Finally.
Now that the transaction has been completed, I can announce what had been in the works.
I have aquired what I consider to be the ultimate pyro model. As unlike the one offered years ago, that had been assembled together with some of the master patterns, and other parts and a repaired and modified fuselage, This set of castings that I have just obtained from the Doug Jones Estate is complete and unmodified.
If you don't know, Doug was one of the original model builders. He sold items in collection, blown up Xwing and Ywing parts from filming to the auction house. Also sold was a completed and built Pyro casting. Before it left, he molded it and made ten sets of castings to be either built, and or sold as kits. Just before he was done, he sadly passed away. Doung had hired a local FX shop to create molds of his parts.
Then he cast them himself. He did not cast the wings, but the molds are there.
The fuselage Doug had was SPLIT like the photo below. His engines are hallow, like the hero engines, to help with lighting. The castings, are the cleanest and crisp that I have ever seen. I saw detail on the Pilot, I have not seen anywhere else.
Below, there is a photo of the Pyro Body from the run I did many years ago. You can compare the details with the new casting.
To Honor Doug, I plan to complete his project as much as possible. However, I do not have then time to do ten build ups. So the kits will be offered here as is. 10 Kits as Cast by Doug, and ten more to be cast out of the existing molds.
These kits, will be very special, not just because of the lineage, or the rarity, but because they represent the artist who helped create one of the most iconic ships ever, and his dream to make them available to the very discriminating collector.
This kit will not be priced for everyone. For that, I hope you understand my reasoning. To keep the collectible integrity of the previous run of Pyros, these will be priced at or above the current market rate for those models. To do anything else, would insult and disparage many of the members and collectors here. I cannot allow that.
Also, I was asked not to sell that many, and I will honor that. I expect not all of them will sell, and that is ok too. They will have a safe santuary with me until they do.
I will be posting more details later. And pictures once I am able to sort through everything.
In addition to the XWING, there will be a separate thread to offer a VERY limted run of Y-WING Pyro castings. While not enought to complete everything, it will be enough to modifiy existing kits, or establish a huge head start on what will be the most accurate Y-Wing ever made available.
To be honest, as I look through these boxes, Im still in shock that I am now the owner of pieces so close to production.
Stay Tuned.
Brundelfly.
Now that the transaction has been completed, I can announce what had been in the works.
I have aquired what I consider to be the ultimate pyro model. As unlike the one offered years ago, that had been assembled together with some of the master patterns, and other parts and a repaired and modified fuselage, This set of castings that I have just obtained from the Doug Jones Estate is complete and unmodified.
If you don't know, Doug was one of the original model builders. He sold items in collection, blown up Xwing and Ywing parts from filming to the auction house. Also sold was a completed and built Pyro casting. Before it left, he molded it and made ten sets of castings to be either built, and or sold as kits. Just before he was done, he sadly passed away. Doung had hired a local FX shop to create molds of his parts.
Then he cast them himself. He did not cast the wings, but the molds are there.
The fuselage Doug had was SPLIT like the photo below. His engines are hallow, like the hero engines, to help with lighting. The castings, are the cleanest and crisp that I have ever seen. I saw detail on the Pilot, I have not seen anywhere else.
Below, there is a photo of the Pyro Body from the run I did many years ago. You can compare the details with the new casting.
To Honor Doug, I plan to complete his project as much as possible. However, I do not have then time to do ten build ups. So the kits will be offered here as is. 10 Kits as Cast by Doug, and ten more to be cast out of the existing molds.
These kits, will be very special, not just because of the lineage, or the rarity, but because they represent the artist who helped create one of the most iconic ships ever, and his dream to make them available to the very discriminating collector.
This kit will not be priced for everyone. For that, I hope you understand my reasoning. To keep the collectible integrity of the previous run of Pyros, these will be priced at or above the current market rate for those models. To do anything else, would insult and disparage many of the members and collectors here. I cannot allow that.
Also, I was asked not to sell that many, and I will honor that. I expect not all of them will sell, and that is ok too. They will have a safe santuary with me until they do.
I will be posting more details later. And pictures once I am able to sort through everything.
In addition to the XWING, there will be a separate thread to offer a VERY limted run of Y-WING Pyro castings. While not enought to complete everything, it will be enough to modifiy existing kits, or establish a huge head start on what will be the most accurate Y-Wing ever made available.
To be honest, as I look through these boxes, Im still in shock that I am now the owner of pieces so close to production.
Stay Tuned.
Brundelfly.
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