Subject: Re: Gallery submission...
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Fred Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:11:27 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Smith 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:27 PM
  Subject: Gallery submission...

  "1/72nd Scale Fine Molds Y-Wing Diorama" 

  by "Frederick Smith" 

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  There is an interesting story behind the construction of this 1/72nd Scale Y-Wing Diorama. The fighter was built out of the box from the Fine Molds kit. This was my first model from Fine Molds and I must say I was very impressed; a truly well-engineered kit. The model was airbrushed light gray and then weathered with pastel chalk after applying the decals, and then sealed with crystal clear flat acrylic. I used the kit decals, but mixed and matched for a non-movie version, and used most of the remaining decals on the derelict crash site. The crash site I begin with gluing the vacuum-formed base from the old MPC Hoth set to a piece of doubled 1/8" plywood.

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  The derelict's main structural members are from two AMT Star Trek kit stands. I used various kit parts, sprue, tubing and wire for the engine and hull details. The engine bells are from failed casting attempts of my  <A href="http://www.siriusreplicas.com/models/scifi/nebulon-b/nebulon-b.htm">Nebulon-B Frigate</A>…hated to see them go to waste. The hull paneling is both card stock and plastic. I had some old Alumilite casting resin that was too thick and grainy to use for resin casting, but it made a great "rocky textured" paste to form the ground around the crash site. I used sand and small pebbles for additional texture.

   

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  After priming with Krylon gray, I applied a base coat of Krylon flat white, and then used a series of both Acrylic and enamel washes to get the desert tones as well as the crashed ship just right. Finally I mixed a little light grayish tan to some matte clear and airbrushed everything with a light coating of "dust". I thought the results were pretty good.
  There are a few more pictures at my website www.siriusreplicas.com ...enjoy.
   
  "Frederick Smith"