Gosh, I can't believe it's been nearly 4 months since my last post! I figured I should put something up here so you guys didn't think I'd died or something more serious like...(sharp breath intake)...lost interest 
Perish the thought! No, just been busy with work and other things that put food on the table and resin in the printer.
So, here's a quick peek at the recent progress. Wing pylons are essentially complete. My next task was to figure out the inside structure of the cockpit while still allowing for a detailed interior. My first step has been to model the front dash area that is visible from the outside. Once again, the model scans found in this forum were invaluable for establishing the correct profiles and detail. The top of the dash that the pilot would see has some detail on it, but the movie prop photos that I have aren't clear enough to make out any recognizable kit parts. So I'm going to have some fun and get creative. Then I need to actually fit the dash to the cockpit - right now it's just hovering in place. I'm going to model a metal grate floor (since that's what's described in some Legends books that I've read), and the pilot's seat and yoke will be based on the full-size movie props. I'm also toying with the idea of doing blaster cannon detail under the bottom hatch like the Bandai models have. Maybe even making one of the hull panels removable with ribs and mechanical gubbins showing underneath....but I digress. Must stay on target.
Oh, and I wanted to give a shout out to the artists behind Dark Fire Designs - check out their Gumroad store here: https://gumroad.com/darkfiredesigns
If you're into Star Wars Legion, they have many stl files for printing out custom figures on your resin printer. Recently, they released a set of "Imperial Star Fighters" - a standard and an advanced. They really did a bang-up job on these. While they're not quite studio scale models, they have more than enough detail for the scale that they're intended to be printed out. I'm tempted by their pilot models...I'm going to need someone sitting in my model. If you happen to be interested in the Legion scale Star Wars figures, I can also recommend Skull Forge Studios (on Gumroad) and Seb Miniatures (on Gumroad and Patreon). Usual disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with any of these stores, but I like to support fellow artists. The fans do the best work!
All the best! Hope to post again soon.
Perish the thought! No, just been busy with work and other things that put food on the table and resin in the printer.So, here's a quick peek at the recent progress. Wing pylons are essentially complete. My next task was to figure out the inside structure of the cockpit while still allowing for a detailed interior. My first step has been to model the front dash area that is visible from the outside. Once again, the model scans found in this forum were invaluable for establishing the correct profiles and detail. The top of the dash that the pilot would see has some detail on it, but the movie prop photos that I have aren't clear enough to make out any recognizable kit parts. So I'm going to have some fun and get creative. Then I need to actually fit the dash to the cockpit - right now it's just hovering in place. I'm going to model a metal grate floor (since that's what's described in some Legends books that I've read), and the pilot's seat and yoke will be based on the full-size movie props. I'm also toying with the idea of doing blaster cannon detail under the bottom hatch like the Bandai models have. Maybe even making one of the hull panels removable with ribs and mechanical gubbins showing underneath....but I digress. Must stay on target.
Oh, and I wanted to give a shout out to the artists behind Dark Fire Designs - check out their Gumroad store here: https://gumroad.com/darkfiredesigns
If you're into Star Wars Legion, they have many stl files for printing out custom figures on your resin printer. Recently, they released a set of "Imperial Star Fighters" - a standard and an advanced. They really did a bang-up job on these. While they're not quite studio scale models, they have more than enough detail for the scale that they're intended to be printed out. I'm tempted by their pilot models...I'm going to need someone sitting in my model. If you happen to be interested in the Legion scale Star Wars figures, I can also recommend Skull Forge Studios (on Gumroad) and Seb Miniatures (on Gumroad and Patreon). Usual disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with any of these stores, but I like to support fellow artists. The fans do the best work!
All the best! Hope to post again soon.