Nice Pics of the Alan Ladd Y-wing on Propstore!

DutchVander

New Member

• Mar 4, 2016

• #1

I just came across some fantastic reference pictures of the Gold 2 Y-wing on Propstore's site. Apparently this was the Y-wing that Alan Ladd received and it is now in Propstore's collection. I didn't think this one had survived filming! These are by far the best pictures I've found of this model. Now if I could just get pics like these of Gold Leader!

http://www.propstore.com/blog/top-5...-prop-store-ceo-stephens-personal-collection/

Here's a couple. More on the site.

 

Last edited: Mar 6, 2016

Keiko

Sr Member

• Mar 4, 2016

• #2

FANTASTIC!

 

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Talkierg

Well-Known Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #3

Thanks for sharing,always love to see the Y,each bird has their own unique detailing.

Don

 

craig g

Sr Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #4

Great reference pics.
Thanks

 

Keiko

Sr Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #5

I'm surprised there's not more buzz here - those are fantastic images of a screen used Y wing not seen by the public ever. I know what my next Y wing will be!

 

kokkari

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Mar 5, 2016

• #6

Keiko said:

I'm surprised there's not more buzz here - those are fantastic images of a screen used Y wing not seen by the public ever. I know what my next Y wing will be!

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That's what I thought when I saw this. I can't believe how well this one had been preserved. Incredible photos!

 

ecl

Sr Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #7

A Damn work of art

 

Junk Pilot

Sr Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #8

That's because this was posted late last year in another thread. I'm just having trouble finding it at the moment. I know I saved the images last time but of the 9 images that can be opened there is one incorrect link that opens up a second image that is already there.

Keiko said:

I'm surprised there's not more buzz here - those are fantastic images of a screen used Y wing not seen by the public ever. I know what my next Y wing will be!

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DutchVander

New Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #9

Junk Pilot said:

That's because this was posted late last year in another thread. I'm just having trouble finding it at the moment. I know I saved the images last time but of the 9 images that can be opened there is one incorrect link that opens up a second image that is already there.

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If you open the images in a new window then change the number in the URL you get the hi res version of the one that doesn't show in the slideshow. The images are surprisingly hi res when opened in a separate window. I looked to see if these had already been posted but couldn't find them anywhere so I went ahead and posted them. These pics were to awesome not to share!

 

Keiko

Sr Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #10

Ah, I must've missed that. I see on the link that it's been up since last year alright.

By the way, by reading link addresses and changing the address number of the image, I got 11 images of the ship from that page.

 

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kk1

Member

• Mar 5, 2016

• #11

Awesome, thanks! But wait I thought Gold 5 was "Triangles"? I have them as gold Leader = Tie Killer, Gold 3 was the one of the MOM tour and Gold 2 was Tigersprocket hmmm

 

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Junk Pilot

Sr Member

• Mar 6, 2016

• #12

I'm not up to speed with my Y-Wings and their parts. Can someone show me the tiger sprocket?

 

moffeaton

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Mar 6, 2016

• #13

This Ladd/Propstore Y is Tiger Sprockets (named for the mount cover on the top - look at the LEM Saturn part and instead of an F1 part, it has the tank wheel).
Gold Leader is Tie Killer. Now resides in private hands.
Triangles is a pyro, and probably was a stand in for Gold Leader? Detailing is almost identical - even the piping. Profiles sold it's shards a few years back, I believe.
The ILM tour ANH Y is the "Red Stripe Artoo"
There's also Red Jammer (not filmed but used for the Elstree set construction) and the Bill George fan-made-but-used-in-ROTJ Y with the R5 head, also at the archives.
The archives also have a small handful of crudely cast and painted "stunt" Ys with riveted brass strips instead of Ts - dunno if they were pyros or what. They all have permanent mounts so they're like Ywings on sticks.

 

Avanaut

Well-Known Member

• Mar 6, 2016

• #14

Holy Maker! The elusive Y-wing reference photographs! I may have to resume my Neisen build now. Thank you for posting this.

 

DutchVander

New Member

• Mar 6, 2016

• #15

moffeaton said:

This Ladd/Propstore Y is Tiger Sprockets (named for the mount cover on the top - look at the LEM Saturn part and instead of an F1 part, it has the tank wheel).
Gold Leader is Tie Killer. Now resides in private hands.
Triangles is a pyro, and probably was a stand in for Gold Leader? Detailing is almost identical - even the piping. Profiles sold it's shards a few years back, I believe.
The ILM tour ANH Y is the "Red Stripe Artoo"
There's also Red Jammer (not filmed but used for the Elstree set construction) and the Bill George fan-made-but-used-in-ROTJ Y with the R5 head, also at the archives.
The archives also have a small handful of crudely cast and painted "stunt" Ys with riveted brass strips instead of Ts - dunno if they were pyros or what. They all have permanent mounts so they're like Ywings on sticks.

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Thanks for the info. I've not seen any close ups of the cheapo casts before. Weren't they cast from the tour Y-wing?

 

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kk1

Member

• Mar 10, 2016

• #16

I was just going by the famous table shots I've seen over the years where everyone calls Triangles Gold 5, btw since it obviously wasn't Tiger Sprocket or destroyed, what IS the head of the Y-wing behind the Tie Fighter?