Tie Fighter to Match Hasbro Hero X-Wing 1/18 Scale

yaris · Oct 6, 2018

Ok, so I have my Hasbro Hero - Open Wing Conversion done....now I need a Tie Fighter to go with it.

The Hasbro Hero X Wing is 1/18 scale, so I've looked for that to match and I'm using the TFA Tie, because it seems to have the attributes and may be close to the scale of my Hero, while I looked at lots of other versions/choices/sizes...it's the best fit for me.

The obvious issue is the wing size. I've investigated scale models, ratios...etc...but in the end I decided to do....best guess based on what I think looks right for me.

The multi directional wing mesh is just too hard for me scratch build wise and won't make a difference in my display, so I went with a standard mesh.

yaris · Oct 6, 2018

Re: Tie fighter time....!!

Some more of the build.....

5mm corflute for the wings, screen mesh for the covers, PVA glue to fix the mesh on the flute and black acrylic paint to color.

yaris · Oct 7, 2018

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1mm HIPs for wing edges and flat struts. Centrepiece may need a scratch build to increase size, mold and cast.

yaris · Oct 14, 2018

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Playing around with the centre of the struts to get something close enough to cast.

yaris · Oct 20, 2018

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No silicone or resin in stock, so played around with the cheap cheat of caulking silicon and plaster.....very surprised how much detail was retained and cost about $5...instead of $80

Popeguy · Oct 21, 2018

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Those casts look pretty solid. Not the kind of detail you'd expect from resin Warhammer range, but for a few bucks it looks great.
How are you going to make the central part of the TIE? I figure cutting a tennis ball might not be enough

yaris · Oct 27, 2018

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A bit more work, not overly accurate, I just used what was lying around, but once cast and painted it will work for my display.

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yaris · Nov 4, 2018

Not the best silicon mold result, struggles a bit with detail, but it will probably work.

yaris · Nov 13, 2018

Cast enough centre details for the new wings. Saved money doing it with cheap resin and caulking silicon, it was interesting to try it out, not detial friendly though Once I add some greebiles in and around it will be fine.....if not I might use proper silicon.

g0rb · Nov 14, 2018

Those came out great, given the caulking silicone!

Analyzer · Nov 14, 2018

You could try Oyumaru

You heat it up in hot water, press it on the part dip it in cool water and bingo, you've got a mold (plus you can re-use it by dipping it in hot water for a few minutes

I use it to make copies of parts all the time using Green Stuff

You could also cast resin in it or pretty much anything as nothing seems to stick to it

https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Mak...e=UTF8&qid=1542233701&sr=8-5&keywords=oyumaru

yaris · Nov 16, 2018

g0rb said:
Those came out great, given the caulking silicone!

Thx, it's nowhere as good as proper mold silicon, but it turned out alright.

yaris · Aug 2, 2020

And here we are 2 Years later....I forgot all about this project until I found it when we moved house, so.....

The cheap silicon casts just looks too ugly, even though no one would notice on the display, so I got some proper silicon and resin and off we go.....!!

Analyzer · Aug 2, 2020

Those new castings do look much better!

yaris · Aug 2, 2020

Analyzer said:
Those new castings do look much better!

Thx, although no one will know or probably appreciate the detail, it bugged me enough to make it better.

yaris · Aug 29, 2020

Update time......got the centre rod in and made it oversize to decide how much distance between the pod and the inner side of the wings. Not really using any reference other than by my eye and what I think looks good, also the wing outer shape is more condensed width wise as I don't really like the wing width on the references I've looked into.

The more I work on it, the more I realise is a very difficult looking closed ship as the wings most always exclude the pod from view, a big opposite to the X Wing....maybe going to use some tap, hose parts for the pieces between the pod and the inner wing, just winging it with this build really.....