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Cheers Ian im certainly having fun doing this.

Spencer

HI Digitaljackson
welcome to the forum.I look forward to seeing you post some build photos of your Falcon.I have experimented a little on my falcon and it is possible to use washes and pastels on the painted model without repainting it.

I am US forum support so if there is anything I can do to help let me know

Best regards

Carl

Hi there DigitalJackson and great to have you onboard here at modelspace thank you very much for your kind words, they are very much appreciated and welcome

To answer your question: there is no reason why any of the techniques using oils and patels should not work or help those not doing a repaint etc but i will be showing how to prepare the surface etc ready for this and how to seal in the weathering using pastels etc once done.

Spencer

well if i can get my Falcon to look half as good as yours will be, then the expenditure will be well and truly worth it

Regards
Dan

To kick off my custom build I have decided to completely strip the Nosecone of any outer molding lines etc and re-do with 1mm evergreen strip and card sheet. This is not to accurise it but to maintain the look I think it should have. Once this was complete then the interior was given some detail along the inner frame lines. Once again I used some Resin upgrade parts from a 1/32 scale Tornado. The parts although not accurate do give it a more three dimensional appearance.

In the next installment I will be working on the rear bulkhead door into the cockpit and some added details to the instrument panel and cockpit seating.



Spencer

I decided that the sticker just didn't cut it and it needed to have a bit more depth so I decided to scratch build one using 1mm plasticard. The details where copied from the original sticker as it seemed to be accurate enough to work from.

I also scratch built one of the rear passenger chairs from an old Airfix ejector seat (Martin baker)1/48 and pretty happy with the results without having to resort to buying 3D printed parts. (thats not to say that I won't be using such during the course of this build but I will do my best at making my own scratchbuilt parts first)
Also there are some pictures of other areas being worked on while i have certain materials (and idea's) to hand but all this will be covered in future updates.

Thank's for looking in

Spencer

An update albeit a small one as work continues on the cargo hold which will be updated with some info and pictures once I have all the LED lighting required but until then here is an update regarding the side panels of the top Tunnel section otherwise know as TP1 and TP2

Stock evergreen styrene sheet at 1mm was used and a nibbler tool that I got from a well know auction site (£9.99) assisted greatly with cutting out the notches of the said panels. Then evergreen “T” strips where used to match those of the provided parts.

All of the detail was removed as can be seen right down to the base level so to make the appearance of the panels once fitted suitable for what I wanted to achieve.
Other panel details and styrene strip was added to finish off then a coat of white primer ready for my own mix of ESB off white for later in the build.

The tunnel has had some small details added to give it a more industrial look with exposed pipes and once again evergreen rod of different sizes and some other kit parts where used for the effect. A base colour of Halfords grey primer was used and a good rubbing over with some black oils from Winsor and Newton for the recesses. A light going over with the airbrush using Exhaust manifold from Alclad finished the deal for that area but more added effects will be added over time as this area is completed.

So that I could get a feel of how I was going to get as good a finish regarding the outer hull panels and as a test I decided to prime all the panels in one go while attached to the framework. This was then picked out around areas that would accumulate dust/dirt and other foreign particles to give it a sense of depth and shadows. A light dusting over with Halfords White primer was used so that any panel lines etc would still show through and then a mix of my very own colour was added in certain areas but not all over. Smaller details like streaks etc where then added using the airbrush and Alcads Stainless steel and Exhaust Manifold. Later in the build when all the panels are attached then the fun begins with oil panel colours to match those of the prop and oil streaks and some rusting etc.

Ramp Access area...

A long overdue update and in this section I have decided to modify the Ramp Walkway access area. There was a lot of cutting to remove the supports for the motor that raises and lowers the ramp and this will also be modified so that the ramp still opens and closes. Later on in the build I will hopefully have a modified motor system working.

1mm thick plasticard was used and I used reference pictures from the films to get an Idea of how I wanted it to look. More details will be added over time including working ramp pistons etc..

Panels where primed and then a coat of white with the usual panel detail etc


Spencer