Edward26 Build Tread

[Edward26]

Hi I thought I would share my new project.
I am new at this and have made the jump to get into it.

I used
1x Army Painter - Gun Metal Primer
1x Bumper Coating - Flat Black
1x High Gloss Paint
1x Buliders Fill Putty

Equipment:
Putty Knife
Screw Driver
Lots of sand paper
Mini Hand Drill
Rotary Tool

Making many novice mistakes as I get along.

Interesting fact 1# Putty dries very quickly and it get very hot in the process.
You have to mix in the hardening liquid and it sets like cement.

Interesting fact 2# Power tools is a shortcut, but nothing beat manual sanding.
I tried to cheat with the rotary too and ended up with deep cuts into the plastic.
The job would have been easier with a piece of sand paper.

Interesting Fact 3# Always sand and smooth before you paint. I have had to strip and repaint at least 3 times.
The paint just will not bond to the plastic. The orange bits were a pain.

[Edward26]

After many sessions sanding, priming and then sanding again.
I am ready to move to stage 2. filling the cavity and putting the blaster back together.

The blaster don't exactly fit perfectly. The were many places where it did not align.
I will have to deal with this after.

Using the clamps, Yeah I have a lot of them.
First time using them too, I bought them over the years cause I though I would use them.

Then lot of epoxy to filling the gaps.

[oota goota]

nice one man! Looks like a fun project. yes I agree with interesting fact #2 hand sanding is always a nice way to finish

[Armante]

Awesome. Following this thread.
I have three of these bad boys. The first will be my practise and learning model, then the 2nd and 3rd will be an ANH and an ESB E-11, if that's do-able.

I've seen some nice builds one these, from quick 'n' dirty to quite involved and rather amazing at the end. Can't wait to see how yours turns out.

[thehiflyer]

Great job! I have one of these sitting on my to do list too - especially after a kid pulled parts of my resin E-11 apart at Armageddon

[oota goota]

Great job! I have one of these sitting on my to do list too - especially after a kid pulled parts of my resin E-11 apart at Armageddon

graaaarrrr!!

[Armante]

For a quick win, can I recommend sanding the top of the T-tracks flat? That big curve they have is based on the Rebels tv series blaster, and not found in the original E-11's
Top track is trickier though, as it has a gap in it.

[badges2nz]

I see in the back ground of one of your pics you have the book of Star wars costumes, what is that one like?

[MattG]

Here's a Makezine article on the build process: http://makezine.com/2015/10/23/secretiv ... size-bb-8/

[lostnz]

awesome thread i got myself two of these yesterday looking forward to finally getting some firepower this will be a great help