Bandai 1/72 TIE Interceptor model kit: amzn.to/2V1ratG

I've probably watched this vid over 50 times in the last month. I ended up buying a kit and I'm really excited to give it a shot! I haven't done this sort of thing in over 25 years, makes me feel like a kid again, I love it! Keep up the great work! Cheers!

Nice build! I agree, I’m also a fan of the blue/grey finish! Thank you for sharing!

yet another AWESOME build - thanks for sharing

Nice build, and as you say, Bandai kits are so detailed you don't need to do much to 'enhance' them. As for the overspray of the gloss coat, 'Looks like a little bit of armour to me,' or, 'looks like a bit of battle damage covered up by the maintenance guys in the launch bay, before inspection.' So true about not being able to overdo the weathering with Empire's machinery.

Paint job looks great, love the look of this model.

Great work! I'm impressed on how you made the exact tone of color that's on the box! Cheers!

'The Force is strong with this one.' Nice build!

According to either badgrendels or the American modeler in Japan (I forget his YT screenname -- it's steve/fish/dotnet?; unfortunately I am NOT subscribed to him), the reason for the flat silhouette in the Bandai kits is squarely in Disney's court. Disney Co. are complete and utter control freaks. I think all except those of who still believe in the Tooth Fairy understand that basic fact... This is not even a question of politics or faith -- it is, what it is. They have the meanest lawyers in show biz and are driven by money past the point of common sense (and common decency I would argue) in many instances. Disney Co. were the ones who attempted a worldwide ban -- OUTSIDE of Asia -- on the Bandai kits. Again, most of us know this now. Only recently, has the ban been lifted -- at least partially for the US. They angered enough of the US Star Wars fan community and apparently we are still the largest market for this "franchise." IF their money-making is in danger, they WILL back down a bit if they see the writing clearly on the wall. You can blame Disney again for the silhouettes instead of scale figures in the Bandai kits. You know WHY they wouldn't allow Bandai to do scale figures for the models anymore? Under some damn lawyer's definition, a "scale figure" equals an "action figure" for which Disney/LFL has granted ANOTHER license (to Hasbro, the inheritors of the old Kenner toy company which made the classic Star Wars action figures way back when). SO, unless Bandai negotiated a separate license to produce scale "action figures" for their kits, they can't produce them! Yeah, Disney wants even more money than they're being paid for the license already!!!! Utter bullocks as you would say in the UK! (Frankly, as kind and euphemistic as many terms overseas are, I prefer to call what it is... Utter bullshit on the part of Disney's lawyers... I'm sorry for the rant but sometimes honesty requires being blunt when it's called for.) Disney won't allow Revell and Bandai to go against each other fairly across the world... They're still trying this tactic of controlled product releases and price gouging even as that tactic is collapsing with other product (movies, for instance, are MUCH easier to buy cross-country at VERY GOOD prices in the Blu ray/4K Blu ray disc era... Heck, I just bought an anime flick at competitive prices through Amazon.uk because the Sony-US release of that film utterly sucked! It's at the point the major movie studios have given up on region-coding discs for the 4K BD format and many, many Blu ray discs are at least multi-region if not open discs, too). The general consensus is that Bandai's Star Wars product IS superior to Revell's... Why they DON'T allow open competition is beyond me other than they're trying this business of keeping licensors happy (which I'm personally cynical about)... It's about the money again, folks.

Love your videos, you've convinced me to start building these. 1 bit of constructive criticism, please put your paint color list in the description. Makes it nice and quick to get the same colors

Your video inspired me to grab my favorite Tie.. The USAF grey was spot on and I added a red blood stripe for the Barons Tie...wonderful kit and thanks for the build

Mate, I really enjoy watching your builds - they've really helped me get back into the hobby. Thanks!

Only one word to say... AMAZING!!!!! 👏🙀

Another nice kit. I built and painted this one as well. Except I went heavy on the weathering. You are correct, Bandai injection molding is superb and second to none.

Nice build! Just finished mine along with the Advanced X-1 and the standard TIE fighter. Bandai kits are really nice, easy to build and very good quality.

No dislikes here! Excellent work mate - Been working on the Y wing actually, got this one in the cupboard and watching this has made me want to take that out next to build along side their Falcon

Looks great. Colour looks spot on to me. And they sure are amazing kits. Just finished my Y-Wing, and the TIE Interceptor and X-Wing are in the mail from Japan now. Looking forward to building them.

hi Sam, another crackin build buddy, I think your colour choice is spot on, mines on the bench at the moment, ive gone for tamiya ocean grey as my top coat, it's the closest match i have to hand, got to agree with you about the Bandai kits, they're stunning, and great fun to build, happy modelling amigo, tim the primered thumb 😆 👍

I remember building model cars as a kid...I was terrible at it then and I'm sure I would be worse today..........God bless this guy. I would have busted half of the parts by now...

Great, I really like the Interseptor ! In the future i had to try the USAF Medium Grey too. I used 71.046 Pale Blue Gray for my AT-ST. And with all the Wheatering it become a quite more darker shade than I expected.

Great job! Subscribed.

Another great job on this one

Beautiful work!

Super sweet build as usual chilli!

Great to see another kiwi on here building these kits. Really like how this turned out, nice work! I do like your simple, no fuss approach to the painting a weathering. I also like that you are using Vallejo as I'm just starting to get into their range. Keen to chat with you on techniques, where you buy your kits and supplies and all that.

Good build Sam!

Wonderful channel mate. Cheers. Going to buy this model and try it out myself

GREAT Work .

Great video, so easy to follow! I'd like to see you do a video where you build one of these without any painting to compare the straight out of the box build with your painted version.

You’re the first person I’ve heard say, “leave a like, or dislike.” Pretty cool of you.

Looks great)

I don't understand why people think that they need to put a wash over TIE FIGHTERS - they were new and fresh and unlike the Rebels had the means and the money to keep their vehicles like new!! Good build and you can't even see the seams.. I have the original Tie Interceptor which is also a snap kit but I have plans to recast this so that I can preserve it's lineage. Thank you for posting this

That is amazing. I am using your link to buy one right now.

I think a full 1/12 scale tie fighter pilot would be really cool hope they make one someday

I want Bandai to make a TIE bomber too!

Tengo un antiguo modelo de esta nave, me parece que es Revell, pero lo tenía guardado después de una mudanza y al abrir la caja estaba roto…pensé en renovarlo y vi que estaba en Bandai y claro la calidad del modelo Bandai es lejos mejor y después de ver tu video Me decidí por renovarlo. Un abrazo desde Chile

great ships!

Beautiful built as always. It's funny 'cause I just painted mine last night using the same exact colors. Then I found your video this morning haha. I do agree with you though, matching the colors on these different TIEs is quite the challenge but vallejo seems to have a pretty well balanced range of shades which eliminates the need for mixing.

nice build

I wanted to mention when you were building the Battlestar Galactica Pegasus maybe use your cardboard stencil or another type of stencil maybe a more transparent type like a sheet of lexan then use liquid masking to paint on instead of cutting out all the various tedious masking strips...just a thought

awesome!

Great video and great channel! I really appreciated the comments at the end regarding ship colours at the end of the video- you found a great balance in your interceptor in the blue and grey tones. I don’t model very much and hate rework. Thanks for posting- and doing all the heavy lifting for us casual builders.

Good Job

I wonder if the pilot silhouette is so you can stand it next to the model for scale purposes

Nice job! All the tie fighters in all 3 movies were exactly the same color Blue/Grey the only difference the tie interceptor had darker window frames .

Nicely done! I've always had a little trouble determing what is the right color for the TIE's.. sometimes they look a little more blue-ish like you've got, others more grey.. then there's a difference between on screen lighting and look vs what the models actually look like in the studio. I'm also not sure if I want to make it like studio version without clear windows or with the clear windows so it looks more "realistlic"? Either way, looks like a fun build you could probably do within a day. I have Vader's TIE Advanced X1 and TIE Fighter.. was thinking of adding the new TIE Interceptor and having a go at building all 3 within a day or two. Luckily the paint schemes are similar and relatively simple and the fit and finish of the bandai kits themselves are already really good to facilitate minimal fuss in building, it seams. Looking forward to Rogue One and what model kits come out. I know Revell has some kits already, but I'm hoping and anticipate Bandai will make their versions which should be nicer, more detailed, and a much better fit all around.

Great build mate! Looks like a kit I'll probably invest in myself. Interesting how you used a shade of grey with a blue tint to it. Just out of interest what gloss cote do you use?

This is like legos but to another level

Looks great, would like to see the stands get some treatment though. They look oddly flat compared to the models.

Great Job, it's awesome. Could you tell me What the model is of the Air Compressor?

@18:35 -- I think the colors are nice. I think they match closer to onscreen evidence and "look right." Keep in mind -- in real life, they change paint schemes on military equipment ALL the time. They painted American F-4s camouflage during Vietnam (land-based USAF C, D, E-models) and bare metal finish with squadron markings (USN and USMC B, J-models). They also paint planes according to basic mission. Interceptor/air superiority F-15s (A-D models) are painted shades of light blue-grey, F-15E dual-role (generally ground attack) models are painted a dark green/grey to make them harder to see at night OR blend in better with the European forests at low-level. They paint planes with high-visibility colors for air shows (Red Arrows, Thunderbirds, Blue Angels), senior CAG/air wing commanders (USN service), and for special occasions (decommissioning of planes, commemoration of battles). If planes are going to match colors, it will be within squadrons, not necessarily across the entire service and they're certainly going to paint planes a bit differently according to customs of different countries' air arms. The Sea Harriers for the Royal Navy had a definitely different paint job than the USMC Harrier II's! USMC Harriers tend to have closer to bare alloy-finish whereas the RN Sea Harriers were painted dark blue/navy blue. The Sea Harriers had a paint job color close to what was used for F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs in World War II! That's because basic Sea Harriers tended to operate from RN aircraft carriers and USMC Harriers mainly operated from land bases. It might make more sense that the TIE Interceptor is painted a basic light-blue grey to help it blend in better into an atmosphere. It's probably an aerospace superiority fighter like the X-wing is, meant to specialize across different environments but probably faster in the atmosphere like the TIE models generally are than the Rebellion fighter types.

Is it ok to use just regular spray paint cans for bandai models? Also, another quick question; do you apply a coat of primer or anything before painting any surfaces of your models?

Awesome stuff! What color did you use for the body? I don't have an airbrush, so I will have to look at what Tamiya has in spray cans that will be a close match.

Awesome work, just subbed! Only question I have is whether or not you'd recommend priming and painting the solar panels in black, they look really nice straight off the sprue

I like the blue grey color

Hi, really enjoying your videos. I don't use an airbrush yet but it appears you are using one indoors without a major vent system or paint box. Since you are using acrylics maybe this works well since they are non toxic and have no fumes. Can you tell me more about your air brush setup. If I can get away with air brushing at my work desk without any major ventilation I may give it a go!

NIce kit =)

I think it looks fantastic, I think the stand attaching at the rear is okay...how do the tie fighters dock when they're not out blasting the M.F.?

I must have watched over 20-30 videos on these bandai sw model kit, and I like yours the most. The finished model looks sooooo nice. Now I'm looking to buy airbrush with compressor kit. What do you recommend ? I'm not gonna use it extensively, maybe build an 1/72 xwing and the m. falcon or a few gundams here and there, so I don't wanna spend big bucks for professional gear. Any suggestion ? Btw keep up the good work! Subscribed !

What color did you use for the TIE Fighter?

it looks like you could make a custom tie striker

Can you please list all the colours of the paints you use in the description. It helps loads ;)

Nice build! I was surprised with the amount of preshading you did - when I've seen other people preshade they basically just run over the panel lines, so it ends up looking more mesh-y if you see what I mean. Why do you varnish (and prime) with a spray can even though you've got an airbrush?

I really like how you do your bandai kits! One question for you ModelChili...how come I don't see you use the Tamiya panel line accent? Is there a benefit of using the Vallejo wash vs the panel line accents? Just would like to hear your opinion. Thanks!

The Tie Advanced was always the Darker Blue Grey color. But who cares, it's easy to get wrapped around the axle on colors. For anyone reading paint your kits how you like it'll still turn out fantastic.

What I like about this kit and the rest in the series is they are all the same scale, and particularly the well established scale of 1/72, unlike the utter mess Revell comes up with, like with the fit-to-box X-Wing, Y-Wing and TIE Advanced set that are all different scales that don't fit any established scales whatsoever! Even the other Bandai scaled models, such as the 1/48 scale Snowspeeder and 1/144 scale AT-ATs are built to the established scales! The only issue I do have is the price. Even with the fact that the kits appear to be prepainted I find them to be rather expensive, especially when you consider you can pick up fully painted, fully detailed die cast De Agostini models for half the price!

I don´t know if it´s the lighting or what but Tie Interceptor is little bit more darker bluish . Done awsome job mate but that cocpits frames are sopose to be matt black, Not clossy black.

Apparently Vallejo has discontinued the USAF Medium Grey 71.120. The new color in this product code is more of a neutral grey and no longer the pale blue-grey. Do you know what paint would be comparable to the color you used on this?

I especially like the space ship builds, but doesn't anyone make 1/48 scale any more? The 1/72 scale to me is just too small. The larger scale (at least in the older glue models) had more detail as well. I'm loving this channel.

Great work, what paint do you suggest I use if I’m just starting?

Do you thin the Valejo wash at all. I am having a hard time getting it right.

The pilot figure issue is a licensing problem. Now Bandai are selling internationally (vehicle kits) they don’t have the licence for figures so can’t include one (no matter how small) in the kit. As for the colour, the TIE fighters were always supposed to be this blue colour. However the colour clashed with the blue screen system used on the first film, so they had to change to grey. They overcame the issue for the third film. Interestingly if you watch Rouge One carfully you will see that most of the fights are grey, but some are blue, this is on purpose to imply an in universe running change to the colour.

Do you no if this kit is still out there as I can't find one any were. I no you say you get some of your kits from Japan could I ask which company you use please. It's taken me ages to finally get the AT-ST

What kind and where do you get your fines tipped detailing paint brushes from??

Hi there great looking models what colours did you use

May I ask if anyone knows….. what is the base color used for this model? The blueish gray part….Was it a Vallejo color and what is the name color? I want to use this color on a tie bomber I’m building. Thank you! 😊

I just got my Interceptor started but used oil paints for the color of the ship since I havent got an airbush, the paint application came out nicely, smooth but not as smooth as airbrushed and I added a mat coat but now Im afraid by adding washes the mat coat will peel off as well as the base grey color... since the wash is water downed with thinner... any suggests? Cheers!

I could just water down some black and use that as wash...right?

What kind of gloss coat did you use? I tried using an acrylic coat and then doing an enamel wash but I think my thinner was too strong as it completely melted the TIE fighter model I had and it crumbled to pieces. Im painting the interceptor I got a red to look like Carnor Jax's interceptor but Im worried about destroying this one during the wash process.

Sorry if I missed it but what color did you use to achieve the blue/gray/cobalt color? Is it just one color or a mix?

Do you know why they do this flat figure? Regards!

Hi, what's the tamiya colour you used for the exterior of the interceptor?

Is it medium sea grey after nato black at 5:50 ?

Can Vallejo Model Air be put right into the airbrush, or do you still need to thin it?

What all of about color base and gray color

2,000th like! I've never done that before

Wow it looks like a prop

How long do you leave the wash for before removing the unwanted bits?

Vallejo has changed the color of the 71.120 USAF Medium Grey so it appears more grey with no blue now. Can you recommend a similar color to this blue-grey or colors to mix to achieve the same result?

Just decided not to buy one of these and the X-Wing because I just found a Toys R Us Legacy TIE Interceptor for the same price as them put together and represents much better value, considering its huge size. I'll see about getting the entire series of these sometime later in the year if I can find them from the same seller and get them all shipped together to save massively on import charges!

My favorite TIE design is still Vader's TIE Advanced but I really like the side-view of the TIE Interceptor. I know some people might prefer the original TIE Fighter as well but the Interceptor looks like a flying 4-part dagger blade. More menacing. And in real life life I believe it WOULD handle better. Especially in an atmosphere. Yeah, yeah. The Sequel Trilogy thus far has had disappointing designs -- even the Prequel trilogy at least had the neat delta-shaped Jedi Starfighters! Basic rehashes from the Classic Trilogy (mostly consisting of recoloring basic TIE's black with red sections) and using the designs that were REJECTED for the original Star Wars feature film -- brick landspeeders, flying electric shavers, and the McQuarrie early concept X-wing as the "new X-wing" model.

This looks like a better build then vaders tie advance, which molded the wings all as one thats disapointing clearly the build the wings is possible so why mold it as one

Great! Did you order these online, how did you get ahold of them? thanks in advance!

Great colour choice. could you mention them again to me as I'm watching this video on my phone

Need weathering

How come it ain't got no paint with it I'm trying not to swear

Nice work. I've over purchased some of these Bandai SW kits and now seek to sell them at pretty fair prices, if anyone is interested.

Not having the pilot figure was a deal breaker for me. Bought 2 Ties instead.

very nice oder cool echt whene you good German

My old AMT Intercepter kit was garbage compaired to this. AMT has the details but they're not as sharp and the parts fit is nowhere near as precise as Bandai's.