Saur's big bunch o' Stuff - now featuring more than ships! Black Eagle/Harrier!

[Sauragnmon]

Alright, I had to feed my inner geek back in January, and I bought myself the beautiful Fine Molds TIE Interceptor.  It arrived earlier this week, and needless to say, I was on it like white on rice.  I didn't really start the kit until I had the colour scheme sketched out - a buddy of mine showed me the 181st Squadron's TIE Interceptor markings, with the red bands on the wings, and I thought I'd do something to some of the details to give it more colour - I had plans for the solar panels, and didn't want to cover over the paint plan, so I did the outer wing frames, and the front framing.  I started with the dark blue, and that looked a little flat to me, so I did the inner framing in light blue and drybrushed it over the outer frames before I set the panels in, to give it a more multidimensional and irregular look.  Then I added some metal to spark it up a little bit more.  The stand isn't a clear metal, as I basecoated it with a Dark Bluegrey, and only one coat of Gunmetal, so the bluegrey shows through in a sort of algae-metal colouring, which looks cool to me.  The weapons config is my personal favourite, the multirole desigh with four Lasers and two Ions in the eyeball mounts.  Enough talking - Pics!














As always - questions, comments, queries and rude remarks are not only welcome, but invited.

[Cobra]

Great Job i have 2 Nephews that would Go Nuts seeing that Ship!!!!!!!Got any more Great Stuff you plan to Post?? Keep up the Great Work Dan

[lancer]

Nice looking 'squint' Simon. I built this kit a while back and put the 181st red stripes on the wings. The Rogue squadron graphic novels are a good source of reference for them.
They also look pretty striking as well
Squint is the alliance/New Republic's fighter corps nickname for the TiE Interceptor BTW. Why yes, I am a Rogue Squadron geek!!

[chrisonord]

Very nice piece of work there Simon, she is certainly the looker
Chris.

[Sauragnmon]

Thankyou, gentlemen, for the kind comments.

Dan - the kit's not that expensive from a supplier like luckymodel, you might consider it for a birthday present for those nephews.  Fine Molds also does a couple of "rebel scum" craft as well.

Lancer - I was inspired by the 181st bands, but wanted to keep the panels clean, so I went for a little difference in style.  I had an AMT Interceptor as a kid, I've always loved the sharp wings of the design, and seeing the Fine Molds kit I knew I had to get one, and give it the kind of love I could apply with the years under my belt.

Chris - that she is, and like I said, the kit lends itself well to the detailing.

[lancer]

I've still got the original TiE fighter as well as one of those 'Rebel Scum' X-Wing jobbies in the stash. I just need to track down the Y-wing for the set.
Did Fine Molds ever do the B-Wing at all?

[Sauragnmon]

I'd be tempted to get one of the TIE Fighters, just for the sake of it, eventually.  I had the thought of doing an X-Ceptor with an X-Wing model if I got my hands on one.  Fine Molds hasn't done a B-Wing, but that doesn't mean they might not add it to the roster eventually.  I'm hoping they add more Imperial stuff though.

[tc2324]

A very tidy build there, always like that type of T.I.E   

[Mossie]

Very nice, subtly different!  I've somehow avoided the Fine Molds Star Wars kits, not sure why.

[Mossie]

Just found this on the Wookiepedia entry for the TIE Fighter:

Originally meant to have a blue color on the hull, this was abandoned when blue-screen filming made the fighters transparent.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/ln_starfighter

So I guess you've done it how it was always meant to be!

[Sauragnmon]

Alright... it's been a little quiet project of mine for a bit, concept known as Black Eagle - a F-15E I got from Chris, that I had plans to fit Russian engines and Flanker wings onto, and give it a bit more of a Soviet look and some Improved appearances in a few places.  I got upset with the kit pit, and so I bought the Aires set - well, it wasn't sized to fit, so it took a little finesse, some PSR, some knifeplay, but last night the fuselage got buttoned up... ish.  Then I dug into the box and found... I'd lost the nosecone somehow.  Desperate to help hold the nose together (it wanted to seperate) I had to find SOMETHING that had a diameter that would fit the nosecone join on this monster.  Dig and dig I did, searching around, until I found a seperated Fishbed nose.  Great, now I just needed something to cap it.  A little more digging, I pulled the end cap from a Strike Flanker stinger, and fitted it over the shock cone nose space.  Add some PSR, and here we are - the current progress.  The cockpit required me to rip out the nose gear bay to get the space for it, so it's gears up - no nose gear hatches, so I had to get creative and putty that spot.  How am I getting it to stay up? Three Citadel Flying stands, the nose one longer in the base so it has a nose-up angle on it.  Enough talk, now for pictures!





Had to take a picture to show off some of the Impressive detail of the Aires pit - the fit notwithstanding (not the right kit, so not their fault), it's a beautiful little piece of work.

As always, Ladies and Gents, questions, comments, queries and rude remarks are welcome, invited, and appreciated.

[chrisonord]

The eagle is certainly going to look plenty different Simon thats for sure.
I will be watching how this beasty comes out.
Cheers,
Chris.

[Taiidantomcat]

This is going to rock 

[Sauragnmon]

Well, I've been a busy boy since the last updates - the nose got smoothed, the wings and H-Tails are on, and there's been more paint slapped on.  I decided to take a break after finishing this, because my eyes were losing the ability to focus properly.  You'll understand in a moment - Pics!



And I'm not even done yet - more splinters in another colour, highlighted like this, and possibly some little tints on the grey coat as well to shadow it further and add more depth.

As always, gentlemen - questions, comments, queries and rude remarks are welcome, invited and appreciated.

[pyro-manic]

Wow, that's a nifty looking beast, Saur! The dazzle camo is great, and I'm interested to see what you do with the intakes etc.