Star Wars 1/24 Y-Wing fighter

[Jkirkon]

Pardon my very messy shop....WIP pic of the very nice Galactic Resin Y-Wing kit. The kit goes together very easily, and it's a nice quality model. . Virtually no pinholes, and parts fit is excellent. The model is approximately 27" long, and will be mounted on a 'Death Star' base.

This will be a 'generic' fleet Y-Wing, not going to build any specific ship. Working on the piping now, using brass tubing. That part is a bit tedious, and I have a long way to go on it.

 

[rbeach84]

Gee, Mister, that is big! I see you've reserved space in your garage for it...
Can't wait to see it completed. However, I know I must.

Thanks for sharing your work...

Regards, Robert

 

[Jkirkon]

Thanks. It's a big bird, I think it will look nice when it's finished.

Here it is mounted to the Death Star base. Doesn't look too bad, even in primer.

 

[Metaluna]

Nice work so far.

How would you rate this kit as far as being realistic to the original?

 

[Jkirkon]

Nice work so far.

How would you rate this kit as far as being realistic to the original?

Thanks.
The model isn't what I would call studio accurate. Each of the Y-Wings in ANH were vastly different from one another. . This model isn't faithful to any one in particular, it is, however, a very nice model of a Y-Wing.

Doing a few home improvement projects around the house, so I haven't made much progress recently. I'll update as soon as I am able to get back on it.

 

[Jkirkon]

WIP. Color work is done. Need to get busy weathering. This y-wing should be a very dirty girl.

 

[3phase]

Looking good mate and im not looking forward to painting mine when I get to it............................one day

 

[Jkirkon]

Thank you, sir.
It was a fun build, and I look forward to getting a bit of weathering done. If I can keep my wife from adding to the 'honey-do' list, I might get a chance to play with it this weekend.

 

[darthsideous]

Nice looking build. I'd love to get one of these ships one day.

 

[WINGNIT]

Nice work! I like the Red Jammer feel!

 

[TazMan2000]

Great Y.

But shouldn't this be in the Studio Scale Models forum? Just saying.

TazMan2000

 

[yaris]

Looks great!...excellent work, well done!. Love the scale, like the Hasbro Hero X Wing size, a big beauty.......can't wait to see it weathered.

 

[Jkirkon]

Thanks guys.
This ship is somewhat inspired by Red Jammer, but not intended to be that particular bird. Maybe one of its squadron mates.

I did not place this in the studio scale forum, as it is technically not a studio scale model.

It has a fairly dark wash on it now, going to go back and ghost coat it, and play around a bit to give it more depth.

 

[Jkirkon]

Poor lighting, but a little dirtied up.

 

[maddogatron]

What is the pole you used to mount y-wing? I've ordered this kit and looking to mount it on a mirrored base. Great build sir.

 

[Jkirkon]

Thank you, sir.

The pole is just an inexpensive security camera mount I picked up on eBay or somewhere like radio shack. Nothing fancy. I think it cost like $7-8.

Please post pics of your build when you get it going!

 

[Keycube]

Not being critical in the least, but just a (probably skewed) observation; is it just a camera lens thing, or are the engines of a shorter variety (vs. the overall length)? I remember seeing a "stubby"-engined Y-Wing in the SW sketchbook, and thought perhaps this is a version of that?

Looks fantastic, however!

 

[Jkirkon]

Purely camera angle. I have a crappy iPhone for a camera...