Star Wars A-wing / Shunichi Makino + heavy mods/ 1:48
- Thread starter bigpetr
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Details at the back are completly finished. I am quite happy with it. Photos are great for showing flaws in edge coloring. I will addres this issues some more. Now I need to think about what to do next. Probably details at top and bottom, then cokpit and vertical stabilizers with engine rings last.
Everything is so very clear, clean and crisp! You are doing a FANTASTIC JOB!!!
Without a doubt, the best A-Wing I've seen. Better than the plastic kit I built ages ago. 
Here is size comparision of A-wing and X-wing:
Here is size comparison of Tie-fighter wing test print with X-wing. Back is fast Snowspeeder texture test model to see how it will look together with the rest:
Here is size comparison of Tie-fighter wing test print with X-wing. Back is fast Snowspeeder texture test model to see how it will look together with the rest:
Curent official length is 6.9m.
I calculated mine to be 6.6m. I did my size calculation based on this original movie model:
and this matepainting:
And in this size and speed comparison chart from the movie SFX team A wing is even smaller than mine:
I calculated mine to be 6.6m. I did my size calculation based on this original movie model:
and this matepainting:
And in this size and speed comparison chart from the movie SFX team A wing is even smaller than mine:
Sweet! When you're a kid everything looks bigger!
The Battle at Endor was my favorite, especially after I read the background information about it in the Extended Universe.
The Battle at Endor was my favorite, especially after I read the background information about it in the Extended Universe.
This comparison shot is jaw-dropping!!! You are truly a master, @bigpetr ! 
Hello friends, I am back on this one, at least for a while, because life is busy and interests are many.
I managed to 3d print plug for canopy:
I finished all the texturing, so everything except the guns is ready, I even started to to work on instructions:
I finished back panel of cockpit and I am working on exhaust rings:
I managed to 3d print plug for canopy:
I finished all the texturing, so everything except the guns is ready, I even started to to work on instructions:
I finished back panel of cockpit and I am working on exhaust rings:
I just found images missing from first few posts so I reuplad. I started this build in 2018, time fly so fast.
Great to see you back on this topic! The plug looks great! Thank you for restoring the pictures.
The plug looks great! Thank you for restoring the pictures.
Thank you for restoring the pictures. I am glad to see that you are back to building again!
I really like the level of detail that you re putting into this project!
I really like the level of detail that you re putting into this project!
Thank you guys. Lots of SW stuff is happening here, mojib has lion share on this (btw, great work of producing paper models of new types of ships, mojib) and it motivetes me to put some work to my SW projects.