plasmahal Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Been wanting to build one of these for a while after all the new Ban-Dai kits coming throuh. After the Millenium Falcon, Fine Molds Y-wing was regarded as their top kit, that's why i have 2 in the stash. Back at the beginning of the year i bought a simple lighting kit at the Peterborough Model Show from Tydirium models. So I'll be adding this to the mix. So here's the box and sprue shots etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 It's a great kit, isn't it. Looking forward to watching your progress with it. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) **Update** - Cockpit Part One. Ok, so kicked this build off. Usual fare, start with a very basic cockpit build indeed. Parts removed and cleaned up for assembly. Primed and then paint Tamiya nato black for the most part and mr hobby aqueous H308 for the grey. the little guy for the pit has been painted up. Edited August 27, 2015 by plasmahal 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 looks good so far - I was looking at this kit online the other day and was wondering about it - your WIP build is well timed. I have yet to work out and perhaps you can help. Are Fine Moulds and Bandai one of the same as both seem to make the same box lid art worked kits? I may be being stupid here but what's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I have yet to work out and perhaps you can help. Are Fine Moulds and Bandai one of the same as both seem to make the same box lid art worked kits? I may be being stupid here but what's the difference? No, they're totally different kits. Fine Molds used to have the Star Wars license, however it changed hands and now Bandai have started their own range of kits. In general (and only having Fine Molds kits in my possession!) it looks as if both ranges are of high quality. However the Bandai Y-Wing has a funny arrangement on the cockpit pod that uses coloured plastic to represent the yellow stripe. It results in a panel line around what should actually be painted markings. Hard to explain, but have a look at AndyRM101's review here for pictures of the sprues. regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Very nice work on the pilot, looks great Are Fine Moulds and Bandai one of the same as both seem to make the same box lid art worked kits? I may be being stupid here but what's the difference? As Jason said above, they're completely different companies and kits. The Finemolds one is very nice if you can still find it anywhere but, despite a few quirks, the Bandai one is the better kit (only just). The Finemolds release does have a wider choice of markings and much better decals though. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) **Update** - Cockpit Part Two.Finished the pilot off with the helmet decals and a small bit of dry brushing and a wash using army painter strong tone watered down. Edited August 28, 2015 by plasmahal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 **Update** - Cockpit Part Three.After several test fits and lighting checks, the cockpit and forward nose section have been assembled.I then looked into the lighting for the engines. The lighting instructions call for the led to be mounted in part C13. The hole in C13 was too big for the led as-is so I dived into the spares box and found some wheels that the hole in C13 had the same circumference as the wheel hub. Glueing the wheel to C13 gave a perfect fit and a pilot hole to open the hole for the led. Here are some shots of the cockpit lights. I tried in lower light but pictures did come out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Interesting solution with the wheel hub - although you could have also glued plastic sheeting over the back of it. The cockpit looks good too - not to bright. What are you going to power this with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Nice work on the lighting. Normally, when mounting LEDs, I get some styrene tube with an internal diameter the same as the LED size, then stick the LED into the tubing and attach the tubing to the area required, but your wheel solution works just as well. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Interesting solution with the wheel hub - although you could have also glued plastic sheeting over the back of it. The cockpit looks good too - not to bright. What are you going to power this with? I did consider a piece of flat styrene and then the fun of getting central hole drilled. I went to the spares box fist for some tubing but the wheels were on top and I just tried it out of curiosity. probably 2 aa batteries in the kit base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 You wouldn't need to drill a hole big enough to fit the LED inside, just 2 small ones for the legs to go through and then a piece of tubing to go over the top of the LED. You can glue the base of the LED to the styrene sheet if you need to, or even a smear of super glue to the back side of the sheet where legs come through t hold them in place Still, what you've done works so the above is a bit irrelevant now. Looking forward to seeing more of this MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 **Update** - Engine Lighting Part One.So with the wheels glued in place, the centre holes were drilled to approximate size of led. The led's were then give a small spot of CA just hold then in place and the some canopy glue applied and left overnight to harden. The engine components from step 6 were assembled and the parts primed with grey stynylrez. The inside of C13 were then dry brushed with mr hobby stainless metalizer and the other engines parts were sprayed with tamiya x-2 gloss white.Here the engine led glows nicely on C13. Temporary assembly of the whole engine unit with the white etc. Then I had to mask off C13 and the end exhaust was filled with white tack to mask off during later painting stages. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Now that looks pretty fantastic. Top banana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Very nice work on the pilot, looks great As Jason said above, they're completely different companies and kits. The Finemolds one is very nice if you can still find it anywhere but, despite a few quirks, the Bandai one is the better kit (only just). The Finemolds release does have a wider choice of markings and much better decals though. Andy Cheers Andy (and Jason) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 No, they're totally different kits. Fine Molds used to have the Star Wars license, however it changed hands and now Bandai have started their own range of kits. In general (and only having Fine Molds kits in my possession!) it looks as if both ranges are of high quality. However the Bandai Y-Wing has a funny arrangement on the cockpit pod that uses coloured plastic to represent the yellow stripe. It results in a panel line around what should actually be painted markings. Hard to explain, but have a look at AndyRM101's review here for pictures of the sprues. regards, Jason Many thanks Jason (and not forgetting your advice too Andy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 brilliant LED engine effects there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Assembly/Painting Update Been a while since an update but progress has been made. Assembly was completed but the astromech droid and guns were left off for now. Then model was primed with grey stynylrez. Once dry, a coat of thinned Tamiya XF-85 rubber black. Next was a 50/50 mix of XF-19 and XF-2 and then 2 coats of pledge/klear ready for decals. Decal application has been the only issue with the build so far. Around the front of the engines i had wrinkling that initialling would not go away after a few light application of micro-sol. In the end i used several coats of tamiya x-20-a to get them to an acceptable point to move the build forward. Then the pipework was picked out with GW machurius solar orange. That was all sealed with a satin coat and then a dark dirt wash applied. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Assembly/Painting Update Spent a hour or so and what seemed like a million cotton buds to clean up the dark dirt wash. Once done and all traces of cotton fibres removed, the model was sealed with satin varnish. Then it was time for some thinned tamiya smoke X-19, around the engines and the torpedo launhcers. This was also then sealed with satin varnish. All masking removed and some small touch ups and it's prtetty much done. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Very nice work indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Cracking build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Awesome job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbarnes Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 you've done a fantastic job on this. Love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Wow that looks great! Superb paint job on the pilot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 is it just the engines that light up or are there fiber optics leading into the cockpit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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