Andy T's Bandai 1/48 AT-ST

[Andy T]

I've built up the waist / engine section:





I've also been painting the cockpit in between gardening duties. Not much will be seen once closed up, but since the roof just snaps into place I guess it could be removed

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I've built up the waist / engine section:

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I've also been painting the cockpit in between gardening duties. Not much will be seen once closed up, but since the roof just snaps into place I guess it could be removed

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Stonking!

 

[langy71]

Very nice Andy, those colours on the uniforms look spot on. shame about having to hide all that gorgeous detail when the 'lid' goes on, I'm sure when i built mine I removed or cut down the pegs that snap it in place and ended up being able to lift it off the show the insides off..

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

It looks that way, but they also include some parts to lock the joints in a set position, "when displaying the model for a long period of time"

Personally I'll be finding a pose I like and running a bit of cement in.

Like, 'just before stomping on an ewok...'

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, why DO SF movie vehicles have so many lights and switches on their panels?

'Make those lights flash in sequence!’

 

[JR]

OOh nice , love the colours in the Office.

 

[Andy T]

Stonking!

Thank you Sir!

Very nice Andy, those colours on the uniforms look spot on. shame about having to hide all that gorgeous detail when the 'lid' goes on, I'm sure when i built mine I removed or cut down the pegs that snap it in place and ended up being able to lift it off the show the insides off..

Thanks Chris. I think I'll sand the pins for the roof a bit to make removal easier. All of the pins are incredibly tight, even the slightest drift of paint on them and it's a no go. Next time I'll cover the holes & pins with a blob of blue tack or tape, just to save all the clean up time!

OOh nice , love the colours in the Office.

Thanks John. A few were chosen from screen shots from the film, like the screens with yellow or green graphics, but some were from my imagination.


I've built one of the legs. I have to say this thing could get into some very strange positions! It must do yoga

It should make finding an interesting pose on the base easier though.

 

[Andy T]

That's the build phase out of the way. Now I can get an idea of size, scale & layout for the base, then take it apart again for painting:





Chewie limbering up for the fight...

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Ah, so Chewie is posed like Panzer commander?

 

[Andy T]

Ah, so Chewie is posed like Panzer commander?

Yes, he could be placed looking out of the top hatch.


I've been working through some ideas for the layout, Blue Peter style. I'm glad I always keep my foam offcuts!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Yes, he could be placed looking out of the top hatch.


I've been working through some ideas for the layout, Blue Peter style. I'm glad I always keep my foam offcuts!

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Blimmin' Eck... It's together already!!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

'I can't see a thing in this helmet!’
(Palpatine voice) ’They're behind you, you fools!’

It still gets me that, in the early versions of the Jedi script, the forest moon (OF Endor) was going to be the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyk!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

It still gets me that, in the early versions of the Jedi script, the forest moon (OF Endor) was going to be the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyk!

.... I'm sure that makes perfect sense to everyone else,but.....
... Can you put that in English mate?!!

 

[Andy T]

Blimmin' Eck... It's together already!!

It pretty much falls together mate, it's a peach of a kit.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

It pretty much falls together mate, it's a peach of a kit.

.... Despite having to juggle this with finishing the Hurricane AND decorating the bathroom,I have just managed to get a stab at doing some more to mine,and you're spot on...
It's a brilliant kit

 

[Andy T]

.... Despite having to juggle this with finishing the Hurricane

Oh crumbs, I knew there was something else I needed to get done this weekend! The hours have flown by with modelling and snooker


I'm sure many a diorama has started like this - glueing lumps of foam together:



(back in the shed for the really messy bits)

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

.... I'm sure that makes perfect sense to everyone else,but.....
... Can you put that in English mate?!!

Okay. Picture if you will...
No ewoks (LITTLE furry guys)
Lots of Wookies (BIG furry guys) instead

Think that covers it

So, basically, Lucas waited forty years for CGI to render fur, rather than using two ewok suit to make one wookie...

Wait, I think I just came all over Rod Serling there (and him with his suit just back from the cleaners...)

 

[Andy T]

I'm trying to finalise the general layout before slopping some goop around and I'm pretty happy with this.

Thinner, shorter trees will have some foliage, thicker ones will be mostly trunk.



I know I'm racing ahead with this but it's distraction tactics. Zoë & I had a huge bomb dropped onto us last week, so we've both been burying our heads into anything we can to keep our minds off the subject.

Hopefully we'll be getting some clarity later today on whether it's bad, or really bad

 

[Tim Marlow]

I'm trying to finalise the general layout before slopping some goop around and I'm pretty happy with this.

Thinner, shorter trees will have some foliage, thicker ones will be mostly trunk.

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I know I'm racing ahead with this but it's distraction tactics. Zoë & I had a huge bomb dropped onto us last week, so we've both been burying our heads into anything we can to keep our minds off the subject.

Hopefully we'll be getting some clarity later today on whether it's bad, or really bad

This is looking good Andy, but I hope your news turns out to be nowhere near as bad as you fear.

 

[Andy T]

This is looking good Andy, but I hope your news turns out to be nowhere near as bad as you fear.

Thanks Tim. It's hard to put a positive spin on it, and to be fair we're still in limbo

Last Wednesday we found out that my wife has breast cancer, but the extent was unclear. An MRI on Friday was supposed to address that but today's results have produced more questions than answers, as they found additional "indeterminate" areas.

What we do know is that they are confident the diagnosed areas are treatable with surgery / radio / chemotherapy, but they can't speak for the newly discovered masses until they've run further tests.

So more waiting & wondering, with everything crossed.

Sorry to put this here but since I blurted out my earlier post I thought I better had. We haven't even told family yet so had to get it off my chest somehow!