1/24 Hero X Wing Build with Maxi Brute Fuselage

[PB BB1]

Regardless of who has said what where, I do think that dark blue resin-cast X shares a lineage to the production Pyros and not the MB. This is a strictly visual comparison. Things we never see in any replica or rocket. The unmodified cockpit. You can just barely make it out from the photos. The wing blocks as well, there is the notched line that covers the gap on the inside along with matching chipping pattern. This matches the Pyro master that went for auction. Production lineage is not in question IMO. Death star surface tiles reveal cast wing greeblies perfectly matching the wings that go with that master. Sure I guess someone could have had access to these production parts without a fuselage, I'll give you that. However, to me this just doesn't seem likely. Visual tells alone indicate this set in its entirety shares some lineage to a Pyro, even if it is one generation removed from its halved construction.

I get it. Build my own, make it how I see it. I will. I don't want anyone to have the perception that I'm self proclaimed savior of the illusive ANH X. I'm not. Nearly all of the part IDs had been made when I started this last year, and many subtleties of the form have just become obvious to me. These are JUST models at the end of the day. I think we all have common goals and projects we want to see turn out with the best of all information available. I'll probably never take on a project like this again. There is nothing else I'm interested in as much, and I'd simply lack the motivation to complete other projects of this scale.

Yeah, a lot of tough crowd over there on the RPF but I still believe were just a bunch of guys trying to help each other out. I do not see it as a rivalry or competition. Agree to disagree on the above master, Chris. That said, I'm not picking a fight. PM me your address and I'll send you a stormtrooper.