"New" 1/72nd Ralph McQuarrie X-Wing.

[Ray22]

Well while making my APC kits I needed to do a side project as "LastBattlestar Mike" calls them Lol, makes no sense your tired of building models so how do I unwind by starting a new one :behave Mike "3-D Builder" suggested trying my hand at a 1/72nd scale model so I said what the heck. I loved the RMQ design and as we all Know REL did a fantastic job of bringing that rendering to life so I decided to make my own version from scratch, its been about a couple of weeks of work in between casting the APC's those sucker use quite a bit of resin :cry so here are my pics of my New RMQ X-Wing, the last pic is of the patterns so no one gets the idea that this was made from Rels kit.
Ray

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Nice! How long did it take you to build?

 

[Ray22]

Nice! How long did it take you to build?

It took me a couple of weeks to do Jason in between making my APC kits.
Ray

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

As you can tell I skimmed the text... :rolleyes :behave

 

[Ray22]

As you can tell I skimmed the text... :rolleyes :behave

Hey I do it all the time and head to the pics, the pics enough talk the pics! :lol. I started with a scrap peice of Pvc, styrene, and basswood and used the 1/24th scale version as reference, I already molded a few and will sell them they're so cute when they are small Lol.

 

[Commander Max]

REL already made a 1/72 scale kit.

I have one.

 

[Ray22]

REL already made a 1/72 scale kit.

I have one.

I know he did, he saw the pics of mine and said it was cool.

 

[Ray22]

Well had to go to Manhattan today to pick up some aluminum tubing to make the laser canons, I decided not to use the brass for the weight and possible sag after awhile.
Ray

 

[Ray22]

REL already made a 1/72 scale kit.

I have one.

And now I'm doing one my version.