My large x wing prop build ☺

[Markas1976]

mucking about with angles testing things out

 

[Markas1976]

brain always ticking

 

[Markas1976]

another angle of this soon to be engine piece on the wing got it supported there just to stand bk and look at it

 

[Markas1976]

ok last angle the wing and of course the wing isnt in place at all its purely to get the engine bit sitting anywhere near to where it could be to picture it. ok onto nxt

 

[Markas1976]

4 wings all cut out and stacked up.
you can see my 1978 x wing toy sat there as i try to follow it. ive had it since i was 2-3 years old way back at that time.

 

[13doctorwho]

I really love that you're scaling up the toy. That and the Millennium Falcon were my prized possessions as a kid!!

 

[Markas1976]

absolutely i was the same the iconic 2 i have to admit. i had a soft spot for the speeder bike also thats why i made it as my first build also. i also loved the scout walkers tie fighters and atats but the scout walker and atats aint so easy to make but i may give a scout walker a go yet perhaps a half scale. i did make a tie fighter as well a 7ftx7ft one its on here somewhere ☺

 

[Markas1976]

first coat of dove grey for one side of one of the wings ☺

 

[Markas1976]

this was the blue i used to paint the top 2 greeblies at the rear end of the x wing u could really go one or 2 lighter and it would look great too.

 

[ABE]

great project

 

[Markas1976]

and the 2nd coat of dove grey for the wing what a difference now it matches the rest of the ship

 

[Markas1976]

great project

thanks abe i still cant believe i began this from nothing no prior plan how id make it i just made a start from all bits of wood i had here to create a skeleton that was worthy. it turned out to be more than satisfactory it just somehow worked out.
once i seen it working that i had a seed of what could be i ordered wood locally and lined up paints more screws and more to move forward.

 

[Markas1976]

and now wing number 2 has its 2 coats of

dove grey too

 

[Markas1976]

the 2 wings done together 2 more to paint dove grey

 

[SofaKing01]

Keep that brain moving!

Idea: If you have a junk yard near year, why not check out what's there for all the little details & greeblies? Real world items add a LOT of life and they look cool!

Keep going! Love the progress

 

[Markas1976]

thanks sofa king ☺. ye i do that there is a junk yard 2 miles from my house my push bike is broke just now its to far to walk there and back carrying stuff but i will sort this asap.
i get a good few things from there not just parts for builds but lie around parts too ie spares for ships or acting like broken parts etciit's for making my starwars garden im building towards. got a lot to do painting stuff, planting stuff, erecting stuff, its not just building in 2019 very exciting though.

 

[Markas1976]

i just recieved 2 lots of various materials for free from a local push bike shop thats shutting down very soon including a old mannequin from many decades ago which alone can cost £70-80 more being old id say i can add one of my starwars replica suits onto that later. they gave me a heap of pipes, fittings, mudguards, stands, wood and spokeless wheels i asked for i seen lying there they look handy lol. they seen my builds on local internet sites and newspapers and offered me the stuff to help me in future nice eh!

 

[Markas1976]

a couple of simpley cut small thin pieces of wood will serve its purpose

 

[Markas1976]

and here now i have the afore mentioned small pieces of wood added just inside the black bucket aka one of the engines. ☺

 

[George]

Thanks for sharing this build ! I love anything '80s Star Wars
One question though...where will you park the X-wing once finished?