Well, I finally managed to finish these.  The end result for the windscreen on the chariot was a vintage Landspeeder -- which fit perfectly.

Yes -- And I knew Dan had featured it, but the wayback machine doesn't have archives from Dan's site back then .

I had 3 coral skipper pictures.  I've uploaded them here

I hope so because I started today ...

I'm tackling the E-wing Fighter -- I've had this in mind for quite sometime and this finally gave me the motivation to start.  I chose this project, because there was such a great existing base for the vehicle, but it would require real construction work to make the wings -- that would be a good area to expand my skills.  I began with a vintage X-Wing Chasis and stripped the eletronics and non essential parts from it.  Then I began work on the droid socket.  I'm trying to create the tangled, messy mechanical look of the reference pic (from the DE Handbook published by DH).  Currently I've added the astromech flooring and the back wall with piping.  I plan on adding additional greeblies and wires to the back wall as well.  The roof to this compartment (with the big ole' gun on top) will be removable so that the astromech can be taken out (Which I guess means I need to customize an R6 unit.)

After I glued these parts in, I realized it probably made sense to make some templates of the cut pieces as I move along so I can make more of these at a later date if I wanted.  Oh well... these first cuts weren't too bad to do.

I've also begun cutting the wings -- I used a thicker stock for the wings to give it a little more structure.  I'm still debating how I am going to attach the wings to the chasis.  I'm leaning towards building a plug which goes through the hole in the side of the chasis and having another internal piece "locking" it in.  I'll post pics of the mechanism as I figure that out.

DR --

Great job on the BARC troopers -- now if I could only find any VTSC :-P.

I like your Felucia work so far.  I wish you luck on the mushrooms -- I searched all over the place when I was working on my Felucia dio and had a hard time locating anything in scale.  My final soultion was to use nut and bolt combinations which I covered in terracotta Das pronto to make them organic looking mushrooms...



If you do find anything workable, let us know because I'd love to upgrade mine.

Last night I tried a 2-part epoxy, my polystyrene solvent and superglue.  None of them worked to bond the two surfaces.  The keep interacting with the clear plastic and apparently softening it.  I'm trying to work on some other ideas because I really feel it needs something there.

Based on the suggestions I've received here and elsewhere, I'm making some modifications to the chariot design.  I've added a thruster to each side and, I think, a windscreen for the commander.  I've put a full clear plastic piece in for now, but I plan to trim it so it tapers down on the sides.  (The new thrusters aren't painted yet).






What do you think of the changes?