Part One | Revell Star Wars Snowspeeder | 1:52 Scale | Level 3 Model Kit | Model Assembly.
so here we are today building the star wars
revel model kit and this is a 1 to 52 scale model kit
and we've got the box there as you can see getting the glue at the ready i'm so
going to unpack the model kit from inside the box and see
what we've got
that's the back of the box so i'm just showing you
what we've got here
so there's our bits and pieces we've got our instructions
so just lay everything out i've got the instructions here while i'm
speaking through the video also so we can see what we're up to
the transfers there so this video will just be assembling the model
but um there's a fair bit of painting to do
while assembling this model so in the part one we'll be just be doing the
fiddly bits like painting the pileups inside of the cockpit and there's some
other bits and pieces the grille on the back of the snow speeder
and in part two we will uh paint the main spacecraft and add some
kind of wearing effect also also like dirt and grime
into the snow speeder so there we go i got our bits and pieces
all laid out and we're going to start off by cutting out pieces one and two
which is kind of the uh back rest of the seat for the pilots
and we'll also cut out the pilots which are numbered four and six
so you can see they're just cutting out the uh parts one and two
and we'll stick those together and um
i'll use some cast iron paint which i've got here i'm using acrylic paints
to paint my model i'm not using the uh revel hobby paints
um if you want to use them rebel hobby paints and of course go for
it um
and the paints that you'll need are actually listed in them in the
instruction sheet as well but i'll use acrylics because i
like using acrylics i'll try and match the colors up as best as i can
but if you want to be totally pure then order the uh model paints from revel i
might start using uh revel model paints at some point but
the only thing is you go away from the dry because they're not um
or longer you've got to wait longer for them to dry because they're not uh
water-based like acrylic but you can get acrylic model paints also and i think
rev will make those as well not that i'm pumping revel by the way so
you know it's all down to what you um prefer to use and
uh for the best effects so we've also cut out number three
and that is like the base of the cockpit and we've got the two pilots there as
you can see you got the base there where the pilots
will sit on and so we're just arranging everything
there so of course when you cut your pieces out um use a file to file down
any spigots or loose edges
so i'm just gluing that mid seat bit in the middle of the cockpit area
cockpit floor and sides like i said we'll be painting
in this video we're painting that with the cast iron
paint as you can see there so because it's black but gives a kind of metallic
effect as well which i quite like on some of the parts especially like say
like we got the grill on the back of the snow speeder so it looks i think it
looks pretty good painted kind of a iron oxide iron oxide
not iron oxide sorry cast iron getting older these days so get me words
mixed up so you gotta be careful don't listen to everything i say on
these videos sometimes because i do get my words mixed up
so just painting the uh parts of the uh pilot there
i'm just going to mix up a kind of orangey color so just
mix in an orange with a bit of red just to make it a little bit redder to try
and match up with the outfits that the snow
speeder pilots wear which are like the x-wing fighter pilot gear
as well as a star wars fans are familiar with
so um also paint the uh gloves white the helmet white which
we'll do a little bit later on in the video
and the boots are gray
so now we've cut out pieces seven and five which is the controls
inside the cockpit and we'll do the same there go through
the same sequence fold the parts down paint them up with the appropriate color
the dark cast iron color a little tip there
for a beginner's bit of clay you can just stick these little pieces in a bit
of clay and then paint onto the pieces let it dry and then you
can paint the the full piece once you pulled it out it
just makes it easier to paint fiddly bits
so yeah stick them in the clay wait for them to dry pull them out
and paint the other side so now we're cutting out
piece nine we'll also be cutting out pieces 10 and 11 which are flaps this is
going to the rear of the snow speeder plus
piece 12 which is like the grill and these uh so i'll paint these up
and then these will be stuck together a little bit later in the video
plus while we're painting things up i um pulled out pieces 22 and 23
which is the stand so i'm going to paint that in a cast iron
color also
so again sticking the fiddly bits into the clay
give them a coat of the cast iron paint
and bob should be your uncle
and then we've got the grill there which are painting up
and the stand the model stand
so i let that dry overnight and then um because that kind of solidifies the
color kind of cures it and it doesn't rub off
to when you put extra coat on so we just put an extra coat on
now just to solidify the color and um doing that with all our pieces so just
give it another coat where it's needed now we're cutting out the main part of
the craft snow speeder so we've got pieces
13 and
what's the other number here
13 and 8. sorry about them and on piece on piece eight there is a
little bit of painting on this piece eight there and we're just
painting inside the cockpit area where the uh
cockpit screen will fit over the top and on the other piece there's a little bit
of paint work which is described in the
instructions so you got kind of like a couple of panels of black and a cast
iron in my case and a couple of iron a couple of uh panels of uh
or a few panels of um gray which i actually mixed a bit of cast iron with
a bit of white just to make my gray and as we go through we'll kind of touch
that up as we go through when it dries and at the end like i said but this will
be into the second video we'll um add some paint effects
to blend all the colors together with like a wearing effect so we touched up
the pilots as well painted the pilot boots gray so those are two pieces
there eight and thirteen
i know you just watered down a little bit of brown
to create a wash over the faces and sometimes when you paint the the
inside of the cockpit on some of these models you can't see inside anyway so
sometimes i think it's a bit pointless
painting the inside when you can't see it of course
but um we might just get a glimpse on these pilots through the
cockpit windshield
so you've got two pieces there that's uh 20 and
17. it's like the rocket boosters behind the gun
i assume they're rocket boosters perhaps there's something to do with the gun but
i think they're boosters
we've got two guns as well so that's 18 and
15. and there's a little gun there which is number 21 and there's two
booster covers which is 19 and 16.
so just going over our objects again touching up where each part needs
touching up on the painted parts of this stage
and there we are pretty much ready to assemble things together
so first off let's stick those pilots in place
into the base of the cockpit
so there they are in place put the control panel stick those in also
and then we're ready to put that inside the
main part of the snow speeder
so there we are
so sticking that in place
so just go for a test run there to make sure we're doing it right and now we now
we know what we're doing we can just put the glue
in the appropriate places and stick that in place
just started rain outside pouring down so there we are cockpit in place
the two pilots and now we're going to assemble the back
part where the grille is i guess that's the exhaust part
so we've got those pieces 9 11 10 and 12 to stick stick in place together
and then we can fix that into the main part of the snow speeder also
fiddly part this is
you might be able to hear the rain outside i don't know if it's going to
pick up on the microphone here
august 27 2020. is today and we've got quite a lot of
rain here for this week in the uk
so there is stuck in that uh rear exhaust part the grille
and now we can stick the two pieces of the main craft together
got some tea here
healthy tea one of those herbal teas i'm not quite sure what's in it
it tastes alright
i'm gonna die at the moment because i put on a few uh pounds
i need to lose a stone so there we are you don't hear about my health habits
or eating habits uh we stuck the two pieces together there
now we're going to stick down the cockpit top windshield
or file it off and get it ready at least so see if it fits and now glue in place
and now what we're left with is the guns and the boosters
on the back and sides of the snow speeder
there's actually not very many parts to this model
but it's still it was that doesn't mean that it's necessarily easier to make
or assemble than some other models with lots more pieces
so there we are sticking those rocket boosters
number 20 and number 17 to 16 and 19 respectively
first off we're going to stick those guns down
the way there is a left hand and a right hand
um piece here so they're not they're not um
identical so they need to be fitted in the right place left and right
that goes with the guns and the boosters
just where the tags are for the uh where they slot into the main
snow speed apart on the wings
that glue applicator is good as well because you've got like a tiny little
um tube that squirts the glue through so and he just squirts through
just the required amount if you know what i mean so there we are that's where
we're at so that's the first stage model
assembled and all the difficult paint or the the the
paint parts that you wouldn't be able to paint
if it was assembled all done all the inside bits if you get me drift
so the gun fixed into place as well on the back and then we'll just put on his
stand and of course in the next video we'll
finish off the painting and get it looking
worn and battered or whatever so that's where we're at
hope you enjoyed the video see you in the next part
and thanks for watching and over and out for now
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