Khetanna - Jabba's Sailbarge - Scratchbuilt Custom

[theforceuk]

I think it's time to admit you made the origional model for ILM.

I don't usually kiss ass but this work is exceptional.

 

[wbobafett]

Thanks a lot!!

UPDATE:

All pictures from this update can be found here:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/khetanna2#26jun2015

I worked a lot on the ship, but oh well.....you won't see much progress. I decided to make an update to mainly show what I am going through and that I am really back to get this one finsihed.

First of all I made the railings to the middle part. The ship should stay detachable (front, middle and rear) so this one was a very tough one. I had to think of a detachable solution for this one with it still beeing stable and the transition beeing nearly invisible.

After that I finally found the time to correct some paneling that annoyed me now for month.

So with the railings complete the hull is defintely fix. No changes anymore. Time to get those transition areas done better. Lots of glueing filling and sanding....very time consuming.

Both doors are btw again full with waving and bending. I needed to correct those also. Again lots of sanding and filling and sanding. Also the nose must have had an issue while moving or later. The whole front is broken and was waving. I am still reparing it and hope this will never happen again. A lot of wasted time on this one. The cracks and the loosening mainly happend to the underground.So its not a serious problem but it needs to be fixed.

Also the transition to the underground needs to be done. The tunnel for the wires is as well detachable and I will need something to make this invisble. Here is some pictures of the progress.

While sanding and filling I thought again about the 24 movable windows. I still have a problem with those which I wanted to fix always before priming. The windows are to instable....too thin. They break when moved to often. So I once decided to glue a steel wire behind. The problem now is that those wires often get teared away because they are only palced at one side. I had to face it to remove them all and redoing them...this time all around...every piece is unique because every window is unique. This is most time consuming and I really really hope this time it pays off.

I really hope I have something more of interest next time. I am working on it, but finsihing the hull is the main goal right now.


Wolff

 

[Tarkin's nosehair]

Absolutely stunning, a credit to your patience and eye to detail. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[walkie]

You never cease to amaze with your updates

 

[wbobafett]

Thanks guys!! Here is the next one:

UPDATE:

All pictures from this update can be found here:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/khetanna2#08july2015


I am still in to fixing things that I made once and do not like anymore or even worse...it simply doesn't work anymore.

First of all I started to renew the cables to the front deck. The guitar strings just look way better:

Next I was making the cable tunnels to the undersurface:

Then I tried to make some deatils to the hull. A small part for the ship but a lot of work (on top comparison to fullsize film model):

More details for the hull:

In the meanwhile I was wotking again on the many problems around the hull. I really wanted to get at least the lower part of the back done. It was hours and hours of filling and sanding. But finally the door plus the lower back now seem nearly done. A few more hours and I might be ready for priming....

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Wolff

 

[Michael Sith]

Great update, love watching this progress.

Your attention to detail and perfectionist approach is producing some astonishing results.

Fantastic work 8)

 

[steve obi wan]

Totally awesome :shock:

 

[stormcab]

Absolutely amazing. I did model-making back in art college. Wanted to go into Special effects, but I quickly learned that very little work on offer was building space craft for sci-fi movies, so jacked it in.

I've always hoped that model-makers such as yourself should have your pieces brought together with others and displayed in a huge warehouse museum. That would be f***ing blinding. Why is there nothing like that? They should go the whole hog and build some full size vehicles to go outside - like a full scale AT-AT lol

 

[sith-smith]

This continues to be an incredible piece of work.

Amazing skills you have. 8)

 

[Carl Waterworth]

Jaw droppingly incredible!

 

[wbobafett]

Thanks so much guys!!! 8)

UPDATE:

All pictures from this update can be found here:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/khetanna2#11july2015


Primer......mhhhhhh......so here is some beauty shots

(....whatelse to say besides that it was way too hot to get those parts primed. It got a bit "cloudy" which is in fact not really bad, but at least annoying. The dull parts are a bit rough and will be sanded and primed one more time I think):

Hope you like it like I do

Cheers

Wolff

 

[SAVORY100]

My perpetual commentary on this thread, but what else to say other than how amazing this all is mate; thank you for sharing your work!

 

[wbobafett]

Thanks a lot!!

UPDATE:

All pictures from this update can be found here:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/khetanna2#12july2015


Time to enjoy what was already built!! Some shots of the ship how it looks right now. I really make to less pictures of the total ship...just recognized it.

I am already onto 4 more main parts (2 pairs each). There is still a hell of a work to do on the things that are already made, but I wanted to " create" someting again....not only filling and sanding......
So here is a teaser:

Thanks for looking.

Wolff

 

[sith-smith]

It does look amazing already when all put together like that! :shock:

 

[poncho]

amazing updates buddy 8)

 

[Robstyley]

This is so so interesting.. one of my favourite things about the forum. I really love any creativity related to the vintage toys/vintage scale. This is amazing work, not a diorama - a high quality model. Can't wait to see it finished mate

 

[Joe]

 

[Grant_C]

That's insane.

What an amazing job.

 

[stratpack]

That is absolutely sensational!

 

[Kayor]

Awesome build, keep up the good work!!