[MOC] T-65 X-wing Starfighter

[DS2626]

The wings look great! but I wonder how it's going to look after it's attached to the body?

[General Magma]

How do you plan to apply identification markings? Will they just be decals?

For the upper wings I'm planning to use plates using the SNOT technique, to create the identification markings.

The red stripes would be the size of a 1x2 - this is a plus of the SNOT technique, the wings may seem too thick but it gives the starfighter a more streamlined and elegant look, and the marks are in most occasions less thick than with the use of non-SNOT wings.

Old lt. gray pieces may be replaced with their light bley counterparts, but the old gray pieces would be placed elsewhere to resemble the old/rusty/aging looking spots from the 'real' starfighters. The first variant I'll be making would most likely be the Red 5 for Luke Skywalker. Some tan on the top of the nose, the broken red-stripe pattern on the sides of the nose.. And the other 2 X-Wings would differ from each other. So no, I won't follow the footsteps of TLC.

The wings look great! but I wonder how it's going to look after it's attached to the body?

Thanks.

Whether it was meant as a question or not - it would look better, for sure.

After the completion of all four wings, I'll move onto the body.

Keep the suggestions coming!

~ General Magma

Edited February 7, 2011 by General Magma

[Fallenangel]

For the upper wings I'm planning to use plates using the SNOT technique, to create the identification markings.

The red stripes would be the size of a 1x2 - this is a plus of the SNOT technique, the wings may seem too thick but it gives the starfighter a more streamlined and elegant look, and the marks are in most occasions less thick than with the use of non-SNOT wings.

But since you're using slope bricks to achieve the shape of the wing, the red markings won't extend all the way to the aft edge of the wing, which I think would look rather awkward.

[General Magma]

But since you're using slope bricks to achieve the shape of the wing, the red markings won't extend all the way to the aft edge of the wing, which I think would look rather awkward.

Hmm, I haven't thought of that yet. That will be an issue indeed..

Perhaps I'd be better off using decals.

~ General Magma

[J4ke]

Stop messing around with SNOT and do it the good ol' plate sandwich way.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

[BrickArtist]

*Looks away*

"La la la, la LA La, la LA la. La la La LA La la la LA La..."

But SNOT is so...beautiful... Nah, I know why you don't like it in this case. I'm just not one to be an accuracy stickler when I can make something smooth and stylish instead. Of course, that does depend on your idea of 'style'. I remember Dickens once wrote a short story entitled "A School of Facts", wherein a young girl like wallpaper with horses printed on it, and she was informed that that was bad 'taste' because (from the teacher's point of view) 'taste' is only 'fact', and we do not in 'fact' see horses walking on walls.

SNOT is so sleek, so beautiful, and just looks so much better than studded wings IMO.

Seriously though, there's a limit to how thick you can make a thin surface. It doesn't look so bad with more compact vehicles like the T-47 or the Alpha-3, but I don't think it would be an appropriate technique for ships with thin wings like the ARC-170 or the X-wing. To each his own, I guess.

I think SNOT is more acceptable for the Arc-170 due to the wide wingspan, and it also works well for the white, to Dk. Red color transition(With plates there is a color overlap ).

Edited February 9, 2011 by brickartist