| I loved this kit. I actually waited a
long time to build this kit. It was the last major ERTL kit I ever did...kind
of sad. Anyway, I waited so long because the kit looked so involved. There
were countless little pieces to attach to the engines and such. But once
I started, I could not stop. ERTL did a great job with this kit, it really
looks handmade. When I showed it my father, he actually thought I built
it out of scrap parts and junk. That's a compliment to ERTL since that is
exactly what the kit is supposed to represent. The only difficulty was in
placing the decals on the contoured body. When I built it, I didn't have
any decal set, so I had some trouble. You can't really see it very well,
but the front of the yellow directional vanes are all scratched up like
in the movie. To provide the chipped-paint look, I did the same trick I
used on Boba Fett. I first sprayed the pieces with a harder Silver enamel.
I then painted over it with a softer acrylic color. Then I just scratched
off the soft outer coating leaving the silver to show through. I love this
technique, it works so well. At least that's what I think. I got this kit
off of Yahoo Auctions for about $5. |
