CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2

atom · 10-02-2011, 07:37 AM

Hello, everyone!

I contribute my SS model to "STUDIO SCALE MODELS forum" for the first time.

I remodel CCX into SS RED2.
Of course if I have V2 or V3, this may not need to do…

atom · 10-02-2011, 05:20 PM

Hi!

Let me explain.

Because there are many differences between RED2 and CCX fuselage, remodeling are necessary.

I attach comparison pics.

Also remodeling are necessary for FM 1/48 X-WING likewise, I attach a reference. I know this is SS thread, 1/48 X-WING is only reference.

jedimaster · 10-02-2011, 06:20 PM

Now I see where you're going with this. Looking forward to the build..

Simon.

atom · 10-03-2011, 12:23 AM

Hi! Simon!

Thank you for comment.

Because English is not a native language for me, may trouble you all.
If you don't understand me, please ask once more.

CCX is a very splendid kit, but the proportion of fuselage have many problems because the CCX fuselage is not a copy of PYRO X.
But I don't remodel about cockpit, R2- strip and rear plate.
Rear plate is a little bit different from RED2 , but I wonder if I remodel it or not from now on.

jedimaster · 10-03-2011, 01:42 AM

I would make it as accurate as possible. If that means scratching the new bits then so be it. That sealab is really getting me exited. Thats borderline pornographic.

atom · 10-03-2011, 03:59 AM

Hi! Simon!

Possibly I may surprise you.
I have almost all VINTAGE KITS that are necessary for ANH X-WING.
I attach some images of VINTAGE KITS.

To tell the truth, I will scratch all the PARTS( wings, laser guns, engines...) except droid strip and rear plate other than a fuselage.

I have all the parts of droid strip and rear plate, I wonder whether I rebuild them or not.

To be continued...

-... . .- --.. · 10-03-2011, 07:53 AM

That's looking really cool. And I know it was a lot of work for you to get the CC fuselage looking like that.

I especially like your rear engine castings! Did you make the pattern for those?

atom · 10-03-2011, 09:24 AM

HI! Mr.beaz!

I know you and your X-WING thread.
You are an expert of X-WING.
I am glad that an expert like you can give comment to me.

YES! I made the pattern of the rear engine.
Scot Graham cooperated with parts analysis.
The casting method imitated your method.

I think that your casting method is splendid. The bubble does not come out at all and can easily cast parts.

I thank you very much.

kh39 · 10-03-2011, 12:40 PM

Hi,

It's been a long time since we said that we would finish building red 2!

By the way,as I said before,I'm planing to mold the brick patern sheet.I hope it will work.

Scott Graham · 10-03-2011, 02:12 PM

I was just doing a little searching for parts being hinted at already and by looking at his and Jason's pics of the engine. Being coached a little. Still haven't figure out what the half-wheel thingy is. That was a fun day of investigation. Unfortunately since then I haven't been able to ID a darn thing...

Atom: you added to the underside of the fuselage to make it larger, right? Lee put styrene on the topside of the bottom fuselage piece to make it heavier looking. It's interesting to see the different approaches.

-... . .- --.. · 10-03-2011, 02:14 PM

Nice!!!

Seeing all of that makes me smile a very big smile.

And seeing all of that helps me understand how hard you must have worked on everything to get your build to this point. It looks perfect to me. And I'm honored that I was able to help, even if just a little bit.

Please do keep showing us your progress.

atom · 10-04-2011, 02:56 AM

Hi! kh39!

It's been a long time …. Yeah! Feel like “A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY, FAR FAR AWAY”...lol It stopped many times on the way, about 10 years have past since I started this X-WING project. Will I be finished this time?
Molding the brick pattern sheet･･･. Yes! It will work! It will work! lol It reminds me that Capt.Kirk yelled to Spock in last battle sequence of Star Trek , the movie.

Hi! Scott! Long time no see!

In my case, I recognized the differences between CCX and real RED2 after I finished a fuselage of CCX, so I was not able to put styrene on the top of bottom fuselage. Therefore, I added styrene to the underside of the fuselage. Making many comparison pics and checked it out many many times, again and again. I was able to get my fuselage closer to my self-image of RED2. Therefore this is "RED2 of my image", and it may be said that it is not a precise SS.

Hi! Beaz!

I am honored that I am evaluated by you.
There are many pics to show you guys!
Basically, Monday through Friday I am out of town for my business, so I can attach pics only weekend.
Please wait for a while.

Junk Pilot · 10-04-2011, 04:10 AM

Why are you molding the brick pattern? I thought it was still available.

atom · 10-04-2011, 06:15 AM

The brick pattern sheet used on ANH X-WING is "Holgate and Reynolds HO scale brick sheet".
It's not available now, I think.
kh39 has it and I don't have it as of now.

Treadwell · 10-04-2011, 09:58 AM

The Holgate & Reynolds sheet has been out of production for at least 10 years.

Atom, this is spectacular!

atom · 10-04-2011, 09:01 PM

Hi! Treadwell!

Thank you for comment.
I intend to attach new pics of my RED2 on the weekend.

Junk Pilot · 10-05-2011, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Treadwell

The Holgate & Reynolds sheet has been out of production for at least 10 years.

Is there a difference between this and other brick sheets?

Treadwell · 10-05-2011, 09:27 AM

Size/proportions of bricks. If "close enough" is, well, close enough for you, then sure, you could use other brick sheets.

atom · 10-07-2011, 11:36 AM

Treadwell，Thank you for explanation!

Then the next I show you the making process of the wings.

moffeaton · 10-07-2011, 12:34 PM

What a great thread!

I too know the pain of changing to a Red 2 configuration - you have my sympathies

Jason Eaton » Blog Archive » Blue One – the very first X-Wing fighter

MonsieurTox · 10-07-2011, 12:58 PM

You're an artist my friend, you're doing a fantastic job. Lot of heavy mods to the fuse, all those patterns... Awesome !

atom · 10-07-2011, 09:21 PM

Thank you! Jason!

BTW, your BLUE1 is awesome!
It's a work of art.
And, yes!, your studio scale decal!
I purchased it from you several month ago, it's awesome too! Impressive, most impressive!
Anyway, thank you for your comment.

Hi! Julien!

Long time no see!
At last, I decided to contribute my work to RPF.
In my memory, last year you told me to contribute my work here.
But at that time, I hesitated to do that, because I am Japanese, I thought communication of English will cause trouble.
If I use poor English, then forgive me, English is not my main language.
Thanks a lot.

Today, I show you the making process of the wings : part2 and the other parts.

ralphee · 10-08-2011, 12:42 PM

Seriously beautiful work, and what is it with you guys in Japan? You never fail to make a LOT of us westerners look like inferior builders

.

Love those wings Atom, there so neat, tidy....ah, i always drool at naked neat styrene.

bests, and look forward to seeing more......lee

atom · 10-08-2011, 09:32 PM

Hi! ralphee

Thank you for evaluating my work.

I am not a professional modeler.
Oh, in fact, this is the first SS build for me.
When I purchased CCX in September, 2002, I was excited very much. This was because I thought that CCX is a reproduction of genuine prop. Of course CCX was a splendid kit also!
I thought that I had only to arrange a nose corn and backward lower part of fuselage to make CCX into RED2 at first.
But finished all parts, and assembled it provisionally, then watching it, I felt sense of incongruity.

Therefore I made many comparison pics with prop. And I understood it. CCX is not a reproduction of prop. About same time , I knew about RPF. There I read X-wing thread of Mr. beaz. There was a lot of splendid discovery.

And I decided to remodel CCX overall such as fuselage, wings, laser guns. The comparison pics which I attached this time are the pics which I made them in November, 2003.
The remodeling of fuselage started in December, 2003 and was almost finished in April, 2004.
I began to build wings and laser guns in May,2004 and was almost finished in 2005.

To tell the truth, I stopped to remodel of CCX-RED2 from 2006 until November,2009. Because I was too tired to remodel it. lol

During that time, I built FM 1/72 X-WING(RED2, BLUE1), 1/48 X-WING(RED2) for exercise of the painting of CCX-RED2.

But recently, I can watch many new reference pics on the web, for example RED3 pics and BLUE1 pics.

So, I start again!
Now I'm contributing my old pics of CCX-RED2. And I have a lot of another pics of CCX-RED2 more.

Please enjoy.
I'm waiting your comments and all other member's comments. Thanks.

atom · 10-09-2011, 09:36 PM

September, 2004
I cast CCX-RED2 fuselage for myself.
I cast it for RED3,RED5 which I had a plan to build them later.
Of course many corrections are necessary because the details are different in RED2 and RED3,RED5.
V2 and V3, was not released in those days, so this was the best solution for me to build other X-WINGS at that time.
Please look.

		Replica Props	Screen Used Props	Replica Costumes	Sculpture and Makeup	General Modeling	Studio Scale Models	Movie Discussion
	Collaborate, create, and collect at the internet's largest community dedicated to props, costumes and models.

10-02-2011, 07:37 AM	#1
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hello, everyone! I contribute my SS model to "STUDIO SCALE MODELS forum" for the first time. I remodel CCX into SS RED2. Of course if I have V2 or V3, this may not need to do… Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-03-2011 at 12:50 AM.

10-02-2011, 05:20 PM	#2
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: X-WING RED2:FAMOUS SPACESHIPS of fact and fantasy Hi! Let me explain. Because there are many differences between RED2 and CCX fuselage, remodeling are necessary. I attach comparison pics. Also remodeling are necessary for FM 1/48 X-WING likewise, I attach a reference. I know this is SS thread, 1/48 X-WING is only reference. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-03-2011 at 12:52 AM.

10-02-2011, 06:20 PM	#3
jedimaster Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Planet Perth Posts: 1,782	Re: X-WING RED2:FAMOUS SPACESHIPS of fact and fantasy Now I see where you're going with this. Looking forward to the build.. Simon.

10-03-2011, 12:23 AM	#4
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: X-WING RED2:FAMOUS SPACESHIPS of fact and fantasy Hi! Simon! Thank you for comment. Because English is not a native language for me, may trouble you all. If you don't understand me, please ask once more. CCX is a very splendid kit, but the proportion of fuselage have many problems because the CCX fuselage is not a copy of PYRO X. But I don't remodel about cockpit, R2- strip and rear plate. Rear plate is a little bit different from RED2 , but I wonder if I remodel it or not from now on. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-03-2011 at 12:36 AM.

( Don't want to see advertising between posts? Register for free and become a member of our community! )
RPF Sponsors

10-03-2011, 01:42 AM	#5
jedimaster Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Planet Perth Posts: 1,782	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 I would make it as accurate as possible. If that means scratching the new bits then so be it. That sealab is really getting me exited. Thats borderline pornographic.

10-03-2011, 03:59 AM	#6
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hi! Simon! Possibly I may surprise you. I have almost all VINTAGE KITS that are necessary for ANH X-WING. I attach some images of VINTAGE KITS. To tell the truth, I will scratch all the PARTS( wings, laser guns, engines...) except droid strip and rear plate other than a fuselage. I have all the parts of droid strip and rear plate, I wonder whether I rebuild them or not. To be continued... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-03-2011 at 04:12 AM.

10-03-2011, 07:53 AM	#7
-... . .- --.. Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,519	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 That's looking really cool. And I know it was a lot of work for you to get the CC fuselage looking like that. I especially like your rear engine castings! Did you make the pattern for those?

10-03-2011, 09:24 AM	#8
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 HI! Mr.beaz! I know you and your X-WING thread. You are an expert of X-WING. I am glad that an expert like you can give comment to me. YES! I made the pattern of the rear engine. Scot Graham cooperated with parts analysis. The casting method imitated your method. I think that your casting method is splendid. The bubble does not come out at all and can easily cast parts. I thank you very much. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-03-2011 at 09:30 AM.

10-03-2011, 12:40 PM	#9
kh39 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 165	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hi, It's been a long time since we said that we would finish building red 2! By the way,as I said before,I'm planing to mold the brick patern sheet.I hope it will work.

10-03-2011, 02:12 PM	#10
Scott Graham Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,021	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 I was just doing a little searching for parts being hinted at already and by looking at his and Jason's pics of the engine. Being coached a little. Still haven't figure out what the half-wheel thingy is. That was a fun day of investigation. Unfortunately since then I haven't been able to ID a darn thing... Atom: you added to the underside of the fuselage to make it larger, right? Lee put styrene on the topside of the bottom fuselage piece to make it heavier looking. It's interesting to see the different approaches.

10-03-2011, 02:14 PM	#11
-... . .- --.. Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,519	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Nice!!! Seeing all of that makes me smile a very big smile. And seeing all of that helps me understand how hard you must have worked on everything to get your build to this point. It looks perfect to me. And I'm honored that I was able to help, even if just a little bit. Please do keep showing us your progress.

10-04-2011, 02:56 AM	#12
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hi! kh39! It's been a long time …. Yeah! Feel like “A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY, FAR FAR AWAY”...lol It stopped many times on the way, about 10 years have past since I started this X-WING project. Will I be finished this time? Molding the brick pattern sheet･･･. Yes! It will work! It will work! lol It reminds me that Capt.Kirk yelled to Spock in last battle sequence of Star Trek , the movie. Hi! Scott! Long time no see! In my case, I recognized the differences between CCX and real RED2 after I finished a fuselage of CCX, so I was not able to put styrene on the top of bottom fuselage. Therefore, I added styrene to the underside of the fuselage. Making many comparison pics and checked it out many many times, again and again. I was able to get my fuselage closer to my self-image of RED2. Therefore this is "RED2 of my image", and it may be said that it is not a precise SS. Hi! Beaz! I am honored that I am evaluated by you. There are many pics to show you guys! Basically, Monday through Friday I am out of town for my business, so I can attach pics only weekend. Please wait for a while. Last edited by atom; 10-04-2011 at 04:14 AM.

10-04-2011, 04:10 AM	#13
Junk Pilot Formerly Reckless Pilot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 390	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Why are you molding the brick pattern? I thought it was still available.

10-04-2011, 06:15 AM	#14
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 The brick pattern sheet used on ANH X-WING is "Holgate and Reynolds HO scale brick sheet". It's not available now, I think. kh39 has it and I don't have it as of now. Last edited by atom; 10-04-2011 at 06:36 AM.

10-04-2011, 09:58 AM	#15
Treadwell Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,366	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 The Holgate & Reynolds sheet has been out of production for at least 10 years. Atom, this is spectacular!

10-04-2011, 09:01 PM	#16
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hi! Treadwell! Thank you for comment. I intend to attach new pics of my RED2 on the weekend.

10-05-2011, 09:27 AM	#18
Treadwell Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,366	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Size/proportions of bricks. If "close enough" is, well, close enough for you, then sure, you could use other brick sheets.

10-07-2011, 11:36 AM	#19
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Treadwell，Thank you for explanation! Then the next I show you the making process of the wings. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-07-2011 at 06:12 PM.

10-07-2011, 12:34 PM	#20
moffeaton Hey there, Blimpy Boy... Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 6,534	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 What a great thread! I too know the pain of changing to a Red 2 configuration - you have my sympathies Jason Eaton » Blog Archive » Blue One – the very first X-Wing fighter

10-07-2011, 12:58 PM	#21
MonsieurTox Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Paris, France Posts: 2,806	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 You're an artist my friend, you're doing a fantastic job. Lot of heavy mods to the fuse, all those patterns... Awesome !

10-07-2011, 09:21 PM	#22
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Thank you! Jason! BTW, your BLUE1 is awesome! It's a work of art. And, yes!, your studio scale decal! I purchased it from you several month ago, it's awesome too! Impressive, most impressive! Anyway, thank you for your comment. Hi! Julien! Long time no see! At last, I decided to contribute my work to RPF. In my memory, last year you told me to contribute my work here. But at that time, I hesitated to do that, because I am Japanese, I thought communication of English will cause trouble. If I use poor English, then forgive me, English is not my main language. Thanks a lot. Today, I show you the making process of the wings : part2 and the other parts. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-09-2011 at 05:18 AM.

10-08-2011, 12:42 PM	#23
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,614	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Seriously beautiful work, and what is it with you guys in Japan? You never fail to make a LOT of us westerners look like inferior builders . Love those wings Atom, there so neat, tidy....ah, i always drool at naked neat styrene. bests, and look forward to seeing more......lee

10-08-2011, 09:32 PM	#24
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 Hi! ralphee Thank you for evaluating my work. I am not a professional modeler. Oh, in fact, this is the first SS build for me. When I purchased CCX in September, 2002, I was excited very much. This was because I thought that CCX is a reproduction of genuine prop. Of course CCX was a splendid kit also! I thought that I had only to arrange a nose corn and backward lower part of fuselage to make CCX into RED2 at first. But finished all parts, and assembled it provisionally, then watching it, I felt sense of incongruity. Therefore I made many comparison pics with prop. And I understood it. CCX is not a reproduction of prop. About same time , I knew about RPF. There I read X-wing thread of Mr. beaz. There was a lot of splendid discovery. And I decided to remodel CCX overall such as fuselage, wings, laser guns. The comparison pics which I attached this time are the pics which I made them in November, 2003. The remodeling of fuselage started in December, 2003 and was almost finished in April, 2004. I began to build wings and laser guns in May,2004 and was almost finished in 2005. To tell the truth, I stopped to remodel of CCX-RED2 from 2006 until November,2009. Because I was too tired to remodel it. lol During that time, I built FM 1/72 X-WING(RED2, BLUE1), 1/48 X-WING(RED2) for exercise of the painting of CCX-RED2. But recently, I can watch many new reference pics on the web, for example RED3 pics and BLUE1 pics. So, I start again! Now I'm contributing my old pics of CCX-RED2. And I have a lot of another pics of CCX-RED2 more. Please enjoy. I'm waiting your comments and all other member's comments. Thanks. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-09-2011 at 05:19 PM.

10-09-2011, 09:36 PM	#25
atom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: JAPAN Posts: 159	Re: CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2 September, 2004 I cast CCX-RED2 fuselage for myself. I cast it for RED3,RED5 which I had a plan to build them later. Of course many corrections are necessary because the details are different in RED2 and RED3,RED5. V2 and V3, was not released in those days, so this was the best solution for me to build other X-WINGS at that time. Please look. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by atom; 10-10-2011 at 06:52 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
X-WING/Y-WING/TIE HELMET COMPILATION -an accounting of all screen-matched helmets	GINO	Replica Movie Props	21	03-10-2012 07:30 PM
Wing zero custom from gundam wing endless waltz movie costume build	ironmaided	Replica Movie Costumes	25	12-21-2011 07:04 PM
Critter remodeling WIP	Howlrunner	Replica Movie Props	18	04-15-2010 02:41 AM
2007 Shizuoka Hobby Show- FM 1/48 x-wing and 1/72 Y-wing	Raffles	General Modeling	0	05-23-2007 02:26 PM