Star Wars Rey's Speeder

[thegreek270]

Thank you very much mijob

In order to start with the hull, I first had to finish all the parts connected to the frame

The parts in the front behind the “radiator grill”, the air vents




And then these parts I would call Batteries
I did not use the Gluestrips but instead filled them up with cardboard to the desired thickness. After that I edge glued the sides to it.

 

[thegreek270]

and glued them into position



as you can see i left the lower core open.
I did not like the idea of putting batteries inside the tube for the counterweight and i had not decided yet how i would do that.
Some time later i found a piece of ordinary rebar at the right diameter. I cleaned it good and just painted it with some spraycan i had laying around.
Then i wrapped some insulation tape around it, just enough to prevent the bar from moving but not too much so i could easily slide it into the core.
Sorry, no pictures of that.

The Dashboard. This one was way too flat for me.


a view extra parts



and some more layers



and you have a nice 3D dashboard

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I really like the dashboard. You did a great job on greebling it out.
I have to say that this model has quite a bit of greebling potential!

 

[spaceagent-9]

It's not only so gnarly looking, but it's almost like really building one!

 

[thegreek270]

Thank you spaceagent-9
Thank you Rhaven Blaack, i'm pleased you like it and i agree, there is much more potential to greebling this out.
I did a view more greebles on this model (pictures are following soon).
I even had parts ready to enhance all the rings around the engines but i discarded that idea.

Continuing with the hull

I had my doubts about these parts.
Very narrow strips of paper at these dimensions were not easy to handle without tearing or misaligne them.
I was extra carefull and took my time to aligne them and put them together correctly.



SInce that went well, i was ready to join the two halves and close the hull.
But first i needed to build the stand in order to lay down this big, unstable sensitive part without damaging it while i'm working on the other parts.

 

[thegreek270]

The stand.

I did not like the combined version with paper and acrylic so I made it completely out of acrylic.



And here is the finished stand



Now I could close the hull



preparing the front

 

[Awry_Chaos]

Most excellent! Now all you need is a repulsorlift engine and you're good to go!

 

[thegreek270]

After a quick dry fitting test



Finishing the front with the radiator grill
I needed more glue inside the walls so i cut two holes in the base and applied some with sticks and wires, whatever helped me to reach the points i wanted.



an additional layer to hide the holes and the front part with grill was ready



I decided to cut some additional openings into the hull. Building all these small internal details and then hiding them felt somehow wrong.



Before testing the fitting of hull and the frame I glued the dashboard to the hull

 

[thegreek270]

After sliding the hull over the engines, I encountered fitting problems at the front part and the sides. Somehow the hull seemed smaller in diameter then the engine frame or I just did not work precise enough.

I had some resistance when I tried to slide the hull over the engine frame and it reaches the back panel



For some reason the panels seemed to be a bit to wide forcing the hull to stretch which of course was not possible. It turns out that these edges



caused the problem. I removed the red parts on bouth sides of each panel. After I did that the panels were not so stable anymore but i found out that they were resting on these edges



So, it was easy to keep them straight and flat if i could glue the panels directly to the hull after sliding it over the frame.

The batteries and the lower air intake we're pressing against the hull and i removed these parts, repositioned the batteries a bit lower, made the air intake a bit shorter and glued them back



Now I could finaly glue the hull to the engine





and finishing the dashboard with the windshield

 

[thegreek270]

Building the handles and the seat (or saddle if you like)

 

[zathros]

I would recomend taking a page and trying to find something to seal that model with. Every model i have ever seen, eventually starts having the Laser Print peel off. I don't know it is is the paper absorbing moisture, corrupting the bond, but they ultimately fail. The model itself looks fantastic. A Satinn finish over the whole model may seal it, and placed in an air tight case, maybe filled with Argon Gas, would render it's atmosphere neutral.. I hope this model is the exception to what I've seen.

 

[thegreek270]

Glueing into position and adding some additional greebles

 

[thegreek270]

Thank you zathros,

i had some thoughts about that too. I thought about an acrylic box, air tight of course, as for sealing it, i would have to do some tests on some peaces to determine what is safe to use.

For now the model is standing safe in a dark and dry place.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

This is really coming together beautifully! I really like the additional hoses and lines that you have added. All of these little details really make this model POP!!!

 

[thegreek270]

Building the protection and exhaust panels



The small bag and its contents. For this I used some spare parts and thread

 

[thegreek270]

Thank you Rhaven Blaack
i too like to build al this details but sometimes i want to do too much and i spend too much time trying to build them .
At some point i have to "pull the brakes at myself". There are so many more models on my list i would like to have

 

[thegreek270]

Next is the big net and its contents.

The content first




and now the big net

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I have to say that your work is clear, clean and crisp! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

 

[mijob]

What a good picture report. All those steps and the way you are working is outstanding. thumbsup

 

[thegreek270]

Thank you very much Rhaven Blaack and mijob

as stated one post earlier the big net had to be done.
I knew i would tear it apart if i attempt to build it like UHU did. This was too fragile to do for me so I used thread instead.
I connected the original paper parts to form the net and used that as a jig.
I wraped the thread around it and positioned it exaktly over the lines and partly secured it with tape.



Then I used a tiny drop of glue at every cross connection of the threads to glue them together. I glued a view points every time, let them dry, realigned the threads and made the next view points until I had them all.



then i used a second set of prints and glued it over the thread net. Before i did, i removed the "paper net parts"