Sid Ri'cel's blog

Started building Anakin's Podracer from Star Wars

It's a pretty simple kit, 1/32 scale.

The pod itself has some horrible seemlines, so I set it aside for now and did some modding to the engines.

Heres the left engine after modding. I added some LEDs to light up the exhaust replaced the solid plastic piece holding the nozzle cone with a piece of clear plastic, sanded to get an even color when lit. I placed the battery inside the bottom guard piece and made it removable via magnets. And I added a shaft to the entire engine that acts as the switch, push the intake to turn it on, push the exhaust nozzle to turn it off. The light looks yellow in the pic, but its more of an amber color irl.

And heres the right un-modded engine, and the parts I'll be adding to it, same as the left one.

Here's a size comparison of the Pod Racer with a 1/144 RX-79(G) Gundam