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This thread is officially back from the dead :lol:lol:, well, at least because this rocket pack is done!  The bad news is that I'll have to say goodbye to it and send it off to eBayland in a few days :cry:cry.


It's painted AoSW style as seen in Return of the Jedi, and I tried to hit the screen-look rather than the 30-year-old pack look; i.e. more than just the smoother weathering, many of the features such as the thrusters and the beacon are meant to match what was on screen in 1983.


If you didn't take notes from the beginning of this thread, the bottom was completely replaced to achieve the angled bottom, and the vent rebuilt from scratch incorporating a laser-cut vent.  The tank tubes were also replaced and the caps on both ends were rebuilt from scratch.  The castellated rocket base is a solid acrylic piece machined into shape.  The rocket itself is basically all new and is removable while the base is also rebuilt and is permanent, just like the real pack.  The beacon is lit as well.


Painted with Floquil enamels, the weathering was 80% layered and then a combination of topical and scratch treatments finished it.  Extensive physical weathering comes courtesy of some dental tools, knives, and files.  As usual, the pics don't show all the details, so to see it in person is very different.  Aluminum pieces from PSberetta :cheers.  Hat's off to Lee's color research :thumbsup:!


All-in-all, I'm pretty satisfied with how the MLC came off of the workbench torture-table.


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