1/144 Ban Dai T-70 Resistance X-Wing

[Mike]

I really love all of these little Ban Dai kits. I've got a classic T-65, the Tie Fighter, Tie Advanced, and Mando's Gunship. Fun little kits that are quick to build with great details. The only thing I don't like about these smaller kits is the lack of decals in favor of stickers. I don't like stickers.

I've aimed this project at my daughter as she loves the color Purple and I thought this kit would look pretty good in a Purple color scheme. I'm still cleaning up some of my unsteady brush work, but I feel confident enough to show my progress at this time. I still need to clean up the cockpit trim and decide which colors I still want to add before I gloss it and add a wash and some oils for some mild weathering.



The Droid is super tiny. I'm happy I did as clean a job on it as I have. I asked my daughter what she wanted to name it and she immediately responded with "Aster". So this is A5-T3R. Perfectly adequate name for an Astromech and not one I would've thought of.







I want to get a few more of these eventually. Exploring new color schemes is fun.

[TJ]

That's really cool

[handiabled]

Super tiny and super cool!

[BattleScale Collectica Show]

nice. I've got one of these primed and sitting just waiting for paint.

[kyledehart5]

Awesome!! The Bandai stuff is just so good. Really looks fantastic in the purple too. Super cool.

[maverick]

Love the Bandai SW kits. Have several built myself! (And several waiting in the wings) This one seems to be coming along quite nicely. "Aster" Perfect...Love it!!

[mz3]

The T-70 looks good in any color! I think it's one of the only good things to come out of disney star wars. Purple is awesome!

[stikpusher]

Those little Bandai kits are a LOT of fun! Glad to see that you are having such a nice project here.

[Mike]

Thanks, guys! These kits are fun, no doubt. I've got the model flushed out and glossed. Trimming up all of the little areas like the trim on the cockpit was slow, but I wasn't shaking so I nailed it. I've got some updated pictures to post later but it's not much different then before. I did realize I had a filter on foe those last pics and that's why they were washed out. The new ones are more vibrant.

Once I'm confident the poly layer has set I'll start wash and filter effects. Should be quick and easy as these T-70's didn't show a lot of wear in the last three movies.

I might have to add the rest of my small fleet in a picture as well. I haven't shown them here yet.

Anyways, updates are coming soon.

[kyledehart5]

Looking forward to seeing the final photos and hopefully the fleet!!

[Mike]

Here's the update pics, for now.









Check in later.

[kyledehart5]

Nice!! I really love how this looks in the purple.

[Mike]

Thanks, Kyle. It's grown on me and I really like this color scheme too. I'm calling it complete. Mostly just gave it a Tamiya Dark Grey enamel wash, which took a few applications in some areas because I kept inadvertently wiping it away. I added some oil staining to the engines and a little bit of panel highlighting in just a few locations for some palette breakup and voila.

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

I think I will go for a lighter shade of grey for future panel lining because of the close up shots, but it looks better from a distance with the dark grey. And here's the small fleet I've gathered so far. The TIE Advanced and my very Christmas-y colored T-65 are not completed. But they will be eventually.

Resistance X-wing by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

I thought the T-65 would look good in Green, but that shade is off-putting to me. Too... minty lol.

[handiabled]

What a difference! I really like the way your wash really made the detail stand out. Great job with painting at this scale Mike!

[TJ]

That's a really cool looking fleet.

[kyledehart5]

What a great looking little fleet you have there Mike!!