15 - Revell – 1/112 X-Wing Fighter
I was given this little Star Wars kit and decided to do it as a fun build, which it really was. I decided to try my own scheme and give it a bare metal finish, I wanted to have different metal tones so ended up masking and mixing different paints into my base colour to get some variation.
I also tried some colour tones on the engines to give them a burnt look which I was really happy with.
I was avoiding these small Revell Star Wars kits because to the small scale but after this one I think I'll definitely try get my hands on a few more.
Very nice X-wing, Anthony @anthonyricco
Bare metal finish looks great as well as the burned metal of the engines.
Well done.
Thanks a lot John, nice too hear from the pros that it looks good. Appreciate the comments.
Great job on this Sci-Fi model, Anthony!
It is really nice that you tried something "different", the result is excellent and utterly motivating for me to try something like it one day!
Thanks Spiros - yeah the sci fi is quite fun because you can do some things that you haven't done and don't have to worry about the realism aspect, so I used what I learnt on the engines from this one on a bike I built now and also I'm sure I'll use some of what I learnt on the bare metal on and F-104 I want to do one day.
Plus they are good fun. If you'r into that sort of thing.
@anthonyricco, I think that's very cool Anthony! ? ? I "liked" it, a lot. ?
Haha - glad you 'liked' it Gary - appreciate it man.
I’m not into sci-fi, and am one of those rare people who have never watched Star Wars, I prefer films that have a good story, interesting cars or motor bikes, great music and pretty girls, like The Graduate or Top Gun, but I really appreciate the paint finish on this model.
Thanks George, I appreciate you taking time to comment on a subject you don't have an interest in. Makes it even more special. Thanks for commenting on the paint - I really tried a lot and put a lot of work into it.