gunpowder Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Well more than just oob or it would have only taken about 5 mins! Ive been waiting for this for a long time , but i was a tiny bit disappointed when i got it. Its a bit toy like for 50 quid. I wanted to accurise mine to represent one of the actual filming miniatures. Luckily ive built alot of 1/24 studio scale X-wings in the past so i have alot of refs. To be fair if you bought one and just repainted it , it would look quite good. Heres a list of what i have done so far Replaced the entire front fuselage underside. The kit one has a kink in it like the old AMT one , so it was out with the plasticard. I also rescribed it and added a few raised panels and that center hatch thats completely missing from the kit. The intakes have been opened up a bit and detailed , the kit ones were a bit too small and just did not look right. Ive added extra detail to the 2 small side panels on the fuselage , added a little detail to the droid strip , Made the engines as front and rear parts instead of the joined unit that the kit had. Whilst i was doing that i added LEDs The panels either side of the intakes on the leading edge have been corrected aswell. I still need to detail the cockpit and make another pilot figure , oh and remake the wing cannon bodies. Heres the overall look so far. Edited November 22, 2013 by gunpowder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 can't see pics.... :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunpowder Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Try now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Cool. Shaping up nicely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 so its not even out yet in the USA and it all ready has problems? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunpowder Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well its done. Its been a bit of a slog but the end result is well worth the effort . It basically looks like a resin studio scale kit but at about a quarter of the price. The modification to the basic kit were as follows Replaced the whole underside of the forward fuselage with plasticard and rescribed it Widened the intakes and seperated the rear engine part as it was a molded in one piece. Added some detail to the upper droid strip added detail to side panels on the fuselage Adjusted parts on the butt plate added LEDs to the engines Fibre optics to R2 and the cockpit Removed the molded on arms from the pilot and added new ones Total repaint and weathering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Great build - looks terrific! Looking forward to them becoming available in the US. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) very nicely done! Really looks the part Have you got any close ups of the cockpit? Edited December 2, 2013 by The Madhatter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 very nicely done! Really looks the part :woot.gif:/> Have you got any close ups of the cockpit? I found that when I clicked one of the photos, it took me to PhoboBucket, and it had a few more shots, and here are the ones I saw that had closer views of the cockpit: http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gunpowder17/media/ebay3_zps7ee89208.jpg.html http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gunpowder17/media/xwing009_zpsc8d3a042.jpg.html http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gunpowder17/media/xwing008_zps388c7425.jpg.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Looks exceptional. I'd like to see what one looks like oob though before I buy it. I'm not gonna make the changes that you made here so I'm curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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