Bandai 1/48 Snowspeeder
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 pm
Howdy folks!
Turns out that I don't have any current Sci Fi builds, so I decided to put together a Bandai Snowspeeder I've been putting off for some time.
I'm sure everyone remembers these guys from the iconic Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.
In my true Bandai fashion, I tend to cut everything off the sprues, assemble like colored parts, then paint everything. After that I'll detail small parts as needed then assemble everything last.
I started on this kit last night, and I'm already to the prime everything step. It's really not as complicated of a kit as I had expected.
Turns out that I don't have any current Sci Fi builds, so I decided to put together a Bandai Snowspeeder I've been putting off for some time.
I'm sure everyone remembers these guys from the iconic Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.
The plan is to build up this little guy and a apply a descent amount of weathering to the model. I'm going to go with the paint scheme that has the red/orange color on the rear.The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder, was a craft manufactured by Incom Corporation. They were modified by the Rebel Alliance into snowspeeders.
The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder,[10] was a model of low-altitude vehicle manufactured by Incom Corporation.[1] When the Alliance to Restore the Republic was stationed on the icy planet of Hoth, a contingent of T-47 airspeeders were modified to become ground attack, low-altitude fighters called snowspeeders. Hoth's extreme cold temperatures were too severe for these craft; the power generators would lock up since they ran hot, requiring a large bank of heat radiator fins for essential cooling. Rebel technicians modified the T-47 airspeeder by insulating each radiator fin with side panels to decrease the heat exchange in order to better suit the new environment.
A small, wedge-shaped vehicle, the Alliance snowspeeder was a two-person craft, with a pilot and a rear-facing tailgunner with a speed of 1,100 kph. It had two forward-facing heavy laser cannons and a harpoon cannon placed ahead of the tailgunner. During the Battle of Hoth, these snowspeeders used tow cables to disable All Terrain Armored Transport walkers by firing the tow cable and chasing it out around the walker's legs, stopping its locomotion and immobilizing the walker.
Excerpt take from Wookiepedia
In my true Bandai fashion, I tend to cut everything off the sprues, assemble like colored parts, then paint everything. After that I'll detail small parts as needed then assemble everything last.
I started on this kit last night, and I'm already to the prime everything step. It's really not as complicated of a kit as I had expected.
