For our Wedding anniversary this year my wife got me a Y-Wing bomber for my Star Wars collection. I've been after one of these since I got my X-Wing many years ago, and in time for our anniversary two options came up on Ebay, one was a lot cheaper, but was a basis and would need a lot of work to bring up the detail, the other more expensive one, seemed to have a high level of detail, my wife got me the more expensive one, as she knows I appreciate detail. When it arrived I was thrilled with the model, it was a 3D resin print not filament, so lovely smooth surfaces and an amazing level of detail that you normally expect from a model kit.
It came with a pilot, which I've painted up as Gold 5 from a New Hope, all the windows were made from acetate stuck inside the frames.
The detail underneath is just as good, but I needed to modify the front landing gear, as you either fitted the cowling or strut, from the reference I saw, it should have both, so I made a hole in the relevant spot to have the strut go through the cowl.
It even came with a boarding ladder, originally I painted it all silver, but checking the reference it should be yellow, so I did a combination of the two. The only thing missing is an astromech, which I will source one and add it to the model.
Below is the reference picture I used to base it off of.
Really happy with this kit and how it turned out, and my Rebels now have an A-Wing, B-wing prototype, E-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing, before I start anything bigger I need to get my room finished to be able to store more models ! LOL That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !
Cheers Dave
That's a lovely model, and very nicely painted. Nice to see a Y Wing, I feel it gets overshadowed by the X and I think it's a lovely design.
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Thank you misterc, I've always liked them, and felt they never got enough airtime in the movies, as you say the focus was on the X-Wings, happy to say some of the cartoons brought them more into balance, as with the A-Wing as well.
DeleteAbsolutely lovely starship mate. Well done!
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Thank you Dai, as you know been after one of these for a long time, and thank you for all your help looking on the other side of the pond, for suitable ships for me. Just need to find TIE Interceptor, TIE Defender, and Imperial Shuttle, and I'm all set, until Star Wars shows a new ship ! LOL
DeleteWife liked her gift too ! LOL
Interceptor and Defender.... check. I'll see what my elf eyes can see.
DeleteCheers mate, much appreciated, and what a find you got on the Interceptor.
DeleteY wings are my favorite. Thats a nice gift. Happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you Stewart, they really are an underrated Star Wars ship, which made it hard to find one, and my wife always finds me such great gifts. Can't believe how fast the time goes, as it only feels like yesterday we got married ! LOL
DeleteWhat a beauty! I really like the Y-Wing, and I love the work you put on this one. Really nice. Oh, and happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber, it's a great design and totally under utilised in the films, and the model was a joy to work on. We had a great day thank you.
DeleteLovely looking Y-Wing! Resin for such a large model is great, FDM has it's place but I can never quite get over the very obvious layer lines.
ReplyDeleteThank you SD, the filament prints are okay, but on this ship it would spoil all the amazing detail, so was very glad to find this one.
Deleteabsolutely gorgeous model bud, awesome
ReplyDeleteThank you Andy, it was a pleasure to work on with all the great detail.
DeleteThat is a really nice print, Dave! Your wife is very kind to gift that to you. I've never gotten something so cool on my anniversary haha! You did a great job painting up the Y-Wing too. It looks very movie accurate to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeff, yes my my wife is awesome ! I always try to have at least one movie still in my reference pile, so I can make it as accurate as possible, but if they appear in more than one movie, they can change over time, so worth sticking with one ! LOL
DeleteNow that is what I call a decent anniversary present! :-) I love Y-Wings and this looks really good, Dave! On a Star Wars-related matter in the last day I have found an Etsy shop that does Clone Wars figures in 20mm scale and that has sorely tempted me!
ReplyDeleteThank you John, my wife is a star indeed. Y-Wings never seem to get much attention, which is a shame as they are a great looking ship, and hoped I could do it justice. I apologise if I've had anything to do with you being tempted for delving into the Clone Wars, but great find, as 20 mm is your scale of choice.
DeleteAs far as wargames and Star Wars are concerned, Dave, I don't think you need to apologise for anything! :-) I've liked Clone Wars stuff since watching the series and I always like seeing the models you come up with!
DeleteThat's good to hear John, as I've been told my enthusiasm for my Star Wars projects are infectious ! LOL
DeleteVery cool model, so much detail - and great paint job too!
ReplyDeleteThank you snapfit, all the detail made it really easy to paint, as whoever did the 3D sculpt, gave it some great crisp detail.
DeleteGreat model, looks very good. Nice work! I too love all the little details...
ReplyDeleteThank you DAM, I have to say the level of detail is equal to or greater than many licensed models you get.
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