Newbie collection: my X - wing photos

[Newbie Doobie]

Here are photos of my first x-wing. This is the first X-wing that I ever built about ten years ago,even though it's missing the greeblies,and correct detailing, I built it right out of the box knowing this as I just wanted one to put together as the internet was still new(no reference pics),and I didn't know much about ebay then,and I bought from it big lots as part of a clearance sale.

 

[Newbie Doobie]

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[Newbie Doobie]

Does anyone else have any pics of their X-wings to share with the rest of the forum? Post your pics here! Thanks! ~ Doobie

 

[Robiwon]

Well I'll throw one of my ProShop up here for your thread. This was a paint/weathering excercise for my SS I'm working on now. The markings are of no particular ship.

 

[vaderbreath]

I'll try to find some pics of some of the ones I've done over the years. Newbie, your pics illustrate that a nice paintjob can save a mediocre kit. You did a great job!

 

[Newbie Doobie]

Thank you Vader breath! This was the first one I ever did. My brother had the original one that came out in '78,but he destroyed it after he found out that I wanted one too! Why is still a mystery to me to this very day! I know that the greeblies are missing from this one,and so are the weathering marks,and laser blasts that adorn the ILM model,but I just wanted something that came out of the box unmodified. I have a bad habit of modifying my models. This is something that I've grown out of as I've become older! I wish you would share yours with the rest of the forum! I don't care if they're perfect,or not! You can clearly see that mine is far from it,but it's what I thought this should look like out of the Dagobah swamp! That's a great costume you have there! By the way,the Indiana Jones movies are some of my all time favourites! Thanks again! ~ Doobie

 

[edgejedi]

I just love the look of the x wing...its a classic icon of the film...how many do you have then now ND?

 

[Newbie Doobie]

I have Four of these. Two built,and two unbuilt. Three of these are the commemerative series in cammo gray,and one original X-wing from 1978 in white.

 

[jtparker]

That is a nice X-wing. I remember I had one of those as a kid, You did a really good job on that one, For me it was a great kit, but then probably there are better ones out now. in 77 when pics and models were so limited after the movie, just having the MATELL X-wing was great, remember the squeaky sound it made with the one little LED on the nose? This looks great here, VERY NICE JOB!