Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Tango One-Six

 A ship of the Star Wars universe, Tango One-six is a kit that's only mention a few times in the original trilogies a few times. It's also see as Luke plays with a model of it, and you get a brief glance at part of one in episode.


The model can bet gotten from Multiverse Models under Kessel Run. It is 1:72 scale and is in crisp white resin.  Being in my stash for a while, one of the side fins, and the top fin have a little warp in them. No worries, that should be easy to correct.

The instructions are quite clear and assembly had no problems. 

 Spoke too soon. On the reverse side of the instructions, it tells how it is to be painted. It also shows where the clear rod goes to connect the ship to the base.  Looking at the pic above you need to drill up thru the bottom of the gun into the connected "tubing" part and then into the body of the ship.
There is no way I had confidence that I would be that accurate. Plan B was needed.  Good thing that while super glue is strong, it can be easily twisted apart.   It came apart with no problem and I drilled down thru the tube and thru the gun, using the tube as the guide.  Once thru, I turned it around lined it up and then went up into the bottom of the ship. Whew.
Instruction image shows where the clear rod has to go.
Final image of the day actually happened a day or so after the initial building. Primed in gray, I decided to use that gray for the body of the craft. The cockpit area is painted white, and the windows will be painted black. 
This day was very hot in the  room, and the paint was almost drying as soon as it was applied. Needless to say the white will have to be redone at a cooler time. 


Thanks for looking.

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