BanDai 1/72 Scale Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade Build

Here is the new project. The Millennium Falcon in 1/72 scale by BanDai. The kit is beautifully detailed and very closely matches the studio model. If you check out the parts closely, you can see the parts that came from other plastic models of the day. For example, I've found a transmission case and under … Continue reading BanDai 1/72 Scale Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade Build

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Complete

Well construction is done on the Discovery XD-1. I made my goal of finishing it before Christmas (if you don't count the stand). I'm still working on how I want to display it. I don't know if I'll use the stands that are included in the in kit or if I'll try to find something … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Complete

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

Progress has finally made it to the color coat stage. After hand brushing the darker gray colors and then masking them I painted everything in my base color using Vallejo Model Color White Gray. To my eye it makes the perfect base color. It is almost white with just a hint of gray. I sprayed … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8

I didn't get as much done this week as I wanted. The holidays tend to do that. But there was progress. I assembled the 10 spine parts. These each consisted of 5 pieces. There were no locator pins since there needed to be room to run the metal tube through them. They did have an … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 7

The cockpit light boxes were a bit more difficult than the pod bay. They had to fit around some complicated shapes. This time I made some patterns out of index cards. I then trimmed the patterns until they fix nicely around the cockpit. I then used this as a pattern to cut out the shape … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 7