6-ft scratchbuilt X-Wing

[Ragnur]

Hi RPF,

so I've been building a X-Wing model out of foam core and various bits and bobs since last August, and i'ts finally complete . The first wing is painted, now it's only a matter of painting everything else...

Sorry about the pics quality, my current phone's a bit crappy :/

 

[Jkirkon]

That’s AMAZING!

 

[stussy]

looking good,should look fantastic when it's painted mate

 

[korben44]

That's awesome! Great job!

 

[TazMan2000]

Very sharp detail for foam core.

TazMan2000

 

[robn1]

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Red 6, Porgins. Awesome work.

 

[Ragnur]

Red 6, Porgins. Awesome work.

Porgins, brilliant, I'm keeping the name

And thanks for all the nice replies I'll try and post updates regularly.

 

[Jimmer]

Beautiful.
Out of curiosity is this in scale to any line of figure?
And can it be broken down (in case you wanted to move it to another room/area)?
Regardless, that is amazing. Love the cockpit detail also.
Now you just need to start your 20 foot Falcon...I kid.

 

[Ragnur]

Nope, no particular scale for this build. Actually, I started the project with the thrusters, simply sticking two Ice-Tea cans together, and it kinda went up from there. Scaling-wise, I guess it's around the 1/8th mark, but it's a rough estimate

It can be broken down, each wing fits in the fuselage and can be removed (though I made the mistake of making the thrusters and lasers NOT removable : turns out it's hard to paint a wing with all those things sticking out and getting caught everywhere...). The canopy isn't glued yet, and each cockpit part is removable in order to be easier to paint.

 

[joberg]

Great work re-using every day objects to use as greeblies

 

[Ragnur]

Not a lot of money and no 3d printer, so random objects for the win (and besides, it's funnier that way)

 

[Analyzer]

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing it painted

 

[Duncanator]

I actually really liked the look of it before the paint. The black and white color scheme looked cool.

 

[Fett_Ish]

Sweet!

 

[Ragnur]

So, I finished painting the, er, "dashboard" portion of the cockpit. It turned out a bit darker than I anticipated (thank you, black shoepolish wash!), but I'm going for a darker/more weathered look overall, so I'm pretty happy with the result

 

[Jkirkon]

Looks great!

 

[babar79]

Nice job!

 

[PHArchivist]

Wow - quite the project!

 

[Ragnur]

Been working on a wing this weekend, and the base layers are finished. I brushed in some silver to make it lighter and shinier, and tomorrow it's time for the trusty shoepolish to work its magic again

(You'll notice that I took some "liberties" with a lot of stuff (greebling, panel lines, etc.) but since the model is quite big, I didn't want it to have flat, undetailed planes, so I chalked it up to artistic licence and had fun)

 

[Muzza]

Brilliant work!