Yep, that's right, a full size Red V, X-Wing...this has been chewed over for a few months but now it's all systems go and I will attempt to produce a replica of Luke's T65 from ESB.
I have already accurately modelled this ship, so the first stage was to scale it all up x 24 and get a feel for the various components and how to fabricate them...and yep, it's huge...13.4 M long, around 40 foot, which means that I will have to split the Fuselage in half and do the wings, which will be closed, separately, both left and right. We did talk about doing it in flight mode but it will displayed on the ground, in a hanger, so it has to be landed with legs down. We are planning a fully detailed cockpit and all the decals and paint job u would expect to see.
So first is the fuselage, which means creating molds for skinning the hull. I'm opting to do the front half first and this will house the front of the canopy, the cockpit from the seat forward as well as the long front leg, nose cone and thruster inlet ports
Here's where I am; Molds, cut to form the front fuselage;
and setting out for the hull...I will do the underside first;
Nose cone 3D printed and being glassed
Canopy front, with carbon fibre skin for reduced weight
I have already accurately modelled this ship, so the first stage was to scale it all up x 24 and get a feel for the various components and how to fabricate them...and yep, it's huge...13.4 M long, around 40 foot, which means that I will have to split the Fuselage in half and do the wings, which will be closed, separately, both left and right. We did talk about doing it in flight mode but it will displayed on the ground, in a hanger, so it has to be landed with legs down. We are planning a fully detailed cockpit and all the decals and paint job u would expect to see.
So first is the fuselage, which means creating molds for skinning the hull. I'm opting to do the front half first and this will house the front of the canopy, the cockpit from the seat forward as well as the long front leg, nose cone and thruster inlet ports
Here's where I am; Molds, cut to form the front fuselage;
and setting out for the hull...I will do the underside first;
Nose cone 3D printed and being glassed
Canopy front, with carbon fibre skin for reduced weight
