Incom T65 x-wing Finemolds 1/48
If RJ Mitchell (god bless him) had been born a long time ago in a galaxy far far away he would have come up with this, Surely the X wing is the most fantastic space craft design ever.The Finemolds kit was typical of a Japanese kit maker that is to say amazing,the only flaw with this kit is that the canopy glass should be tinted,I tried dipping it in Johnsons clear mixed with Tamiya smoke but it just gathered at the lowest point so I washed it off and left well alone.
I decided to mask of and paint the wing/fuselage markings myself though I did use a couple of the kit decals and added a few bits of stenciling from my spares box ,I achieved the battle damage to the red paint by using Maskol in little blobs and wiping it off after painting a technique I have wanted to try for a while.She's dirtied up using a combination of artists oils ,Tamiya smoke ,charcoal and crushed up pencil graphite, I really had fun with this one.
Your comments please N.
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Editor said on May 11, 2013
I don't think that RJ Mitchell would have drawn this with the straight lines such as it is. Surely an elliptcal X-wing would have worked better even in space? This design looks more like it came from the likes of North American!
Having said this, beautiful build.
neil foster said on May 11, 2013
Maybe he came into work late that day and only brought his ruler!
N.
Gregor de Ste Croix said on May 11, 2013
Cool x wing Neil. I like the chipping effect, works well i think.
Erik Wade Whipple said on May 11, 2013
Awesome X-Wing, Neil! Certainly the closest thing to a Spitfire among the Rebel Alliance craft.
JimBates said on May 11, 2013
Looks like the X-wing actually evolved from a Wirraway!
http://www.popstarsplus.com/images/X-Wing_Final.jpg
Nice job, I like the model a lot.
Ulrich Schütt said on May 11, 2013
Nice one!
I had the MPC kit when I was a kid, ( 36 years ago...)
I can recall my older brother building a X-wing out of cardboard for me so I could play with it with my Star Wars action-figures. (Because those X-wings to play with were bloody expensive) I vividly recall that he used foto negatives for the tinted glass of the canopy...
Aaahhhh...the good old days...thank you for showing your beautiful X-wing and making me feel old...
steven a weinmann said on May 12, 2013
Excellent job neil great weathering next stop the DEATH STAR