CCX remodeling ! into X-WING RED2

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Wow! Your attention to detail is amazing!! This has to be one of the best threads I've seen on here in a long time.
Isel

Hello, Isel-san.

Thank you for your warm comment. This is my way of modeling , of course not a de facto standard of remodeling of CCX. Please enjoy my modeling, and I always wait your comment.:thumbsup

BTW, from when I have taken part in RPF, every member always has had a good relationship with me. I am very happy with that. Thanks everyone!

 

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Hi! Everyone!

As all of you know, RED2 pilot was a combination of the pilot body from the 1/24 Airfix Harrier kit and the arms from the 1/24 Airfix Messerschmitt Bf kit.

Fortunately, I purchased TIE INTERCEPTOR kit from a foreign friend by chance. And I decided to use the pilot of it.:thumbsup

Does anyone know the roots of this TIE INTERCEPTOR pilot figure? From a X-WING pyro kit? :confused

 

[TheRealMcFly]

Yes that pilot is a duplicate of an original Star Wars era pilot, with the helmet constructed to resemble the storyboard illustrations. They wound up using the same pilot for the TIEs as well as some original kit pilots.

I'm a big fan of the full helmet but it's probably because that is what I'm used to seeing in all of the reference material. It's the same as the pilot in the original Red 2.

 

[yuumi2891103]

Wow wow wow !
This thread is grown into a X-wing laboratories :eek.
Great enthusiasms.

All the best.

 

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Yes that pilot is a duplicate of an original Star Wars era pilot, with the helmet constructed to resemble the storyboard illustrations. They wound up using the same pilot for the TIEs as well as some original kit pilots.

I'm a big fan of the full helmet but it's probably because that is what I'm used to seeing in all of the reference material. It's the same as the pilot in the original Red 2.

Hi! Nighteyes-san!
Thank you for your rapid reply. I agree with you, too. This is right a part of the filming model of X-WING. This pilot was also used for STANDARD TIE, X1,INTERCEPTOR.

The helmet of this pilot looks just like the illustration of Joe Johnston. When the production of STAR WARS began, the helmet of the pilot of rebels might be this kind of full helmet. However, IMO, this full helmet would not be adopted because it was hard to recognize the face of the actor with full helmet and audiences might not recognize who was red leader and who was luke. lol lol
Possibly John Dykstra decided not to adopt the full helmet because of blue screen problem. :confused

Wow wow wow !
This thread is grown into a X-wing laboratories :eek.
Great enthusiasms.

All the best.

Hi! Katsu-san!
I cannot build my model when I cannot understand the way to go. This is my character. lollol
Therefore, I am super slow builder!:thumbsup

 

[moffeaton]

I love this thread! It is like Christmas never ends - there is always something new and exciting every time I click here!!!

 

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I love this thread! It is like Christmas never ends - there is always something new and exciting every time I click here!!!

Thank you for your warm comment. Jason.

I love your RED JAMMER building and your instruction sheet is awesome, too!:thumbsup
I only have contributed article that I was interested during building RED2 every time.

BTW, some continuances of the yesterday's full helmet discussion….

Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rodgers, those TV-movies made after Star Wars did not adopt full helmet also. Actually, the Tutankhamun-helmet of Galactica was some kind of hull helmet, but had no front screen. IMO, John Dykstra decided not to adopt the front screen of helmet because of the reflection of front screen caused bad effect against composition process with blue screen.

However, Dykstra adopted a full helmet in Firefox in 1982 that he was in charge of special effects.
Yes, Firefox was a little bit different, it’s a real world story not a space fantasy world, CLINT WASTWOOD used full helmet with front screen in that movie, but his helmet’s front screen was big and transparent so we could recognize CLINT’s face well. And most scenes CLINT in Firefox cockpit were from the front of Clint, If my memory is right ... . I thought that this was to avoid a composition process with the side background(blue back). And Fire Fox was one man escape movie, not had many dog fights like STAR WARS so we did not need to recognize many actors.

Well, this is only my guess….:confused

 

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A Happy New Year! everyone!

It is just the beginning of new year!
But, sorry, because of my job is very busy until March, building of RED2 may not proceed. :confused
I wanna go step by step even if it might go very slowly.:unsure

 

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HI!

I have started the remodeling of rear section.

I trimmed the rear plate and guessed the rear section size of RED2 from trimmed rear plate. Of course this was only my guess-work, might not match precisely to original prop. lol lol

"The Star Wars blue print" was a very expensive book, but it was very helpful for this work.:thumbsup

I think it will take long time to finish this work because of heavy modification on the fuselage must be needed.:confused

 

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Hi!

The remodeling of the rear section of the fuselage just began. It seems to take long time to complete such a complex work.:confused

BTW, I scratched a new part of RED2.

I made a bid for a first edition of StugIV in Japanese auction at the end of last year.
At last I scratched a tiny part on the rear side of engine. To tell the truth, I scratched this part several years ago, but used styrene sheets because I did not have a first edition of StugIV.
You may know, this part was changed to metal part after renewal of StugⅣ kit. Only first edition and the kit before renewal has this kind of plastic part. Now BANDAI stopped the production of StugⅣ and Hummel, such kind of 1/15 tank kit. Most of the kit that we can find in auction or ebay is the kit after renewal. When you make a bid for StugⅣ, please be careful.:confused

This time I cast the part of StugIV and trimmed the cast part to attach the part of the Hasegawa 1/72 M-4 sherman. I could not sacrifice the part because the StugⅣ kit was an expensive and rare.

Thanks for looking...

 

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I'm sorry. I was lacking in explanation.:cry

The plastic part is clearly different from a metal part in a shape.
ILM used this plastic part.
I attach a comparison pic.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Scott Graham]

Oh yes. Thanks for answering. This was a question I posted over on RI. Very different. Thanks for the explanation!

 

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Oh yes. Thanks for answering. This was a question I posted over on RI. Very different. Thanks for the explanation!

You are welcome! Scott-san!

Just a little update.

I cast the droid strip.
I used white resin first, after that used gray resin for the first time.
Gray resin is more useful to find bubbles on the cast part than white resin.:thumbsup

I am satisfied with a result.
Thanks for looking.

 

[jawsmodels]

Well are you going to build an XWing Fleet with all those droid strips?
Great work thanks for sharing.

 

[Junk Pilot]

I'm just kinda hoping he'll offer a droid strip for sale.

 

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Well are you going to build an XWing Fleet with all those droid strips?
Great work thanks for sharing.

Ha-ha. omes72, Are you joking?　
I would become an old man when I finished to build a RED squadron.
To tell the truth, I wanna build RED1(YABIN BASE studio size mockup : landing version), and of course RED5 in the future.
And about cast part of droid strip... I cast many droid strips as a spare.
Only as a spare...not for sale.:unsure

I'm just kinda hoping he'll offer a droid strip for sale.

Junk Pilot! That's an interesting idea.
Well, there will be something new to think about.
But I’m sorry, I do not have such kind of idea as of now.
As you know, for collecting vintage kits, perseverance and many expenses would be needed.:confused
But I may change my mind in the future.
I will inform you then.:thumbsup

 

[MonsieurTox]

The gray castings are really cool to watch !

I love your dedication Atom-san, you're trully an X-Wing lover ! :thumbsup

 

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The gray castings are really cool to watch !

I love your dedication Atom-san, you're trully an X-Wing lover ! :thumbsup

Hey! Julien-san!

A casting part totally looks like a plastic model part by using gray resin.
It is very interesting. I recommend it.
With this gray resin, I am gonna challenge the casting of a new part again on this weekend.
Don't miss it!:thumbsup

 

[MonsieurTox]

The butt plate ? Or a new part ?

 

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The butt plate ? Or a new part ?

Hi!　Julien-san.

I have cast a rear plate a lot with white resin. It's already enough for me.
I must sell them if I cast furthermore. lol lol
Actually, it is one of a part of wing parts. And it is also very rare and a rather important part for X-WING building. I have talked to you about this part before.:thumbsup