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    It's difficult to catch in a photo - the canopy is 1 mm too wide in the middle section, so you get a very visible step against the fuselage. I guess that's why most builds have the canopy open. Since the material is so thin at the edge and I don't want super glue on clear parts, there's no hope to force the canopy into the correct width. My approach is to glue strips of 0.25 mm styrene onto the RIO's console to widen the fuselage and solve the rest with sanding & putty. If that doesn't work I'll make it fit on one side and put the kit in a shelf with the other side facing the wall...
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    Everything puttied and smoothed out for the nth time and it's starting to look like a Tomcat. Usually, I'd start painting the fuselage now and finish the cockpit later, but the fit of the canopy is a bit problematic and may require additional putty & surgery.
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    I'm with you on all points. Still, when I read the novelization of RotS, I was easy to imagine how great the movie could have been. Lucas had a bad reputation regarding his directing skills with human actors since AnH, and this goes into full blossom by the time the prequels were made. The visuals and many of the action sequences of all these three movies still stand the test of time, to my eyes, but the rest is best forgotten. JJ managed to nail the Star Wars look and installed powerful leads in TFA, but it's hair-rising to learn that Kennedy didn't bother with a concept where the story should end by Ep IX before they even started TFA. Instead, Johnson was applauded for axing even the faint construct Abrams had laid out. It's symptomatic that the Fallen Order trailer has me more excited that the teaser for Ep IX.
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    It has the looks. And: Oberyn Martell IN SPACE!
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    Don't fall for the imperial propaganda...
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    Full bling boxart
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    After Lucas recycled the best bits of adventure movies and knight sagas to forge Star Wars, it now recycles itself. Full circle! I'm in...
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    It looks perfect! Did you even put a wash on?
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    Hasegawa introduces the A-10 UAV. Or maybe there's an AC3 COFFIN inside? https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10605619
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    Update from Hasegawa
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    That's the normal EX kit modded by me after Yamashita's concept art. The early Supersylphs from the animation actually have different fuselages, like a stubbier nose, I think. Some in-progress pics are in this thread here, here and here. Jamaiker, that's an awesome job on the Banshee. It's really a kit to test your patience, but on the other side one of the best made garage kits I worked on. A rare sight to see one built. Too bad the maker didn't continue this line of kits, they had some promising prototypes. Looking forward to see more of your kits. I have three of the Platz resin kits at about 80%, but every time I - LOOK, A SQUIRREL!
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    To be fair, the part fit pretty well on the underside...
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    Ripley 2.0!
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    Here's the trio of my finished Bandai kits:
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    Some parts of this kit were apparently designed to test your patience.
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    That trailer is pretty good at hitting the 80s retro future vibe that would fit the subject. The guerrilla trailer thing did work out for the core design team of the fan made GITS intro, who ended up in the production of the 2017 movie.
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    My original WIP on the Banshee was on a long lost forum, but I recently unearthed the photos and put them in a flickr album:
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    At least they're not shifting the location from Tokyo to New York or something.
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    #fortheforce
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    Keep in mind that the pod race was filmed 20 years ago And while the technical capacities raise exponentially, the costs go down in a similar way. I think the directors that still use models today like Nolan (Interstellar) or Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049) do it more for nostalgic reasons than artistic value.
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    If IX turns out to be another nostalgia trip like TFA, it would be a huge improvement at this point.
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    Major construction is nearing completion. I recommend glueing only sections of the larger parts at a time to assure good alignment. The holes for the horizontal stabilizers were to wide, so I glued a piece of plastic sheet inside the hull and drilled an appropriate hole. The front extensions need to be blend in. The parts provide a nice sharp edge. While the part fit is excellent in some areas, others are a mess. Polyester putty to the rescue. Fortunately there's no critical detail to re-scribe in this area.
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    Some Cat notes: Diverging from the instructions, I recommend glueing the front extensions to the body before installing the intakes, as there's a nasty seam to putty which would lie inside the intakes later. I replaced the tiny actuators for the intake ramps with styrene pieces so I can easily drop them into place after the painting process.
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    Fingers crossed for RE/100 Team Cyclops...
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