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by Corwyn Lowder

Scale: 1/24

This is a modified T47 Air Speeder, found on Hoth several years after the fall of the empire. It was recovered by a young pilot while on a salvage expedition When he returned to his home world of Aqulong he decide to modify it and get it "pimped out" so he could have the best speeder around. His friends would no longer ridicule him for having a lousy ride.

After several months of tinkering and scavenging what parts he could he rebuilt the engine. When deciding what to do with the paint job there was a speeder show coming up he deiced to style out his speeder for an entry

I used a standard T47 Air Speeder from The Empire Strikes Back. I used a pair of engines from the Ankin pod racer. I set it up with a sound system for the young man using Aves putty and the seat and controls from a sea quest salvage using custom color paints I set up a "hip" cammo paint job. I cut out the stencils by hand using grid paper to design the pattern.

Image: Speed brakes open

Image: Cockpit

Image: Engine detail

Image: Underneath




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