1/72 TIE Defender (with Bandai Ball) - FINISHED

[Uwe Kaeding]

Finally finished off the Defender and took some photos:

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The WIP for this one is at: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1662

[dano985]

LOVE IT

[Unreality]

Nice. I really like the red panel. It makes a nice bridge between the Empire and First Order.

[dark kyp]

this is a great build! I love the Tie defender!!!!

The paint scheme is really cool!

[Uwe Kaeding]

Thanks guys. This was a fun build despite the paint problems, and I really like the look of this ship. Definitely recommended when Del gets around to reissuing it.

[blakeh1]

Looks great

This is my favorite of the tie variants beyond the ones seen in the original films

[Halcyon083]

Love the TFA red stripe. Great paint job!

[Jason Abbadon]

Looks amazing!
Maybe the red stripe signifies "Ace" status?

[Uwe Kaeding]

Thanks guys

Maybe the red stripe signifies "Ace" status?

Maybe, but my thoughts were that it is late Empire Special Forces, before it morphed into the FO.

[Ramsayman]

This looks really great! I like the bigger ball on it. I like it with the smaller ball too, but always thought the wings looked HUGE that way.

Also, I don't quite like the red part on the Special Forces TIE from TFA - but here it looks cool! Probably because it seems to serve a purpose in surrounding the Imperial logo, whereas on the SF TIE it just seems like JJ said "put a red part there, it'll be cool."