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Uwe Kaeding
Uwe Kaeding
AU

TIE Phantom

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Solid kit cockpit cone - definitely needs an interior! 
 

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I decided to modify it by hollowing it out and adding an interior. The first step was to saw off the front and drill out the resin using 3 different sizes of Forstner bits in a drill press and then sand the interior walls smooth with a drum sander bit 
 

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Luckily the front canopy from a Bandai 1/72 TIE Fighter is just the right size to replace the front of the cockpit cone 
 

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However the upper cockpit framing on the cone looked a bit wide (and it wasn't really symmetrical) so I marked out the areas to trim with black marker 
 

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Masking tape used to show the areas to be kept 
 

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Unwanted areas cut away and sanded - definitely looks better 
 

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Main body built and wings added (already painted and masked). All gun barrels drilled out 
 

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A cockpit interior was built up from a sheet styrene floor, back wall, pilots and seats from Bandai TIE kits, FM X-Wing landing gear doors and some other odds and ends 
 

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Side walls were added to the inside of the resin cone from bits of styrene sheet and bits from the spares box - left wall 
 

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Side walls were added to the inside of the resin cone from bits of styrene sheet and bits from the spares box - right wall 
 

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The front section of the cockpit was made using the front of a Bandai cockpit trimmed to fit and attached to the front glass. The back of the Bandai piece will be very visible in this cockpit so I filled it with the same piece from a Fine Molds TIE 
 

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A plug was made of the new cockpit openings, sanded and polished and used to vacuum form the glazing 
 

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Cockpit put together, glazed and masked and glued to body 
 

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Wings taken off again and sanded to adjust the fit, reattached and the whole thing primed 
 

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Main painting completed 
 

Comments

29 October 2017, 01:00
Dieter Bihlmaier
Lovely. I like it!
30 October 2017, 10:34
Greg Baker
Whoa... I like that. I saw a similar build on Whatifmodellers.com, but that one was more of a bomber. This one looks sleek!
30 October 2017, 10:43
Spanjaard
Excellent work you are doing !!! Congratulations
30 October 2017, 10:45
Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - it's a fun build
1 November 2017, 07:09
Cuajete
A TIE Phantom! There are very few. Good assembly work. Following.
1 November 2017, 13:32
Christian Lehmann
👍
4 November 2017, 08:19
Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - finally got around to some photos of the finished model
19 November 2017, 11:05
Spanjaard
well done!
19 November 2017, 12:22
Cuajete
Hollowing the cabin with the solid resin had to be hard.
Good job. Congratulations!
19 November 2017, 19:08
Donald Dickson II
Very nice indeed!
19 November 2017, 19:08
Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys. @Cuajete - it ended up not being that hard (but I did need a drill press, 3 different sizes of Forstner bits and a dremel with a sanding bit to smooth it all out).
21 November 2017, 07:41
Tim Heimer
Looks like the force is with you! Nice work! Doing a 1/48 X=wing now, hopefully it'll look as good as your fighter.
21 November 2017, 14:46
Tim Heimer
Nice collection you have . from the past to the future!
21 November 2017, 14:51

Album info

This is the ModelAddix kit of the TIE Phantom, based on a ship seen in one of the Star Wars video games. An OK kit but it has a solid cockpit which needs to be hollowed out and a new cockpit installed.

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