The Ghosts Cargo Bay

Since buying Disney+ I have been watching a lot of Star Wars which has reignited my love love for this. Its where the inspiration for the Mos Eisley spaceport diorama I built for InspirEd Workshops came from.

Building the Scene

This pieces will be The Ghost cargo bay from the series Star Wars Rebels. While I am building this, I am building a commissioned pieced for InspirEd, which I am covering in a separate post.

For this build is the same size as the other five, the sides held together with magnetic tape. The boards where cut yesterday and glued together using PVA glue. When using PVA to stick boards together, it can take up to 48 hours to glue two waterproof pieces of foam board together. While the glue is drying, it is the best time to cut out doors, windows, etc from one layer without accidentally damaging the second layer. I’ve cut out a door frame and conduits, I have also cut a border for the floor.

Using strips of 6 mm foam to make door frame, the wall jousts are made from 10 & 6 mm 1″ x 3″ strips with a wooden squires running through them, which I have cut straws down and over the squires as pipes running between the jousts.

The next part is to cut sections of pipe and then to cut them in half (remember safety first!) which will be fitted into the alcoves of the walls. With the pipes cut I’ve glued them into place and then spent the rest of the time scoring into the foam, creating wall panels. I have to make the door next and then start painting this piece.

I’ve made the door out of the cargo bay using bolsa wood, also I’ve done a little detail work around the door.

Painting the Scene

Black undercoat sprayed over the interior of the cargo bay.

I’ve painted the cargo bay with a grey base coat.

With the undercoat dry, I masked up the model to paint the straight lines. For the door I’ve used a light grey and Games Workshop’s Baharroth Blue. The blue strip around the walls I’ve used GWs Thousands Sons Blue. The orange I originally used my airbrush but it wasn’t the orange I was after, I’ve painted over using GWs Fire Dragon Bright. The yellow around the floor I’ve used airbrush paint but as you can see it’s not bright enough, tomorrow I might paint over using GWs Averland Sunset.