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Post by Foenetik on May 30, 2023 7:56:50 GMT -5
Hello there.. Since I am between living spaces at the moment, and don't really have access to my painting equipment, I decided to give some of the Star Wars Bandai models a shot. I am working on the BB8 & R2D2 kit at the moment.... Man. They are satisfying to put together. So well engineered. I will be picking up more. I wish I could paint them  That is all. Happy Modeling, friends! |
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Post by chromdome35 on May 30, 2023 8:17:03 GMT -5
I recently built my first Bandai kit, the Star Wars AT-ST. It was a pleasure building with all the perfectly fitting parts that just snapped together. Will build more.
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Post by Mence on May 30, 2023 8:22:44 GMT -5
Agreed, you can quite quickly achieve a great result, I plan to share progress on one soon.
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Post by 406 Silverado on May 30, 2023 8:30:13 GMT -5
Hello there.. Since I am between living spaces at the moment, and don't really have access to my painting equipment, I decided to give some of the Star Wars Bandai models a shot. I am working on the BB9 & R2D2 kit at the moment.... Man. They are satisfying to put together. So well engineered. I will be picking up more. I wish I could paint them That is all. Happy Modeling, friends! I've definitely heard alot of good things about these kits. You got any pictures? |
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Post by dupes on May 30, 2023 8:58:14 GMT -5
TONY!!! If you like these, you really should try a Gundam kit some time. Can't wait for pics!
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Post by mz3 on May 30, 2023 9:44:36 GMT -5
TONY!!! If you like these, you really should try a Gundam kit some time. Can't wait for pics! 100% agree. |
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Post by Foenetik on May 30, 2023 11:45:02 GMT -5
Hello there.. Since I am between living spaces at the moment, and don't really have access to my painting equipment, I decided to give some of the Star Wars Bandai models a shot. I am working on the BB9 & R2D2 kit at the moment.... Man. They are satisfying to put together. So well engineered. I will be picking up more. I wish I could paint them That is all. Happy Modeling, friends! I've definitely heard alot of good things about these kits. You got any pictures? I just finished BB8. Ill grab some tonight. Hobby lobby has 40% off boxed model kits so I grabbed an 1/48 AT-ST and a 1/72 X-Wing Starfighter Red5. |
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Post by Mence on May 30, 2023 11:48:44 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10.
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Post by Foenetik on May 30, 2023 11:49:40 GMT -5
TONY!!! If you like these, you really should try a Gundam kit some time. Can't wait for pics! I’ve been eyeballing those. Soon…soon |
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Post by dupes on May 30, 2023 13:38:31 GMT -5
The beauty of Gundam is that you don't HAVE to paint them. Find one that has a scheme you can live with, hit it with a clear gloss/flat coat, then go to town with the weathering!
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Post by Medicman71 on May 30, 2023 14:38:37 GMT -5
I love the Bandai Star Wars kits! I've built two X-wings, a Y-wing, and an AT-ST. I've also built some of the Gundam models as well.
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Post by Foenetik on May 30, 2023 17:24:09 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. That looks pretty amazing. |
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Post by Mence on May 31, 2023 0:49:36 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. That looks pretty amazing. It's a neat subject and being 1/35, there's no shortage of parts box bits you can adapt to detail it further. |
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Post by stikpusher on May 31, 2023 10:59:42 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. Is that the Bloodhound surface to air missile? |
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Post by dupes on May 31, 2023 11:15:29 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. I SO wish Bandai would re-release all of the UC Hardgraph kits...they're getting hard to find, and more than a little expensive! |
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Post by Real G on May 31, 2023 12:30:21 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. Is that the Bloodhound surface to air missile? It’s the hover truck from Gundam: 08th MS Team. Bandai did a 1/35 kit of it under their UC Hard Graph military-themed series. It’s a big vehicle, larger than an M1 Abrams. A 1/35 Bloodhound missile kit would be fabulous! Takom, you listening? |
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Post by stikpusher on May 31, 2023 15:33:17 GMT -5
Ahhhh. One of those items. They do have some cool looking AFVs from some episodes that I’ve watched with my soon. Obviously sci fi designs, but plausibly not too far into the future.
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Post by Mence on Jun 1, 2023 7:05:44 GMT -5
I'm hoping to start an M353A4 Bloodhound shortly as a break from the OV-10. I SO wish Bandai would re-release all of the UC Hardgraph kits...they're getting hard to find, and more than a little expensive! You're not wrong, luckily I picked one up for a fair price that was mislisted on Ebay. |
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Post by Mence on Jun 1, 2023 11:06:36 GMT -5
Coming soon to a forum near you...  |
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Post by Medicman71 on Jun 4, 2023 19:58:22 GMT -5
Ok now that's cool!
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Post by Foenetik on Jun 9, 2023 20:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by stikpusher on Jun 9, 2023 20:49:41 GMT -5
Great work!
These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.
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Post by deafpanzer on Jun 10, 2023 9:33:25 GMT -5
My son is definitely going to like you and your choices! He is so into those and he recently built those droids too! We were talking about doing dual build of AT-ST walkers some day.
Great work on the droids by the way! 👍
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Post by dupes on Jun 13, 2023 14:25:40 GMT -5
Ooooooooh...do I get to pick what's next?? |
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Post by Medicman71 on Jun 13, 2023 15:23:29 GMT -5
The X-wings and AT-ST are easy trouble free builds.
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Post by Leon on Jun 13, 2023 15:40:57 GMT -5
Nice work on the droids!
I've been checking out some star wars stuff on amazon.
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Post by Foenetik on Jun 13, 2023 20:20:00 GMT -5
Ooooooooh...do I get to pick what's next?? Absolutely! I just got some basic weathering goodies so once I dirty up these droids I will start whatever you pick. I would prefer we hold off on the falcon until I get some weathering practice in. Been a while, and limited tools. |
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Post by dupes on Jun 13, 2023 21:59:54 GMT -5
In that case, I would crank out the AT-ST first. A lot easier to find (Hobby Lobby!) than the AT-AT or Falcon.
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Post by Foenetik on Jun 14, 2023 7:10:03 GMT -5
In that case, I would crank out the AT-ST first. A lot easier to find (Hobby Lobby!) than the AT-AT or Falcon. Sounds good. I knew you were going to pick the falcon lol. I will do that one after the AT-AT. |
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Post by dupes on Jun 14, 2023 7:26:31 GMT -5
The trick with the Falcon is, are you going with "screen accurate"? Trying to exactly mimic the weathering is difficult. There are even some canon not-Falcon schemes available as well for other YT-1300s.
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