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Reddit mentions of Bandai Hobby Star Wars 1/72 Tie Interceptor Building Kit
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of Bandai Hobby Star Wars 1/72 Tie Interceptor Building Kit. Here are the top ones.
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Featured in the Star Wars movie, "Return of the Jedi", the infamous TIE Interceptor has been faithfully recreated in 1/72 as a plastic model kit utilizing Bandai trade mark color injection process.Set includes Dedicated display base x 1 Laser effect part x 2 1/72 scale Pilot (seated) x 1 View port x 2 types (clear part x 1/frame part x 1) Water-transfer decal x 1 Marking sticker x 1.This product has been thoroughly tested for safety and meets all North American consumer product safety regulations.Product Bears official Bluefin Distribution Logo.Tested for safety and in compliance with all North American consumer product safety regulations; Product support assistance provided
Specs:
| Color | Multi |
| Height | 4 Inches |
| Length | 4 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | January 2016 |
| Weight | 0.551155655 Pounds |
| Width | 4 Inches |
Bandai Hobby Star Wars 1/72 Tie Interceptor Building Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FDBHK1C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dt-lDb73YN2BV
If you really wanna get it good looking I'd recommend getting an airbrush to paint it. Cans are fine but you'll never get the right colors going that way. It's possible to just use a regular brush but it'll also come out extremely thick and unsatisfactory compared to an airbrush. Its a small investment (about $150 for a nice airbrush and another $100 for a small compressor if you don't already have one. Get one with a tank if you can) but if you do even a couple of models with it you'll never want to use a regular brush to paint an entire model again.
First off the model as it comes is way too blue, I'd recommend painting it based off the newer bandai model's box art as it looks fantastic which you can see here: TIE Advanced.
For the paint itself my personal favorite is the Tamiya line of acrylics. They are the best looking and most professional out of all the acrylics I've seen. They come in nice bottles that are great too. This is of course the best for airbrushing as thats what I would do but if you do end up going the brush route a better paint would probably be Vallejo as they are more suited towards that.
I'd honestly forgo the primer and simply do a full flat black base coat to get that blue off of the solar pannels then mask those up and do the main body. According to the supplied sheet for the bandai model the main body is 70% neutral grey and 30% white with a pinch of blue grey. For the darker parts around the ship its a 100% neutral grey. You'd use that in areas like the recesses on the wing roots, the window's frame and a few other places.
After that its really up to you how much extra detail you wanna add. You can do some dark washes to get those nice shadows, maybe add some metallic scratches and what not. Theres no limit with these sort of things.
Also as a last note if you wanna get into some more of these model's I would highly HIGHLY recommend the entire line of 1/72 ships by bandai. They are all snap together and have more detail then you would believe for their price as well as coming slightly colored so you can fit it all together and still admire it even before painting. I have the TIE Fighter and plan on getting the TIE Interceptor and TIE Advanced. They are the perfect size for putting on display (or playing with haha) and even scale correctly with other real world planes in 1/72 scale.