Recent content by Walter2

The A-wing is finished except for the front part of the hood. I tried to shape the plastic using a plaster mold and a hair dryer, but it didn't work; the plastic didn't even get properly warm. I'll probably build a thermoforming device out of wood (not that difficult), which has a connection for...

Very informative video. I'm going to try it with a plaster mold.

First attempts with the hood. The rear part works perfectly (bend is not yet finished). The front part does not work in the same way because the curvature does not cooperate. Therefore, I cut out the blue part from the original, placed it underneath, and transferred the cut lines to the foil...

A little Greebling and the ship's cannons (very fiddly). Now all that's missing is the cockpit canopy. I will try to build it using transparent plastic film.

Engine and wing.

Cabin...

Engine and cabin. Unfortunately, you can't see it very well in the photos, but I covered the colorful instruments with clear varnish to make them look like glass. However, it looks good on the model itself.

Nice model, very well done, congratulations

Continued...

Let's continue with the engine

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Assembling the upper and lower parts 2. What I like about this model so far is that the parts fit together very nicely.

Assembling the upper and lower parts 1

Now the chassis is being worked on.

To relax, I decided to build the A-Wing - with building instructions.