November 10, 2024

Yesterday I was at a thrift store and found a Hasbro/LucasFilm broken toy spaceship. Under its canopy it was missing its nose. I really liked the general look of the ship and thought there was a good chance that in my pile of cast off, broken toys I might find a good replacement for the nose portion that was missing. The ship was $5 which is only a couple dollars more than what I would pay at the swap meet, so I decided to buy it. I took it home and began work.  The restructuring gave a look that I think does the job.  I’ve provided three pictures that show the before and after of restructuring and the final paint job.

With the ship makeover complete I returned to painting Star Wars figures.

November 3, 2024

Last week I posted a scratch-built version of the Cobb Vanth speeder.  As far as I know, no one makes a version of Cobb Vanth’s speeder that is reasonably compatible with 28mm figures.  I then modified that scratch-built version (shown on last week’s posting) by replacing the seating and steering element with a new seating platform I made from a broken toy motorcycle I found at the swap meet.  After looking at the new modification I realized it was still too chunky, so I cut the lower half of the seating platform away to give the entire speeder a more sleek look.  The blue oval shows where the cut away portion of the seating platform was.  I believe this final modification comes very close to capturing the essence of the Cobb Vanth speeder and gives me a look I am happy with.

I brought the week to an end painting more Star Wars figures.