1/72 Snowspeeder

I had a little time to kill before my next group build over at Keeper of the Force fourms, so I thought I'd knock out a quick build.  One of the very first resin kits I did was the old Fantastic Plastic kit. It was a learning experience to be sure, and I have never truly been happy with it.  A more recent release of the Snowspeeder is the Retro SF kit.  This kit is also in 1/72 scale, but has greater detail and to my eye seems much more accurate to the filming model used in Empire Strikes Back. 

I do like this kit, however I would not recommend it to someone just starting with resin kits. There was a fair amount of flash to clean up and the pour stubs were massive and a pain to get rid off.  Also, there are a lot of very thin, fragile parts to deal with as well.  I do like that it gives you the option to match the two different versions of the filming models, the red stripe and the grey stripe with the exposed panel.  Here is my progress so far, I'm waiting on my base coat to dry so I can mask off the red stripes and then this little kit will be done just in time.

What you get:

 Lots of sanding needed:

 And more sanding needed:

All cleaned up:

Optional exposed panel:

Comparison to my old FP kit:

Interdictor class Star Destroyer

The Immobilizer 418 cruiser, also known as the Interdictor-class heavy cruiser was small Star Destroyer in the Imperial Fleet. The main purpose of this ship was to create mass shadows with it's four gravity well projectors to prevent enemy ships from escaping to hyperspace.

I finally finished my build up of the .JPG 1/4222 Interdictor class Star Destroyer, mastered by Nicholas Sagan.  This is a really great kit, and comes with lots of extra parts to build an Enforcer class, Vindicator class or to kitbash your own small class SD.

What you Get:

 I decided to sand off the detail for the bridge windows and replace it with some photo etch:

 The kit comes with lots of thin wire to add the antenna array:

 There are a few minor fit gaps, but nothing a little bit of sanding an putty can't fix:

 Reactor plate with lots of detail:

 Main Hanger bay:

 Finished pics.  I put down a base coat of Tamiya Insignia white, masked a few panels off and then added a top coat of Tamiya Flat White.  The effect is subtle, but I like it.

Close up on the Gravity well projectors:

 My growing 1/4222 scale Star Destroyer Fleet.