bigbaddaddyvader, thanks for the pics! It looks like the raw resin might be blue-black - is that right? If so does that make these parts ROTJ pyro pieces rather than Star Wars? (Or did we never establish that question for sure?)
Paul, wash your mouth out with soap!
I was going to suggest having another look at the Red 12 underside pic but Jason one-upped that idea in a big way.
Jason, is it really the case there's nothing more of 6 in that set? I'll take your word for it, man, it's just that I'd always assumed they were a complete set of ref pics. It seems odd that they'd skip that one - but then again we know she was one of the last 'good' paint schemes finished. And thanks for the pics, you've just made building a pyro 3 or 12 that bit more feasible.
Beaz - too true. I've not painted an X since the old MPC days. Both my old airbrushes turn out to have died in storage due to leaks and degrading rubber padding - I have two new ones in the mail but still, I KNOW I won't equal Julien. For me the question is 'will I at least not disgrace myself?'. Also agree with your 'unfamiliarity' remark. Makes them so much fresher. Honestly, Reds 2, 3 and 5 hold almost no appeal for me any more.
Keiko, the SAG issue with the DVD was the more expensive limited edition which also came with various other goodies and bits and pieces. The pics from there form the bulk of what has been posted here.
And yes, you're correct about the stripes. This is the reason people suspect the model of being Red 10. You can also see that at least one of the stripes appears to be interrupted like Red 12's, although whether this is intentional or a result of weathering isn't too clear. It could also be the Red 5 pyro, I doubt it though; that model seems to have been one of the "simple" ones. We know it had neatly masked wing stripes from Tread's pics, but it also had masking tape left on the fuselage stripe, like the fragments of the "Viskocil Plaque" model, and no sign of different fuselage panel colours. My money is also on Red 10.
Oh, something I just noticed while looking at the attached pic with Red 1 hero, Red 1 pyro, "unknown" half painted and 'red cannon' mostly in black primer. Looks like the "unknown" is Red 12. Yes? It has the yellow Saturn stripes, yellow cannon barrel rings and yellow cockpit. Anyone else agree?
Pardon me if that ID has been made previously; anyway; anyone wanting to build Red 12 can note three things from this pic - 1) white marking on port fuselage by cockpit, 2) a couple of inner port wing markings and 3) main red wing stripe markings wrap around the leading edge, unlike other birds.