Imperial Stormtrooper

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Imperial Stormtrooper

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I picked up this kit earlier this week and am planning on just a rapid OOB build.

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This afternoon I started the building process. I gotta say that the molding alone is quite impressive. In the sprue of black parts, Bandai managed to mold the eye lens part of the helmet as a clear green

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Step 1 was assemble the helmet

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Step 2 was assemble the torso

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Step 3 was just putting them together…

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All this was about 90 minutes work. My only gripe so far is that on the back side of the lower portion of the helmet is an assembly seam. More to follow soon…
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Very cool!

Bandi's multi-colour moulding is very impressive.
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To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."

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More progress today… nice and rapid I might add

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All assembly completed… I just need to add the decals now ;)
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That's a quick build! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Cool! That was quick!
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Yeah, you can literally build this in under 4 hours… I think I did 90 minutes on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday total… :hmm: Adding the decals is another 1/2 hour at absolute most… :bored:
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Very nice! Quick build and no painting - and a really nice rendering.
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