TIE Droid Raptor

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September 10, 2022
Pylons sawed off the Scale Solutions ball
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September 10, 2022
The Scale Solutions ball has a brass rod through it (to stop the completed model sagging with time), which made sanding it to shape a bit harder
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September 10, 2022
I wanted to use the hub of the SS wings for the ball - here they are still attached.
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September 10, 2022
And here they are cut from the resin wing
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September 10, 2022
Hub glued to the side of the ball
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September 10, 2022
View of the completed ball - the black lines are where the new Raptor wings will go
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September 10, 2022
The Raptor Droid is supposed to have proton torpedo launchers where the TIE Droid has laser cannons - here the lasers have been removed and torpedo tubes made from styrene tubing
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September 10, 2022
Ne wings attached
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September 10, 2022
A glowing droid eye was simulated by spraying the eye with concentric circles of black, gunmetal and silver, all of which were overpainted with clear red
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September 10, 2022
The completed light grey version
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September 10, 2022
Re-masking for the repaint. This also gave me an opportunity to fix some issues that I didn't pick up 8 years ago...
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September 10, 2022
Re-masking, front view
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11 July 2024, 04:45 -

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This is an old build, originally built in 2014 but with a repaint so it fits in better with my current TIE collection. It is based on a Scale Solutions TIE Droid kit with TIE Raptor wings from Multi-Verse Models. The TIE Droid and TIE Raptor both are both from the old Expanded Universe (comics and books respectively) but the combined droid raptor is a fan design. The MVM wings are designed for the Fine Molds TIE kits but fit the SS ball quite well. The 2014 version was painted a light grey but I've picked Haze Grey for the repaint.

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