crobinsonh Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) I picked this up in Japan along with the Falcon whilst on business and have slowly worked on it. This is some progress from 4 weeks ago. Even as a kid seeing the original Star Wars the Y-wing was always my favourite. All of the yellow areas have been painted instead of decals as this felt the easier option always round. I did not use the decals for the side strips as I wanted to weather and chip them. Amazing detail for a snap together kit. Edited May 17, 2016 by crobinsonh 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Nice progress. Lovely work on the paint chipping Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Looks great, very nice shading 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air-to-Air Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I like what you're doing here. I'm going to follow along, see if I can't learn something new. I like the variation in the base coat, it's a good start. The chipping in the markings looks very good to. Keen to see more as it progresses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Thanks everyone for your comments. I have been very lazy on this build as it took me 4 weeks just to put the above photo's up. These next set of photographs show the progress a few days after the above had been taken. One of the advantages of flying long distance is that when you get home you cannot sleep and therefore spend more time in the early hours of the morning actually doing some modelling. I have not had time since to make any progress. Not the best of photographs with a single light source and a phone camera. Still have a number of details to add including the base and then I need to matt varnish everything as well. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Really looks fantastic, what method for the chipping did you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Some good looking work there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Really looks fantastic, what method for the chipping did you use? I used the Gunze Maskol and different types of sponge to get the effect then over sprayed the gray, browns and whites and rubbed off the Gunze masking fluid. Edited February 17, 2016 by crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Really great work on that, the shading/fading on the cockpit is very nicely done. Have you added detailing to the main body or is that how the kit comes? Fantastic detail either way. Got to get me one of these kits at some point! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Really great work on that, the shading/fading on the cockpit is very nicely done. Have you added detailing to the main body or is that how the kit comes? Fantastic detail either way. Got to get me one of these kits at some point! Thank you. The kit is amazing and this is snap together, completely out of the box. I am pretty amazed and will buying up a lot more of the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSolo Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 So sweet i want to lick it Love the shading and overall painting/chipping, it looks like a full size one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Lovely work there Colin...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Lovely build, why did they not have these in the new Star wars film, prefered these than the X wings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSolo Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Kev, I have a feeling there will be an all new one in future films, like we went from T-65 to T-70 maybe new B-wing too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Love the roughed up look on it. Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Damn, that's nice! Puts mine to shame 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) A small update - getting closer to the end. Took a lot if inspiration from AndyRM101 and his Speeder build. The base is not finished but I cannot get to the quality of Andy's build. I have copied the design for the Y-Wing. One shot a little closer. I did not enjoy painting the 1/72nd pilot. Now I need to touch up his boots etc. There is also a R2D2 droid to add. Hopefully in the next week I will finish the base, figures and the Y-Wing (99% complete). My first SF build and I have really enjoyed it. There is a lot of great models and great talent in this sub forum of Britmodeller. Edited February 28, 2016 by crobinsonh 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 A small update - getting closer to the end. Took a lot if inspiration from AndyRM101 and his Speeder build. The base is not finished but I cannot get to the quality of Andy's build. I have copied the design for the Y-Wing. One shot a little closer. I did not enjoy painting the 1/72nd pilot. Now I need to touch up his boots etc. There is also a R2D2 droid to add. Hopefully in the next week I will finish the base, figures and the Y-Wing (99% complete). My first SF build and I have really enjoyed it. There is a lot of great models and great talent in this sub forum of Britmodeller. That looks awesome, nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 It's looking stunning. The base is fantastic, it'd look great sitting side by side with my speeder. I've got the Y-Wing waiting to be done (along with the X-Wing too). I'll probably do a similar base for them, maybe a double width one so they'll both fit on. I think you've got the best paint chipping I've seen on one of these so far. Looking forward to the finished piece. Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSolo Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 SO COOL, one of the best Y-wings ive ever seen, conrgrats, i look forward to seeing it finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 That really is fantastic, you have done a really nice job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Outstanding work you have done there. Well done indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake the snake Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I love the chipping. Did you paint it on or use a masking fluid? So good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's looking stunning. The base is fantastic, it'd look great sitting side by side with my speeder. I've got the Y-Wing waiting to be done (along with the X-Wing too). I'll probably do a similar base for them, maybe a double width one so they'll both fit on. I think you've got the best paint chipping I've seen on one of these so far. Looking forward to the finished piece. Andy Thanks Andy. I look forward to your next build as I am sure there will be more valuable lessons to learn. Next stop for me will be the Falcon. I love the chipping. Did you paint it on or use a masking fluid? So good! Hi Jake - I used both the soft sponge and the scouring part to do all of the chipping. with Gunze Sangyo masking fluid. This stuff is really great. Damn, that's nice! Puts mine to shame Yours looks great. I kept an eye on all the Y-wing builds to help me progress this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yours looks great. I kept an eye on all the Y-wing builds to help me progress this one. Thanks, mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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