Hasbro Jedi Starfighter (Hot Rod Scheme)

Update!

Okay this was quite an old project actually. Thankfully I had a very patient client/friend (Sorry Bang Ajie! heh). The reason that it took long was the amount of trials and errors (a lot of errors!) while doing it. You see, my friend wanted something different. And he saw this scheme in one of his Star Wars concept book. It was called the 'Hot Rod' scheme.

When I first saw it, I was excited and scared at the same time. Yes, the amount of masking would be phenomenal...but like always, I do love a challenge.

So as the project began, there were a bunch of techniques I tried which didn't go as I thought it would. Until finally...it worked.

So here's the Jedi Starfighter with the 'Hot Rod' scheme.

Next up is some Gundams and an X-Wing...say whaaaaaat?! Heh...

Hasbro Star Wars Snowspeeder (Finished)

Update!

Alright, I was supposed to do a work in progress posting for this guy...but due to my very busy schedule of late...I'm just closing it up.

The Snowspeeder has already been sent to my client and good friend, Azwanijaya. The look on his face when he received it was priceless. It's those kind of things that make what I do worth it.

Okay, enough of the talk...here's the Snowspeeders...(that's plural my friends...)

Luke's Snowspeeder:

Rebel Alliance Snowspeeder:

The Snowspeeders:

Comparison with a standard out of the box snowspeeder:

Now, don't worry...the many stages in the painting of this fantastic machine is recorded. Yep, each picture of the process was taken and uploaded in RK Design's Facebook page. If you would like to see more on the 'work in progress' go to our page and have look. Here's the link:

Work In Progress Part 2 - Snowspeeder

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Hasbro Star Wars Republic Gunship

Update!

Finally! I can post this guy up. Heh...this guy was done up for quite sometime and just recently the owner can pick it up (conflicting of time...) and due to my policy of not posting works that are done till the owner picks it up...yeah...it was awhile...

Okay, now here is the fella before the repaint...

So what was supposed to be done? Actually the owner wanted it weathered. Make it look less toyish but more to a military transport carrier. So I applied the usual weathering style for Star Wars vehicles but I stopped at using my 'space dust' technique. Why? Well for one thing, the gunships didn't do much battle in space. It was more of a ground infantry support/transport cruiser. So I decided not to apply that technique. I kept the weathering a little heavy on the nosecone, wings and undercarriage. The rest was light since it didn't face much wind resistance. It's fun how you utilize real life physics on models/toys (and common sense) to get the right look.

Here's the Republic Gunship. (yeah...I do everything...not just TRANSFORMERS and Gundams...LOL)

There you go, the Republic Gunship. Upcoming a few more Star Wars vehicles in waiting. So stay tuned. Oh before I forget, this gunship belongs to a local collector. Just wanted to put that in...heh...

Hasbro X-Wing Red 5

Update!

Here's another piece of work that I finished a few days back. My friend and owner of the Hasbro Millenium Falcon that I did a while back recommended me to his friend who wants to repaint his Hasbro X-Wing. I have worked on the Finemolds version so having a big one like this was going to be another challenge for me. But as we all know, the more we practice, the more experience we get and I for one am truly thankful for an opportunity like this.

Here was how it looked like before I worked on the fella...

As you can see, it looks rather plain despite having the blasts marks and a little bit of weathering. Missing is the markings on the wings to indicate it being Red 5, Luke Skywalker's personal starfighter. And the other markings are all paper decals which to me is not really a good thing.

So after stripping of the decals and cleaning it, primed it accordingly and making sure that I got every nook and cranny of the ship. Once primed, coated it with its base color for a few layers and making sure that its spread even. Putting it out to dry for 2 whole days in the nice hot sun would definitely assure me the paints will stick. Then came the horrifying task of masking it to make the details and markings.

The wing markings. It was tedious but fun...LOL...

When all of it is done, the weathering began! One thing that we always have to remember when doing weathering is that we have to know where to put it and how the ship flows. Once the weathering is done, I applied a very very thin layer of pale gray which was composed of 50% paint and 50% thinner. This is a technique I lovingly call the 'space dust'. Spraying must be done from a length of 30-40 cm. Too close, you will end up covering the markings and weathering and all work is done for nothing...heh...

And here it is...

Some close up shots:

And there you have it. There will be more Star Wars vehicles posted soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Vintage Palitoys Millenium Falcon

Update!

Here's another Millenium Falcon that I worked on awhile back. It's not as big as the new Hasbro version, so my work wasn't as...sizeable. Anyhoo, The reason why this fella was repainted was yellowing. It was so bad that it looked like it was made out of snot. Can't really blame it, this fella was around since 1979.

So my good buddy asked me to refurbished this since he saw my work on the Hasbro Falcon and he hoped that I can actually return this guy to his former glory. So there I was, another Falcon.

A job's a job's right? Didn't manage to take photos of its yellowing so can't really compare, but I think some of you would know.

Here it is...

Palitoy's Millenium Falcon (1979)

Got a request from my pal to change the thrusters to blue. Which is true since I don't remember the Falcon ever had red thrusters...

Go the distance!