Here is Lindberg’s 1991 boxing of the Snark missile in 1/48. I must have weeks invested cutting off flash and filling seams. What a mess these old molds were. I was bound and determined to finish as my wife gave it to me for Christmas 2 years ago. The key goal here was to go to another level with lighting - EXPLOSIONS!
The models are painted with MCW acrylic lacquer. Those are the 31yr old decals…they looked good until i put clear on the Snark ones, a few showed some silvering almost like they lifted a bit with the hot paint on them. The tractor, hitch and stairs were weathered with Flory washes and dry brushed with Vallejo metal colors. 220 grit sandpaper for the base. Lights are 24v COB LEDs at 6500K. 9ft of them! Blinding even from the living room lol had to use my sons New Google phone to capture the scene. Any other camera just showed bright glaring light all around. The streaming jet exhaust is compliments of synthetic ‘rope’ style cotton. That really sets off the appearance of flow I think.
Here are my top 10 shots. Hope you guys enjoy them…
Turned out great! I finished my launcher upgrades and then started on the missile. Man, what a depressing chore! Added additional stock to the elevons, had them fitting tighter and filling in a little better. Shot it with the gray finsih coat and now I see that one has a nice warp in it! Tempted to scrap them, fill the gaps with evergreen stock and sand away to fill them all in and then scribe the outlines. But I did get a good coat of paint and Future on the fuseluge, but at least I didn’t start decaling yet!
That is fantastic. The lighting was a great touch. I would have never thought of useing rope on the lights but what a great idea. My dad always said " you are only limited to your imagination" and you just proved it . Great job on it.
