Bandai AT-AT with LED lighting – Part 4
Painting and weathering
Star Wars
Bandai AT-AT with LED lighting – Part 3
Black main coat One of the build logs explained that be first adding a black coat and then adding white highlights the final look of the model would be much better. So this is what I would try with this…
Bandai AT-AT with LED lighting – Part 2
The legs Once the head with the tricky LED placement was finished I started with the legs. These are a joy to build because everything fits together so well and because each leg can be articulated individually just like the…
Bandai AT-AT with LED lighting
I’ve always been a big fan of the AT-AT walkers that were first introduced in Star Wars the Empire strikes back. I still remember sitting at the theatre when I was 11 years old and being totally amazed by them.…
X-Wing with LED engine lights – Part 3
When working on this small model I really had a hard time seeing all those details. I went ahead and ordered this nice gadget that comes with two magnifications, a light and an extra magnifying glass. Magnifying headset with LED…
X-Wing with LED engine lights – Part 2
So today I removed all the masking and with some minor manual small corrections with a white brush I finished the wings and the engines. Preparing the LED housings Then I went ahead and filed away the pins and part…
X-Wing with LED engine lights – Part 1
I found a very interesting video on youtube by a great guy in the UK (love his accent) that shows in very intricate detail how to install 3mm LEDs in the engines. I had a blast watching his videos and…