"New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild"

lw2012 · 09-19-2010, 10:58 AM

Always loved the X-Wing from Star Wars. But always hard to find kits in large scale to build to finish my dream. That's why I decide to build it.
Here is a new project I am starting few weeks ago. After collect enough information, I did prework in 3D ProE to finish the main body.
Then links up with my cnc to finish it. Just check following WIP pics to see my works.

After finish it(now the progress is around 80%), I would like to cast it into a kit.
So, please just drop me a pm if you are interested it.

Cheers,
Poseidon

Pics of 3D ProE

WIP pics of wing parts, it's active to expand or collapse.

The details of wing parts:

WIP pics of main parts :

Others :

Apophis · 09-19-2010, 01:01 PM

Cool! Looks like a mainstream injected molded kit!

SurfingDoc · 09-19-2010, 02:56 PM

Looks nice so far. Nice job.

modelnutz · 09-19-2010, 06:12 PM

If you're looking for a GK producer who's willing to kit this...send me a PM.

Nice size and nicely detailed....love the movable wing idea.

PHArchivist · 09-19-2010, 09:18 PM

How small are those hands?

Quote:

Originally Posted by lw2012

Nwerke · 09-19-2010, 11:41 PM

Interesting approach. Your canopy is too tall and squared-off - that could benefit from a rework but other than that there isn't very much I'd suggest. It might be very well received if you can produce it cheaper than the existing high-end 1/24 X-wing kits. Either way, well done.

PHArchivist · 09-20-2010, 10:35 AM

This is coufusing me...

The engineering of the hull really looks to my like it is a mass-produced, factory-produced item, built and structured like a toy would be.

Were all the parts you are showing built wholly by you?

And if so what techniques are you using?

Nwerke · 09-20-2010, 11:11 AM

Well, it's clear a good deal of that is fabricated in styrene so I assume the remainder is CNC'd as Poseidon described. It does seem to match her 3D models. If she's using CNC then she can design whatever features she wants into her mesh I guess. The engineering looks pretty nice. Would certainly make for a new level of ease of construction in the X-wing GK world; I'm sure there's room for an easier to build, simpler kit. I'd love to know more too.

It is disorienting sometimes, this new world of CNC, Sl and 3d printing, isn't it? Soon us old-timers will be marked only by our obsession with research and accuracy - the kids will just be getting on with making stuff while we fret over whether we've got the right panzer jack.

P.S. Poseidon, sorry if you're not female, I just assumed that from your hands/nails.

ILMwannabe · 09-20-2010, 01:13 PM

Very nice! Since this project is "1/24" scale, couldn't this thread be moved to the "Studio Scale" Boards?

PHArchivist · 09-20-2010, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nwerke

It is disorienting sometimes, this new world of CNC, Sl and 3d printing, isn't it?

Completly...

lw2012 · 09-21-2010, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHArchivist

This is coufusing me...

The engineering of the hull really looks to my like it is a mass-produced, factory-produced item, built and structured like a toy would be.

Were all the parts you are showing built wholly by you?

And if so what techniques are you using?

Hello PHArchivist:

Yes, all parts are built by me. You can zoom in these pics to see the most of details of surface are built by hands.

Actually, using 3D modeling tools (CAD or ProE) and CNC machine to assist built works is very common to see now, not so special. Many guys announce their projects here are using same approach.
I use the 3D models and CNC to finish the hull and add details by hands. If I had more money, I will buy a higher-level CNC machine to complete all works.

lw2012 · 09-21-2010, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nwerke

Well, it's clear a good deal of that is fabricated in styrene so I assume the remainder is CNC'd as Poseidon described. It does seem to match her 3D models. If she's using CNC then she can design whatever features she wants into her mesh I guess. The engineering looks pretty nice. Would certainly make for a new level of ease of construction in the X-wing GK world; I'm sure there's room for an easier to build, simpler kit. I'd love to know more too.

It is disorienting sometimes, this new world of CNC, Sl and 3d printing, isn't it? Soon us old-timers will be marked only by our obsession with research and accuracy - the kids will just be getting on with making stuff while we fret over whether we've got the right panzer jack.

P.S. Poseidon, sorry if you're not female, I just assumed that from your hands/nails.

Hello Nwerke:

Many thanks for your explanations for me. And also thank you for your comments, I will try to rework it in the next release.

Hand in pics is my girl friend, not me.

darth_daniel · 09-21-2010, 04:12 AM

This looks really awesome. If everything fits, this could become the best thought-out garage kit. I´ll keep an eye on this... But please, as mentioned, make the canopy more flat. That´s the only "negative" thing I can find. Looking forward to more progress. Keep it up!

Nwerke · 09-21-2010, 08:21 AM

Hi Poseidon - okay, girlfriend was my second theory, hehe! There is a lot of good reference around these days for the X-wings. Stare at it until your eyes bleed is my recommendation! You may find other things you want to change and it's much much less depressing doing so before you pour silicone.

Oh I had another question; if you are going to mould in silicone and cast in resin then your "pillars" in the fuselage will present challenges for bubble traps. Have you planned that out?

PHArchivist · 09-21-2010, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lw2012

Hello PHArchivist:

Yes, all parts are built by me. You can zoom in these pics to see the most of details of surface are built by hands.

Actually, using 3D modeling tools (CAD or ProE) and CNC machine to assist built works is very common to see now, not so special. Many guys announce their projects here are using same approach.
I use the 3D models and CNC to finish the hull and add details by hands. If I had more money, I will buy a higher-level CNC machine to complete all works.

Extremely nice work!

Dedalus5550 · 09-21-2010, 07:59 PM

So would this eventually have everything molded on or included as parts? Or would this be just a basis for a kit, and we'd have to provide our own scratchbuilding? What would it be made of?

I'm cautiously optimistic, but it's just that it doesn't seem to fit the normal resin kit option, nor the normal injection molded plastic kit option, so I'm trying to figure out where this fits in.
Mike Todd

BrundelFly · 09-23-2010, 08:31 AM

Ok there is from SCRATCH...and then there is FROM SCRATCH!

WOW!!

Nwerke · 09-23-2010, 08:36 AM

You said it, Frank. Reviewing my posts just now and I hope I haven't sounded too negative. This is amazing.

phase pistol · 09-23-2010, 10:55 AM

I love a good X.

jedimaster · 09-24-2010, 07:50 AM

If only my v3 hull went together as easy as that. I may have finished it months ago. Nice work but as they said, perhaps re work the canopy.

Nwerke · 09-24-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedimaster

If only my v3 hull went together as easy as that.

What was the problem? I have several, and the hulls are a nice fit.

Did you try heat?

jedimaster · 09-24-2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nwerke

What was the problem? I have several, and the hulls are a nice fit.

Did you try heat?

don't get me wrong I love my v3 I'll start a new thread and post some pix. I don't want to hijack this thread.

lw2012 · 10-30-2010, 08:41 AM

Here comes the final result of my X-Wing fighter. I design some special features on it :
1. After finish the assembly of the kit, the wing can be in closed, half open and fully open(attack position) status. There's a spcial mechanism to complete this function.
2. There have 2 types of dashboard.
3. There have 2 types of Engine.

I am going to cast it into the kit. I will finish the first run on 11/15. It will limited to 20 sets only. Please contact me if you are interested.

Email will be better than PM. My email is : poseidonstudio@gmail.com

Cheers
Poseidon

Attack Position

Half Open

Closed

I add a small change on hull :

Cockpit

The head part of R2D2 is active.

Details of the wing part

Details of the engine part

Another style

Pics of parts

Nwerke · 10-30-2010, 11:37 AM

Wow. If you can just fix that canopy before you take moulds (it's like the "face" of the ship) then this will be great. Another easy fix would be to shrink the brick pattern by half or so - it's too big (not the panel, just the "bricks").

Other than that, it's so crisp and regular, and the engineered features are a lesson to us old-schoolers. Neat!

ralphee · 10-31-2010, 05:29 AM

That is so cool its freaky, just amazing engineering, it may not be studio accurate, but thats not what this is for...this is an X wing at SS, on a whole new level of NUTS!

lee

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09-19-2010, 10:58 AM	#1
lw2012 Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6	"New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Always loved the X-Wing from Star Wars. But always hard to find kits in large scale to build to finish my dream. That's why I decide to build it. Here is a new project I am starting few weeks ago. After collect enough information, I did prework in 3D ProE to finish the main body. Then links up with my cnc to finish it. Just check following WIP pics to see my works. After finish it(now the progress is around 80%), I would like to cast it into a kit. So, please just drop me a pm if you are interested it. Cheers, Poseidon Pics of 3D ProE WIP pics of wing parts, it's active to expand or collapse. The details of wing parts: WIP pics of main parts : Others :

09-19-2010, 01:01 PM	#2
Apophis Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fishersville, Va/Chulak Posts: 742	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Cool! Looks like a mainstream injected molded kit!

09-19-2010, 02:56 PM	#3
SurfingDoc Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 129	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Looks nice so far. Nice job.

09-19-2010, 06:12 PM	#4
modelnutz Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: East Aurora, NY Posts: 64	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" If you're looking for a GK producer who's willing to kit this...send me a PM. Nice size and nicely detailed....love the movable wing idea.

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09-19-2010, 11:41 PM	#6
Nwerke Eh? Where'd me title go? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Russ...stralia. Da. That one. Posts: 3,230	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Interesting approach. Your canopy is too tall and squared-off - that could benefit from a rework but other than that there isn't very much I'd suggest. It might be very well received if you can produce it cheaper than the existing high-end 1/24 X-wing kits. Either way, well done.

09-20-2010, 10:35 AM	#7
PHArchivist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 16,902	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" This is coufusing me... The engineering of the hull really looks to my like it is a mass-produced, factory-produced item, built and structured like a toy would be. Were all the parts you are showing built wholly by you? And if so what techniques are you using? Last edited by PHArchivist; 09-20-2010 at 06:32 PM.

09-20-2010, 11:11 AM	#8
Nwerke Eh? Where'd me title go? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Russ...stralia. Da. That one. Posts: 3,230	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Well, it's clear a good deal of that is fabricated in styrene so I assume the remainder is CNC'd as Poseidon described. It does seem to match her 3D models. If she's using CNC then she can design whatever features she wants into her mesh I guess. The engineering looks pretty nice. Would certainly make for a new level of ease of construction in the X-wing GK world; I'm sure there's room for an easier to build, simpler kit. I'd love to know more too. It is disorienting sometimes, this new world of CNC, Sl and 3d printing, isn't it? Soon us old-timers will be marked only by our obsession with research and accuracy - the kids will just be getting on with making stuff while we fret over whether we've got the right panzer jack. P.S. Poseidon, sorry if you're not female, I just assumed that from your hands/nails.

09-20-2010, 01:13 PM	#9
ILMwannabe Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA Posts: 180	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Very nice! Since this project is "1/24" scale, couldn't this thread be moved to the "Studio Scale" Boards?

09-21-2010, 04:12 AM	#13
darth_daniel Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 356	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" This looks really awesome. If everything fits, this could become the best thought-out garage kit. I´ll keep an eye on this... But please, as mentioned, make the canopy more flat. That´s the only "negative" thing I can find. Looking forward to more progress. Keep it up!

09-21-2010, 08:21 AM	#14
Nwerke Eh? Where'd me title go? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Russ...stralia. Da. That one. Posts: 3,230	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Hi Poseidon - okay, girlfriend was my second theory, hehe! There is a lot of good reference around these days for the X-wings. Stare at it until your eyes bleed is my recommendation! You may find other things you want to change and it's much much less depressing doing so before you pour silicone. Oh I had another question; if you are going to mould in silicone and cast in resin then your "pillars" in the fuselage will present challenges for bubble traps. Have you planned that out?

09-21-2010, 07:59 PM	#16
Dedalus5550 Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 172	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" So would this eventually have everything molded on or included as parts? Or would this be just a basis for a kit, and we'd have to provide our own scratchbuilding? What would it be made of? I'm cautiously optimistic, but it's just that it doesn't seem to fit the normal resin kit option, nor the normal injection molded plastic kit option, so I'm trying to figure out where this fits in. Mike Todd

09-23-2010, 08:31 AM	#17
BrundelFly Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,584	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Ok there is from SCRATCH...and then there is FROM SCRATCH! WOW!!

09-23-2010, 08:36 AM	#18
Nwerke Eh? Where'd me title go? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Russ...stralia. Da. That one. Posts: 3,230	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" You said it, Frank. Reviewing my posts just now and I hope I haven't sounded too negative. This is amazing.

09-23-2010, 10:55 AM	#19
phase pistol Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York Posts: 14,610	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" I love a good X.

09-24-2010, 07:50 AM	#20
jedimaster Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Planet Perth Posts: 1,786	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" If only my v3 hull went together as easy as that. I may have finished it months ago. Nice work but as they said, perhaps re work the canopy.

10-30-2010, 08:41 AM	#23
lw2012 Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Here comes the final result of my X-Wing fighter. I design some special features on it : 1. After finish the assembly of the kit, the wing can be in closed, half open and fully open(attack position) status. There's a spcial mechanism to complete this function. 2. There have 2 types of dashboard. 3. There have 2 types of Engine. I am going to cast it into the kit. I will finish the first run on 11/15. It will limited to 20 sets only. Please contact me if you are interested. Email will be better than PM. My email is : poseidonstudio@gmail.com Cheers Poseidon Attack Position Half Open Closed I add a small change on hull : Cockpit The head part of R2D2 is active. Details of the wing part Details of the engine part Another style Pics of parts Last edited by lw2012; 10-30-2010 at 08:48 AM.

10-30-2010, 11:37 AM	#24
Nwerke Eh? Where'd me title go? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Russ...stralia. Da. That one. Posts: 3,230	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" Wow. If you can just fix that canopy before you take moulds (it's like the "face" of the ship) then this will be great. Another easy fix would be to shrink the brick pattern by half or so - it's too big (not the panel, just the "bricks"). Other than that, it's so crisp and regular, and the engineered features are a lesson to us old-schoolers. Neat!

10-31-2010, 05:29 AM	#25
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,624	Re: "New Project - 1/24 X-Wing fighter scratchbuild" That is so cool its freaky, just amazing engineering, it may not be studio accurate, but thats not what this is for...this is an X wing at SS, on a whole new level of NUTS! lee

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