Jon, that was a very good set of guides for weathering this kit. Thank you. It will help me in the future when I work on the X Wing fighter and Millennium Falcon kits I have in my stash.
Kinda old but I just recently build this and the fitment was so perfect. I have very little experience so far but this went so smoothly with barely any glue needed. Great stuff by Bandai.
Outstanding! Very happy I found your channel. Your use of oils for weathering but more importantly your explanation of how to use them I think will help me tremendously. Thank you for the great videos!
Thanks so much! I am grateful! Yeah, this was one that I took a look at before weathering and thought "it's almost a shame to do this." But I needed a fourth episode! 🤣 Happy day to you!
Thanks so much! This is actually the final installment. Be sure and check out Parts 1-3... theye may give you additional ideas. Enjoy your build. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@petermerz2704 Thank you so much! That is so encouraging to know. The next series will be feature episodes that take a thorough look at some specific techniques. And the subject is ground based this time. Stay tuned! ;)
I agree, the Bandai figures included with these kits are not on the same level of production as the kits themselves. I don't include any of the figures, and end up having the ships sitting on their gear instead of posing in flight. All of the Bandai SW kits have been amazing to work with. The only problem is going from these to a 40 year old model car kit where the parts just don't fit without some modifications, or the joining surfaces are miniscule. The Alliance ships are all patchwork beaters as opposed to the Empire's ships. I don't weather the TIEs as they continually roll off the production line. But the Alliance ships are the ones held together with "hope". That's an interesting paint job on the tower. I have two of the trench run sets to assemble and paint for a dio, and it will take some work to make them interesting, though some lighting would help. It is one thing to have a wall of grey flying past as a background as ships are blasting each other as the music swells. It is another to have it as a static background.
Great job!! The only flaw with this kit which is really annoying is the canopies, they put the injection pins were its visible on both canopies, theres no way to fully remove them.
Excellent result. I will use my learning on some alphabet soup fighters of my own. I have always loved the A-wing though, it has a nice simple and compact design. I don’t have a kit of my own yet, but hope to find one at some point.
Thanks so much Justin - I am so grateful! It can be a bit difficult to find, but it is definitely worth it. But they're all fun to build. 😊 Thank you so much for watching and commenting - it really is appreciated. Happy day to you!
Great video Jon. Can I ask, where do you get your sponge for chipping? I'm using some sponges for washing dishes and I find it too dense to add the more sparse chipping you achieve.
Thanks so much for your encouragement, and for watching and commenting! I get my sponge pieces from the foam that Harry & David use in their pear and apple shipments. Best foam I've ever used! And it protects tasty treats, too! 😊
Ah a good sugar cookie can really hit the spot. This really did turn out nice and where a clean one looks nice who wouldn’t weather it if they could. Probably the best part of Bandai for most kits is no glue.
Hi Jon, I'm trying to follow your chipping methods on my Snape Wesley X-wing fighter which consist of light grey and medium green colours. I had no problem doing the sponge chipping on the light grey areas using dark grey colour similar to your A-wing. But I'm unsure which colours to chip the medium green, should I use white (much like your A-wing) or a darker grey? The white chipping on red of your A-wing looks great. But I just felt it's kinda weird to use white to chip on medium green of my X-wing. Appreciate your advice, thank you.
On the green, I'd recommend a warm light gray or ivory color. It will "read" as white, but will work nicely with the green. Thanks for the kind words, and for watching and commenting!
Excellent chipping and weathering. I am learning much watching your videos.
Thank you so much! That is such an encouragement to hear.
Thank you for watching and commenting! 😊
Pro tip: watch series on KaldroStream. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.
@Henry Adrien Yup, I've been using kaldrostream for since november myself :D
Jon, that was a very good set of guides for weathering this kit. Thank you. It will help me in the future when I work on the X Wing fighter and Millennium Falcon kits I have in my stash.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks John!
Kinda old but I just recently build this and the fitment was so perfect. I have very little experience so far but this went so smoothly with barely any glue needed. Great stuff by Bandai.
Yeah, Bandai's fit is second to none. They're always a great build. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Loved this build series. I haven’t built a Bandai rebel fighter yet, but I have an X-Wing on order and your tips will be really helpful.
Great! I'm glad you liked it, and I think you'll enjoy the X-wing. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Fantastic build as always.
Thank you 🤗 I am grateful!
Have a great day!
Outstanding!
Very happy I found your channel.
Your use of oils for weathering but more importantly your explanation of how to use them I think will help me tremendously.
Thank you for the great videos!
Than you so much! I am grateful, and I'm so glad you found the video helpful.
Enjoy your modeling! Happy day to you. 😊
I really liked the semi-pristine look. As always, awesome presentation. 👍👍
Thanks so much! I am grateful!
Yeah, this was one that I took a look at before weathering and thought "it's almost a shame to do this." But I needed a fourth episode! 🤣
Happy day to you!
Very nice build. Love the weathering. I should be getting my kit in about a month. This gives me ideas for my build. Can’t wait for the next update!
Thanks so much! This is actually the final installment. Be sure and check out Parts 1-3... theye may give you additional ideas.
Enjoy your build. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sorry, I meant the next build. I have watched most of your vids online. Being retired, I have lots of time to do that. I enjoyed them all.
@@petermerz2704 Thank you so much! That is so encouraging to know.
The next series will be feature episodes that take a thorough look at some specific techniques. And the subject is ground based this time. Stay tuned! ;)
That technique with the Vallejo grey model wash to slightly discolor parts of the surface was ace. Hadn't seen that before.
Thanks so much! I love using those... So handy and fast drying.
Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊
I agree, the Bandai figures included with these kits are not on the same level of production as the kits themselves. I don't include any of the figures, and end up having the ships sitting on their gear instead of posing in flight.
All of the Bandai SW kits have been amazing to work with. The only problem is going from these to a 40 year old model car kit where the parts just don't fit without some modifications, or the joining surfaces are miniscule.
The Alliance ships are all patchwork beaters as opposed to the Empire's ships. I don't weather the TIEs as they continually roll off the production line. But the Alliance ships are the ones held together with "hope".
That's an interesting paint job on the tower. I have two of the trench run sets to assemble and paint for a dio, and it will take some work to make them interesting, though some lighting would help. It is one thing to have a wall of grey flying past as a background as ships are blasting each other as the music swells. It is another to have it as a static background.
You'll have fun with the trench run sets! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great job!! The only flaw with this kit which is really annoying is the canopies, they put the injection pins were its visible on both canopies, theres no way to fully remove them.
Thanks so much! I am grateful!
Yeah, they do have unfortunate placement. Some polishing can help it out though.
Happy day to you!
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent result. I will use my learning on some alphabet soup fighters of my own. I have always loved the A-wing though, it has a nice simple and compact design. I don’t have a kit of my own yet, but hope to find one at some point.
Thanks so much Justin - I am so grateful! It can be a bit difficult to find, but it is definitely worth it. But they're all fun to build. 😊
Thank you so much for watching and commenting - it really is appreciated. Happy day to you!
Great video Jon. Can I ask, where do you get your sponge for chipping? I'm using some sponges for washing dishes and I find it too dense to add the more sparse chipping you achieve.
Thanks so much for your encouragement, and for watching and commenting!
I get my sponge pieces from the foam that Harry & David use in their pear and apple shipments. Best foam I've ever used! And it protects tasty treats, too! 😊
Ah a good sugar cookie can really hit the spot. This really did turn out nice and where a clean one looks nice who wouldn’t weather it if they could. Probably the best part of Bandai for most kits is no glue.
Thanks! And thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi Jon, I'm trying to follow your chipping methods on my Snape Wesley X-wing fighter which consist of light grey and medium green colours. I had no problem doing the sponge chipping on the light grey areas using dark grey colour similar to your A-wing. But I'm unsure which colours to chip the medium green, should I use white (much like your A-wing) or a darker grey? The white chipping on red of your A-wing looks great. But I just felt it's kinda weird to use white to chip on medium green of my X-wing. Appreciate your advice, thank you.
On the green, I'd recommend a warm light gray or ivory color. It will "read" as white, but will work nicely with the green.
Thanks for the kind words, and for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius Thank again. I will try sky grey which hopefully is light and warm enough for the green.
@@JonBius I have completed my green X-wing. Not sure I'm satisfied with the result 🙂. Wish I can share some photos with you.
Hi Jon, how do you spell the name of the oil products used for the dot fillers, the grey and the red?
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My ode to Bob Ross! :D