This is the Bandai UFO interceptor model:
As usual, it has "toy" features but thankfully only a sprint loaded missile, which was easy to remove. The cockpit was spartan to say the least so I had to scratch build that, but apart from that it was a straightforward build.
I picked up a few bits to build the cockpit:
and this turned into:
The biggest problem I had was with the decals. The kit supplied ones were old, fragile and a a very curious mix of "spanglish" text! So the decals were custom printed from a source I found on the net. Problem was once the matt varnish was applied the "black" text turned into pink blobs. So the decals had to stripped off and attempts made to print decals that didn't run. This was done by forcing the colour printer to print ONLY black for the stencil markings This, therefore isn't 100% accurate but as soon as I tried to any red text the ink ran badly once decal varnish was applied
Anyway enough talk, more photos!
I tried to get a decent photo of the cockpit but the lighting was against me and all I got was glare from the canopy.
Sadly during this photo shoot, the clips holding the battery compartment lid on the camera decided to break and now its almost impossible to take photos with the bloody thing - two tiny bits of plastic have turned the camera into a virtual write-off!! Oh well maybe its an opportunity to upgrade...
Just to add to the nostalgia factor:
As usual, it has "toy" features but thankfully only a sprint loaded missile, which was easy to remove. The cockpit was spartan to say the least so I had to scratch build that, but apart from that it was a straightforward build.
I picked up a few bits to build the cockpit:
and this turned into:
The biggest problem I had was with the decals. The kit supplied ones were old, fragile and a a very curious mix of "spanglish" text! So the decals were custom printed from a source I found on the net. Problem was once the matt varnish was applied the "black" text turned into pink blobs. So the decals had to stripped off and attempts made to print decals that didn't run. This was done by forcing the colour printer to print ONLY black for the stencil markings This, therefore isn't 100% accurate but as soon as I tried to any red text the ink ran badly once decal varnish was applied
Anyway enough talk, more photos!
I tried to get a decent photo of the cockpit but the lighting was against me and all I got was glare from the canopy.
Sadly during this photo shoot, the clips holding the battery compartment lid on the camera decided to break and now its almost impossible to take photos with the bloody thing - two tiny bits of plastic have turned the camera into a virtual write-off!! Oh well maybe its an opportunity to upgrade...
Just to add to the nostalgia factor:
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