2005-07-17 IG Peregrine Falcon

Well I was looking at the Falcon and recalling some of the comments made to me by the guys at Boot Camp. I began to get a bulking out idea and unSM my Land Speeder. The back bottom of the Land Speeder is two exhaust jets. I assume these are for vertical takeoff. These are unacceptable in my view. Off they had to go. Now these were cuts that took several hours. Since the back was now being held on by only a piece about ½ inch thick I did not want to be too aggressive and have the back end fall off. I cut the vents close to the part themselves I want to save these and use them as wing assists to the vertical takeoff.




Using my Dermal I cut the slanted sides off of the top piece of the Epic Scale Imperial Warlord Titan. I had bought three of these things just for the feet to my Heavy Sentinels but the exhaust for the top part looks great elsewhere I plan to use one on the back of a tank as well.

I plan to use the arm cannon or Gatlin gun for my strafing weapons.

Erik

2005-07-10 IG Peregrine Falcon

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the model I was to aggressive last time when I glued in the canopy I also have several smudges on the clear plastic. I think this is a trademark of mine even when I used to do truck, NASCAR or other models those with windshields always got smudged.

As I was saying I glued before I got set but have been able to adjust. I have been thinking about the crew and wanted something like a flight suit not the ground troop in armor. I thought I might have to do some major filing on the shoulder pads but remembered I had at least one or two Sentinel crewmen.

I dug up one and made the plunge, this could quickly turn into a single man operation if this customization did not work. I shaved off the hips and legs of the SM that are in the speeder chair. I had to file down the legs to just get the guy to fit, and after looking and fitting some more I should have kept filing. The front top part does not fit smoothly because the canopy hits the gunner (front guys) helmet. Like I said I glued the canopy on too soon. I am also going to have to trim down the underside of the canopy to make room for the shoulders and such. I used the Vox-Caster head from the Cadian Shock Troop Infantry Sprue. I cut off the little nub of an antenna it just did not fit.

I replicated the process for the second crewman. ONLY problem, the space within the crew compartment is not exactly huge. I ran out of the half inch or so I needed for the lower legs and feet of the rear pilot. I filed off the legs back to the knees. I intend to put a console panel over this to hide the fudging of the legs. The problem is I intend to not glue the top part of the speeder to the bottom so you can see the custom cockpit.





When I glued the canopy on the model the front was a BIG gap. At first I was trying to build up some armor plate with the double headed eagle. Then while digging for the Sentinel crewman I came across the tank accessory sprue. I used one of the track guards to make an intake vent and cover the canopy miss-glue.







Since the SM sit side by side and I wanted a tandem seating I ended up with a mess of, for lack of a better term, white space on the left and right back side of the canopy. I used the foot pad of the chair piece.

If I recall there was a groove or step down from the base of the chairs to the grated floorboard. I had cut on the front side of that groove to preserve the chairs and this step down. I then trimmed down the floorboard pieces and fit them behind the canopy. I will get some narrow strips of card to hide the holes.



Erik