*COMPLETED** Pcoz's Hasbro Hero Star Wars X-Wing Conversion

Miranda Tempest · Mar 3, 2016

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Nice going Pcoz!
These posts make me want to get back mine...screw the 1:1 X-wing project.

Now where did I put those engine casts?

Pcoz · Mar 3, 2016

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Miranda Tempest said:
Nice going Pcoz!
These posts make me want to get back mine...screw the 1:1 X-wing project.

Now where did I put those engine casts?

Lol, get back at it ! Sometimes we need some inspiration to get the juices flowing again.....I definitely get mine from you guys ! We should have 5 or 6 of these going at once !

Miranda Tempest · Mar 4, 2016

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Agreed, If we had multiple RPF members working on different parts of said X-wing we could trade parts.
Someone should do a cockpit.

Pcoz · Mar 6, 2016

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hello peeps, quick update....

I finally have a day with NOTHING planned !

I hope to make some significant progress today

Anyway, here are some some pics of the build now that my styrene order came in and I'm broadening my model-making horizons....next I'd like to try some molds. As you'll see as I move forward, it would have saved me a ton of time repeating builds X4.

Here is my first order and I've already figured out what I need to order more of and what I'll probably never use.

sized and rough cut

rough shaping

checking the fit

beveled edge with x-acto and dremel

these angles came in handy

working out the details

cheap plastic furniture screw covers will do the job

cut off the ends of small zip ties

1/2 round rod helps a bunch too...

Welp, that's it for now. As you can see, I really need to learn how to make 1 and mold each one so I don't have to repeat the process over and over.

Thanks for looking...

More to come soon

Pcoz

PHArchivist · Mar 6, 2016

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Nice work. Such a fun thread to watch!

Pcoz · Mar 6, 2016

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ok, here's the mess so far.....

moved back to the engines to try and get them close to being finished and then move to the wings

cut styrene sheets to size

matching them up and cutting

Since my reference is the large 4' model, I'm keeping it in tune with that....or something close.

glued to the pvc

notching out the ends...

happened to be in Loews today and found a few parts that may help

this lock washer had the size and correct number of tabs so I thought I'd give it a try

lining them up

kinda worked, we'll see

I haven't decided if I'll use this, but it looks pretty cool. If my LED's are behind this, it may not emit enough light. I'll tackle that later

trimmed to fit

checking the look...

Ok, gotta run, but I'm going to try and power through this project, so....Back Soon !

Oh Yeah, can anyone point me in the right direction for molds, casting materials I may need ? I'm almost done with the trim on one engine and I dread having to repeat it 3 more times....Thanks!

Pcoz

rbeach84 · Mar 7, 2016

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Pcoz, you could always use your metal perf'ed disk as a 'mask' for a clear disk... so you'd have the 'holes' painted black, letting the light through the rest...

R/ Robert

Pcoz · Mar 8, 2016

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rbeach84 said:
Pcoz, you could always use your metal perf'ed disk as a 'mask' for a clear disk... so you'd have the 'holes' painted black, letting the light through the rest...

R/ Robert

That's a great idea, I never thought of that. I also have plenty of plexiglass laying around too... that might give it a really good, deep look about it.

Pcoz · Mar 17, 2016

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quick update...

still working on the engines.

since I haven't ordered any mold making materials yet, I thought I'f just power through making this foursome.

half round styrene

zip tie heads and wire

duplicating x4

used a super thin sheet of styrene to hold my details together

filling in the pattern

again, I WILL be making molds for anything else I need multiples of....

cutting away most of the sheet and then gluing to the details to the engines

adding some more details

starting to come together....

now that I'm getting a little more comfortable with this process, I'm much quicker

again, using same technique

wide shot of my mess

cut round tubing in half

used small round rod for "clamps"

Oops, hit my picture limit...I'll throw a few more up in a few

Pcoz · Mar 17, 2016

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engines con't....

ready for some filling and sanding.

ok, this is where I'm at right now. I tend to jump around from one area to another, so my plan is to stick to the engines, then the wings, then completely redo the cannons, work on the cockpit, led's....man, what the heck did I get myself into?

Anyway, thanks for looking

Pcoz

mmhnc · Mar 17, 2016

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That's some pretty cool scratch built details.

Pcoz · Mar 17, 2016

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mmhnc said:
That's some pretty cool scratch built details.

Thanks....I could probably cut my pic's in half, lol ! I know when I'm checking out all the scratch built threads here, I love to see each progression. There's some crazy talent here on the RPF.

Pcoz · Mar 22, 2016

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Hello fellow RPFers....

Back with another update.

I'm also trying to reduce the size of my pics so one can casually scroll down without having to open each pic in a new window or the RPF pop up viewer.

Let's see if this works

- - - Updated - - -

nope....aahhhh !

Pcoz · Mar 22, 2016

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Well, I'll be back later once I figure this out....

Pcoz

modelcitizen · Mar 22, 2016

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i see it

Pcoz · Mar 23, 2016

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modelcitizen said:
i see it

I'm trying to get the picture to fill the dialogue box instead of the "thumbnail" that opens a new window. It's driving me crazy !

Reducing the size of the pictures helps it load faster in the pop up window, but not exactly what I was shooting for overall....

Oh well, I'll be back at it tonight with a big update

rbeach84 · Mar 23, 2016

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800x600 looks pretty good on my screen. However, one drawback to having the attachments 'full size' in post is that each page of the thread will take longer to load since it is loading up all the pix on that page, not just the thumbnails. I've been using 1500 x whatever as a standard sizing for my images (plus cropped to remove extraneous data) but that is perhaps a little too big. Depends on what you're attempting to display, of course. For closeups like the above, your size seems spot on.

Regards, Robert

Pcoz · Mar 23, 2016

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rbeach84 said:
800x600 looks pretty good on my screen. However, one drawback to having the attachments 'full size' in post is that each page of the thread will take longer to load since it is loading up all the pix on that page, not just the thumbnails. I've been using 1500 x whatever as a standard sizing for my images (plus cropped to remove extraneous data) but that is perhaps a little too big. Depends on what you're attempting to display, of course. For closeups like the above, your size seems spot on.

Regards, Robert

Thanks for your input Robert.... I think I will take your advice and just go with the 800x600 and let it rip. They load so much faster ! I'm heading home as we speak to put the next update on.

Pcoz · Mar 23, 2016

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Ok, here we go....

I swear the more I get into this, the more I cut away and rebuild from scratch.

So, looking at the lack of accurate detail in these areas, I chose to cut them off....

first the small raised area...

....then just the whole end and will start over. More on that later

I did buy a bunch of styrene sheets, but I definitely overestimated the larger thicknesses and didn't buy enough of the .5 mm or .8 mm which would have been great for the wings...and since I had already grabbed a sign from Lowes, I'll just it for the undersides of each wing and then I'll use my styrene for the tops. My 2nd order will be much more accurate of the sizes I'll need for future use, but still learning.

Anyway, cut out the wings...

followed the pattern on the 4' model I've been using as reference.

test fit

scribing the lines

not sure if you can see this well, but the depth turned out pretty decent and once painted, will be more pronounced

ok, back to rebuilding these areas next to the intakes

changing a few details inside the intakes to make it a little more screen accurate.

I'm not looking to be 100% screen accurate, but I definitely want to improve the entire look of this x-wing.

Thanks for looking...

Pcoz

mmhnc · Mar 23, 2016

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I have never noticed the little post on the inside of the engine. Now I see it in my ref pictures. I'm planing on leaving 1 post out like on the original prototype.

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