With a love of Star Wars and the many star ships and vehicles within the universe, the Y-Wing or The Koensayr BTL Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber has to be my favourite.
Generally considered to be the workhorse to the the more glamorous X-Wing. A kind of real world comparison could be the Hurricane to Spitfire.
Anyway, I've had a go at the Y-wing before, but that was a disaster of a build - a small kit, blown to large print on horrible stock, which resulted in me dumping it, although it did go to a home for rescued and unloved spaceships.
This build was forwarded to me for my perusal and thought it would make for a good trial on newly acquired cardstock. The only thing I know of the kit builder on this one, is that his name is Stephen.
There's no instructions with this build, but as its a favourite of mine, identifying the pieces shouldn't prove too much bother.
Below is the truly awful attempt - built from a table top gaming pattern.
test parts for this build are just the cockpit section
Internal parts acquired for cockpit
All folded and formed - well as far as I could tell without instructions!
Rear of cockpit bits and bobs
Cockpit window frame located
...and finished internals and cockpit frame
The newly sourced cardstock made this build a delight to make, although a wee bit frustrating as to the location of parts.
I'm not sure if I'll build the rest, but if there's enough interest I may carry on.
MTFBWY
Generally considered to be the workhorse to the the more glamorous X-Wing. A kind of real world comparison could be the Hurricane to Spitfire.
Anyway, I've had a go at the Y-wing before, but that was a disaster of a build - a small kit, blown to large print on horrible stock, which resulted in me dumping it, although it did go to a home for rescued and unloved spaceships.
This build was forwarded to me for my perusal and thought it would make for a good trial on newly acquired cardstock. The only thing I know of the kit builder on this one, is that his name is Stephen.
There's no instructions with this build, but as its a favourite of mine, identifying the pieces shouldn't prove too much bother.
Below is the truly awful attempt - built from a table top gaming pattern.
test parts for this build are just the cockpit section
Internal parts acquired for cockpit
All folded and formed - well as far as I could tell without instructions!
Rear of cockpit bits and bobs
Cockpit window frame located
...and finished internals and cockpit frame
The newly sourced cardstock made this build a delight to make, although a wee bit frustrating as to the location of parts.
I'm not sure if I'll build the rest, but if there's enough interest I may carry on.
MTFBWY
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