1/24 Hero X Wing Build with Maxi Brute Fuselage

[beaz]

Paul's correct, that dark blue-gray casting is one that I own, and those last several pictures were taken by me to show the differences between that casting and a variety of other X-Wing fuselages.

That's definitely not the Maxi-Brute fuselage, but the TC-1630 no-shrink resin master pattern made from the pyro pattern that John Eaves loaned them as the starting point for the ICONS model. As explained to me by the guy who made my casting while working for ICONS, it's a one-off of an actual pyro casting, and was used to make the very first mold for the ICONS project. The final ICONS casting was two generations removed from this original pattern.

I took this pic to show the difference between the TC-1630 pyro casting and the ICONS model:



and these two pics from the same series include the Maxi-Brute for added comparison:



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This picture I took around the same period to compare the TC-1630 fuselage to the one in the original Captain Cardboard kit:



And here are some more recent shots that compare the TC-1630 fuselage with the Salzo V3 fuselage:





Hope this answers a few questions about what you're looking at in these pictures.