TIE/ew Seeker
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Comparison of the regular and upscaled conversion kits
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Primed and sanded conversion kit parts
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Conversion kit parts put together - I replaced some of the printed parts with brass or styrene to save on sanding
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Ventral antenna attached to the bomb chute
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Bomb bay fuselage modified to accept the front dish
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Front disc added
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Cockpit parts
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Central antenna mount modified to attach to main kit
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Hole drilled in centre section to allow for mounting the antenna
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And attached
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Rear view, also showing engine exhausts drilled out
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Main dish attached
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Wings attached - front view
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Rear view
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All sub assemblies painted
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Gluing on the wings
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Construction completed
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Opmerkingen
8 December 2019, 02:14
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Nice Topic😉 . The seeker version fits so well to the original design. Thanks for sharing such an excotic 👍
11 December 2019, 14:08
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Great subject. It came out great too. I know how rough that shapeways nylon can be.
11 December 2019, 14:34
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Thanks. Nathan - yes that nylon is a terrible material for anything that isn't flat planes. Unfortunately this product wasn't offered in any of the higher detail materials.
12 December 2019, 06:34
Album info
This is a model of the TIE Seeker electronic warfare/early warning craft, which is a fan design. Built in 2016 using an MVM TIE Bomber as the base with a conversion kit from Shapeways, designed by Frank8492. The original conversion kit was too small not designed for the MVM kit and too small but I contacted the designer and he made a modified/scaled up version available. The only problems with the conversion kit were modifying it to fit the base kit and that it was only available in the Shapeways Nylon material, meaning that the print was rough and needed a lot of work to smooth things out.