1/72 Bandai T-65 X-Wing Starfighter

[Seamus]

Evening all,

It's taken longer than I had hoped, but I've finally completed my X-Wing to go the TIE Fighter I finished last month. It's another Bandai kit, and goes together beautifully, although it a bit more of an involved build compared to the TIE. I found it easiest to leave the main components disassembled for painting and weathering, not that this is a problem given the incredible fit. All markings were masked and painted in place of the supplied decals so that I could chip the paint more effectively- although I might have gone a touch overboard in that respect- in fact, the only decals used are on R2-D2 and Luke's helmet. All colours were Xtracolor, and were matched as close as I could with the shades I have available to the colours of the decals. In all, I've used fifteen or more colours on all the various panels, so plenty of masking for minimal airbrushing, hence the protracted build time. Up close, the finish is a little rougher than I'd have liked but doesn't look too bad from a few feet. As before, the base is a piece of Aluminium/Acrylic composite routed to shape before the rebel logo was laser engraved into it.

All in all, another brilliantly fun build

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Of course, I had to take a shot or two with it's adversary...

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Bandai 1/72 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, comments welcomed as ever,

Cheers,

Shaun

[crobinsonh]

Lovely eye catching builds. The Bandai kits are superb in my opinion and great value for money.

[Air-to-Air]

A very nice duo. Good work.