Vanoyen Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Finally got around to finishing this one off. I was going to make a rocky desert base but decided just on a plain one as I've got too many other projects I'd like to get started on. I'll still make the desert base for her but I'll do it as a side project. All in all, this was a very fun kit to build. There's a few small inaccuracies but they are easily fixed and builds into a very nice model for the price. Edited July 9, 2017 by Vanoyen 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Very nice! Love the lit engines, looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 very nice model. The more I see these U wings, the more I keep on thinking that of all the space vehicles produced for the Star Wars films that followed onto the big screen after RoTJedi, the U wing is probably one of the only designs that really works for me and fits into what I always considered to be believable looking designs befitting of the original 3 Star Wars films. You've made a nice job of this kit - I'm glad to see it on the forum as I was tempted to buy it last weekend but decided my stock pile was a tad on the high side to date. Did Revell supply the LED lighting kit with the model? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 That is a very nicely built and painted U-wing and I like the clean display, let you eye focus on a great model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: very nice model. The more I see these U wings, the more I keep on thinking that of all the space vehicles produced for the Star Wars films that followed onto the big screen after RoTJedi, the U wing is probably one of the only designs that really works for me and fits into what I always considered to be believable looking designs befitting of the original 3 Star Wars films. You've made a nice job of this kit - I'm glad to see it on the forum as I was tempted to buy it last weekend but decided my stock pile was a tad on the high side to date. Did Revell supply the LED lighting kit with the model? The kit originally had a green light inside the cockpit and a small speaker for laser sounds attached to a simple circuit board with built in switch. I just cut them off the circuit board and wired LEDs to the original connection for the green cockpit light. I had to cast clear engine nozzles but you easily just drill out the centres and get a very similar look with blue LEDs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 ahha - thanks for the quick reference tutorial there - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ver Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Great job! Lit engines make everything better. This U-Wing seems to be a nice size. Torn between it and the Bandai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jindus Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Great looking U-Wing, those engines are brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake the snake Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Fantastic work on the lighting and weathering! If your really into U wings, Target has the big Hasbro toy version for 25 dollars. Id love to see you do a conversion on one of those. Great looking model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 On 24/07/2017 at 10:31 PM, jake the snake said: Fantastic work on the lighting and weathering! If your really into U wings, Target has the big Hasbro toy version for 25 dollars. Id love to see you do a conversion on one of those. Great looking model! Cheers Jake. I was actually considering doing a Hasbro version but I've got a few other projects I've just started and I fear if I add a large project like thew Hasbro U-Wing I'd never get any of them finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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