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I will be following this one Mark.I think it will look great on that base
Carl
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 Thank you for the comments guys. Mark
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Pictures 1 & 2. A little more prepping done to the R2 unit. Here I have primed all the white, silver and blue parts.
Pictures 3 & 4. All left for 24 hours to dry, I then painted with silver paint. Once these have really dried over several days, I will weather some of the inner parts with oils before placing them into the model.
Pictures 5 & 6. I then painted the main body parts with white paint and gave them a couple of coats. The white paint is the same as I am using with the R2 customise build, as is the silver paint.
Pictures 7 & 8. The blue parts have been painted, again the same as the custom build. Starting with silver, translucent purple, blue, and the purple again. The only difference I will be doing is not applying the full gloss varnish to the blue parts, as they won’t need it. The picture doesn’t really do it any justice, but you get that metallic blue/ purple look. Once allowed to dry for several days, I will be very lightly chipping the parts with a small sharp knife, allowing the silver to come through when weathering.
The dome part has not been painted yet, as I want to hide the seam when fixing the two parts together. That’s all for now, thank you for looking.
Markwarren attached the following image(s):
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Never realised until looking at your latest pictures just how detailed these models are. They look really good. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
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Looks great so far Mark will be following with interest regards Phil  COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Thanks for looking Phil, Tony. Tony: The detail is excellent, needs painting to really highlight those introcut pieces. I'll try and show a picture of the arm and compare it with the Deag one when done. Cheers for looking Mark
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Nice start there Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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I have been away for the Easter weekend. I took some modelling equipment with me, just in case it rained, and hid it in the boot of the car. So not to be disappointed it rained all Sunday afternoon and evening. Whilst the missus was reading her book, she said it’s a shame I didn’t bring any modelling to do, I smirked.
Pictures 1 & 2. Anyway, on to the build. I started with the dome on R2 by priming the part before painting it with polished metalcote Aluminium.
Pictures 3,4,5 & 6. As you can see in the next picture, you can see the seam. Unfortunately, with this model you have to fit the inner blue panels inside before attaching the two halves together. So, I used some masking tape and some plastic filler, then filed down using a sanding stick being careful not to hit the blue panels.
Picture 7. Here you can see the seam taken out
Picture 8. I then drilled out a hole for the blue and red light to go.
Pictures 9 & 10. I then used a 2mm fiber optic tube and mushroomed the end, before placing it into the hole. The second picture shows the underside. I glued the cable with UV glue.
Picture 11. Here is how it looks when inserted.
Picture 12. I then used some heat shrink tubing over the flashing red and blue LED, with will then fit over the Fiber tubing.
Pictures 13 & 14. I then used a 0.25mm drill piece to drill 6 holes into each matrix panel as shown here.
Picture 15. I will be using a white flashing LED for both these and the rear panel. I will be painting the ends of the 0.25 fiber optics with some translucent paint.
Pictures 16,17 & 18. I then put a few more panels on and did some fine detail on some of the panels with silver paint. I also scratched the blue panels in places to expose the silver paint underneath to give it a start on the weathered look.
pictures 19,20 & 21. There is still plenty to do before the dome is finished, but the last few pictures shows the LED attached to show how it will look. There will also be the rear light which will have a yellow and green flashing light.
That’s all for now, thanks for looking.Markwarren attached the following image(s):
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Hi Mark really outstanding modeling skills on the R2 head like how you cant even tell there was a seam at all well done regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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This is looking great so far ... Looking forward to seeing this one complete Current builds: Eaglemoss DeLorean, Deagostini R2 D2 Build
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That looks really very good. You have really tempted me to get hold of this model to add to my own collection. Really like your lighting as well. Hope it all continues well. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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what a difference a led makes, shall be watching your progress.
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Looks superb, great modelling skills on show.....  Regards Alan
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Thank you Steve, Tony, Phil, Bobbaf3n and Alan for you kind comments. Tony: The quality and detail of this kit is very good. Regards Mark
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Amazing work with R2's head Mark, and you've even squeezed in an LED 
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Incredible job with such a small subject. Looks fantastic.
Graeme
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Thankyou for the comments Dave and Graeme. Still got a couple more LED's to go in, as well as the fibre optics, wish I knew how Dr Who's tardis worked.  Regards Mark
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Awesome work Mark.I cant beleive you are fitting the Leds inside R2s head.
Carl
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Top work there mark, some clever innovations going on Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thanks Carl and Andy for your comments. Regards Mark
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