1-72 X-Wing by Bandai

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #1

I know I posted these images on the SW Bandai thread, but I'm gonna post my WIP here,......and I've got an unstarted FineMolds X-Wing which I'm gonna build along-side for comparison.


....but first......Wow,......Beauty

Darker grey....is the FineMolds

The detail!!!!.......the detail,.....I hope they do a 1-72 Falcon

Post later with WIP


J

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #2

The cockpit just slots together so smoothly like Lego, I really cant explain how fantastic this kit is, it is truly a fantastically engineered masterpiece, the cockpit at the minute,....dont want to go on until painting:

Most of the wing parts:

Beautiful detailing, so fine:

The Engines,....each assembly is locked down by the next piece,.....its very hard to see the joins

....sorry a wee bit blurry

Assembled wings,....I'm gong to give this a blast of primer:

Thats where I'm at with both kits,.....the FineMolds kit is a beautiful kit...very nicely made,....but the Bandai is fun,....its like going back to your childhood, when model building was really fun,....thats the buzz I'm getting out of this

Thanks for looking
John

 

newmagrathea

Sr Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #3

Nice. I really like how the cockpit goes together.

 

johnnys

Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #4

Excellent pics....very excited to get mine for Christmas...also got one for the spawn. She's gonna flip :thumbsup

 

robn1

Master Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #5

Look at the engine nozzle, they copied the heat sink right down to the screw hole! They really did a nice job, but I'd still need a microscope to build it.

 

Hunk a Junk

Sr Member

• Dec 7, 2014

• #6

Dang it! I've got too many X-Wings already and many other kits I still want to get, but -- argh -- this thing looks good!

 

Robiwon

Master Member

Gone but not forgotten.

• Dec 8, 2014

• #7

I thought the light grey parts were the FM parts at first because of the super detail, then realized that they were the Bandai parts! Holy Crap! The heat sink detail blew my mind!

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 8, 2014

• #8

Well I did a bit more, at this stage I gave the kits a bit of primer


Top one is Bandai:

Slightly different,.....but which is more accurate?

You can see the copex tubing on the Bandai:

The butts:

Thanks for looking
John

 

Archive&Future

Sr Member

• Dec 8, 2014

• #9

So what's the size difference lke between the Finemolds and the Bandai kits? Is it very noticeable?? The Bandai totally knocks the Finemolds kit out of the park and that is a horribly high standard to be knocking out of any parks at all.......
The size discrepancy and the price (i've no idea what the pricing is) are the only things that make me hesitate about adding this kit to my collection

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 8, 2014

• #10

The Bandai,.....you can get on a well known auction site from a UK seller for £21,....free postage

It looks like it'll be 4 or 5 mm shorter,.....hardly noticeable

......the way I look at it,....there are differences between the filming models, so I don't think its a big issue

J

 

Robiwon

Master Member

Gone but not forgotten.

• Dec 8, 2014

• #11

Having built a SS X-Wing, the Bandai canon body is way more accurate than the FM. Again, the heatsink in the canon looks perfect. The cockpit, also more detailed. The wings also, well, so far, it looks like it is all better detailed than the FM.

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 9, 2014

• #12

The detail under the nosecone

Thanks for looking
John

 

moonlightdrive2

Well-Known Member

• Dec 9, 2014

• #13

Thanks for sharing ! Looking good!

 

Mike J.

Master Member

• Dec 9, 2014

• #14

And there's detail under the droid strip, too? Nice touch.

 

newmagrathea

Sr Member

• Dec 9, 2014

• #15

Jaitea said:

Well I did a bit more, at this stage I gave the kits a bit of primer


Top one is Bandai:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k637/jaiteastu/BanDai 1-72 X-Wing Fighter/primed.jpg


http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k637/jaiteastu/BanDai 1-72 X-Wing Fighter/Primed2.jpg


Slightly different,.....but which is more accurate?
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k637/jaiteastu/BanDai 1-72 X-Wing Fighter/primed3.jpg


You can see the copex tubing on the Bandai:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k637/jaiteastu/BanDai 1-72 X-Wing Fighter/Cockpits.jpg


The butts:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k637/jaiteastu/BanDai 1-72 X-Wing Fighter/Butt.jpg


Thanks for looking
John

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Wow seeing in primer really brought out the detail. The details in the cockpit are impressive, it really validates all the work I did on my MPC cockpit. Although it's still not as detailed as the Bandai kit. This isn't helping me save money, I told myself to not buy any more kits until I get a couple more done.

 

PHArchivist

Master Member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #16

newmagrathea said:

I told myself to not buy any more kits until I get a couple more done.

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We've ALL told ourselves that!

 

glunark

Sr Member

• Dec 11, 2014

• #17

A couple?

I have finished exactly one in the last three years, and half a dozen more are in various stages of build, probably a dozen more still in the box.

 

samster27

Well-Known Member

• Dec 11, 2014

• #18

glunark said:

A couple?

I have finished exactly one in the last three years, and half a dozen more are in various stages of build, probably a dozen more still in the box.

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Second that...so many models...so little time

 

astroboy

Master Member

• Dec 11, 2014

• #19

I'm gonna have to get this for the pile

 

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Wes R

Legendary Member

• Dec 11, 2014

• #20

It is a nice looking model. Bandai's serious about their kits, I've only ever had a few that went together where seams were noticeable and those were my fault for messing up. One problem is this: once you get it together they don't usually unsnap well if they're slide together pieces so be sure you're done before assembly. Does this one require glue? Most of the ones I've built from them has it as optional or when something goes wrong.