Merseajohn's Corellian YT-2400 'outrider' 1/72 Resin

[JohnSimmons]

Hey Herd! Another update. I'v drilled a way a deeper hole inside the cockpit walkway so I can fit the led, the whole light needs to be inside the walkway because I cant bend the fibre optics up.
No biggie just alot of resin dust for me to breath in! : (and yes I did drill it with those wires still in there!)

Iv Also added a guitar string and part of a tank track (rubber) from a tamiya 1/35 German Hanomag kit.



Oh and it appears that I am an addict now because this is my 250th post! now wheres my fix! :-X

 

[panzerace007]

SoooWeet !! Great Use of th Hanomag trax !! Those will look PHAT when They are weathered !! I can't wait to see it all together & weathered !!

 

[Solander]

My awesomness-scanner meets the edge of resolution when I'm watching this build ;D
Great work!
And congrats on your initiation into Addicts, I myself have lost that happy moment)))

 

[Quaralane]

nice work there.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Thanks Eric/Solander/Q, Hoping to have some actual 'colour' on this by the end of the weekend, cant wait to weather it aswell!

 

[Grendels]

Looks good!!

 

[Junkie]

Looking great!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Cheers for the comments guys, sprayed some of the base coat on the cockpit, seems a little 'creamy' to my eye but its the same mix as the falcon (humbrol grey 147 & 28 mixed 50/50) which seems to be the right colour for corellian ships! Heres a pic of it next to the cockpit walkway (primered) what do you guys think?

 

[Igard]

The cockpit colour looks good to me, though I've never done a Falcon before (nor an outrider for that matter).

I think it was an inspired choice putting that tank track on the walkway. It looks great. I think it needed a bit of detail there.

 

[fumblethumbs]

Great technical build you've got going here merseajohn. Very interesting to follow.

 

[Quaralane]

Looks about right, to my eyes

 

[Grendels]

Looks good to me!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Thanks guys, heres it connected together with the lights installed, It wasnt easy getting the resin drilled out for the lights : Also I'm a bit confused beacause I'v been using the same paint but the cockpit and walkway are different shades? I'm thinking its beacuase I didnt mix it enough?
Anyway heres a quick snap:

 

[Quaralane]

Looks really nice

 

[punkpigpen]

i think it looks fantastic john!

 

[Igard]

Looks great, John. Can't discern any difference in colour from your photo. Have you looked at it under daylight to be sure?

 

[Grendels]

Looks good to me!!

 

[kponeprime]

If you want some extra reference on the colour and details, there was a book called "Secrets to the Shadows of the Empire". It was the 'art of' companion to the game and graphic novel. I used to have a copy that i'd be more than happy to scan and sent through however i leant it to friend a while back (he was making a dash rendar costume) and never got it back. You should be able to torrent/download a digital copy though. it might help as the reference on the outrider are not as abundant as other ships.

 

[Solander]

Looks awesome!
And the difference in shades is so little, that I can see it only on the pic from Your by Thu Aug, 04, 2011, on the recent one it is invisible.
I think, that if You still want to fix it, it can be easily done with several molecules of pain, to make a color gradient from one shade to another, without a need to paint all the build through. With the slight shades difference it gives a wonderful optic effect, that You'd never be able to distinguish one shades frm another. Tried this a couple of times myself.

 

[myhobbyroom]

Beautiful detail work.