Naboo Starfighter

While I think that is safe to say that Prequel trilogy was hit and miss story wise, the one thing that it did deliver on was new ship designs.  One of my favorites is the Naboo N-1 starfighter. A sleek, glossy fighter with smooth curves and bright paint scheme.

This kit is built from the 1/72 scale FineMolds kit. It was a quick and easy build and a lot of fun. I have learned two important things from this build. 1. Always put a coat of black on anything you plan to paint metallic. 2. Metallic paint WILL show every single imperfection and ding. Oh well, good things to remember for when I finally get around to my Firefly build.

Straight from the box:

 Sub-assembly built:

 Ready to airbrush:

 Finished, I used a FM X-Wing stand instead of the kit stand to save some space on my shelf:

TIE Defender Finshed

Finished work on the 1/72 scale TIE Defender, and finally got a change to use my new airbrush. After some trial and error, I finally got a look that I was happy with.

To build my stand, I modified a FineMolds 1/72 scale X-Wing stand to support the TIE Defender's off balance cockpit ball. 

 

A shot of the pilot in the hollowed out cockpit before sealing it up with the canopy frame.

 And after paint, washing and weathering, the final product:

 

My growing 1/72 scale TIE squadron. The X1(Vader's TIE) and the Interceptor are the Revell Pocket kits, and are just a bit smaller than 1/72 scale but, they will do until I can pick up the kits that do fit.