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

[Pcoz]

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

Hello fellow RPF'ers

Well, I haven't had much time as of late to work on this thing, but here's is where I am from my last post....

I dry fit and assembled the wings onto the fuselage to check the x-wing openings for accuracy and sturdiness






Started in on some of the details on the fuselage itself.




The torpedo bays looked pretty sad on the toy, so I cut out the entire panel, rebuilt and replaced.







As far as the wings go, before I start priming or painting, I wanted to add some depth to the battle damage. This has to be one my favorite parts....Slave over this project for months and then take a drill, dremel, etc and start hacking at it...lol. I found a 1/4" drill bit on low speed, held at an angle created some nice scars.



feeding the wires for the LED's



Rear is done, ready for primer



Touching up the nose a little



As always, thanks for looking !

Pcoz

 

[NitroTech]

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

Brilliant work Pcoz!

 

[yaris]

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looking awesome, well done!!

 

[Troydragons]

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

Nice! Thinking of doing this when i buy one.Any advice?

 

[yaris]

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

Nice! Thinking of doing this when i buy one.Any advice?

Not my build, but I'll chime in I have one of these and adapting it, but no where even close to this level of excellence. IMO PC's build is the best one there is on the RPF, Miranda's build is excellent, but PC looks like he'll finish it soon.

Every time I look at this build I want to stop my build and go back and emulate what PC is doing!

Apart from the fuselage and some of the wings, the rest needs scratch building. I have cast the external engines and working on the internal engines, but I believe PC's build is the standard rebuild for this difficult (but promising) toy.

PC, you're doing fantastic work and inspiring us all...keep going Sir

 

[Pcoz]

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

Nice! Thinking of doing this when i buy one.Any advice?

Hey there Troydragons....just like Yaris said, be prepared to scratch build a lot ! I do think that most of the dimensions are fairly accurate which makes this such an enticing project for most. I mean, this monster is pretty huge when you get the wings opened.

The other issue is the cheap "waxy" plastic they use to mold these toys with. In my opinion, had I realized how bad it was going to be to work with, it may have been a deal breaker.

I've said it a few times, it'd possibly be easier to scratch build this and use the toy for reference and molds. Maybe vacuum form the fuselage.

And lastly, I would decide how it'll be displayed first. Because if you plan on hanging it from a ceiling, super fine detail and a completely lit up cockpit may not be the way to go. Conversely, if it's on a table top, you want to show off all your great work.

Thanks

Pcoz

 

[Troydragons]

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I have done some scratch building on my Mattel Space 1999 Eagle toy with working aluminum gear my design and other structers on it as well to upgrade it, but I would like to do a mix of all the ones seen on the site that would be a lot more scratc building and a lot more time and money as well.Still thinkn on it.Maybe ill lust do it one section at a time . annd just throw my hat in the ring and start.

 

[Pcoz]

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

I have done some scratch building on my Mattel Space 1999 Eagle toy with working aluminum gear my design and other structers on it as well to upgrade it, but I would like to do a mix of all the ones seen on the site that would be a lot more scratc building and a lot more time and money as well.Still thinkn on it.Maybe ill lust do it one section at a time . annd just throw my hat in the ring and start.

Jump in ! The more the merrier !

Pcoz

 

[Troydragons]

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MY current projects include: 1 A light saber build for myself from custom saber need 4 parts to finish they have trouble getting in the parts i need . 2 A Star trek tos upgrade phaser need 2 metal parts to finish .3 Working mp3 tri corder tos . 4 Shuttle craft working charging / storage area tos. 5 1/350 Enterprise Ncc 1701 a .6 And a large scale Quen Marry 2 Cruz ship Building for a friend i havn't even started yet . 7 The uss Missouri ww2 version.

 

[Pcoz]

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

Ok, need some opinions here... should I rebuild the top strip, just alter existing, or leave it as is?



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[Automaton]

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Ok, need some opinions here... should I rebuild the top strip, just alter existing, or leave it as is?

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The pipework to the front and grid to the back look kind of nice... the rest of it looks a bit flat to me, though... I'd be tempted to rebuild that long middle section.

 

[Jkirkon]

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Ok, need some opinions here... should I rebuild the top strip, just alter existing, or leave it as is?

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what the heck. You've come this far, why not rebuilt this too.

 

[Pcoz]

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what the heck. You've come this far, why not rebuilt this too.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I kind of already knew what I had to do... maybe I was looking for an easy way out, LOL

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[Hammer3246]

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I don't mind the Droid strip compared to other areas.

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[Pcoz]

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I don't mind the Droid strip compared to other areas.

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Yeah, me either...I'm just going to alter it a bit to get it closer to the original. Without the original cast parts, I think that makes more sense than a complete rebuild.

Working on the hatch now. What bugs me is I'm looking at movie stills and there are no 45 degrees inside corners on the set but when they switch to the scenes with scale models, they magicaly appear.....lol

I don't mind the Droid strip compared to other areas.

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[Troydragons]

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Where did you get this curved piece from ill be needing 1 for mine when i make the engine for my mold ?

 

[Pcoz]

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

Actually you probably don't need it. I used the end of a PVC tailpiece from the plumbing section and trimmed it with styrene. I liked it because the size fit and it's tapered but it has no real basis of design other that what I thought it may look like. It ended up being too short anyway. I recommend experimenting with pipe and scraps to build the main engine to be molding the rest from. I've seen your metal work, so just transpose those talents to plastic, foam, etc.

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[Pcoz]

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Hello, it's been a while since my last post but I've been busy working on the cockpit.

Her are a few pic's of the progress.

Started replacing the canopy




Then a little work on the interior. Instead of building a separate cockpit and inserting it, I'm build this from the inside out so I will still be able to put the 2 halves together.









backing up the rear of the cockpit and assembling the floor. Had some textured paper I glued on and will paint black later.






Ok, now to the seat. I believe SofaKing posted a good picture of the seat used in the studio...so I went with that. Balsa to start and covered with some fabric I had laying around. Paint it black later....








I will use small metal rod to "trim" out the seat and then paint it so it's not so fluffy....

I'm WAY farther along now but just haven't had the time to post. Much more to come in the next few days as the family will be heading to the Poconos for a week of relaxation and fishing.

Thanks for looking.

Pcoz

 

[Pcoz]

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

Part 1 update today

Continuing to work on the cockpit.....



Metal wire to trim out the seat, painted with standard black acrylic, then clear coated to give it a matte finish.




Using the existing interior of the fuselage and building inside to fit my pieces. Blocked off the back and worked towards the front. This way, I can add my greeblies, paint all my pieces outside and assemble it later.



Dry fit test....not bad....except it's still Biggs



So I felt like switching gears a little and try transforming Biggs into Luke. Removed the head, helmet, and accessories to be either rebuilt or just repainted. Once I get the position determined for Luke in the cockpit, I will permanently fix him and cover all his "joints" to get a smoother more life-like figure.



The helmet is getting a base coat of white and the chin strap painted up a bit. I believe I'll try to print my own decals rather than trying to paint the small details on the helmet.....but we'll see.



Ok, back with part 2 in a few....

Thanks for looking!

Pcoz

 

[Pcoz]

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Part 2 update

Now on to the interior behind Luke.

Not completely screen accurate but I believe i kept with the styling. I had to shave out some of the backing to fit the seat in snug.



Adding various greeblies....some made and some extra parts of things






I get by with a little help from my friends...



Worked on building out the hydraulics...



Couldn't resist the roof too !



and a quick test dry fit....



Once the cockpit is finish, I'll start running the fiber optics. Pretty excited about that because I've never done it before. Didn't know what would work best so I ordered 0.5mm, 0.75mm, and 1.0mm strands. I have plenty of LED's...just need some blinking LED's and I'll be good to go.

That's it for now....Can't wait to go on vacation ! Back soon !

Thanks for looking !

Pcoz