1:24 "studio scale" T-70 X Wing Resistance Fighter that never was...
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Captain Solo
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Awesome work!
Mandalorian444
Active Member
Looking great. Very exciting progress.
elxwingboricua
New Member
Attached will work better...
you don't know how glad I am that I found this thread. I'll show you why later...
you don't know how glad I am that I found this thread. I'll show you why later...
jthornton1993
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Witchcraft!
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
VERY nice!!!!
Cheers guys! I really appreciate the comments!
I've not been working much on this project at the moment due to work commitments but I have done the droid strip and the backplate. Still need to tweak them here and there a bit. It's not entirely accurate to the 3d model as I used existing spare kit parts. I tried getting things to somewhat look like the 3d model but due to real parts not exactly matching up there are obvious discrepancies. I wanted to kitbash it with real parts like the original ANH X wing. Does anyone recognise the round part with the little tubes on the backplate?
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I've not been working much on this project at the moment due to work commitments but I have done the droid strip and the backplate. Still need to tweak them here and there a bit. It's not entirely accurate to the 3d model as I used existing spare kit parts. I tried getting things to somewhat look like the 3d model but due to real parts not exactly matching up there are obvious discrepancies. I wanted to kitbash it with real parts like the original ANH X wing. Does anyone recognise the round part with the little tubes on the backplate?
Nice work !!!
Richard Baker
Sr Member
Mystery Part-
MPC Snowspeeder Aft 'Gun/Thruster' part?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GX2mRgZEogY/S769XElp3SI/AAAAAAAAAQI/mLN6SoDhH2M/s1600/cfx_s1.jpg
MPC Snowspeeder Aft 'Gun/Thruster' part?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GX2mRgZEogY/S769XElp3SI/AAAAAAAAAQI/mLN6SoDhH2M/s1600/cfx_s1.jpg
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Cheers people
For the joints, I bevelled the styrene card so they when they butt up against each other it has a very minor gap to fill. It can be a bit tedious filing down the edges so I made a 'bevel bed' for my dremel. By running the styrene card through it with the table adjusted just enough so the dremel cutting tip was taking away just the right amount off.
Another thing that I do with the putty is I mix a little bit of standard model glue with the putty. It makes it a little more workable and gives a slightly longer working time. If you use too much modelling glue it'll be very gloopy and can start melting the styrene.
Haha yup. It was the closest kit part that I could think of that closely resembled the one on the t-70. I haven't glued it down so as to allow for a possible mounting point for the armature.
For the joints, I bevelled the styrene card so they when they butt up against each other it has a very minor gap to fill. It can be a bit tedious filing down the edges so I made a 'bevel bed' for my dremel. By running the styrene card through it with the table adjusted just enough so the dremel cutting tip was taking away just the right amount off.
Another thing that I do with the putty is I mix a little bit of standard model glue with the putty. It makes it a little more workable and gives a slightly longer working time. If you use too much modelling glue it'll be very gloopy and can start melting the styrene.
Haha yup. It was the closest kit part that I could think of that closely resembled the one on the t-70. I haven't glued it down so as to allow for a possible mounting point for the armature.
Richard Baker
Sr Member
That Snowspeeder part look better IMO than what is on the T-65, that always reminded me of a toilet seat...
elxwingboricua
New Member
Thanks again people!
A quick update. This is the part I was always procrastinating on doing. I've started building the cockpit. I've made it in a way so that when I make castings of it, it can be painted outside of the body and then dropped in later. Now to find some appropriate greeblies....
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A quick update. This is the part I was always procrastinating on doing. I've started building the cockpit. I've made it in a way so that when I make castings of it, it can be painted outside of the body and then dropped in later. Now to find some appropriate greeblies....
