Red Mosquito

dimejinky99 wrote:terrified but hopefully will make this awesome..its mad small..

How's the model coming?
Star Wars is all about toys for me, so I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one regressing into childhood.

B wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:That's the one thanks B:)

It's great

If anyone cares, this is why I embedded the youtube video.

very informative B, thanks.

southp wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:terrified but hopefully will make this awesome..its mad small..

How's the model coming?
Star Wars is all about toys for me, so I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one regressing into childhood.

It's not really. Got it primed this morning but the correct base colours needed to start are sold out all over Ireland and the U.K. So I'm stuck unless I wanna be a heretic and just use a different shade of white/grey mix.

And that's blasphemy according to the falcon modelling community.

Intimidating too..some of the paint jobs by people on this are incredible..theyre even lighting it up in some instances using fiber optics & LEDS..and this thing is only about 9 or 10 inches long!

Is that from Maxx Replicas? There is a crazy German who does some sick work, check this out:
http://maxx-replicas.jimdo.com/projekte-2011-2016/





And check out this Imperial Shuttle converted from the Hasbro toy, and custom hangar bay:

I hadn't seen those. Mad skills on that guy

dimejinky99 wrote:I hadn't seen those. Mad skills on that guy

So can we expect fibre optics in your Falcon now?

Funny you mention it. I have a ton of fibre optic cable upstairs but i have absolutely o experience with electronics and wiring..there's a ton of people have lit their builds but i have no clue how to do that or what id even be asking for in the hardware place.

you can buy premade lighting kits to install, but their all sold out everywhere for this particular model at this scale sadly.

i mean look at this..and bear in mind this thing is only about 6 inches wide and 9 long..wish i had the know how
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAnlO8Ej6LC ... r_hong_tam


https://www.instagram.com/p/BAnk79dD6KN ... r_hong_tam

dimejinky99 wrote:Funny you mention it. I have a ton of fibre optic cable upstairs but i have absolutely o experience with electronics and wiring..

RIP dime

In relation to a 9v battery that goes inside

Going blind doing this..an earphone for comparison..but the level of detail is incredible. Madew my own basecoat too cos the colour thats sposed to be used is sold out worldwide.. nailed it

now the garbage is garbage...disaster strikes..hope its salvageable

Millenema Falcon.

@SkitchP wrote:Millenema Falcon.

was gonna say this ones garbage but Skitchs post will do:)


think ive saved it, just gotta start again

Oh man, what happened dime? Looks like you got bad case of the squirts.

squirts would have been easier to fix.

painted the red flashes on the top side..when it dried it wasnt only ferrari red(its meant to be dark red almost burgundy), id used enamel paint..

made a caustic soda mix..painted it on the red to take it off..turned my back for 2 seconds and my dog had knocked the tub over it..melted all the paint.

almost fixed now.