Rebel Y-Wing Fighter

[el loco]

Hi,
a while ago i bought this Y-Wing already build and painted from a member here. He did a good job on it but the paintscheme and the details don't belong to any of the studiomodels.
I'm not the person who who count every single rivet or millimeter detail on a model, for me it's more important to build a model with a more or less right shape. The general impression :lol

I want to build the, so called, "smithsonian Y-Wing" or "Gold 3 ?"

General things i want to change are:

-make a thinner (flater) fuselage at the rear.
-make a thinner (flater) fuselage at the front (neck)
-build new tail units (& tail fins) for the engines
-add and change many details like on the piping, wings, butt plate, cockpit ...

Surely this will be NOT the most accurate or the "ultimate" Y-Wing :angel

So, that was the starting point (last year), this is the Y-Wing as i get it.

 

[el loco]

Here are the first steps i did last year :

take the saw and the dremel and huuuaaahh :ninja

... cut all the kitparts in that area :

 

[NAZGÛL]

Ouch that must take some nerves man! Im sure you will be happy with the result. I will follow this. Keep em coming.


Cheers

 

[almar bouwman]

Ouch :eek, it just hurts my eyes to see this. You got some balls man. But I'm sure you know what you are doing. Keep those photo's coming.

 

[Kuhn Global]

This will be intriguing to view progress on!

I love to see creative minds at work! cool:thumbsup

 

[darth_myeek]

I love it, this will be fun to watch EL.

 

[Guy Cowen]

One big hat off to you Loco, that some ballsy work there, I'll be watching this one mate.

 

[ILMwannabe]

Well, at least those two white stripes on the top of the canopy were correct for Gold Three. However the faded bluish markings on the engines (with no gold) are reminiscent of Gold 2 (Tyree), so your model originally had "mutant" markings.

As you know, those markings on the engines will have to be changed to a brownish green if you are building Gold Three (The "Smithsonian Y-Wing").

A very nice model and lots of work ahead - I too will enjoy following your progress. Good luck!

 

[darth_daniel]

Wow, this is crazy! But I guess it will be worth it. You certainly seem to know what you´re doing. I´d never dare to do this though...
Looking forward to seeing where you´ll take it to.

 

[el loco]

thank you guys :thumbsup

Here is what i've done with the head section and the cockpit so far:

Scribing new panel lines:

thanks
Andre

 

[JP05]

Looks great! What are you using to scribe with? Thanks in advance!

 

[el loco]

Hey JP05,
here is what i'm use for scribing :
-needles in various shapes an thickness
-very thin steel or photoetched rulers or stencils
-400er - 1000er Sandpaper

The most important thing about scribing is to work with patience !
For a good (and clean !) panel line you have to scratch it 20-40, maybe 50 times, depends on the material.
Start with a very thin needle and slightest pressure, then sanding both sides beside the line and start again. Scratching an sanding !
After that you take the thicker needles and use it with a little more pressure, scratching and sanding....

Andre

 

[catch]

Hey Andre',any update ?

 

[el loco]

update :cool
add some panels (details) on the head :

The tail units :

 

[modeleers]

Watching this post with great interest! The Y is my all time Fav SW Flier!:love
Oh - to scatch-build a 1/6th model of the Y!!!

 

[MonsieurTox]

Looking great Andre !
What did you use for the red panels ? It looks like dymo tape !

Nice scribing job and tail units !

 

[el loco]

Okay, time to make an update !

Slowly, very slowly this thing looks like an Y-Wing :lol

The changed engine :

Some details, i scratchbuild some of the unknown kitparts :

Testfitting on his new home :

 

[catch]

Wow Andre',absolute great job :thumbsup

 

[Flintlock]

The changed engine :

Could you take some more shots of this engine insert from different angles, or did you already plug it back in?

Or, could you measure the distance between the nozzle and the inside cone part ... the length of the inner tube that the Panther G part sits on?

 

[Gunpowder]

Hey Andre!

Thats looking really nice. It was a mix of paintjobs i did on that one. I took the bits i liked from all 3 and put them on this one. It was only my second ever studio model. Its looking fantastic now. Let me know if you break any of that T track , i have more!

Keep up the good work.