Something fast and easy Or so I thought. Shuttle Tydirium?

[Coen]

So this was supposed to be a fast and easy build that gave me something to do while I was waiting for the AT AT dio to dry and for my next build project to arrive.
It ended up being a pain in the royal arse build. Warped parts, flash galor, fit issues, gaps, missing details.
It's an interesting kit to say the least, but it's what I've always used to define a typical Sci-fi kit, and also what always kept me away from building them.

Either way, I needed something to work on and this is what I chose.
It ended up not being too bad aside from the warped wings. They just wouldn't play ball.
I got the two main wings to even out (they were the worst of them), but the dorsal wing would not flatten out. Heat, stitching, preasure, nada.
Oh well. It's the oopee wing then.

These I got to flatten out,



The dorsal wing was a lost cause though. I added a tonne of greebles to the wing channel as well.




I added greeble detail to the lower wings as well...




The rest of the build I never photographed unfortunately. There was a family tragedy and things always get out of sorts when those happen.

So, On to primer and paint.
Badger stynlrez for starts...



Then some Mig AMMO dunklegrau light base.



Then AMMO Dunklegrau highlights...


Then finally AMMO light shine...



Just waiting for it all to dry now and I'll paint the cockpit, seal it and wash it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Dude you never stop!!!

Always liked the scene of this ship launching and the wings unfolding
"....I don't know, just fly casual"

[MikeyKb]

oooooo pretty! that's an awful, yet funny curve though hahahahaha
i like that you have the gang-plank extended

Curious as to what you ordered next!

[Scaleman]

Its very cool warped or not

[Coen]

Lots to update on now...

I've finished the base coating with a thin coat of tamiya flat white on all of the flat panels and the raised surfaces. The deep channels were left in the greys. Then I sealed it with aqua gloss and stuck a few decals that I had on it.




Once that dried I hit it with some Ultimate Dark Dirt. My gloss must not have been perfect as I had a lot of staining from the wash. It's really hard to spray a gloss on a white subject, so I missed some spots.









All off now...











I added some off white coloured panels, referenced from the studio model shots that I have.





Then I got the idea to make it a captured rebel alliance ship. The bright bold red markings that they sported for some of them really tickled my fancy. I don't give a monkeys flea about the accuracy of it... I do most of my modelling because I think that it looks cool and it makes me happy.
Accuracy is usually thought three or four on my list... not thought one.
There are exceptions to that, but that's my general outlook on my work.



















Next is the detail weathering, since it's a captured vessel I can go a bit heavy on it... so fun fun fun

[Kingdan]

Awesome mate looks dam fine

[hansolo]

I like this model from the movie. It looks so cool and stylish.

You did an awesome job with those clay based washes!!
The effects are só cool!! Just perfect!

cheers

[felisbarcinonensis]

Wow!!!

[Stokesy44]

Oh I say. Just, well, damn!

What a cool idea, beautifully done.

[Nev]

Ha so cool!

[Coen]

Thanks fellas.

Tonight I added the final bits.

A dot filter with some oils and I painted the cockpit.

First a flat coat of testors Dullcote.



Then some white for tonal variety, burnt sienna for the rust streaks, and lamp black for oil and grease streaks and stains.




Not a huge difference, but it's so big that it's hard to take good pictures of it. The further that I move away to get the thing in shot the more the light degrades.


















And that's all she wrote
I need to find a way to take some reveal shots of if yet.
That's tomorrow's job.