An old X-wing... made new

[SurfingDoc]

I recently was digging through some stuff and found an old MPC snapkit X-wing. I had painted it this awful color grey and black probably 15 years ago. Anyway, I decided to spiff it up. I couldn't fix the awfulness of the model itself and the paint job in the cockpit (glued shut) but the rest got an overhaul. I don't own an airbush unfortunately, so everything was handpainted.

I don't even compare to most of the talented people on this forum, but I thought I would share because the talented people here inspire me to work on my own modelling/painting skills. Thanks for that...

 

[JMChladek]

It does look better. Nice work!

 

[NAZGÛL]

Look good! Hard to see its handpainted.

A spray can go a long way if you want to wait getting an airbrush, and still get flakings or good surface.

 

[SurfingDoc]

Spray? You mean regular spray paint? Doesn't the paint come out too quickly to produce any good effects (ie burn marks, etc)

 

[NAZGÛL]

Yes you are right. Not good for details.

I sometimes use pastels for burn marks etc. Oil colours is also good for it.

So if you spray base coat, and masked areas, then use pastels and/or oil colour for the marks with a cotton bud. Seal the pastels with spray varnish.

I can recommend getting an airbrush. It makes it all more fun IMO (and the color costs drop (did for me anyway -spray is expensive).

Just my two cents.