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Snow speeder Canopy, Open with Flaps, 1:144
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Product Description
So. You've bought the Bandai 1:144 Vehicle Model 008, which includes the ESB chicken walker, and the snow speeder! Awesome. You've bought a Bandai 1:144 Falcon and some Vehicle Model fighters, and you're making an ice planet hangar diorama. The detailing and quality of the kits are amazing.
But. The Bandai 1:144 snow speeder has solid plastic windows. Argh.
You could spend ages drilling and cutting and shaving the plastic, making window holes in the canopy. And then you'd have to figure out what cockpit detailing you're going to put inside.
Or you could buy this! A complete interior detailing kit, replacement canopy, and flap thingies for the 1:144 Bandai snow speeder. This version is for a parked speeder with no crew, and an open canopy. Perfect for that ice hangar diorama in your life.
If you want to model the speeder in flight I've also made a version with pilot and gunner, and the canopy closed. And if you want this open canopy with no flaps, I have that version as well.
Although this version is meant to be firmly parked, I don't supply any landing gear or legs or anything, since nothing of the sort is shown in the movies. The snow speeders are assumed to sort of hover magically at all times, I suppose, like Luke's land speeder. Of course, science fantasy flicks like this rarely make any sense... Anyway, in real life they levitated through the magic powers of forklifts.
Installation
Now. There is a catch to this, and that's that it takes a bunch of work to fit these parts. You'll need to cut out a rectangular opening in the top of the speeder chassis, then file and trim very carefully until the cockpit fits into place. Err on the side of undercutting the plastic, using the recessed area as a guide, then do a bunch of test fits of the cockpit assembly. I would also recommend using epoxy to glue the part in place, since that gives you a few minutes to reposition the height of the part while the glue hardens. You want the top of the cockpit to be in line with the top of the hole, basically.
Flaps
One notable thing about the speeder design are the four air-brake flap thingies that move up and down as the vehicle banks. Not terribly realistic, but very cool looking. The Bandai 144 speeder has the lower brakes in a fixed position, but the upper brakes are shut. This kit lets you open up the model and install a flap or two if you want. Generally the flaps are closed when the vehicle is closed and the canopy is open, but this set includes open flaps so you can model a maintenance view in the hangar.
However, installing the flaps is really very difficult. Let me say that again - you have to be extremely confident in your abilities to work with insanely tiny bits of plastic! You have to cut out a tiny L-shaped piece from the shoulders to whichever side you want the flap, and carefully slot in the piece. You also need to position the part correctly (ie: low down) so that if the flap were lowered it wouldn't stick out.
2019 update: I've sprued these two parts to save costs. You'll need to trim off those parts. I'd recommend a flush-cut sprue cutter. Hold the non-cutting side (the flat side) against the part, and let the sprue fly off. Do NOT use a side-shear sprue cutter such as those made by Xuron - the shearing action tends to split the plastic!
Painting
Painting is difficult, since the cockpit assembly is so tiny. It's probably best to paint the speeder exterior and cockpit interior separately, then glue them together. You could also make seatbelts and harnesses from thin wire - I couldn't make them printable - and glue them in.
Finally, this cockpit is probably not 100% accurate to the original sets. I made them as close as I could, given the photographic documentation that I could find, and given the restrictions of 3D printing. (lots of parts such as the canopy hinges are much bigger than they would be to scale, just to make them printable) The problem is there are very few photos showing the cockpit interior below the upper instrument panel.
Please read the following if you're interested in these items.
These accurizing parts are not mass-market commercial products. I made them for my own use, and have put them here in case they're of interest to someone else. Possibly you, since you’re reading this.
These are components for the serious model maker who wants to build a more accurate miniature. They require finishing. If you don't want to trim, file, sand, and glue, then these aren't the parts you're looking for!
The parts are tiny, and easily broken. They push the limits of today's 3D printers. The detail in the digital previews is all there, but it won't always be visible at the miniscule sizes that this scale requires!
But. The Bandai 1:144 snow speeder has solid plastic windows. Argh.
You could spend ages drilling and cutting and shaving the plastic, making window holes in the canopy. And then you'd have to figure out what cockpit detailing you're going to put inside.
Or you could buy this! A complete interior detailing kit, replacement canopy, and flap thingies for the 1:144 Bandai snow speeder. This version is for a parked speeder with no crew, and an open canopy. Perfect for that ice hangar diorama in your life.
If you want to model the speeder in flight I've also made a version with pilot and gunner, and the canopy closed. And if you want this open canopy with no flaps, I have that version as well.
Although this version is meant to be firmly parked, I don't supply any landing gear or legs or anything, since nothing of the sort is shown in the movies. The snow speeders are assumed to sort of hover magically at all times, I suppose, like Luke's land speeder. Of course, science fantasy flicks like this rarely make any sense... Anyway, in real life they levitated through the magic powers of forklifts.
Installation
Now. There is a catch to this, and that's that it takes a bunch of work to fit these parts. You'll need to cut out a rectangular opening in the top of the speeder chassis, then file and trim very carefully until the cockpit fits into place. Err on the side of undercutting the plastic, using the recessed area as a guide, then do a bunch of test fits of the cockpit assembly. I would also recommend using epoxy to glue the part in place, since that gives you a few minutes to reposition the height of the part while the glue hardens. You want the top of the cockpit to be in line with the top of the hole, basically.
Flaps
One notable thing about the speeder design are the four air-brake flap thingies that move up and down as the vehicle banks. Not terribly realistic, but very cool looking. The Bandai 144 speeder has the lower brakes in a fixed position, but the upper brakes are shut. This kit lets you open up the model and install a flap or two if you want. Generally the flaps are closed when the vehicle is closed and the canopy is open, but this set includes open flaps so you can model a maintenance view in the hangar.
However, installing the flaps is really very difficult. Let me say that again - you have to be extremely confident in your abilities to work with insanely tiny bits of plastic! You have to cut out a tiny L-shaped piece from the shoulders to whichever side you want the flap, and carefully slot in the piece. You also need to position the part correctly (ie: low down) so that if the flap were lowered it wouldn't stick out.
2019 update: I've sprued these two parts to save costs. You'll need to trim off those parts. I'd recommend a flush-cut sprue cutter. Hold the non-cutting side (the flat side) against the part, and let the sprue fly off. Do NOT use a side-shear sprue cutter such as those made by Xuron - the shearing action tends to split the plastic!
Painting
Painting is difficult, since the cockpit assembly is so tiny. It's probably best to paint the speeder exterior and cockpit interior separately, then glue them together. You could also make seatbelts and harnesses from thin wire - I couldn't make them printable - and glue them in.
Finally, this cockpit is probably not 100% accurate to the original sets. I made them as close as I could, given the photographic documentation that I could find, and given the restrictions of 3D printing. (lots of parts such as the canopy hinges are much bigger than they would be to scale, just to make them printable) The problem is there are very few photos showing the cockpit interior below the upper instrument panel.
Please read the following if you're interested in these items.
These accurizing parts are not mass-market commercial products. I made them for my own use, and have put them here in case they're of interest to someone else. Possibly you, since you’re reading this.
These are components for the serious model maker who wants to build a more accurate miniature. They require finishing. If you don't want to trim, file, sand, and glue, then these aren't the parts you're looking for!
The parts are tiny, and easily broken. They push the limits of today's 3D printers. The detail in the digital previews is all there, but it won't always be visible at the miniscule sizes that this scale requires!
Details
What's in the box:
Open snowspeeder, open flaps, 1:144
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Rating:
Mature audiences only.
