Hey guys,
Long time no post. Ive been looking over the model section for the last few days, I dont know why. Maybe because of the bad weather over here and wanting to do something.
So I built the fine mold as you can see in the last post a while back, but was never really happy with it. It was sat in my display, unfinished for a while. For my first real go at a model I thought I did ok, but I wanted to make it better.
So today I gathered some reference imaged of SS style X-wings, and had a look at what I could do to make it look better. As a small model I think the detail is great, but comparing it to a SS you can see its slightly off. The panel lines I feel are slightly different, yet I feel its out of my skill set to sand them all down and re-scribe them. So instead I thought about accurizing (Is that a word??) the raised detail sections you see on the fuselage.
So the one thing that bothered me was this piece
I dont know why, but every time I saw a SS model I would notice it, and on mine it was not properly there. So I cut the piece off and sanded slightly,
Then went and cut out my own version of it. Now I have never worked with anything so small before, and trying to get them kind of symmetrical was a nightmare. The swearwords that came out of my mouth as the piece jumped around, I was not proud of :confused But alas I got them stuck down and was happy with them.
Then came about doing the rest of the fuselage. After an hour or so I started to enjoy myself doing it. I tried to put them in the correct spots with relation to the panel lines, but the fine molds lines slightly differ compared to most so I had to adjust.
Then I went and put a light coat of primer on, I can see that I need to fix a lil spot or two, but for the most part I am really pleased with my first ever go at modding a model. Ive now started on the underside of the fuselage as well.
My next plan will be to fill in the nasty seam lines on the guns. The wings im leaving as they are as im quite happy with the detail. And I feel If I was to adjust them I would not be able to get them to a decent standard after. Im also still thinking about brass barrels for the guns, as well as a lighting kit I found. But I would really only go with the lighting kit if I was to do a dio with a Tie, also still thinking about.
Im no expert on X wings, so If anyone can see any glaring mistakes that could be fixed on the fine molds, please could you point them out
Progress will be slow on this as Im busy with commission work, and this was just a little fun on a rainy day. But I am determined to finish this, and im really looking forward to painting. But I will post up the odd update or two when I do eventually get time to work on it.
Means ive never worked on anything so small im pretty pleased with how the details have come out. What do you guys think?