1/24 Hero X Wing Build with Maxi Brute Fuselage

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(11-25-2009, 01:58 AM)427 Cobra Wrote:

(11-24-2009, 08:02 AM)PB BB1 Wrote: But look sharp. Red 1 is on the table twice in the shot of the proud modelmakers. One Hero, one pyro.

Actually,look CLOSER - NO THERE ISN'T! That's Red 2 you're truly seeing. I'm going to put this falacy to rest once,and for all! This is a myth perpetuated by the members of the RPF,but it's not true. They think they're seeing something that really isn't there. I think it's because of this first photo that isn't very clear. How do you get a hero version of a model that's slated to be destroyed? Besides,that picture is too grainy,and fuzzy to get any real detail from.


How do they figure that the model behind Red leader (already finished) is another version,when most of these have yet to be finished painted at the time this picture was taken?! This is a falacy that is being perpetuated by Nwerke of the RPF - he thinks the model in the back (behind Red leader) is the " hero version" of this PYRO model! As you can see - there's no way to tell which one is which,except for the characteristics that only these three models that are decorated have. Yellow canopy - Red 4,red laser canon of the left wing - Red 6 (behind Red 4),and of course,Red leader in its' finished state. The model behind Red leader is a pyro model,as it's wing details are boxed in just like the other pyro models were. This could very well be Red 3,as this wouldn't span the wing enough to be seen from this angle. The laser canons' back edge further obstructs the view of the wing number.





I understand that they look similar,but Red 2 also had a very clean nosecone albeit with a yellow colour (that washed out with the harsh lighting),and a little dirt spot on the same side of the fuselage as Red leader. But the poor quality of this photo,and the bad lighting makes it hard to see the second stripe on the top left wing. Look at the top right wing after Red 5 - you'll see a very small second red stripe beside the one that looks like it's attached to the chevron. Also - look at the nosecone of Red leader,then look at the nosecone of Red 2 - the one that you think is a "hero version" of it. Red leaders' is dirty - Red 2s' isn't.

Maybe the same guys that painted Red leader started to paint Red 2 the same after having a few too many beers on the job? Who knows? No two modelers worked completely on the same model to keep from repeating the exact same paint sceme is my guess. This doesn't mean that they wouldn't include a few of the same characteristics from one model to the other. This photo was furnished by a member of the RPF who also knows that there was no hero version of Red leader. There are 7 models on this table - the last being Red 12. Therefore,we know that these are the only X-wings that exist. This was done,as to show their work was finished,and that they were proud of it.

Where does this picture of the four X-Wings and 2 Y-Wings (cropped off on the picture above) come from? I've seen this on RPF.com, but I'm not sure where it was published or if there are better scans available. It does appear to be shot during production as the "triangles" Y-Wing which was pyro-ed is in the shot along with Red 6 which suffered the same fate.