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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #345 on: March 18, 2017, 07:16:01 PM »
Custom Action Fleet Red Leader X-wing with Garven Dreis and R5-K6














I finally finished my custom Red Leader X-wing with Garven Dreis and R5-K6. I used a Biggs Red 3 X-wing, with the white bands on the engines. Red Leader's X-wing never really had any color, it was rather bland. I took it apart, and used nail polish remover to take off the red rings on the engines. Next, I painted a red stripe on both sides of the body, also connecting them in doing so. After that, I dry brushed the white bands on the engines - both the white bands in the back and front a light gray, then went over the ones in the front with a light blue. I also used the light blue for the canopy. I am basing this off of the model from Lucasfilm. I dry brushed the light gray again over 2 red stripes on the wings, then gave the ship a wash to weather it.

For the figures, I used a basic Luke figure and an R5 unit from the Yavin binoculars Micro Machines playset. I repainted the gloves and boots black. I repainted most of the helmet with a beige color. It was a skin tone color that closely matched Red Leader's helmet. I left the middle white, along with the red stripe. Finally I added in 4 red dots, 2 on each side. Lastly I repainted the R5 unit red and added in the black details.

I've been wanting to do this X-wing for the longest time, and am very happy to have it done.
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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #346 on: March 19, 2017, 04:52:42 AM »
Looks good to me. Nice description of what you did too. Off to share in the right places.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #347 on: March 19, 2017, 08:26:19 AM »
Both X-Wings look great.
The black/white Partisan version from Rogue One is my favorite X-Wing paint sheme.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #348 on: March 23, 2017, 04:57:18 PM »
Thanks guys!

The Partisan X-wing was a little tough, not gonna lie. I'm really happy with Red Leader's X-wing too. Now I plan to make John Branon's Red Four X-wing eventually, this way I'll have Reds 1-6 from the Battle of Yavin. We originally got Reds 2, 3, 5 and 6, so why not complete half the squadron I say.

Also the list on page 1 has been updated. Been a while, I forgot to keep it updated.
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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #349 on: July 28, 2017, 10:26:29 PM »
I picked up a TIE Striker Bandai model kit today. These are 1:72 scale (same scale as Action Fleets). While there was no painting or any custom work done, I did give it a few changes.

I dremeled a hole underneath towards the front to get it on a stand. I didn't want to, but the hole towards the back wasn't working, as there was too much weight forward.

I lost the tips to the laser cannons under the cockpit (very small). I cut off some tips from some X-wing laser cannons and just replaced them. They gave you a choice with the canopy window - black but no plastic covering, or a clear window with no black paint. I chose the clear window and just painted in the black, as the stickers were terrible for the clear canopy.

These go great with Action Fleets, so I may look into getting others. I can't fully get into another line, so I will most likely buy model kits of vehicles that weren't produced in Action Fleet form.







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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #350 on: July 29, 2017, 08:24:26 AM »
Looks good. Off to share.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #351 on: July 29, 2017, 10:40:31 AM »
Cool! I haven't gotten that kit yet. Looks good! Works well with the AF TIE.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #352 on: July 29, 2017, 10:59:29 AM »
Cool! I haven't gotten that kit yet. Looks good! Works well with the AF TIE.

Thanks! I was very surprised to see it go very well with the Action Fleets. Where do you get those Bandai kits? I stopped in Michael's Craft Store today and all they had was 3 Revell kits - the AT-ACT, TFA Falcon and Poe's X-wing. I got the Striker at a local collectible shop but feel they charged a bit more then they should have.
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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #353 on: July 29, 2017, 04:50:55 PM »
Cool! I haven't gotten that kit yet. Looks good! Works well with the AF TIE.

Thanks! I was very surprised to see it go very well with the Action Fleets. Where do you get those Bandai kits? I stopped in Michael's Craft Store today and all they had was 3 Revell kits - the AT-ACT, TFA Falcon and Poe's X-wing. I got the Striker at a local collectible shop but feel they charged a bit more then they should have.

  Mostly I get them on Amazon. Of course I have Prime because of my Verizon plan. Usually their older kits are at, or sometimes below MSRP.  I've heard of them being at Hobby Lobby, and Barnes and Noble. Sometimes I buy them from Japanese sellers on eBay, mostly Hobby_japan.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #354 on: July 29, 2017, 06:14:53 PM »
Awesome, thanks! I will have a look.
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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #355 on: July 29, 2017, 06:23:36 PM »
Great work.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #356 on: August 18, 2017, 09:05:32 PM »
Here is my custom Action Fleet TIE Avenger. An Imperial Pilot is included, but I have not decided on a second figure yet.

The wings are actually different, they are from the website Shapeway, a seller was kind enough to make them for me. Vader's wings were detached, then I filed down the attachment on the body of the ship. The wings from Shapeway were spray painted black and I added in the gray details. The body of the ship was painted with the same gray. I added in some details with a darker gray, as well as some red lights in the back.











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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #357 on: August 18, 2017, 09:25:33 PM »
Another great conversion.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #358 on: August 19, 2017, 05:30:38 AM »
Looks good, off to share.

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Re: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles
« Reply #359 on: August 20, 2017, 04:25:58 AM »
Dude. That's rad!!