Bandai 1/72 X-wing starfighter "RED 5"

[72nders]

Hello all,

I finally finished my 1/72 Bandai x-wing painted in my interpretation of Luke Skywalker’s starfighter, Red 5. All the markings are painted, no decals were used except for a marking on the inner side of the left bottom wing which can’t be seen when the s-foils are closed.

I decided to do Red 5 with landing gear down and canopy open last minute, I originally planned on doing landing gear up and then using the death star base that comes with the kit, but, after some thought I decided I’ rather do another diorama base, maybe the stone hangar on Yavin 4? But that’ll take some more time to do and, since I’m doing some other projects, I don’t know how long it will take; I will post more pictures when I get around doing the diorama.

The kit was painted using Tamiya, AK real colors and gunze acrylics, then weathered with abteilung oils and Tamiya pigments.

I’ve used the hairspray technique to do the chipping on certain parts of the model.

I had a lot of fun building this model, and I hope you enjoy looking at it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Uncle Monty]

She looks gorgeous, very crisp and all set to take off. Good job.

[Pete in Lincs]

Nice X wing. The diorama sounds like a good idea.