Star Wars SIG 2015

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:35 am

Russ72 wrote:I was going to take part in this one with a Speeder Bike, but my AT-ST arrived today, and also found a Vinyl Han Solo kit while cleaning up my work area a couple of months ago. Not sure which to build for the Sig now.

Any Suggestions?

All of them...

plenty of time, May till December. I just received my AT ST today, that will be my first

Russ72 · Post by **Russ72** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:16 am

kiwigav wrote: All of them... plenty of time, May till December. I just received my AT ST today, that will be my first

Cheers Gav, solves some problems.

The AT-ST looks good, look forward to your thread.

Hawkins6685 · Post by **Hawkins6685** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:24 pm

I'm in I think?? Want to start and finish current build. But if I can find one I may do anakins pod racer.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:21 pm

Another reason to build more Star Wars Kits!!

http://www.starwars.com/news/rogue-one- ... isode-viii

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:13 pm

After seeing the new teaser trailer I'm tempted to scrap the small kit I was going to build and work on a crashed Star Destroyer! That's about half the kit I won't have to work on once I cut it off!

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:24 pm

DBMiller wrote:After seeing the new teaser trailer I'm tempted to scrap the small kit I was going to build and work on a crashed Star Destroyer! That's about half the kit I won't have to work on once I cut it off!

I like your thinking

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 11:51 pm

Looking for more figures, but lots of stuff on backorder or not released yet

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:27 am

nice stuff mate. Have got Bandai snow speeder pre-ordered that will be build no.2

countzero99uk · Post by **countzero99uk** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:36 am

could be fun, will look if i can find something fun to do

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:02 am

I need some SciFi expert help....what exactly is "fuselage colour" for an X-Wing???
That is all my Fine Molds kit says in the instructions, and there are some heated discussions/ opinions online
I would be using Tamiya paint, maybe sky grey??

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:49 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:I need some SciFi expert help....what exactly is "fuselage colour" for an X-Wing???
That is all my Fine Molds kit says in the instructions, and there are some heated discussions/ opinions online
I would be using Tamiya paint, maybe sky grey??

A while back when I painted my X wing I used a lightened version of XF-19 Sky Grey. I then did some panel variations also.

Here are a couple of links to further your research.
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/index.html Some great exibit photos of a battle worm x wing ( click on X wing in Exibitions)

http://www.guntruck.com/XWingFighter.html Great little build with good in-depth commentary.

If else fails put the dvd on and pause for some screen shots...trust your eyes for a good match.

Good luck with your build mate

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:59 am

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, 2015 - The Force Awakens Prop and Costume Exhibit

Some great photos from recent Star Wars Celebration

http://swnz.dr-maul.com/moretext.php?fo ... Tc4NxxmiGQ

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:00 am

Thanks mate, it looks like I am headed the right direction
I am waffling a little in my thoughts of the build and might get the 1/72 bandai x wing kit to plunge into the mucky scene and keep the nice Fine Molds kit for later
Found some good figures as well...haven't modelled any figures yet
Hmmm, it is all so tempting

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:21 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Thanks mate, it looks like I am headed the right direction
I am waffling a little in my thoughts of the build and might get the 1/72 bandai x wing kit to plunge into the mucky scene and keep the nice Fine Molds kit for later
Found some good figures as well...haven't modelled any figures yet
Hmmm, it is all so tempting

Nice Idea. I'm keen on getting a Fine Molds 1/72 kit of some sort but they are pretty pricy and freight to NZ is a killer. Thinking I might get a Jango Slave 1 kit out of Asia, Free Freight is a bonus. Will be starting on my Bandai AT-ST

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:25 am

kiwigav wrote:
Twokidsnosleep wrote:Thanks mate, it looks like I am headed the right direction
I am waffling a little in my thoughts of the build and might get the 1/72 bandai x wing kit to plunge into the mucky scene and keep the nice Fine Molds kit for later
Found some good figures as well...haven't modelled any figures yet
Hmmm, it is all so tempting
Nice Idea. I'm keen on getting a Fine Molds 1/72 kit of some sort but they are pretty pricy and freight to NZ is a killer. Thinking I might get a Jango Slave 1 kit out of Asia, Free Freight is a bonus. Will be starting on my Bandai AT-ST

I bit the bullet and bought some Bandai stuff...will save the Fine moulds as collection or to build on its own later.
For Bandai I got...droids r2 and another dude, x wing 1/72 I will trash in the swamp and a storm trooper . Thinking about making the trooper into a troupette...by altering her,ahh chestal plate area and such

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:37 am

Long posts are better than no posts

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:37 am

Sounds like you have a few to build. Look forward to seeing them progress hobbyman

I would love to get some of those bargains on ebay, but the freight to New Zealand costs more than the purchase itself.

Got the Bandai at-st to start with, also have speeder ordered and plan to get speeder.

catch ya on the build thread.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:47 am

Troupette, !!! Scott. I suppose the empire was an equal opportunity organization

G I'm repeating myself about freight costs to NZ. .. really grates me sometimes . sorry guys

corpsman23k2 · Post by **corpsman23k2** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:46 am

This one may be very enjoyable to watch

Thumboy · Post by **Thumboy** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:37 am

Hi all,

As my plans for the homeland build have been shelved due to date restictions

(I was planning to build a RNZAF Avenger called Plonky, shot down in 1944) i thought I would see if I could join this GB.

I don't have any star wars kits in the stash so I thought I would scratch build something. At this early stage I am thinking of making some electro-binoculars or maybe spinning up a bar of aluminium on the lathe and making a lightsaber handle.

I guess this would be your decision kiwigav.I hope it fits the criteria of your GB

Cheers

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:54 am

Thumboy wrote:Hi all,

As my plans for the homeland build have been shelved due to date restictions (I was planning to build a RNZAF Avenger called Plonky, shot down in 1944) i thought I would see if I could join this GB.

I don't have any star wars kits in the stash so I thought I would scratch build something. At this early stage I am thinking of making some electro-binoculars or maybe spinning up a bar of aluminium on the lathe and making a lightsaber handle.

I guess this would be your decision kiwigav.I hope it fits the criteria of your GB

Cheers

Hi thumboy ,how's it across the other side of Cook Strait. Scratch build all good as long as it exists in the SW universe. Sabre would be cool , which characters weapon might you decide to build a replica of?
Cheers Gav

Thumboy · Post by **Thumboy** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:17 pm

Hi Gav, It's very wet and windy here in Wellington, not like sunny Nelson

not sure of a character yet only thought of it tonight but I have always liked obi wan or Luke but it would probably depend on who has the most simple design as my lathe skills are a bit rusty to say the least.

Would it be possible to make one of my own design??? Perhaps belonging to a background character.

Had another thought that it would be cool to make it with working lights

good job we've got 8 months

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:19 pm

Thumboy wrote:Hi Gav, It's very wet and windy here in Wellington, not like sunny Nelson

not sure of a character yet only thought of it tonight but I have always liked obi wan or Luke but it would probably depend on who has the most simple design as my lathe skills are a bit rusty to say the least.

Would it be possible to make one of my own design??? Perhaps belonging to a background character.

Had another thought that it would be cool to make it with working lights good job we've got 8 months

Be good to see a replica but lets see what you can do for a background characters sabre...good luck look forward to seeing progress.

Hobby Link Japan have the New Bandai Kits and a few old Finemolds ones. The price and freight are reasonable.

Hawkins6685 · Post by **Hawkins6685** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:07 am

Ok I'm defo in now. Couldn't find a pod racer that wasn't Revell easykit. But i have now just ordered 2 stormtroopers and a darth vader, bandai models on back order. So looking forward to them arriving soon hopefully.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:45 am

Hawkins6685 wrote:Ok I'm defo in now. Couldn't find a pod racer that wasn't Revell easykit. But i have now just ordered 2 stormtroopers and a darth vader, bandai models on back order. So looking forward to them arriving soon hopefully.

Look forward to seeing those figures progress. Been thinking of getting a stormtrooper.

Roll on May the 4th

Hawkins6685 · Post by **Hawkins6685** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:29 pm

Yeah probably won't have them by then lol there's a 4-6 week lead time on them. Want to try and start and finish 'in the navy' sig first and that's going to be tight I think lol.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun May 17, 2015 10:02 am

Cool interview from recent Star Wars celebration
[youtube]oMXUNr2mb3k[/youtube]

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sun May 17, 2015 10:24 am

That's over the top!!!
Wow!

waylow · Post by **waylow** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:18 pm

I ordered the Bandai Kit for the 1/72 scale X-wing from Hobby link Japan. I am trying to get back into modeling and this looked like a good kit to start with. So count me in.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:46 pm

waylow wrote:I ordered the Bandai Kit for the 1/72 scale X-wing from Hobby link Japan. I am trying to get back into modeling and this looked like a good kit to start with. So count me in.

Great kits to get back into the hobby with. Welcome. Kick-start a thread in the builds section, look forward to seeing the x-wing build up

waylow · Post by **waylow** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:49 am

Thanks this was a great idea for a SIG.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:52 am

waylow wrote:Thanks this was a great idea for a SIG.

cheers mate.

good louck with your build and roll on December 18th

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:56 am

24 Builds and 7 Finished...Awesome ISM Team

looking forward to some more finishes, some of you getting close

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:35 am

I might build one more before the end. I've still got a few in the stash

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:29 am

Coen wrote:I might build one more before the end. I've still got a few in the stash

You are the Jedi Model Master Mike
Look forward to seeing the build

plasmahal · Post by **plasmahal** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:57 am

I will progress the y-wing soon.

Enjoying the Tamiya M51 Super Sherman too much when i have modelling time.

Nevbo · Post by **Nevbo** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:58 am

Has anyone else booked their tickets to see the new Star Wars film yet?

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:27 am

Not me.
I'll be waiting for it to come out on Netflix.
Netflix Canada has said that as soon as it's out of theatres they'll be streaming it.
Or I'll just download it from somewhere if I see it.
I can't go to theatres so I'll have to wait a year or more to watch it.

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:06 am

Nevbo wrote:Has anyone else booked their tickets to see the new Star Wars film yet?

was a bit slow on it, they sold out in hours here. They are putting on midnight screening but I think I can wait a week.

Hope Netflix Australia/New Zealand do something like that here too Mike. But on a mega size screen will be very cool also

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:52 am

Probably old news to you guys, but I've just seen a video with revells VP, saying they're releasing a 'master series' of kits. Which are using the fine moulds kit moulds. Should make them a bit more readily available in the uk, I hope!

Post by **Lee** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:18 am

chief5437 wrote:Probably old news to you guys, but I've just seen a video with revells VP, saying they're releasing a 'master series' of kits. Which are using the fine moulds kit moulds. Should make them a bit more readily available in the uk, I hope!

Ooh sounds good. Does that mean they'll have extra goodies?

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:49 pm

Not sure Lee. He only showed the box of the millennium falcon. But basically explained that Revell had made a deal with Disney and Fine Moulds to use the fine moulds tooling and release it as Revell. The vid was mainly about the new Force Awakens snap kits, and he threw this news in at the end!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:59 pm

Something that some of you fellas may be interested in.
Fine Scale Modeller is doing a Star Wars feature contest for their mag and they're looking for stuff to be entered.
Since many of use are near to completion or have completed, why don't you enter and see what happens.
If that sorta thing floats yer boat. My tries aren't very imaginative, but a few of yours are pretty freaking epic pieces and would probably show off really well.

Here's a link to it if you're interested...
http://finescalecontests.upickem.net/en ... tid=197745

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:47 pm

Hmmm Mike, I might just do that....see how it finishes off. Is probably well over my head, but maybe give it a shot
I was so blown away by the quality of work at the local IPMS show in October thought no way would I ever enter anything
Thanks for the heads up on that contest

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:07 pm

Coen wrote:Something that some of you fellas may be interested in.
Fine Scale Modeller is doing a Star Wars feature contest for their mag and they're looking for stuff to be entered.
Since many of use are near to completion or have completed, why don't you enter and see what happens.
If that sorta thing floats yer boat. My tries aren't very imaginative, but a few of yours are pretty freaking epic pieces and would probably show off really well.

Here's a link to it if you're interested...
http://finescalecontests.upickem.net/en ... tid=197745

Thanks for the link! I may just give it a go. What can I loose?

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:54 am

chief5437 wrote:Probably old news to you guys, but I've just seen a video with revells VP, saying they're releasing a 'master series' of kits. Which are using the fine moulds kit moulds. Should make them a bit more readily available in the uk, I hope!

Just been on the Revell site and its there! The 1/72 Falcon, I even recognised the stand from the Fine Moulds kit. Only problem - the nasty men at Revell are pricing it at $300

SHAMEFUL. I know its a good kit but that's a really un-cool price.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:34 am

That's about $100 more than I paid for the fine molds one that I built for the sig.
Damn! It's a well stocked kit, worth near $200... Unless they've added a tonne of stuff it's definitely not worth $300. Not by a long shot.

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:59 am

Coen wrote:That's about $100 more than I paid for the fine molds one that I built for the sig.
Damn! It's a well stocked kit, worth near $200... Unless they've added a tonne of stuff it's definitely not worth $300. Not by a long shot.

Just seen the Bandai 1/144 Falcon being reviewed on YouTube. It looks an absolute beauty and its £35. Looks like that may be the way to go - at least for now anyway - Lol

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:25 am

OK my rebel fighters ..or Imperialists.

18 Days to go, or 19 depending on what side of the world you live on.
I am so pleased with all the builds that everybody has produced. Such a high caliber, from kitbashing to scratch builds, dios and more.
So lets push on to the 18th get your builds to the finishline and celebrate with me and enjoy the "Force Awaken's"

once again cheers my fellow SW fans

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:12 am

Yeah!!!
What he said!!!