Fullsize X-Wing at Rogue One premiere
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I only mention this here because of this:
The red paint slopped over the forward edge of the wings only because of overspray, it isn't a design element. But here it is faithfully recreated in full scale! :lol
Love this stuff.
So it looks like they did their homework, huh?
But where did you leave the rest of the photos? :angel
Hammer3246
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Except that they're missinng the Sherman part on the cannon.
Lol. My 1/24 kit was missing those too.
Rahn420
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I have seen the same red over the edge represented all the way back to the original film.
I even painted the wings of my X-Wing that way back in the 70's.
I don't remember if I saw this detail on a model or the hanger set piece (would have to scan through the film, again).
Kind if like the red 'arrow head' behind the torpedo tubes... on the set piece, but not the model.
So, it could have been deliberate.
I even painted the wings of my X-Wing that way back in the 70's.
I don't remember if I saw this detail on a model or the hanger set piece (would have to scan through the film, again).
Kind if like the red 'arrow head' behind the torpedo tubes... on the set piece, but not the model.
So, it could have been deliberate.
Rahn420
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Now that I stepped in it, I can't find crap on the net to support my comment.
The closest I find is...
But, the model I did only had the red go halfway down the leading edge.
Back then, reference was either the film itself, or a picture in a book (and I have a lot of books).
I don't know where I saw it.
The closest I find is...
But, the model I did only had the red go halfway down the leading edge.
Back then, reference was either the film itself, or a picture in a book (and I have a lot of books).
I don't know where I saw it.
Rahn420
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The overspray could very well be what I saw, back in the days of 70's printing.
I remember going over the only Falcon photos I had (The Art of Star Wars and Modeling Spaceships of Fact and Fantasy) with a magnifying glass when I built the MPC kit.
I saw what looked like a row of red dots down the back side of the cockpit corridor tube and I added them to my Falcon.
Now, with the nice hi res photos available, I see those red dots are actually someone's name.
Reference is SO much better now.
I remember going over the only Falcon photos I had (The Art of Star Wars and Modeling Spaceships of Fact and Fantasy) with a magnifying glass when I built the MPC kit.
I saw what looked like a row of red dots down the back side of the cockpit corridor tube and I added them to my Falcon.
Now, with the nice hi res photos available, I see those red dots are actually someone's name.
Reference is SO much better now.
Looks like a bevel on the wing, not overspray
Blue 1, now Red 2, has the "arrow" on the model. It was ported over to the full sized ANH prop. Hero Red 3 has some overspray
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If that is a 45º bevel we can meet halfway
Looks like a bevel on the wing, not overspray
Hmm, they didn't offset the top/bottom halves of the cans, either.
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edit: okay, there is a tiny lip. Not nearly the same degree of offset though.
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edit: okay, there is a tiny lip. Not nearly the same degree of offset though.
That new transition is nice. It resolves what was kind of a gray area where the transition took place. It looks stronger for it.
Avanaut
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If you ever had dreams of building a full size X-wing... A video on that Hollywood Boulevard X-wing being assembeld. Model building extreme!
