Dianoga-class Assault Starfighter

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April 17, 2022
All the pieces off the printer and cleaned up - its a pretty simple kit. Canopy has been printed in clear resin and polished
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April 17, 2022
Test fitting the pilot - had to remove the dashboard to get him to fit
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April 17, 2022
Framework glued to the canopy glass
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April 17, 2022
Cockpit painted
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April 17, 2022
Lots of detail in there but not easy to paint as you can really only access from the front. The printed file has an open strip at the top of the cockpit, maybe for lighting - I closed that with a piece of white styrene sprayed with a pearl gloss coat to look like a light panel.
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April 17, 2022
Cockpit back wall also painted
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April 17, 2022
Pilot figure painted
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April 17, 2022
Cockpit and pilot weathered and pilot glued in place
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April 17, 2022
Dash put back in place. I ended up having to glue it at an angle to miss the pilot's arm but I think it looks more realistic like this
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April 17, 2022
The rear panel contains the engines but has large holes for lights. As lights aren't my thing I decided to close them up and some Wave verniers were a good fit
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April 17, 2022
Wave vernier pieces glued in place - back view
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April 17, 2022
Front view of the engines with the verniers installed
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April 17, 2022
Back piece being glued to the main body - some clamping was required!
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April 17, 2022
Cockpit glass glued in place
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April 17, 2022
All 4 wings attached with 5 minute epoxy
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April 17, 2022
Front view after a couple of rounds of filling, sanding and priming
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April 17, 2022
Rear view after primer
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April 17, 2022
These are the colours I'm planning to paint the ship (bottom left)
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April 17, 2022
Main body coat done and started on some detail painting - back view
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April 17, 2022
And front view
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April 20, 2022
Decided to try something new for me - chipping using Maskol applied with a sponge
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April 20, 2022
Also the first time I've designed and cut my own masks - here the masks have been added for the wing flashes
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April 20, 2022
Green part of the wing markings painted
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April 21, 2022
Second round of masking - for the black sections
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April 21, 2022
Black sections painted - I'm pretty sure that there will be some touching up as I don't think the boundaries between the green and black all lined up perfectly
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April 21, 2022
All masking removed and some touch-ups done
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April 21, 2022
Time to let the paint dry completely before weathering
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April 25, 2022

13 17 April 2022, 07:16

Torsten
Very 😎, unusual model and it stands out very interesting from the other monotony, I watch excitedly

17 April 2022, 07:50

Roman Modelar
Original design, very nice piece in SW collection 👍

17 April 2022, 20:29

Thomas Espe
Following

17 April 2022, 22:27

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - yes, its very different. I'd never heard of it until I saw a FB post from the designer.

18 April 2022, 07:47

Spanjaard
Looking good

18 April 2022, 07:54

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Spanjaard. Small update - completed the masking for the wings and started the painting. I'm using enamels so its going to take a bit of drying time between colours

20 April 2022, 08:20

Uwe Kaeding
This one's done - final photos added

25 April 2022, 02:29

Torsten
Very nice and unusual model, I like the shape and painting 😎

25 April 2022, 03:34

Kyle DeHart
Very cool and not one I've seen modeled before. I like it.

25 April 2022, 04:52

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Torsten & Kyle. Got to say I liked the way the black and green on the wings worked out.

25 April 2022, 12:57

Album info

This is a ship from the prequel-era Star Wars: Starfighter game, one of the ship flown by a prate faction. The model is 3D printed from a file found on Thingiverse, posted on there by Zarkus Model Kits. The original file is scaled at 1/144 so I scaled it up by 200% to fit my preferred 1/72 scale. I did a test print of the cockpit and 200% turned out to be too big to fit my 1/72 pilot figure. Scaling the file at 176% ended up fitting the pilot nicely, so all pieces were printed at that scale using an Elegoo Mars 2P and Siraya Tech Fast Navy Grey resin

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