Red 5, Battle of Yavin. 1/48 Bandai X-wing

[Dave J]

Frickin AMAZING!

 

Were all these machines painted differently to ID the pilot?

 

I know each of them was different paint job.. but I don't know if it was pilot choice.. I think its what ever is laying around...

[Dave J]

Weathering started yesterday.. Prior to that I sealed everything in with a good coating of Mr Color GXIII Gloss.

 

I used AK Naval set for the washes to start off with,

 

The lighter shade of grey on the Xwing, I used the Kriegsmarine Grey wash, and Wash for Grey Decks for the darker grey patches on the fuselage.

 

Before -

 

 

After -

 

 

 

For the Red patches I used Wash for Dark Yellow.. Thanks for Jims input on that one!

 

 

 

Up till now, I have been lucky.. But I been hit with the Bandai curse! I had 3 of the 4 engine pods crack on me...

 

[wackyracer]

Aarrggghhh. The dreaded white spirit strikes again?

[Dave J]

So this was my fix for the cracked parts around the nozzles,

 

I applied Tamiya Extra Thin over the cracks and allowed the melted plastic to oozed out.. then Tamiya Tape around the nozzles really tightly and allowed to dry for a few hours.

 

 

Then the offending areas were sanded smooth and resprayed.

 

 

And then AK Washes reapplied!

 

 

Also got all the small items done.. So now its a flat coat and some last weathering with pigments.

 

[Dave J]

So I am calling it Done-ish! I want to revisit the base sometime. More pics in Completed area - http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/4361-148-bandai-x-wing-red-5/

 

[Wingco57]

Beautiful work Dave.

The Galactic Spitfire.

Cees