Snowspeeder in progress

[ohbejuan]

I am working on my second kit. I was going really slowly, but decided perfect is the enemy of good and pushed forward. Just put on a pledge clear coat and am getting ready to do the decals.

 

[Peppylepugh]

Yep, definitely digging this one.

 

[Errodynamic]

Did you ever post the finished product?

 

[ohbejuan]

Did you ever post the finished product?

I was not super happy with it so I did not. The grey was a bit dark. But since you ask ;-)...

 

[blakeh1]

Nice work!

 

[ohbejuan]

Nice work!

thank you!

 

[Errodynamic]

I think you are being too critical. That Alliance white/grey is tough to match. You did great on the weathering and aging. So what if it's not Luke's ship? You are right…perfect is the enemy of good. You have inspired me to get on with completing the corvette I am building for my Dad. I want it to be perfect but 3 years later it isn't done…. Happy modeling. I'll post my speeder I never posted on here.

 

[stevethefish]

Actually, Luke's snowspeeder had gray stripes while Wedge's had red. Regardless, these are converted airspeeders used for planetary patrols and such. It's why they had to work hard to get them adapted to the cold of Hoth. In the EU, these airspeeders were used elsewhere. I had started building the old AMT/MPC Snowspeeder kit 15 years ago and my intention was to make it a non-Hoth one with unique blue and orange colors. The nice benefit of SF modeling is that we needn't be limited to what is actual.

 

[iandrewmartin]

That's perfect. Great work.

 

[ohbejuan]

Thanks for all the kind words!

 

[Peppylepugh]

Not a thing wrong with this.
Fantastic looking build.
Thanks for sharing ohbejuan.

 

[BLT]

Looks great.

While I totally get that one would build it like it appears in the movie... I would too. I've always wanted to do it in a jungle camo and a dessert version.

Your build looks very much like right out of the movie. Great finish.

 

[ohbejuan]

Looks great.

While I totally get that one would build it like it appears in the movie... I would too. I've always wanted to do it in a jungle camo and a dessert version.

Your build looks very much like right out of the movie. Great finish.

camo!... I love that idea a LOT.

 

[Errodynamic]

Here is my Bandai Snowspeeder.. the grey was too dark but the flash washed it out so looked better in pics than in person…

 

[stevethefish]

Yeah, I've found that if you are using a flash while taking a pic of a model, you have to distance yourself and zoom in. Otherwise the contrast is to much.

 

[BLT]

Here is my Bandai Snowspeeder.. the grey was too dark but the flash washed it out so looked better in pics than in person…View attachment 90969

Very ILM... They had the same issues when lighting the models.

Looks great.