ILM X-Wing Weathering Versus Damage

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Mike J. said:

Plenty of that on the Falcon.

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When you consider how well some of these pieces were glued on, I'm starting to think fans are harvesting parts off the model as keep sakes( I knew someone who worked as a projectionist in a cinema and took a cell off many of his favourite films ) ,
The damage to the top gun makes sense as its exposed and it's been documented that it was dropped , but some of the sturdier pieces on the Mandela are much lower in profile than the engines and they are missing.
i tried to strip down some scratch built engines I had built 14 years ago, some of them were similar shapes to the items missing from the falcon.......some wouldn't come off with any amount of leverage.

What's the prevailing theory (or known facts) on these grey lines on the Red 2 engines?

Vacformedhero said:

...When you consider how well some of these pieces were glued on, I'm starting to think fans are harvesting parts off the model as keep sakes( I knew someone who worked as a projectionist in a cinema and took a cell off many of his favourite films ) ,
The damage to the top gun makes sense as its exposed and it's been documented that it was dropped , but some of the sturdier pieces on the Mandela are much lower in profile than the engines and they are missing...

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Many of the parts were superglued to the primer which wouldn't give a very good bond. But there could have been some trophy hunting as well.

PHArchivist said:

What's the prevailing theory (or known facts) on these grey lines on the Red 2 engines?

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The lines are visible in period ILM photos, this is from the Famous Spaceships book from 1978. Yuge pic.