T-70 X-Wing as Red Leader

[StevenBills]

Hi all,

About once per year my dad and I get together and have a sort of "modeling week" where we just sit in the hobby room and build models. Well, this year was a bit different because it really just turned out to be a modeling weekend, which is fine, but it felt a bit rushed. Anyway.

This year I decided to build Bandai's Resistance T-70 X-Wing, but do it up as the ANH Red Leader X. I just got this picture of the T-70 with red on it and couldn't make it go away, so I ran with it.

This being a Bandai kit, it went together excellently. The fit was almost perfect everywhere, but I DID have to use more filler than I would have thought. If they just molded the whole fuselage in a single color, then they wouldn't have to break it up into so many pieces, thus making panel gaps that need to be filled.

For the wing markings, I used the outline of the stickers from Bandai's T-65, which worked pretty well at this small scale. Base color is a 1:3 mix of MM Camo Gray and White. Stripes are red, there's a yellow panel in there, and I don't remember which blue I ended up using for the canopy. Helpful hint: blue and yellow make green :rolleyes



Some WIP pics:



There are little nubbins on the wings that needed to be sanded off and filled as well. Didn't take any pics of that though.
















Some finished pics:





















See the whole album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/134871882@N02/albums/72157667677760443

Thanks for looking.

SB

 

[DanielB]

I can dig it.

 

[Jkirkon]

Outstanding!! Looks great as Red 1!

 

[robn1]

Cool! I've been expecting someone to paint it up like McQuarrie's version, but this is a more original idea.

 

[StevenBills]

Cool! I've been expecting someone to paint it up like McQuarrie's version, but this is a more original idea.

Andy Moore over at Britmodeller.com did one up as the RMQ concept version, which I really like. I still want to do one up as the RMQ concept version, but we'll see.

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

SB

 

[JMChladek]

I was wondering if somebody would do a red version given its use in one of the deleted scenes. Very nice job!

 

[StevenBills]

I was wondering if somebody would do a red version given its use in one of the deleted scenes. Very nice job!

You know what? I didn't even catch that when I watched the deleted scenes the first time! Must have been pre-viz stuff. I like how they're all Red 2.





SB

 

[astroboy]

I love this look. I have to say that the black/orange is my least favorite colour scheme in the entire star wars galaxy. We get it. It's the opposite of white/blue. But it still looks bad

 

[JMChladek]

You know what? I didn't even catch that when I watched the deleted scenes the first time! Must have been pre-viz stuff. I like how they're all Red 2.
SB

They also seem to be using the old Wedge Red 2 mesh since you can see the tan paneling underneath the red stripes. Clever stuff!

 

[StevenBills]

I made an animated GIF of some more of the pics I took:



SB

 

[PHArchivist]

Like it. A lot...

 

[WINGNIT]

Love your take on this! Very well done!

 

[Pcoz]

Very nice..... I love the retro paint job on the newly styled x-wing. Looks great, you did a fine job.

 

[nicholassagan]

Very nice

 

[HughB]

Andy Moore over at Britmodeller.com did one up as the RMQ concept version, which I really like. I still want to do one up as the RMQ concept version, but we'll see.

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

SB

Looks great! As an aside, that guy takes some really really beautiful photographs of the sprues... I found myself just gazing at them, wondering if I could put one on my wall or something...

 

[Axlotl]

LOVE your Red Leader! Looks so retro!

Andy Moore over at Britmodeller.com did one up as the RMQ concept version, which I really like. I still want to do one up as the RMQ concept version, but we'll see.

And now I have to get my mits on one of these so I can do a McQuarrie, too! That thing is beautiful...