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
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
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