Blade one

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This was given to me as a gift. No box, no figure.
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The figure was missing so I made one from this one I found.
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He’s not very detailed, but better then an empty cockpit..
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I scrounged up some stickers from other kits for the fun of it, and added Resistance orange..
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Not, bad.. better then no figure at all.
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I added some small rods for extra detail, and prepped the cockpit
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I added a black oil wash to the primer before thinning and spraying blue oil paint right from the tube. I had never done this before, and did it without thinking, and then wondered what happened, and how I did it..? It was sublime
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The mysterious masking fluid..
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It’s a bird..
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It’s a plane..
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It’s a bat..
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Blade One
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Battle of Endor
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‘Strike as Lightning! Take out that shield generator!”
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Blade Squadron
“Strike as Lightning”

28 2 February 2021, 05:54

JD
During the Galactic Civil War, Blade One was the callsign attributed to the first member of the starfighter squadron called Blade Squadron, composed of A/SF-01 B-wing starfighters. During the Battle of Endor, a unidentified Rebel pilot flew under the callsign Blade One and was later killed by a TIE interceptor.

2 February 2021, 07:22

Torsten
Nice build, well done 👍

2 February 2021, 07:41

Stefan Schacht
very nice

2 February 2021, 10:05

Spanjaard
very nice

2 February 2021, 10:54

Uwe Kaeding
Wow, very nice job on this old kit (and I don't remember the figure that came with the kit being much more detailed than yours!).

2 February 2021, 12:01

JD
Thanks Torsten, Stefan, Spanjaard, Uwe 😄 It turned out pretty good, though my colors are a little off 🤔 I must say these vintage kits are much more challenging then the modern Bandai kits. Bad fitting, lots of seams, the canopy does not fit at all, and some details are missing. But it was fun and challenging, and relaxing, and that's what it's all about. Cheers, JD😉

2 February 2021, 21:50

S M
Well done! I like the paint job and the added extra details.

2 February 2021, 21:56

JD
Thanks S M 😄 Maybe it's an early paint scheme for Blade Squadron.. 🤔

2 February 2021, 22:00

GamerLevelDad
Love the way that turned out. Excellent work!

4 February 2021, 08:07

JD
Wow, I'll try not to let that go to my head.. Thanks, I really enjoyed the way yours turned out GamerLevelDad, and now I must have the Bandai kit!

4 February 2021, 08:18

Nathan Dempsey
Great work JD! You really brought that old kit to life!

4 February 2021, 13:17

Jeremy O
Had this kit when I was a kid but never built it. Lovely to see it built so well decades later.

4 February 2021, 14:52

Bernd Korte
I saw this just now. Very nice! By the way I watched all three of the "original" old Star Wars movies again in search of Bw-ing footage. Of course, there were only a few seconds showing B-Wings in the last of the three early movies. But who am I telling this 😄

5 February 2021, 19:01

JD
Thanks! You guys are really making this fun! 🙂 The B-Wings truly come to life in The rise of Skywalker Bernd, they have amazing maneuvering capabilities..

5 February 2021, 19:56

brianireland
Liking this! 🙂

8 February 2021, 21:31

Rob Henderson
Love the look of this build - got one on the go at the moment (it's the terrible gold-plated release) but it is getting the full colour treatment.

18 February 2021, 23:58

JD
Thanks Rob! glad you like it. Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out 🙂

19 February 2021, 04:24