Thommo Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Making this one for our daughter's boyfriend who is a bit of a Star Wars/X-wing fan. Will be an X-wing blowing up an AT-AT Walker. X-wing from the 1/72 Bandai snap-together kit (which is simply amazing, even after butchering the insides to stuff in LEDs, it still fits very well, incredible detail, perhaps the best kit of anything I've ever built?). Painted but not yet fully weathered (oil wash to come). Flickering lights in 4 engines, steady white light in cockpit. AT-AT will be scratch built - approx 1/400 scale. Done a fair bit of this already. Has been fiddly but fun. Will also have red/orange LEDs for an explosion. Hoping I can power all 7 LEDs with 2x1.5V batteries (wired in parallel). 5 in the X-wing seem to work fine so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thommo Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Finished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ExchefAndy Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 That looks awesome! What an amazing gift too. Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 That's awesome !! Like Andy said, that is a heck of a gift! I'd happily have that in the lounge. How did you do the ice wall? Very realistic looking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thommo Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Thanks guys. The ice wall is made from AK carving foam, 10mm sheet. Here is a build video showing some of the process. I'm getting the hang of LEDs now & how to wire them in parallel so several can run of 2x AA batteries. Jaycar is your friend here - heaps of really cheap electronic bits. Explosion using the Bjorn Jacobsen methods - https://miniscaping.com/guide/38/pic/view Star Wars Build Video.mp4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Looks great Thommo, another quality project from your bench there! 🏆 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR Brush Brutalizer Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 O MY GOD THOMMO! I absolutely have to know how to make such an arctic diorama for my messerchmitt "nazis on north pole". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 excellent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thommo Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MR Brush Brutalizer said: O MY GOD THOMMO! I absolutely have to know how to make such an arctic diorama for my messerchmitt "nazis on north pole". Build video here mate. Ice cliff carved out of AK carving foam. Flat area covered in paper & glue, then rocks added with AK carving foam, snow painted white then Vallejo Snow added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0etUZU2pi4Y Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Beautiful work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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