MPC Frtl StarWars Star Destroyer verDC23

I finished this commissioned work of a StarWars Star Destroyer from MPC ( 1989 made kit ) a couple of weeks ago. The finished model looks deceivingly easy to do, but noooooo... most of the parts does not fit together well. The actual kit feels like resin with some warped parts, a missing part and a ton of gaps.



I had to craft the missing part and replicate those fine details. I also filled the gaps with styrene rods and strips and heated a few parts to force them to fit together. I may be spoiled with working with very well engineered Bandai kits that fits perfectly together, but working on this old kit is not so fun at all. As requested by my client, I also crafted a simple custom asteroid base as the clear transparent base looks so plain for display.



Painting the kit is a different story. I enjoyed painting the kit as it is quick and easy. Painted it with Vallejo paints and weathered this build with Vallejo pigments and washes. I wanted to weather it further but the ultra small scale of the kit would not allow it. Over weathering this scale would make it look like an old toy or simply make it look out of scale.



Anyways, hope you like this build. Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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Stormtrooper and Sandtrooper with Dewback Mega Vinyl toys crafted by Acube Art Studios

Used MEGA vinyl toy as base for the Sand trooper. Dewback was sculpted
from scratch using ball clay.  Dio was inspired by Episode 4: A New Hope
scene where Sandtroopers were hunting for the droids C3PO and R2D2 in
Tatooine.



  Stormtrooper and Sandtrooper with Dewback Mega Vinyl toys crafted by Acube Art Studios



ACUBE accepts orders and requests of statues of your favorite characters
and will produce them for you for reasonable prices. Email ACUBE at...

alex@acubeart.com

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1:2 scale Star Wars Darth Malgus WIP by Acube Art Studios

 

This is a commissioned Darth Malgus 1:2 scale statue which stands about
3.5 feet tall.  It'll feature LEDs on the armor and lightsaber. Cape
will be actual wool and will have a Sith emblem as the base. The bio
mask might be removable. Stay tuned for updates to see if we can pull
off a removable mask on this huge piece.



ACUBE accepts orders and requests of statues of your favorite characters
and will produce them for you for reasonable prices. Email ACUBE at...

alex@acubeart.com

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Fine Molds Millenium Falcon modeled by GRAIL

I have here today a masterpiece of a build from MAC forums member GRAIL. This is a FM /144 Millinium Falcon Custom-The Corellian Bloodstripe. This kit is very small but due to the masterful painting and weathering of the kit, it actually looks a ton bigger in the photos than how it really is.



The Work in Progress thread of this masterpiece is in HERE.



Grail painted this with all sort of kinds of paints. He mainly painted it with Tamiya acrylics, Alclads, Krylon black primer, Vallejo paints, oil paints and mig filters. No wonder it came out so nice! Anyways a ton more photos of this small masterpiece at MAC forums as always. Here is the link guys...

Fine Molds Millenium Falcon modeled by GRAIL

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Finemolds 1/72 Star Wars X-Wing Fighter

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I have been working with this beautiful kit for a few days now ( or a week ) and this kit has been my project during our Skyping sessions. I highly recommend this 1/72 kit by Finemolds as I honestly think a first time 9 year old kid could produce great results with this.

I desperately painted the pilot with red and yellow markers to produce orange as I did not have any orange paint last night. I painted the pilot visors with Citadel Bronze, painted the gloves and boots with black fine Gundam markers and gave it a flat brown enamel wash. It came out ok I think as it ill be covered by a tinted cockpit cover anyways.

I made a few booboos during the build but I really enjoyed this kit so much. My base paint had some nasty small orange peels thus I opted to sand the whole kit. The sanding exposed some of the original plastic and chipped away some decals. I like the effect so much I will always sand down kits that I plan to weather from now on. It is I think a great way to show some natural looking chipping effects. 

I also sprayed too much Tamiya smoke as I was eager to finish the kit already. It is a major booboo in a way coz you cannot barely see the pilot because of the heavy tinting. The overall grey color is a bit too dark for my taste too but it looks ok in the photos. I also needed to reduce the amount of grains in the background of the photos so I needed to photoshop the pics a bit more than usual.

So many booboos for a simple relax build but I had so much fun building this. I am now thinking of getting a Tie fighter to accompany this in a small diorama soon. Now here are tons of photos of my first Star Wars model kit and my second finished kit of 2011...

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next completed kit guys! :)

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