Coen's Corellion Conundrum.

Post by **Coen** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:21 am

Some time tomorrow my hope is to pop this box open again and try to build this monster.

I originally started it sometime last year I think but shelved it because of lack of time and work space. At the time I also started a 1/16th tiger, and a1/72 flower class corvette. So my plate was a little full.

My plan now is to build a series of Star Wars pieces over the summer, coincidentally this sig and the sig being hosted on the modelling misfits magazine paralleled each other.
Two birds one stone.

To compliment this build I hope to also build a 1/72 speeder, and x-wing, and a tie fighter.
As well ass a pair of AT STs, an AT AT, and maybe a tydirum shuttle. Time may not allow all of these, but I'd like to clear these kits from my stash and either get them on my shelves or give them away.

Until tomorrow I'm watching clone wars and building a mosquito...

Post by **kiwigav** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:22 am

Nice stuff Mike.

look forward to your build mate

Post by **burnie43** » Mon May 04, 2015 8:56 am

it's huge.....
will it be another speed build? More to the point where the *** are you gonna put it once it's done Mike?!
cheers
Mark

Post by **Coen** » Mon May 04, 2015 9:15 am

Hahaha ... No
The plan is to hang them from the ceiling over my computer desk.
There's still room there

Post by **burnie43** » Mon May 04, 2015 9:22 am

and by the look of the time of day I guess that you will put lights on it....!!

Post by **Coen** » Thu May 07, 2015 1:13 pm

The last few days all that I've been working on is the Falcon and watching Star Wars movies and TV.
All in all... a good few days.

The Falcon is a greeble fest!!! Holy tiny fiddly bits. And each one needs a little clean up. This is a make work project for sure. A lot of these parts didn't have to be separate parts. They could have easily moulded many of them on.
It certainly adds to the encumbrance of the build.
Still, the details are exceptional and I can see so many tank parts on this thing it's ridiculous. Many 1/35 scale panthers and Matilidas met their end on the hull of the Millennium Falcon.

I have the paragraphics PE set for the kit as well, but I didn't get it until after I had built the cockpit. I regret it now as it's superb and it would have made a big difference. The rest of the set is for the externals and it isn't that much. The grills for the round vents on the rear of the ship are a really nice touch, but delicate as hell.

One of the many tank parts on the hull...

Millions of locator holes!!!

The Paragraphixs PE grills.

Round one of THE GREEBLES!!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

Dry fit of the hull halves...

[youtube]zAFYiGsQlKM[/youtube]

That's pretty much it for now. It's taken me three days to build that much. Soo many tiny parts.

Post by **JonMW** » Thu May 07, 2015 1:44 pm

Wow! That is a lot of small parts, nice work. I really want to get started on mine but I need to get some other projects off the bench first.

Post by **Coen** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:50 pm

HollywoodModelling wrote:Are you going to put an LED light system in place for the drive?

Not a chance. I'm good a building models, I'll admit that much.
Making them glow in the dark. No thanks, my house insurance won't cover me burning it down because I tried something foolish like that. Haha.

Post by **Nev** » Thu May 07, 2015 4:30 pm

Look at the size of that thing!!!

Post by **Tiger131** » Thu May 07, 2015 5:41 pm

Nice start corn I see sherman wheels on there if I'm correct...This will look amazing when it's all done bud can't wait to see the finished item

Post by **Coen** » Thu May 07, 2015 8:56 pm

THAT'S NO MOON!!

Post by **burnie43** » Fri May 08, 2015 6:18 am

I bet the tweezers got put to good use......what a kit, what a build!1
great
Thanks Mike
Mark

Post by **kiwigav** » Fri May 08, 2015 6:46 am

Small part city. Now that's a lot of eye strain.
Did you use the force. ..or Ultimate placer!!

Post by **LordFarnswaller** » Fri May 08, 2015 10:23 am

Coen wrote:THAT'S NO MOON!!

no its a politicians ego......

looking good mate

Post by **EasyEight96** » Fri May 08, 2015 10:30 am

Now thats new I didnt't even knew that they used german tank parts there lol great progress so far Coen

Post by **Coen** » Sun May 10, 2015 2:42 am

She's all built now and I primed it yesterday. Now I just need to wait for paint. It will be a while though as my post office has gone insane and I can't risk having anything delivered until sometime in July.
So I'm screwed for a few projects now.
The moose jaw, the falcon, the ATST, and the Pegasus all need paint that I don't have in stock.
It's pretty frustrating being at the whim of foolish people but I can't fix it. BLAH!!!

Here's what she looked like until I primed her (black Stynylrez)

Post by **Nige201980** » Sun May 10, 2015 2:50 pm

She is looking great mate. That's a really pity about the post office being a bunch of prats hope it gets sorted soon mate

Post by **mincemeat** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:14 pm

Hey Mike, looks like you won against the Greebles! Great work!

Foxx, aka modelmakingguru, who is also a member of this forum, has done quite a bit of painting and weathering on sci-fi models. I'm including the video, not for the technique but for ideas for weathering for you. 502 Abteilung Starship Filth and Engine Grease are favorite oil paints for weathering.

Happy modeling!

[youtube]REEOT84Bi7k[/youtube]

Post by **DBMiller** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:56 pm

Damn, that thing is nice!

Post by **EasyEight96** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:47 am

Now that's huge great job Coen

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:14 pm

Looking good, that is a big lug of a bird
What's wrong with Canada Post out there???

Post by **Coen** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:48 pm

The same thing that's wrong with many half government run institutions in Canada. The wrong people asking the right questions of the wrong poeple.
None of those people are listening to the right people or the people that they represent.
Over paid and over entitled unions, and a population completely uninterested in change but always whining about the state of things.

They closed the local post office outlet because it's contract ran out, but the winner of the new contract is a local drug store that hasn't even finished building the store yet.
So all packages requiring I'd or a signature are diverted to a post office 40 minutes in the opposite direction that everyone here ever travels. It's out in the middle of no where. Right next to where the f¥@k am I?

Post by **Coen** » Wed May 27, 2015 11:24 pm

So I got bored of waiting for my paint to arrive and I went ahead with what I had.
What I have isn't so great.
I have a single bottle of Vallejo air white (a semi glossish texture)... Which will do my head in tying to spray because it clogs the brush so badly.
I have a single bottle of Mig's AMMO white (also a semi gloss), which is happens to be cooked by frost during shipping and separates all to hell and gone unless thinned just so with Mr Thinner. (And even then who knows)
And a single bottle of model master acryl flat white, which isn't much better than the Vallejo.
It's makes no difference if they're flat or semi gloss, or gloss paints as I will be flat coating it anyway. So it comes down to which one will annoy me the least.

This ended up being an interesting test as to which of these three covered the best for a white paint... Not a good test, but interesting. I say that because two are semi gloss and one is a flat paint. These cover differently when thinned so it's not the most exacting of tests.

It ended up that the model master was the one that offered the better and denser coverage.
It's also the one that I ended up using the most.

I primed the falcon a couple of weeks ago with badger primer and she's been sitting ever since. So I'm pretty sure she's cured before I hit it with the white.

I know that there's folks that will say that it's not the right colour or she's actually supposed to be a grey colour and that it's the studio lights make her look so bright.
I don't care.
In the film and the photos of the studio model I see a whole range of colours that are diametrically opposed to each other. So I'm not interested in all the arguments about it.
They're all just crap to me.
I'm going to try to paint mine as if she is an old light grey ship that's being lit by the intensly bright light of a star. So she'll be really stark as well as beat up.

This is her with the black primer and a semi-translucent coat of white (all three of the above listed paints were used on this)

That's just the top done, I still need to paint the underside yet.

Post by **Coen** » Thu May 28, 2015 3:53 am

And the bottom is done.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu May 28, 2015 4:55 am

She looks fine like that!
After you work your weathering magic she will be superb
I agree with colour descriptions are all over the map on Star Wars ships
I am using the excuse of not having the right paint to delay my spraying 'cause really I am too lazy to mix flat white and black...and fight the mixture.

Working on a trip across the border for "kid's school clothes"....but really to go to the hobby stores and buy some of that Valejo stuff we talked about. Damn loonie needs to gain some altitude first though
Cheers

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu May 28, 2015 12:32 pm

she is looking stunning mate.

Post by **gustavlekstal** » Thu May 28, 2015 2:17 pm

Looks great! A wash on the bird, will make it really pop with all thoose panels and detail.

Looks like a tube of oilpaint for the wash

Post by **Hillbilly** » Thu May 28, 2015 2:31 pm

She looks pretty good in white.After some weathering she'll really look the part

Post by **Coen** » Fri May 29, 2015 2:58 am

I thought aircraft were bad for decals, this was nuts.
The decals are the wrong colours, they're thick, and they're brittle.
They certainly made me work for it. I'll have to paint the tan coloured plates the proper bluish grey colour later.

I still have to do the bottom yet. Then I'll fix those tan plates

Post by **DBMiller** » Fri May 29, 2015 1:55 pm

The paint job is working for me! Any weathering would make a darker grey too dark; this should work out super!

This reminds me how much I love the Falcon as a ship design.

Post by **Riderville** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:47 am

Awesome job you are doing on the Falcon, Mike

Post by **Coen** » Sun May 31, 2015 10:25 am

Thanks Fellas.

The decals are all on and the tan ones are all repainted in a light blue grey, and the detail painting is finished.
Next I will add a few small touches with the airbrush of a few greebles that were painted a weird blue colour on the studio model (the one that I'm using as reference).
Then it's the washes.

Post by **kiwigav** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:23 pm

Very Cool. looking forward to the weathered finish

Post by **Danta2er** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:28 am

DBMiller wrote:This reminds me how much I love the Falcon as a ship design.

I agree, and I'm really looking forward to the wash magic

Post by **Coen** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:25 am

Me too.

Post by **Nige201980** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:28 pm

Very sexy mate

Post by **Coen** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:21 pm

I had a bit of time to spend on the washes for the ol'girl this morning. So Ultimate Dark Dirt to the rescue!!!

All that I have to do now is some individual panel washes with some oils, rust streaks and score marks, and a little more detail painting.

Post by **Coen** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:29 pm

This afternoon I tinted a few panels and added some rust marks. Tomorrow I'll see if I can take care of the blast damage.

Post by **Nige201980** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:40 pm

Man that old girl is stunning buddy.

Post by **JediBoer** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:09 am

Stunning work Michael! Also a great video on doing the panel lines with the Ultimate Dark Dirt!

Post by **Coen** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:38 am

Thanks fellas.
I'm glad that you liked it.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:36 am

Aah here it is
I hadn't found it yet after i commented on fb
This is one good looking build
I think it is a nice addition when you have the pictures from the movie model
i have 2 books about Star Wars but they are a detail and artwork on Episode 1
Maybe i should have a look for a Naboo fighter or something like that
I have some cut away reference for those ships
Good luck with finishing this build

Post by **Coen** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:50 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote: Good luck with finishing this build

Thanks Mark.

and so I have ...

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 86&t=13236

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:02 pm

Yeah well i uuuhh
Kind of noticed that just after i posted my comment
I forgot that a Scifi build doesn't need the dust and mud like a armor build so you where a bit closer to finishing then i thought

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:00 pm

The weathering looks great, fine looking Falcon

Thanks for tweaking my memory of the Ultimate dirt wash I gotta use that on my swampy X ....not wife, she is not an X and doesn't like to be dirty for that matter.....ooops TMI

Post by **Coen** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:38 pm

If she ever reads this... You wil die.