Hero Version Tie Fighter

[DarthDuck]

Working on the cockpit ball I laid the armature in place which does have locating tabs to help set the diameter. The floor plate needs to be glued in at some pint so I first beveled it's edges for a uniform contact and then using the front canopy frame and rear fascia I adjusted the "width" with a large bar clamp until things fit nicely.



Now IMHO ILM/Lucas played a dirty lil trick on all of us by using what appear to be amber LEDs (or rod) for the exposed portion of the chin guns. But when they fire you see a green blast? Hmmmm, that's not fair. Since we'll have working guns I first cut the leads off of the kit supplied LEDs and then hogged out the inside to accept a mini bright green LED. When done, it looks amber but will light up green! Problem solved.