Four foot X-wing (ILM tribute)

[427 Cobra]

(02-14-2010, 09:19 PM)79 Daytona Wrote: OMan i must have missed that second pic. sorry so i guess its fourth times was the charm.

It's OK. Sometimes,even I will overlook a photo,or two on someone elses' build,than wonder how I missed it! Yes,the FOURTH time was the charm,I'm glad it was only a small part.

(02-14-2010, 10:02 PM)Wombat Wrote: OK,i see what you are talking about with the redo's there CC.Damn,i thought the first one you asked about looked pretty good,but the one which you have settled on does look even betta again.The perseverance has paid off dude,thats some incredible work for such a small piece!

That's what's sad about this,is that it so tiny,and hard to hold in my hand while working with it. The first ones were hard enough by themselves,let alone the detail that was neccessary to accomplish without gluing extra pieces of styrene to it. Right now,this is only four pieces - three layers of styrene glued,and shaped,and the centre rod made from three layers of styrene scraps also glued to each other,then shaped by hand.

Mystery of this turnbuckle is now solved:

I found this on ebay,but only thinking about this a long,and hard time last night. I figured that this was a crane part,and I was right,only this is part of an HO scale train kit. I knew that I had seen this same part somewhere,but I couldn't remember until it hit me. I just put "crane" in the search,and found the kit below.

Each of these colours shows the exact same shape,and similarities between the two parts. The red arrow is where this splits away at the top,just like the one on the ILM model. The pink arrow shows where the pullys are side by side,and the dark blue dots are where the convex edge tapers away from the top. This was modified by Mike Fulmar to look like this with the rest of the crane hook cut away.