Hey gang,
I am currently restoring the X-Wing Pyro master patterns and printing the studio scale X in Hero dimensions, expertly brought to life with massive help from Maruska and Andre!
The Hero X has the correct wall thicknesses - the lower hull tapers down to VERY thin as they were vacformed styrene. Buttplate extends high up and preserves the extra detailing hiding under that angled top deck.
Cockpit is a port of the ANH 1:1 cockpit - a first!
This was just a test print to make sure everything locks in correctly.
Coming along! This is all in the name of making it in 1/12th and look correct to the eye, at that much larger scale! I'm aiming for that fat hotrod on my first Lunchbox
Now we get to ILM relics from '76. Tan color is my Hero top shell, the green/grey is the pyro master. The pyro master was a Hero top shell and vacformed lower, essentially making it a hero - but was cut in half vertically, so you lose the blade kerf, and the nose was mounted a little farther back than the heroes.
You can see where panel lines were deepened on the Pyro master.
Definite confirmation of a hero top shell in use.
For grins, here's the pyro half next to a hero repattern side shell (we abandoned that approach) so you can see how the hero nose is slightly farther forward.
Absolute confirmation that the 1/15th Hummel donated itself to the side mount covers. Comparing it to my 1st gen ILM pyro casting.
Everything matches up PERFECTLY.
And it's back together now! Working on the display, and then it's back to the owner
Hope this was useful/helpful! And to answer the question you are about to type - no there are no kits, no castings, mo molds. Sorry, gang. Personal project and I don't sell kits.
I am currently restoring the X-Wing Pyro master patterns and printing the studio scale X in Hero dimensions, expertly brought to life with massive help from Maruska and Andre!
The Hero X has the correct wall thicknesses - the lower hull tapers down to VERY thin as they were vacformed styrene. Buttplate extends high up and preserves the extra detailing hiding under that angled top deck.
Cockpit is a port of the ANH 1:1 cockpit - a first!
This was just a test print to make sure everything locks in correctly.
Coming along! This is all in the name of making it in 1/12th and look correct to the eye, at that much larger scale! I'm aiming for that fat hotrod on my first Lunchbox
Now we get to ILM relics from '76. Tan color is my Hero top shell, the green/grey is the pyro master. The pyro master was a Hero top shell and vacformed lower, essentially making it a hero - but was cut in half vertically, so you lose the blade kerf, and the nose was mounted a little farther back than the heroes.
You can see where panel lines were deepened on the Pyro master.
Definite confirmation of a hero top shell in use.
For grins, here's the pyro half next to a hero repattern side shell (we abandoned that approach) so you can see how the hero nose is slightly farther forward.
Absolute confirmation that the 1/15th Hummel donated itself to the side mount covers. Comparing it to my 1st gen ILM pyro casting.
Everything matches up PERFECTLY.
And it's back together now! Working on the display, and then it's back to the owner
Hope this was useful/helpful! And to answer the question you are about to type - no there are no kits, no castings, mo molds. Sorry, gang. Personal project and I don't sell kits.