Fine Molds 1/72 Y-Wing

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Not particularly happy with this one and gave up on it a bit half way through. Too small to be enjoyable but a superbly detailed kit :)

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jahminis

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the black chipping on the cockpit is about the only thing that looks half-assed...
the rest is quite nice...

this was one of my favorite ships as a kid...
nice to see such a detailed kit...

always a pleasure to see what you get up to, mate...
you've got a great eye for cool shit...

cheers
jah
 
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Gilvan Blight

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Looks pretty impressive to me. I owned a bunch of AMT kits as a kid that were done up with Testors and those horrilbe plastic brushes Testors used to cell. Woulde be interesting to try something like that now. I know I wouldn't be able to pull off anything this nice.
 
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Anyone else here play the video game "X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter"? Man... that game made me hate Y-Wings. They flew like heavily-armed bricks... escorting them was damn near impossible, flying them was a deathtrap. Those missions were guaranteed re-re-re-flys every time :p

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Black chipping on the cockpit is decals. They're shite. Knew I should have DIY'd it...
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Just detail them with some grey/steel colour in the middle, so they look more like chips :) It's a great-looking model, just touch it up quick and put it on the shelf where you will appreciate it more than on your work table ;)
 
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SkelettetS

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No Such Agency said:
Anyone else here play the video game "X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter"? Man... that game made me hate Y-Wings. They flew like heavily-armed bricks... escorting them was damn near impossible, flying them was a deathtrap. Those missions were guaranteed re-re-re-flys every time :p
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been there, done that :D Y-wings are supposed to be bombers more then fighters i suppose. but you are right, those missions blew!

thats a really nice spaceship anyway! :good:
 
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Grumb

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Darn fine work Spacemunkie.... your half arsed is better than my full arsed.... the detail is great.

Cheers,
Grumb
 
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Gilvan Blight

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No Such Agency said:
Anyone else here play the video game "X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter"? Man... that game made me hate Y-Wings. They flew like heavily-armed bricks... escorting them was damn near impossible, flying them was a deathtrap. Those missions were guaranteed re-re-re-flys every time :p
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I played X-Wing and Tie Fighter a lot, I didn't play the later vs. edition as much. From what I remember the Y became my favourite ship by the end of X-wing the secret were those ION cannons. You just had to disable all the enemies and let your wingman finish them off. A bit hard to do if you really want the killing blow yourself but if you are willing to be a bit patient I found them to be the best ships in the game.
 
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Gilvan Blight said:
I played X-Wing and Tie Fighter a lot, I didn't play the later vs. edition as much. From what I remember the Y became my favourite ship by the end of X-wing the secret were those ION cannons. You just had to disable all the enemies and let your wingman finish them off. A bit hard to do if you really want the killing blow yourself but if you are willing to be a bit patient I found them to be the best ships in the game.
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i remember taking out a stardestroyer in "X-wing" was pretty easy with a Y-wing, just blow the two shieldgenerators and then ion it. guess that was sorted out in the later games
 
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Verm1s

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No Such Agency said:
Anyone else here play the video game "X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter"?
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And TIE Fighter before it. :D Speaking from a more Imperial perspective, the Y-wings were great. They just needed a few extra shots to get through the shields and armour. A-wings were worse. Too nippy for their own good.

Aside from the paint chips mentioned, nice work. Makes me want to go dig up those Revell snap-fits I got. Are the blue and yellow markings freehand, or...?
 
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Striping is all decals. Kit was too small for me to be bothered masking. 1/72 aint my scale... :D

I've acquired a Buck Rogers Starfighter (1/32 - much larger!) and am in the middle of that. Also have an old ERTL snowspeeder half built and am at work on modding a Hasbro General Grievous Starfighter toy that should look decent when it's painted up. These will be much better than this shoddy effort :)
 
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Nice piece of work, be interested to see what you do with the Snowspeeder. I have that kit and want to detail it a bit but am currently trying to work out what to do with the pilots and their ridiculous proportions.
 
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