Y-Wing Building

[ralphee]

Well i for one cant wait to see you add those parts Jamie, this thread has been my favorite read since i joined this forum, the joy, tears and heated debates always make me smile Just a query, what did Dan S use on his Y, did he handcraft the neckpiece?........lee

 

[DARKSIDE72]

Dan used the real parts. But like the rest of us he ain't talkin'. M. D. helped him nail down the hard parts I believe.

 

[shrugger]

Another shot in the dark here. Have you considered the Dragsters from that timeframe?
Alot of them look like they could have cockpit tubs as well. They range in sizes 1/25,1/24
1/16 and I see an old twin engine one thats even 1/8.
I just don't know which were released during that time

 

[DARKSIDE72]

I've considered many different things over the years... Maybe the new book Sculpting A Galaxy will shed some light as far as different shots of the kit racks at ILM from the day. Then again most publications seem to focus on the PT so I won't get my hopes up.

 

[shrugger]

Oh well. Then I say it's a large banded Crusader's shield . A couple of airbreak canister's
and the wing from a really tiny jet fighter :lol
It'll probly be the very last piece holding me up as well 5 years from now.

Anyway, here's an interesting piece I think I can ID
This would be piece #4 from the obove mentioned Oceanliner.

 

[Flintlock]

What is the scale of the small pieces of brick pattern on the Y?

 

[DARKSIDE72]

Same stuff used on the X-wing. Can't recall, I have a sheet of it somewhere. I guess it's not made anymore. I see it I can dig it up, the info is stamped into the sheet.

 

[Flintlock]

OK... I guess that is HO then? I was just going to buy a sheet from Plastruct for my smaller Y - it would be N scale for that if the SS X and Y Wings use HO. I think the manufacturer was Holgate & Reynolds. I was also going to order a bunch of heat sinks from Allied Electric, but it appears that they are not being sold anymore.

 

[shrugger]

Did you have trouble navigating their site? Looks like they've still got a couple left
http://www.alliedelec.com/Search/ProductDe...B00000%2F000540

 

[boatbuilder1]

the brick sheet is HO made by holgate and reynolds. I have a ton of it email me so you can get some ok
take a look here I spent the whole day making these about all I can do. I feel like I was hit by a semi truck or trampled by a herd of hippos back problems again.


I want to know if anyone has kit scane of the tamiya 551 sheridan tank I would lke them please also if anyone has this kit and could cast some parts I will gladly trade my cast parts

 

[shrugger]

I have the Sheridan let me see what I can do.
Wouldn't mind a little of that brick sheet too.

 

[Flintlock]

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Did you have trouble navigating their site? Looks like they've still got a couple left
http://www.alliedelec.com/Search/ProductDe...B00000%2F000540
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Thanks for the link. I went there yesterday and it said they had 0 in stock and the price was listed as $0.00 (in red). Then I went to the Aavid Thermalloy site and it appeared that they stopped making them... Ah well, I will order a couple ASAP so I'll at least have a few to cast when I need to.

I will send you an e-mail Charlie.

 

[Treadwell]

Yes, H&R brick sheet hasn't been manufactured for years. I emailed a distributor about it and he checked the codes from the manufacturer and it did not show as a product that would be resupplied ever.

 

[Flintlock]

Jamie, are the front cannons on the Y Wing barrels from two Bandai 1:48 88mm Gun Flaks?

 

[DARKSIDE72]

To be honest I haven't paid that much attention to that. I always thought they were just brass tubes telescoped, at least the model from MOTM seems this way. There is a variancies though... the original models had much more of a "telescoping" to them.

 

[moffeaton]

The ones I looked at were brass - the hero Red for certain.

 

[boatbuilder1]

found some kit review site
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/
http://www.steelnavy.com/index.htm
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/port...eviews/48th.htm
http://modelingmadness.com/kitpreviews/kitpreviews.htm

have fun looking

 

[boatbuilder1]

alrighty I have a limited amount of the red brick sheet used on the Y and the X I have 9 sheets 4.5 x 3.5 and beleive me that is more than enough for both. first come first serve email me for shipping info
please be ready to send a SASE

 

[shrugger]

Since it's been a few days here's something new for ya'll
I'm 99% sure that these are the correct exhaust pipes. Minus 1 cylinder of course.
A WWI Biplane was stated earlier in the thread. That one is not correct. As it only
has one engine.
The 4 so called "Muffler's" have made fun of me since the start. But thanx to a clue
or two I was finally able to track them down. So here's a clue for anyone still
looking. All 4 halves are in the same kit and don't look down at the ocean. LoL
The remaining kits have been mentioned in the thread.

 

[DARKSIDE72]

You've nailed them.