Julien's ModelShop, building Star Wars models

Despatch pod 232

This model was built for the Empire Strikes Back. Its time on screen is very short and most of the fans wouldn't recognize this model as being a model from Empire.

Why 232 ? Because the body is made from 5 1/35 Tamiya SdKfz 232 hulls. A very few pictures of the 232 and 223 pods exist. As far as I know, those models never were in tour. They're in the Archives, in a poor state.

This model is full kitbashing. The main body is made from 5 hulls of German armored cars. The clear hemis and the green parts are the correct plastruct parts, as used on the original. Fitting the hulls was quite a challenge.

The base coat is applied. I used one of my ref pics that I scaled up (using kitparts as gauge) with Illustrator then I drew the markings over the pic. I printed them on masking tape and I used them as maskings.

Pictures of the finished model. The model received and heavy wash then I toned it down with a mist of base coat.

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Despatch pod 232