The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Vehicles => Topic started by: TheBoo on May 14, 2016, 08:54:40 AM
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Hey all!
Well, I finished my X-wing! This one was a lot of fun, but cramming everything in was a bit of a pain. Not sure what the next project will be, might not be another maquette since the wife wants a full-size Tom Servo :D
So, first I started with an F/X X-wing from 1996. I took it apart, and started cutting. I had to take out the switches and slides, then patch the holes and greeblie it up. I was going off photos of the original shooting model.
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I had to be careful with the order of operations, so I wouldn't back myself in a corner 10 steps later. I wired in concave high-output LEDS for the engines.
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After that, I started fabricating the wing assemblies to get the proper hollow wing look. I also made scratch side panels for the length of the nose.
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After that, it was time to base paint, run the rest of the electronics, fiber optics, and get to work on a scratch dash display and target computer. Running the fiber to R2's dome was a pain :D
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That brought me to the painting, and weathering. Lots and lots of passes, and a hot iron to make some of the blaster damage.
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Then came wiring up the power box. I went with a utility switch for this one, instead of the sleek lit angel eye for the Interceptor. I like the idea of the switch matching the worn utility of Rebellion hardware...
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So, more touchups, adjustments, then it all came together! I'll step away from it for awhile so I can get fresh eyes on it. I post WIP pics to my Instagram account all the time! https://www.instagram.com/booyotch/
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Wow, this is fantastic! So gonna share and try to leave some better comments later. This looks so great with your TIE too.
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That X Wing is Amazing Boo, really like how the wings look with the hollow details, Great Work!
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Thanks! yeah, i remember waffling on the idea, almost didn't do it. but i was 3 beers in and I was feeling lazy. Started on them the next day :D
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3 beers! Thats all? LOL, so glad you made it. It is gorgeous!
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WOW I can't belive I didn't see this before it's awesome.
Ron
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Awesome, Thinking of doing something really simmilar. How hard is it to rig a switch and put it on a stand without having to completely dissasmble the xwing. I have the same xwing and was thinking about 3d printing the base to look like the trench run.
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Well, I just run the power out through a cable, into the battery box and just put the switch in there. I have a speeder where I put the battery in the ship itself, but it's WAY easier to just run it externally. And by using a battery pack, you can put it wherever.
The stand is just a CCTV mount.