so i wanted to build a SS X-wing and LED, maybe swing wings...do it up nice (this is a project to get me back in the game as it were and gear up for finishing the Falcon)
i didn't want to worry about sagging wings so decided to build my own 2 piece wings, cast them and maybe make 2 or 3 sets (red 5, red 3, maybe one for a friend)
i did that, and then for good measure laminated them with carbon fiber (its what all the cool kids use these days)
so they are crazy strong, very happy...until i started looking at the rest of the parts on this kit i bought a few years back (V3), this thing is very poor - all the parts have bubbles, and horribly made, almost every greeblie, plate, panel line, is crooked
so i have begun making my own X-wing "kit" for all intents and purposes, i have about everything but the fuselage and that should be relatively straight forward; depending on how crazy i decide to get with the carbon fiber
here are some photos of the parts...
i didn't want to worry about sagging wings so decided to build my own 2 piece wings, cast them and maybe make 2 or 3 sets (red 5, red 3, maybe one for a friend)
i did that, and then for good measure laminated them with carbon fiber (its what all the cool kids use these days)
so they are crazy strong, very happy...until i started looking at the rest of the parts on this kit i bought a few years back (V3), this thing is very poor - all the parts have bubbles, and horribly made, almost every greeblie, plate, panel line, is crooked
so i have begun making my own X-wing "kit" for all intents and purposes, i have about everything but the fuselage and that should be relatively straight forward; depending on how crazy i decide to get with the carbon fiber
here are some photos of the parts...