Four foot X-wing (ILM tribute)

[427 Cobra]

Thanks, Doug. I'm trying my hardest to get this right since it's my only shot at this.

WOW!!! My 800th post. This is the most I have ever had on any modeling forum.

Here're some month old photos that I forgot about. I've been so busy with readying the garage at my grandmothers' house for the closing last monday - I didn't realise I had taken these until I was looking through all the pictures on my camera before uploading them to my computer. I haven't been able to get much more done since that time. Now that the house is sold, I can dedicate all the freetime I have available to finishing as much of the acrylic cutting I can before the weather gets too cold outside. I hope this will suffice until I can get more progress done.

~ Cobra Chris

This is the vault "buttplate" - only the top sides are too short, therefore they'll have to be lengthened to 3/8" wider than they are right now. I didn't realise this until I already cut the plate out.





These are the top, and bottom of the wings after I glued them, and cut them out. This picture was taken after they dried. I'll reinforce all the edges with Weld-on cemet to keep them from deforming while being cast.



These are the insides of the wings right after gluing them. I laid all these on top of the sheet of styrene on the bed while gluing, and cutting because it was the biggest clean, flat surface available. I still have yet to clean up the edges of the styrene because I still have to straighten out the acrylic pieces that I cut for them. Once this is all joined, I can cast the inside detail parts for the Stug, then glue them and call these done for the most part. I think I'll wait until they're completed before scribing the lines on them in case I make a mistake that will need to be sanded out, or filled.