***COMPLETED**** Pcoz's Hasbro Hero Star Wars X-Wing Conversion

[theyrenotdolls]

congrats to Pcoz for making the RPF twitter feed yesterday!!

 

[Axlotl]

Excellent job, Pcoz! Beautiful work!

 

[Pcoz]

congrats to Pcoz for making the RPF twitter feed yesterday!!
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Cool.... Is that a good thing ? I'm Social Media Moron... never tweeted anything in my life, lol

I literally go on Facebook once a year to thank everybody for the birthday wishes and then disappear into the night.

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Excellent job, Pcoz! Beautiful work!

Thank you.... a lot of work but also a lot of fun. You know, as much fun as you can have rebuilding the same crap over and over until you get it right, lol

 

[Jkirkon]

Facebook? Twitter?? What the hell is that??!!

Congrats on that beautiful x-wing and making the twitter feed. Awesome job.

 

[theyrenotdolls]

Cool.... Is that a good thing ?

yeah...i think its the mods showing a particularly strong recognition of your project

 

[Pcoz]

yeah...i think its the mods showing a particularly strong recognition of your project

That's awesome.....thanks for the heads up ! I probably would have never seen it.

 

[edspaged2]

Looks brilliant! It reminds me of the large scale X wing that ILM built. Well done

 

[Pcoz]

Looks brilliant! It reminds me of the large scale X wing that ILM built. Well done

Well....there's a reason for that. When I started weeding through the internet for reference photos, that big X-Wing (one off I'm assuming) on display was the one I found first.

Shhhhhh, don't tell anybody, but I didn't know the difference between a Revel X-Wing or an ILM X Wing back then....lol

In the end, I referenced the that large X-wing, the Red 5 Studio, Red 3 Studio, movie stills, and my own artistic liberty.....viola

Thanks for checking it out. Your own X-Wing is looking fantastic.

 

[edspaged2]

Well....there's a reason for that. When I started weeding through the internet for reference photos, that big X-Wing (one off I'm assuming) on display was the one I found first.

Shhhhhh, don't tell anybody, but I didn't know the difference between a Revel X-Wing or an ILM X Wing back then....lol

In the end, I referenced the that large X-wing, the Red 5 Studio, Red 3 Studio, movie stills, and my own artistic liberty.....viola

Thanks for checking it out. Your own X-Wing is looking fantastic.

You definitely had me thinking of the big ilm model. The weathering is spot on for this scale too. Absolutely fantastic job man! If you ever get the chance to view the large ilm miniature you definitely should.

 

[Troydragons]

Do you know what the measurments of your wooden base are?

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Do you know what the measurments of your gun tower are ?

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Last question what are the measurmments of each square block are ?

 

[Slate McLeod]

Re: Pcoz's Hasbro Hero Star Wars X-Wing Conversion

I didn't mean to hijack the thread but wanted to share my cockpit for Hasbro Hero X-Wing:

More info here:
Limited Run - INCOM T-65 X-Wing Cockpit in 1/18 (Hasbro Hero), 1/24 (Studio Scale) and 1/29 (Revell

Can that be illuminated? Maybe print it in a clear would have so much lighting possibilities?

 

[joberg]

Brilliant job for sure: way cool

 

[pengbuzz]

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[Pcoz]

I know this thread is an old one and it would be a "necropost", but after reading every single page of this incredible build, I just had to post in this topic! What turned into a cursory look-through an old topic ended up becoming a considerable portion of my day being wowes and awed by the process recorded herein. :yay:

This has to be one of the most extensive rebuilds I have ever seen of a toy into a true replica! My hats off to Pcoz and his tenacity, skill and determination into making this!!!

Take a bow, my friend! You deserve every accolade you get on this masterpiece! Bravo!!!
-pengbuzz

Thank you so much!

If you did really read it all (I don't even think my powers of concentration would allow me even do that, lol) I appreciate your dedication and interest. As you can tell, I taught myself along the way. It was a great experience to figure things out with a lot of help from this community.

 

[pengbuzz]

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[Chrisisall]

I'm late to the party, but I have to say this is THE most amazing X-Wing build I've ever seen. Pcoz, I salute you sir!!!

 

[pengbuzz]

I'm late to the party, but I have to say this is THE most amazing X-Wing build I've ever seen. Pcoz, I salute you sir!!!

So was I, and I felt his work deserved an encore here at RPF!!

 

[Pcoz]

I'm late to the party, but I have to say this is THE most amazing X-Wing build I've ever seen. Pcoz, I salute you sir!!!

Thanks guys I appreciate the comments and the resurrection!

 

[norscout]

Re: Pcoz's Hasbro Hero Star Wars X-Wing Conversion

Hello people....

Finally found some time to sit down and post some progress pic's.

I have to say before I get started, I think I've come a long way and learned a lot in just this project alone. In the beginning, I was using balsa, foam, etc and it made things extremely difficult. Now that I'm learning techniques with styrene and greeblies that I've learned from you fine folks, things are going a lot smoother. Unfortunately for me, I wasted a LOT of time figuring things out and rebuilding things.

Lastly, in hindsight, I now definitely believe working around the existing Hasbro structure and crappy plastic is probably way more difficult than scratch building this thing.....

Anyhow, let's move on, shall we ?



I finished casting the internal engines

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Then turned my attention to the lasers. Styrene sheets cut to install the paneling on each laser body.

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For the top of the heat sink, I was looking at different reference photos and decided to use a good old foam sheet.

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I'm going to show you another one of my screw ups. So I started building out the internal engine compartments from the left over balsa wood from my original wings so they wouldn't go to waste....BIG mistake....lol. You'll notice that the tops of each bay have a wide section of the toy that needs to be cut out. I also noticed that when I put the panels on, it covered up a lot of the bay and needed to be trimmed.....start over

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I cut back the panel to reveal the tip of the wing that needed to be removed to line up with the engine compartment. I then cut even more of the toy frame off at the top.

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Since I was worn out on that part, I needed something new to rejuvenate me.... probably the most exiting part of my build right here. I will rebuild the cockpit hatch later.

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As I moved forward, I thought I'd better decide on how I'm going to display this x-wing when it's done. I settled on a table top presentation so you could actually see the details that I've been working on. If it was hanging from the ceiling, why hide all the work I've done ?

I cut a 2X4 and notched to fit inside the fuselage. I then drilled a hole in the bottom for maximum support.

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Oops, hit my pic limit...

I'll be back.

Thanks for looking

Pcoz

You holding the guns really gives a sense of the scale! What is the overall length?

 

[Pcoz]

You holding the guns really gives a sense of the scale! What is the overall length?

The fuselage is just over 30" long.