1/6 scale Snowspeeder scratchbuild (Complete!)

[Marine Boy]

Underside wing panelling pretty much done. Air brake flaps next to do.

 

[ScratchBuilder]

Loving this build

 

[Marine Boy]

Work done to the back end. I'm making this part removable, so detailing the interior is easier.



Engine cover. This part will be covered in greeblies before the fins are added.



Shown assembled.



I made the canopy frames too thin, so have corrected that. I have a stand-in Luke, made from Hasbro parts and a HT head for now. The SS version is stupidly expensive now, and the headsculpt isn't the greatest.



Checking the gunner's seat for room.

 

[Stryker2011]

That’s really coming along.

 

[prvtnoclass]

This build is coming along amazing.

Are you finding your scale conversion of that file to result in a fairly accurate translation to 1/6? It seems to look like it does based on your build photos.

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[Marine Boy]

I'd say it worked out pretty well. Getting the shape of the wings correct is very important, as it ties into all the other parts. If you get it wrong, all the adjoining panels end up looking wonky as well. I've seen many scratchbuilds, beautifully finished and painted, that still look a bit "off".

 

[Marine Boy]

Tied up the areas where the wings join and made the air scoop on the underside.





More work done around the airbrakes.

 

[Artoo]

So cool! How are you feeling about the progress? It's looking phenomenal.

 

[Marine Boy]

Adding detail to the airscoop. I'd like to add an articulated mounting point here, so i don't have an ugly visible joint on the stand. Problem is i won't know the position of the CofG, until the model is almost complete.





Pretty pleased with it so far, considering it's only been a month. I made some errors along the way, so time was lost fixing them.

 

[Artoo]

A thing of beauty.

 

[LOPIE]

Wow, Epic

 

[Marine Boy]

Today's update: more detailing done to the underside. Still more to add.



One of the brake flaps under construction.



Took a while to make sure it lined up with the existing panels.



Just to add the greeblies and they're done.

 

[Artoo]

Wow, such amazing attention to detail!

 

[Marine Boy]

Detailing the rear engine panel. I don't have much in the way of spare kit parts, so i'm having to make most of it from scratch.



One of the cooling fins. Each one is made from 10 separate panels.



Partially assembled.

 

[Artoo]

Detailing the rear engine panel. I don't have much in the way of spare kit parts, so i'm having to make most of it from scratch

Fantastic job! The extra work you need to do to make all the components is looking amazing.

 

[Stryker2011]

Fantastic job. The details are looking really great.

 

[Cagoda]

Your detailing is insane! I still don't understand how you make thus by hand, it's so awesome! Excellent work!

 

[prvtnoclass]

10 separate panels for 1 fin + hand cut = holy crap!!!

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[TaliBane]

Your detailing is insane! I still don't understand how you make thus by hand, it's so awesome! Excellent work!

Yeah, in an increasingly 3D-printed customs world, this project (and the Izzy Falcon) are singular achievements. The work put into this is mind-blowing. "Hand-made" in every sense of the word.

To me demonstrates a real love for the subject matter - exploring these objects in ultra-close detail, understanding every little element because you're hand-building it.

It's like a guy, a scalpel and a pile of plasticard and boom - an incredibly realistic and ultra-detailed 1/6 Snowspeeder just forms from thin air. It's just so damned impressive.

How he gets the lines (especially curves) so clean and consistent (esp. over multiples) I have no idea. It almost looks like CNC, especially the "etched" lines on panels, but it's not.

 

[dls712]

Blown Away. Completely Blown Away.

Unreal the level of detail you are putting into this.

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Dennis