@Vykes ....what paint are you using to match the original grey on the ISD?

3 hours ago, Darth Lupine said:

@Vykes ....what paint are you using to match the original grey on the ISD?

Heyas mate, Original grey on the ISD. I never really had to match the FFG paint, but I think the old GW Codex grey is close if I recall. The grey that I have been using is Minitaire's Badger Fur grey and Concrete Grey, which go on nice and smooth but add a faint cool blue hue. Then they're washed back with a bit of P3 ink mixed with gloss medium and flow aid, before being sealed.

As for the original white-ish: minitaire concrete grey, and top it up with vallejo cold white mixed with some flow aid to run it through the brush, then same inky bit.

Alright, my downgrade kit came in. Getting the bridge off (after putting it in the freezer) was not a problem. (Many thanks to @Drasnighta for the tip on wiggling it from side-to-side, rather than front to rear.)

So, what are the recommended steps for putting the cannons in place?

Should I shave down the existing turrets and spinal greebles, or just glue on top of them?

Like an awful frat prank gone bad: shave em, it's the only way to get it to fit; and don't forget the front bit, too. The dorsel mount can be a bit finicky so I ended up sanding them down as it just ended up looking more neat and tidy. Really, I just saved myself some time and used a dremmel to cut and sand, but careful blade work will be fine. The trench guns work perfectly well as is, much like the engine baffles (though I shaved them down to be flush as well but it was unnecessary).

10 hours ago, Vykes said:

Like an awful frat prank gone bad...

Cool, thanks.

10 hours ago, Vykes said:

The trench guns work perfectly well as is, much like the engine baffles (though I shaved them down to be flush as well but it was unnecessary).

Trench guns?

I figured those were the ventral tractor-beam emplacements, which go just aft of the hangar bay.

*looks at image on Mel's page*

Oh, you're right!

On 11/22/2017 at 1:23 PM, Vykes said:

Yeah, I need mine to look like this.....ah, Vader’s ISD ?

On 12/22/2017 at 8:47 PM, Mikael Hasselstein said:

Alright, my downgrade kit came in. Getting the bridge off (after putting it in the freezer) was not a problem. (Many thanks to @Drasnighta for the tip on wiggling it from side-to-side, rather than front to rear.)

So, what are the recommended steps for putting the cannons in place?

Should I shave down the existing turrets and spinal greebles, or just glue on top of them?

I used side cutters to trim the "meat" of the turrets then you don't need to do as much sanding(and risking damaging the model with an errant swipe).