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Staggerwing

Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 17, 2017, 03:50:23 PM
I do have other splendid models to make, not least

  • Space 1999 Eagle

A friend sent me a sealed MPC Eagle 1 model a few months back. Supposedly even has a collectible Alan Carter card inside. I have not opened it yet.

Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

Bison


BanzaiCat

That's not just cool, that's frigging epic!  :o

JudgeDredd

Quote from: Staggerwing on January 17, 2017, 08:27:05 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 17, 2017, 03:50:23 PM
I do have other splendid models to make, not least

  • Space 1999 Eagle

A friend sent me a sealed MPC Eagle 1 model a few months back. Supposedly even has a collectible Alan Carter card inside. I have not opened it yet.

Snap

Alba gu' brath

BanzaiCat


Bison

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 18, 2017, 06:27:32 AM
^ You putting that together, JD?

Stop encouraging him to quit his current project.  C:-)

JudgeDredd

Alba gu' brath

JudgeDredd

Right - I had to "bastardise" the model a bit. In order to successfully mask the engines so I could spray them the metal they should be, I had to break of the bottom stabilisers and top rudders.  :uglystupid2:

I just couldn't get the masking tape in....

So I broke them off, masked and painted with AK Extreme Metal Gun Metal AK 483 and I have to say, I like the finish  <:-)  Lets hope the rudders and stabilisers go back on easy enough.

Top view



Bottom view



I'll have to next mask those painted sections off so I can paint the model. I'll be painting it light grey, dark grey and black...I'm not following any accurate

Hopefully like this
Alba gu' brath

mirth

I have to say it looks pretty wicked just in the black.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

JudgeDredd

Why thank you - but painted it must become  ;D
Alba gu' brath

mirth

I like that scheme you're going with.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

JudgeDredd

Well...I'm taking my sweet time with this one (it's been an horrendous chore) - but it's almost done now. Paint done. All decals are on (ok, not all, but there were over one hundred and over 50% of those were really, really small and insignificant).

Unfortunately, I got a bit of silvering from a couple of the decals. I don't know whether that was me not doing enough in the steps to prevent silvering or the decals











What's left

  • Weapons
  • Undercarriage and wheels
  • Weathering

I'm not overly happy with the scheme. It didn't go as I had hoped but I am soooooooooooooo tired with this model and it's been stopping me modelling because I couldn't drag myself back to it...but I've finally done it, bitten the bullet and I had to just do what I could do.

I'm not particularly happy with my attitude "it'll do" either - but that's better than the alternatives which were never completing it and not building anymore or just throwing it in the bin so I could get modelling again.
Alba gu' brath

Barthheart


GDS_Starfury

if you havent clear coat it yet try using microdol decal set solution.
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


DoctorQuest

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