2011 Red Y-Wing: Build Thread™

[jedimaster]

Ya killin me man.... This is gonna be so cool. Thanks

 

[moffeaton]

Calling it a night!

 

[swpropmaker]

Freaking awesome.... instructions look top notch! Keep it up!

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

What detail are you referring to?

Also, how do you know about the "3 guys". Not questioning, just curious.

:confused

The entire cockpit interior which we can choose to include or leave out (they never built an interior on the red model).

I always thought, even as a kid, that the run of 3 windows on the cockpit made the ship look like you could fit a small crew in that head module. In the Rinzler book I discovered for the first time that that had been the intention. The Y was conceived as a larger ship, like a WWII fighter/bomber, with two MANNED turrets on the head, but budget cuts to the full-size sets forced a drastic reduction on the scale of the ship.

So without that single big seat in there you can play at big Y-wings. If you're so inclined. And I am, from time to time.

Jason, instructions and build look terrific!

 

[moffeaton]

Thankya

 

[swpropmaker]

Ohhh my.... I think.... yep.... I got Y wood! That's a great shot and it really shows off the collection and application of accurate parts!

Keep going Jason!!!!! URA Resin BEAST!

Steve

 

[moffeaton]

This model is EVERYTHING I've ever wanted these things to be... thanks for listening to all of my whining all these years about plant-ons. Seriously sexy stuff, yeah. I still feel like I'm dreaming.

 

[swpropmaker]

It does seem like its going together fairly quickly for you.... you may have found your life partner :love

 

[jedimaster]

Wow... A shot from that angle is pure porno man.

 

[darth_daniel]

That must be the best kit ever!

 

[vaderdarth]

such a handsome kit!!!

 

[Nwerke]

Sillies, the landing gear is in the engines, like the X-Wings. Tardis tech.

Hey! It works for B-25s and P-38s and Mosquitoes, doesn't it? Why not a turbine-powered space fighter too? :behave

As far as I am concerned this model should be made as it was originally envisioned (with the BF109 guns etc)... And the absence of cockpit detail

Wait what...I thought the lack of a cockpit thing was a time constraint, or because the UK art department/set crew was going to work the cockpits up, or something? Mine'll have Bf109 guns *and* a cockpit...

I too have to agree with Jamie and Simon, 109 guns for sure, a while back we all saw the grayscale aft shot of this bird, as first built, and it was a thing of beauty to look at.

I have been drooling over those Famous Spaceship shots since I was a wee small lad...

Oh hey Simon - there's your riveted Falcon jaw box disc, didja spot it?

 

[Lazyeagle]

For the sake of the ill-informed (me) These legendary Me-109 guns where do they go- is it the turret on the top of the cockpit by any chance? I presume this is the airfix 1/24 variety then....

 

[darth_daniel]

For the sake of the ill-informed (me) These legendary Me-109 guns where do they go- is it the turret on the top of the cockpit by any chance? I presume this is the airfix 1/24 variety then....

That´s right. You can see them HERE.

 

[jedimaster]

Martyn... Where? I must be goin blind. If ya mean those half round bits poking out from the wing not the same.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Doesn't he mean that big riveted disc on the top of the starboard engine?

 

[moffeaton]

Body is done - moving to engines and vanes now...

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[Guy Cowen]

God, that does look very clean n crisp

 

[ralphee]

If it arrives on time, reckon ill get in any trouble building this on Christmas day?

Lee

 

[Guy Cowen]

I did that a few years ago.......I'm a bad boy....painting a B-Wing on Xmas day whilst the oldies slept in front of ET or was it the Wizard of Oz?

Got away with it also