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Vintage X-Wing for a friend.


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My old Comic Book shows partner Jimmy is a monster Star Wars fan. So when he showed this old kit in his collection I was intrigued. Every part was off the tree, the decals were iffy at best and the box was shot. I said Hey, why don't I build that for you." He has since bought a nice minty kit for his collection.

 

Skip ahead a year and a half and here we are. Jim came to pick it up the other day and he was thrilled. I am too. It was fun and considering its age it still is a decent kit. The pilot figure could be better and there a few other small items, but overall it's a cool kit. I did quite a bit of space junk and chipping. I masked and sprayed all the red marking as not only were the decals shot they are thicker than heck. I sprayed em with clearcoat to see if I could use them but they we just not very good. Since the patterns are all right angles masking was a synch.  It was fun.

 

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Nice subtle weathering on this and good call on the decals.  I can't see the detail problem you mention with the figure from the pic, but the R2 unit is nicely detailed enough and settled in there.  I like your SAFS in the background - l'm not familiar with these but look to be similar to the Dorvack which I really like.  I'll have to try that "why don't I build that for you" line on one of my buddies - ha.

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