will take me to complete this project, although I consider it pretty easy.
But I'll try my best to stay in touch. See you soon
Sorry, that I haven't been active here on SMA lately. With all the preparations to my soon marriage (which is next Saturday already) and the move (which will happen just after the marriage as well, but the flat is not even completely ready yet, so movement of all the stuff will take some additional time, and I would be ready to share with you, guys, my new hobby-room in the proper forum topic only later, most probably in September)there was very little amount of free time.
Still, I manage to look through all the new topics and posts here at SMA, lots and lots of very cool stuff as always! Please, excuse me for the lack of comments from my sight, guys. Again, just very busy times lately.
I really hope, that with the beginning of autumn I would be ready to steadily devote more and more time to all of the aspects of scale modeling again and reach full capacity by the winter, to be in my best shape for the next BSC
Anyway, being able to get 20-30 minutes each evening to sit at the workbench, I've decided to start a new project, which would fit the circumstances, and will be fast, easy, relaxing and most important fun.
It is.... drums...
Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder by Revell.
A very nice little model. Well, actually not so little - it is something between 1/20 and 1/24.
As all the recent SW models by Revell (actually, the only exception was the Venator) it is prepainted and snap together. The details are nothing to be mentioned, the figures coming with the kit are awful, but I still really enjoy this kit, as the basic shape is all you need to make a candy out of this subject, and it is exactly what you get for a pretty fair price. Besides, it is the only version of this iconic vehicle (at least iconic for me, as having seen the New Hope for the first time I was really fascinated with this hover-car besides everything else). There was also a resin garage kit, but it was too small for my taste (1/48 or even 1/72, don't remember exactly, but that is tiny).
I would also like to take on opportunity to make a small friendly advertisement and once again say a thank you for this kit to Scott from Elm City Hobbies, whom I've purchased this kit from. The service, shipping preparation and all the procedures were a top notch, and everything went so smoothly as if it was my local hobby shop and we haven't been separated by an ocean. Guess, now it is only up to me left to make this model so that Scott could proudly say "Yeah, I've sold it to this guy. It was some plastic in a box back then.." ;D
Now, my plans for this project are the following (it can never be simple, right?
):- First of all, I want to make it seem to hover. I think that an as maximum as possible imitation of hovering vehicles to hover gives them 100 additional points of coolness always, so this is a must do for me. And to imitate hovering, I want to go the way of GentleGiant company and some scale modeling guys, including famous scout-bike addict Norm, with a speeder-bike seeming to hover being held by a trooper leaning onto it. For this landspeeder the seemingly much lighter object that would never hold it in real life, making the hovering effect believable would be the fueling hose... 8)
-Second, I would of course go my usual way, and make this kit as close to the studio model as it is possible for me, up to the point when the fun is lost.
- And finally. This would be a dio. And the moment I would like to depict, is one of the most well known cutscenes from the original trilogy of Star Wars, the cutscene, that has become, if I'm not mistaken, the first known about. The first version of Luke introduction to the viewer, showing him repairing a vaporator and suddenly seeing the battle in the space above Tatooine - between the Blockade Runner and the Avenger.
Guess, it is no need for me to speak here to much - beter enjoy it yourself, if you haven't seen it yet
Star Wars Deleted Scene - Tatooine - Luke with Treadwell Droid.
There is a better version in the means of quality from blu ray edition, sorry, didn't manage to find it on YouTube.
Well, enough talking, I guess, let's turn the look to the workbench (sorry, it is an incredible mess - can't make myself clean it knowing that I'll be moving in about 7 days)
The first correction I've done with the kit was the shape of the side pylons.
Here how they look on the studio model
But on the kit the shape was completely different, had to change that.
Lots and lots of sanding, but the result is worth that
Then a more obvious correction - the main grill. It is two-parts, and they really need a complete redo, as this part of the vehicle is very, so to say, visible and it stays in mind, so, I think, it really has to look good.
And finally I've turned to the bottom part of the hull. had to scratch-build the opened and upgraded by Luke himself maintanance hatch in front of the passenger's seat, and cut out the fueling hatch in front of it.
Here how it all looks from the underside
Also, I've made two round fueling hatches - the first is a cut-out piece, the is going to be depicted in an open position, and the second one can be attached to the main model's body via a magnet if I desire to present the model without the rest of the dio
Now, after all that I'm turning to the console. Here is the earliest stage
Hope you, guys, would enjoy this build. Can't make any promises about the next update and can't say how long it will take me to complete this project, although I consider it pretty easy.
But I'll try my best to stay in touch. See you soon
