Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) TIE X-WING INTERCEPTOR! I started this one with parts left over from my Jedi Tie Wing Racer. These parts are mostly from the X-Wing Fighter and the Tie Interceptor. I cut off the Snap-Fix Posts, so these need to be glued together now. More Coming... Edited December 18, 2013 by Ira
KingSix Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 this oughta be good !!!! Definitely watching ..
Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 STARFURY! The Tie X-Wing was inspired by the Starfury from Babylon 5. I started with the X-Wings. Next I cut out the Center Section of each Wing. I am going to Reverse the Wings so the Engines are on the Outsides of the Wings. Here are the Center Wing Sections fit together. They will support the New Reversed Wings after they are mounted. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 WINGS REVERSED! I glued the X-Wing Armature inside the X-Wing Body. The X-Wings will be reversed and fixed in place. I cut the Guns off all of the Wings. I'm going to add a 1/4" plastic strip to the back of each wing so that I can change the shape of the Wings. Here are the Wings with the strips glued in place with Zap-A-Gap CA Glue. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 WING FRONTS! I decided to add a strip of plastic to the fronts of the Wings so that I can change the Wings shape. I marked the shape on the strips before gluing them in place. I cut along the marked lines with a cut-off wheel. I did a little filing and sanding before gluing the strips in place. Here is a finished strip in place. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 SORRY R2D2! Oops! Cut R2D2 right in half! I cut off the back of the X-Wing Body right where R2D2's Head was... I am going to use front of the Tie Interceptor on the Tie X-Wing. Here is a quick mock-up... Mock-up. Back view. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 this oughta be good !!!! Definitely watching .. Thanks Dan! I think you will like this one...
Ira Posted November 13, 2013 Author Posted November 13, 2013 BIG MEATY ENGINES! The underside detail of the X-Wing Engines doesn't seem right. The Engine Detail looks too small. I am going to replace the kit parts with nice Big Engine Halves taken from the Extra Parts Box. Here is what the Engine Half looks like after trimming. Here is what the Big Engine Halves look like in place... I also cut pieces of plastic tube to fit in as shown. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 13, 2013 Author Posted November 13, 2013 LITTLE OFF THE END PLEASE... I decided to remove the excess plastic from the Wing Ends before I add anymore Hardware to them. I marked the area to be removed. A cut-off wheel was used to remove the excess. Here it is cleaned up a bit. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 MORE WINGS! I cut out 2 new wings from more extra X-Wings. I glued an "L" shaped plastic strip on one side of each Wing. This made attaching the Wings easier. Next I sanded down all of the sharp edges and rounded them off. Then I glued the rear end from the Tie Wing on the back of the X-Wing Body. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 BIG WINGS! I glued the 4 Modified X-Wings in the slots in the X-Wing Body. I also added the Intakes. Here is the rear view with the X-Wing Engines in place. You can also see how I cut down the backs of the wings in this photo. More Coming...
Tony T Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 No waste on Ira's bench! Another neat concept!
Ira Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 This is pretty fliippin' cool !!! Thanks Dan!
Ira Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 TIE COCKPIT! I cut the wing supports off of the Tie Wing Cockpit. The End-Caps for the Wings will be a perfect fit in the cut-out areas on the new cockpit! More Coming...
KingSix Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 This is actually a pretty fun looking build .. did you have a visual in place or are you just wingin' it ? no pun intended, well, not totally anyway ..
Ira Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 MOON ROOF! The roof of the Tie Cockpit has slotted windows in it. I opened up the slots with an X-Acto Knife to let plenty of light in. More Coming...
Ira Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 No waste on Ira's bench! Another neat concept! Thanks Tony!
KingSix Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 The coolest thing about this build is, it's gets the imagination flowing.. awesome stuff
lanesteele240 Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Man ira, you sure do have a imigenation. And great building skillsMan ira, you sure do have a imigenation. And great building skills
Ira Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 This is actually a pretty fun looking build .. did you have a visual in place or are you just wingin' it ? no pun intended, well, not totally anyway .. I do have a Plan, but I change it as I build...
Ira Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 FILLING A GAP... I going to fill this gap for the Hinge pieces. No Hinges needed here anymore. I cut a piece of plastic a little bigger that needed and attached it with Zap-A-Gap. Here it is with the plastic piece sanded down smooth. More Coming...
Danno Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 There aren't too many 1:1 examples around town. How can we tell if it's accurate?
Ira Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 The coolest thing about this build is, it's gets the imagination flowing.. awesome stuff Thanks Dan! Imagination, it's the Fun part of modeling...
Ira Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 SUPERCHARGERS! I decided to add More Power to the Engines. I glued 8 bottom pieces of the X-Wing Guns together to make 4 Superchargers. Then I drilled and reamed out one end of each piece, large enough to fit the chrome end of a Gel Pen. Then I cut the ends off. Next I slipped more Pen Ends over the Cut Ends of the Superchargers. Here is the Supercharger mock-up. More Coming...
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