Building Bandai's Star Wars TIE Striker

Building Rogue One's TIE Striker from start to finish, with a few unexpected flaws discovered along the way.

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[hawketakao]

Thank you my friend. I bought this model last month in Japan but lost the manual. I was happy to find your step by step video. You saved my model as I'm a complete beginner :)

[davidhicks]

Impressive as always. Definitely a larger kit than I expected.

[justindavisphotography]

Really like the comparisons at the end. Great video overall.

[boomerdiorama]

The standard 1/72 Tie Fighter kit is fantastic in my experience. The fit is superb.

[MeltheKiwi]

Nice job. Must say your workbench is spotless

[MrBMBuilder]

Another nice model I did enjoying watching !!

[sjp]

Another nice video. I was surprised to see that some of the pieces had gaps and strange fit issues. That is unusual for a Bandai model. Still it seemed to work out fine in the end. Good job, aand another well presented video. Thanks. Regards, Solomon

[ScurvyKD]

Really glad I found your channel, great simple techniques that give awesome results. Have you ever built a Gundam? would be interested to see your approach. Thanks for the content!

[bagelbro]

Nice kit. Wanted to let you know that I finally figured out the wash situation on my figure. I got it to stay on and after that I used the tamiya weathering master. It took the kit along way forward

[JDsHouseofHobbies]

I found a TIE Interceptor at my local hobby shop on Saturday. I should get a start on it.

[jclark]

I’ve always liked the design of this particular TIE Variant. There is a certain Real World Logic to it I enjoy.
They all Fall like Bricks! But this one could, at least, fall like a brick with little flaps…

[mfaria]

NIce job, as always. Interesting thought about the standing silhouette figure. Hadn't thought that they would consider the inch tall standing pilot an 'action figure'. :)

[fluxxNZ]

Sadly this might not be a one off. I just snapped together the new AT- AT and found some questionable fit unlike previous Bandai kits to the point it needed glue, sanding (on the nubs from large gates) and shortening of some of the connector pins to get an acceptable fit before any paint/weathering gets near it.

[FelipefilmsLTD]

What is the purpose of using gloss before weathering? Why not just weather over paint then do a matte finish? Also, do you use ventilation when spraying inside? Thanks, love the videos!

[thefluffyhub]

Wow I just found your channelFrom this video and it was entertaining to watch and it has given me some tips for model building and the on the painting!

[the-primered-thumb]

hi mate, well who'd of thought, a bandai kit with fit issues, looking forward to future releases, heard they're bringing out some trick stuff, another great build amigo, happy modelling sam, tim the primered thumb 👍 😆

[TheScarecrow]

Hi. Let me just say first that your work on models is awesome and the models look so good when you are done with them. Anyways I just wanted to know what spray you use for the gloss coat and which brushes you use. Again nice work on your kits!

[cesarignjas]

Hi! thanks for share! one question: you painted that using vallejo model air, than you used their acrilic wash, after that you wiped the wash using airbrush thinners, there is no chance of you damage the base coat since it is vallejo model air and it is suposed to be thinned with this thinner? now long have you waited after the wash application before to start the cleanning? keep up the greate work! cheers!

[rekov]

Do you have to apply another coat of gloss between doing the decals and the wash? I'm wondering if wiping away the excess wash with thinner risks the decals or not.

[gurufoxx]

Lovely work as ever :) Shocking to see the issues on the kit that you found, that's very unlike Bandai o_O