X-Wing - Red 2 - Fine Molds - 1/48

[Biskup]

Here is a kit I've ended recently for a group build on Polish forum. Because of the rules I wasn't able to post it on any other forums before now.
Here are some Wip pictures:
Primed and pre-shaded



Masked for painting markings.










Sprayed with AK-Interactive Worn Effect.

Painted with yellow color.

Prepared for scratching

Scratched












Same thing was done with red color. After that everything was weathered and assembled.
Finished thing in next post.

 

[Biskup]

Because this kit planed for a diorama with another X-wing I’ve changed this one in to the RED 2 from A New Hope attack on the deathstar. That of course forced me to change some things. I needed to Change the markings and because the other kit was made with decals from the set I decided to paint my and for the damage on them I used AK-Interactiv’s Worn Effect and Heavy Chipping fluids.
I also needed to change the engine nozzles for shorter ones and I’ve repainted the droid for R2-D1 (red version). Inside the cockpit I added some hoses so it would look more like in the movie. As for the canopy I wanted it to like in the movie shots from the inside which clearly showed it was tined and for that I used Tamiya’s Smoke paint. Last thing was making the damage and weathering to look as similar as in the movie which wasn’t easy but I hope I’ve achieved it at least in some way.
Photos of the finished build:






















All comments are more than welcome 
Cheers
Lukasz

 

[Junkie]

Very nice Red 2. The chipping and weathering look great.

 

[Glorfindel]

Nice looking X-wing you have there. Those FM kits look so sharp and crisp. Such an interesting idea painting before assembly. The fit needs to be spot on for that to work and FM has achieved this wonderfully. Cheers Biskup, great work on this.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Ahh wow that's lovely! Well done ;D

 

[Biskup]

Thank you for the comments.
Glorfindel - I always assemble as much as I can before painting but in this case there would be some problems to paint some places after assembly so I needed to do it before.
Cheers
Lukasz

 

[trekriffic]

Beautiful work. Wonderful weathering! Well done sir!

 

[Jimi]

i haven't built any of the finemold x-wings, what are they like to put together? any fit issues?

 

[derex3592]

I built one about a year ago. Best model I have ever built. No real problems to speak of. Excellent kit.

 

[Diego Quijano]

That´s a cool X-Wing, Lukasz. Great paintjob.

Q

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Very nice looking x-wing young man ;D

Gag

 

[CTspeedshop]

Very nice indeed!!!

 

[Quaralane]

Nice work.
Even better to see something besides Red Five

 

[Biskup]

Thank you all
Jimi - the only thing that you need to worry about are few shrink marks (at least that was the problem on my kit and ridefast's).
Cheers
Lukasz

 

[Grendels]

Nice, nice, nice. Very well done!

 

[nicholassagan]

WOW!!

 

[Igard]

Very cool X-Wing, Lucasz. Great chipping and colours! 8)

 

[Biskup]

Thank you my friends you are to kind.