I built this kit many years ago. There has been quite a few modifications made to the snowspeeder.

First thing I did was to throw out the stupid looking pilot. I then cut a hole in port side and super-detailed the area to show some kind of battle damage.

Because I planned to have the canopy open, the clear part canopy was thrown out and replaced with clear sheet that was a lot thinner than the original.

The actual cockpit was detailed with parts from a 1/32nd scale Tomcat. The seat belts were made from sliced tin foil from a butter container.

The figure was created using bits from my spares box. The straps are once again tin foil, and his arm stripe is masking tape.

This is the one and only time that I have needed to recreate a snow landscape. The base is made from plaster. First a thin layer of plaster was poured on to wrapping foil and when dry, was broken into small pieces. Plaster was poured onto a MDF base and left to set partially dry. The snowspeeder was then pushed into position as to simulate a craft that has slid some distance and then buried itself to a stop. While the plaster was still partially wet I sprinkled the broken-up plaster behind the snowspeeder.