jedimaster
Sr Member
Looking forward to some pix... I have 4 x- wings to build. This has just changed everything.
This makes me happy that I've decided to build some BSG stuff lately, and not any SW. I can't wait to see what the outcome of this thread is.
Steve, you'll get a set, of course!
I also think Blue 1 is an aberration - it was the first one made, and wasn't dirtied up like the rest were (at least until it was modified into Red 2). You are 100% correct in that everything we laid our eyes on in the archives was grey, tannish gray, taupe 'n grey, green gray, blue gray, etc etc.
Lee, I think Red Jammer was re-weathered when it was finished off. Probably made dirtier - in fact, definitely made more "tan" because you can see the overspray that was applied so completely in some areas that it obscures decals.
I've see the "TIE Killer" Y as it looks today (it is in a private collection), and it has been locked away for almost 30 years - and it sure as heck looks WHITE in the unweathered areas. Besides those unweathered areas, you can see a few missing greeblies/armature cover/blue electrical plug covers, and underneath the "primer" is WHITE. raw resin and WHITE. So there's that to think about, which just makes things worse.