12-31-2015, 10:57 AM
...6 years later and it's done.
I tried to make every tick mark you can see in photos of it. Red leader had minimal grunge compared to a lot of x-wings, and minimal reference means some of the paint job was guesswork. As I was shooting it, I noticed some bare resin in the front cockpit area under the canopy: something still to be done.
I'm showing it with a pilot figure although most pics of it don't show a pilot at all. You can still see the pilot in the trench side view shot with red 5 in the foreground. Also, it seemed they used a regular R2 unit painted red and white in some shots and in the same trench pic just mentioned.
It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it.
I tried to make every tick mark you can see in photos of it. Red leader had minimal grunge compared to a lot of x-wings, and minimal reference means some of the paint job was guesswork. As I was shooting it, I noticed some bare resin in the front cockpit area under the canopy: something still to be done.
I'm showing it with a pilot figure although most pics of it don't show a pilot at all. You can still see the pilot in the trench side view shot with red 5 in the foreground. Also, it seemed they used a regular R2 unit painted red and white in some shots and in the same trench pic just mentioned.
It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it.