Star Wars Escape Pod model

This is an improved version of a famous Star Wars vehicle in episode IV. Many Star Wars fan don’t realize that this vehicle is responsible of transporting not only R2-D2 and C-3PO. It also transported us the audience to a world far far away. Thanks to the Escape Pod, WE all arrived to Tatooine, and got a glimpse of a sandy hot and harsh planet orbiting 2 suns. So basically, the Escape Pod is our vehicle to coolest adventure and symbol of pop culture ever. If only a plastic model making company could see the role of this vehicle and release a nice 1:1 model kit of the Escape Pod.

This is nothing but an off-the-shelf toy from Hasbro released back in 2002. I took the toy apart and painted it completely, I added some styrene plates to the toy and 5 LDS. 4 LDS were used for the trusters and one is loose inside to provide some light on te pod’s window. All LEDs are fed by 2 AAA batteries. I used Acryl Light Ghost Gray to paint and weathered it with Acryl Rust diluted with water. I hope you like it!

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Author: George Collazo

George has been hosting review sites and blogging about toy collectibles, travel, digital photography and Nikon digital imaging since 1998. His first model kit build was a Testors 1/35 DODGE WC-54 in 1984.

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