Bandai 1/72 X-Wing: Red Leader (+1/144 Red 2), Rogue One/Mandalorian ver.

[Talaris]

Finally completed my build of Red Leader in 1/72, along with the included 1/144 as his wing-man Red 2. This is specifically Garven Dreis and his droid R5-K6 as depicted in Rogue One, however as of Chapter 6 of the The Mandalorian, this Red Leader paint scheme and wing marking can also be seen on one of the X-Wings attacking the outpost at the end. It would seem the CGI models from Rogue One have now been reused for New-Republic X-Wings in The Mandalorian.

As I've moved from UK to Japan, I no longer have a dedicated work area for modelling, nor any of my equipment; all that is back in London. I wanted to continue building models here, but my apartment is very small, with only a coffee table to work from! With no airbrushing possible, the base colour is just the plastic, with various areas hand-painted using a variety of Mr Hobby Aqueous and Tamiya (very cheap here!) . Water-slide decals were all used except for yellow, as these are way too inaccurate colour-wise, so instead I had to make do with the yellow stickers which at least were the correct colour.

I know these aren't to the level of most members here as they aren't fully painted, but I think it gives those interested a good look at what can be achieved from these Bandai kits straight out of the box, with minimal painting performed.

I'll be adding a few more photos tomorrow if I get a chance. Thanks all for looking, and let me know what you think!

Talaris

 

[thegnome]

good work

 

[Analyzer]

Wow. they look quite impressive for "no paint"

Looks like you managed to tone down the plastic shine enough to make it appear to have had a base coat of paint

Weathering is not overdone and also helps get rid of the plastic look.

I think they look great

 

[stussy]

nice work mate,look really good

 

[holtaa]

Agreed, these look great.

 

[32buds]

That's a good job.

 

[Talaris]

Thanks for all the kind words! I used both gloss and matt coats of Mr Surfacer , as well as a grey acrylic wash, to lesson the plastic look. Unfortunately, removing excess wash damaged the decals in a couple of areas, even with the gloss coat applied... perhaps next time the wash should be completed first before applying decals. I used a black pastel for weathering, but for the scale I think it was too much. I’ll restrain myself more next time.

 

[cking]

Great job on those. I love these little X-Wings.