Hunter Rose Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Andy you mentioned an A wing release, I've been scouring the net but cant find any info, is there a release date for that one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petro Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) A wing release may 2016. nothing official. http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/3416/star_wars_172_scale_awing_starfighter Andy another great build. Looks good Edited April 20, 2016 by petro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 This is looking fantastic, black and red looks good to me and I like the odd green panels as well. The A wing is OK but the B-wing, when will we see a decent B-wing kit? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks petro! This is looking fantastic, black and red looks good to me and I like the odd green panels as well. The A wing is OK but the B-wing, when will we see a decent B-wing kit? That would be awesome, I'd really love them to to a shuttle Tiderium too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Oooh, I would really want to see a Bandai B-Wing! Probably a big model in 1:72 scale. (Edit: Oops, sry, wrong thread. My apologies) Heh, I had the original Star Wars B-Wing toy, in the late 80's iirc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamblor916 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 This looks really promising. I love these take it to the next level builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Thanks guys Mine just arrived in the mail! The detail is astounding when you can see it in person. Especially when you consider it's only 1/72! Remarkable that the kit can appeal to beginners and expert modellers. Kudos to the people at Bandai! I'm loving watching this one come together. -matt The design on these kits is pretty amazing, especially when you consider how cheap they are. I wish a few other manufacturers would take note Andy you mentioned an A wing release, I've been scouring the net but cant find any info, is there a release date for that one? Sorry for not getting back sooner Hunter, I've been away for a couple of days. I think it's likely to be May or June for the A-Wing The A wing is OK but the B-wing, when will we see a decent B-wing kit? I'm assuming a B-Wing is a strong possibility now. I don't think they'd release an A, X and Y but not bother with the B. I suspect we'll see one before the year's out (don't hold me to that though ) Not much work done over the last few days, but I've got one more internal section part finished. I'm trying to get all the opened-up sections done so I can paint them all at the same time, before I start getting the main components together. I've been going over the fuselage to decide which sections to leave off. On the port side, I'll probably leave off the red section and build an avionics bay behind it, and probably the square panel in front of the wings too, since it's a separate piece anyway I was gong to have the nose cone in place, but Bandai have included a very nice representation of the sensor array that fits under the nose, It seems a shame to hide it away, so I think I'll leave the nose off. They seem to have used the illustration in the Incredible Cross-sections book as reference, and it matches that well, though I'll probably add some extra wiring to liven it up a bit On the starboard side, I decided to leave off the panel that covers the launch tube for the torpedoes. I cut away the inner wall that the panel attaches to, and thinned the edges down. At this point I was going to build the chamber that houses the torpedoes, which sits under the cockpit, but to do that I needed to saw off the bottom of the cockpit tub as it filled the whole area. After doing all that I realised you wouldn't see that much of that area anyway so, in the end, it was closed off. It was still easier to do the work with the bottom of the cockpit removed, so the work wasn't wasted I made a new cockpit floor with thin plasticard and also a piece to form the roof of the open bay The back wall of the bay was made from some ribbed plastic sheet, and another piece of the same sheet was used to block off the end with a piece of tube added which would lead through to the torpedo chamber This is what it look like when it's all together. I'll add some wiring and other details to the back wall. I'll also add the front half of the outer panel. Just enough to go over the locating lug and extend a few mm past the open bay. I've marked that on the piece and I'll cut it away with a razor saw That's about it for now. Hopefully I'll get a bit more done over the weekend Andy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Whilst I am one of those people who are a little bit over the massive amount of Star Wars builds out there in forum world, I still appreciate quality workmanship, imagination and a willingness to break from the norm. I don't want to sound gushing, but I do really like your style and where you are going with this. I have the same kit in the pile and I also intend to make mine not true to the movie version. I have a black and metallic grey version in mind I knew I should've bought that cut away book when I saw it at the airport recently. I think it could've come in handy later MH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I like your centered and enlarged topic name in the first post very much! I'll copy that for all my other projects from now on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Did you find any interesting flaws with any previous build of this kit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lancaster Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Looks superb! You could have it with a folding nose! But the build is looking awesome, those drawings are brilliant too. Its curious to think Bandai included the sensor array, nice, but curious... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinclair Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) I realize this is for the T-70 and not the T65. But I figured I might as well share it anyways. TFA-Incredible-Cross-Sections-cover by _m_sinclair, on Flickr Edited April 22, 2016 by M_Sinclair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Thanks guys I have the same kit in the pile and I also intend to make mine not true to the movie version. I have a black and metallic grey version in mind I knew I should've bought that cut away book when I saw it at the airport recently. I think it could've come in handy laterMH Thanks MH. Metallic grey and black sounds like a great scheme. That's the beauty of these kits, you can really do anything you want. In that vein, I'm currently eyeing up a 1/48 Airfix Spit in my stash that I think I'm going to paint up as Red 5, in a kind of Star Wars meets WWII setting. I'd probably best not post it in the aircraft section though, don't want to be responsible for any heart attacks If you see that book, get it. It's brilliant for reference, and a great read too. The combined volume is the best one to get Did you find any interesting flaws with any previous build of this kit? I've not built this one before now, but flaws on the Bandai kits are pretty few and far between Looks superb! You could have it with a folding nose! But the build is looking awesome, those drawings are brilliant too. Its curious to think Bandai included the sensor array, nice, but curious... I did consider folding the nose, but the sensor extends too far into the cone for it to swing round without hitting the edge of the cone. I wouldn't have actually made it workable, so it wouldn't really matter, but I think even with it folded back you'd still tell that it wouldn't really work. Also, I think having it removed works better with the stripped down look of the model. Bandai do seem to include quite a lot of internal details the can be revealed by removing external parts. The Y-Wing has very detailed inserts under the engine nacelle radomes I realize this is for the T-70 and not the T65. But I figured I might as well share it anyways. I've got that book too. The artwork in there is spectacular. Better than that in the original cut-away books, I think. Most of the detailing in the open bays is now done, or at least as done as it will be before painting. Some of the bits and pieces that are going in will be painted separately to save fiddly masking. This is the port side as of now. There'll be some extra wiring added, but that too will go in after painting, Some of these bits are just held in place with blue tak for the photo, hence some of them may be a bit wonky. The bays will be painted first, then the boxes and bits added. The dark grey bits are some spares from a Games Workshop kit (don't remember what), and the pale grey bits, and also the PE, are left-overs from the BTR-60 I built a while ago (note; everything looks a bit gappy here, as nothing is fully pressed together yet. It does go together pretty flush, though I may need to run some liquid putty along the main upper/lower seam) The starboard side. Again more wiring will go in here, mainly through that hole in the PE part I've also cut the front off the nose cone. The rear part will be attached, which matches the illustration in the cross-sections book. I've drilled some holes for mounting points, and I'll probably add some short lengths of albion alloys micro tube to the two side holes, and maybe some other smaller details The seat's also been reworked slightly. The tops of the sides have been cut away to make a shoulder, and I'll scrounge some etched belts from somewhere to tart it up a bit. I also cut the central recess out and added the cushion/pad. I haven't got a shot of how it looked before, but if you've got the kit, you'll know Hopefully I should get some paint on later today, then I can start getting things together. Andy Edited April 24, 2016 by AndyRM101 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinclair Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Looking good! -matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 One word: WOW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thanks Matt, thanks Hunter I got the bays painted up and weathered last night. The base coat for the bays was a mix of Vallejo golden yellow, green ochre and pale sand. The cockpit and most of the little greebles were picked out in a dark grey. A lot of chipping followed, then various thinned acrylics to add the grime. I'll probably use oil and enamel washes to weather the ship at the end, but I didn't want to use any here in case the thinner got into the joints and caused any mischief And everything put together I should be able to get all the main components together now. There's still a few areas that need additional detailing, but I should be able to do that once it's together. Hopefully all these areas should mask off with no problems. I think I'm going to have the canopy closed, but I'll probably leave it loose so it can be removed to see the cockpit. Andy 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Holy moly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Cool, looks great love the yellow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinclair Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The saga continues! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Those bays look awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Fantastic detailing and painting (as ever). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I love this build and had a similar idea myself but I was planning to use the FM kit as it offered less cutting issues. Have you thought about casting copies of the engine and wing sections as I dare say that there are people who would like to have them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansdad Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 The tips off old plotter pens would work great for the protrusions above the main sensor array, if you can find them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSolo Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Looks great congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 More Star Wars magic from Andy and another WIP thread to bookmark! Dermot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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