 My
very good friend and apprentice Lars Ole, or Ollie as we call
him, made this beautiful model of a rebel snowspeeder. This
is his second scratch-built model - his first project was an
Imperial TIE Bomber. I met Lars
some years ago, at a convention where I participated with some
of my models. He begged me to teach him my secrets. He became
my "apprentice" (sounds familiar?) and excelled beyond
any of my expectations. My days in solitude were over! From
never having built a model of any kind he went on to produce
fantastic models like the TIE bomber and this snowspeeder. We
often work together in my workshop while listening to the Star
Wars radio drama. There have been many legendary weekends with
incredible output. In a purely platonic way - I just love this
guy! Ok, back to his model... He used the Star
Wars Chronicles and the Art
of The Empire Strikes Back as references. |
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first thing he built was the cockpit. This was made from styrene.
For the glass in the canopy he used clear PVC.
The pilots were made from Cernit, much like Super Sculpey.
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cockpit interior is lit by fiber optics. Most of the cockpit
interior details were kitbashed from battleship kits. |
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large laser cannons were turned from PVC and acrylic tubes.
For the cannon details he made styrene and putty prototypes
that were reproduced by casting resin in silicone molds.
He also made several high quality prototypes of parts like
the rear engines and the front of the cannons, from which
he cast copies in resin. |
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hull of the speeder was built from 2-millimeter styrene sheets
and the panel lines were scribed with a sharpened screwdriver.
This model offers a lot of exercise in this particular discipline.
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the model was built, the canopy windows were masked out and
the model was base-coated. Lars used an airbrush to paint
the model. All the decals and markings were added by masking
and spraying the desired patterns. The model was given a wash
with thinner and oil colors to bring depth to panel lines
and details, and then it was drybrushed to bring out raised
detail. |
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Pictures and Close Ups |
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