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I think it looks great and ditto on the red markings, they really add to the look. How many pieces is the build please Vaionaut? I would love to have a go at building one of those....

Revised my figure down to £220 - I'd left the LBG levers in and the tan hinges. With more searching it could be lower come ordering. I guess it depends on timing / location / patience - Ebay UK has a number new at the £1k plus range, and then about 4 sets in the late £500/600 range plus postage with varying degrees of newness and location....there is one used which is currently at £180 with 5 days left - 31 bids already.... For me part of the fun is doing the Bricklinking, so each to their own view of value.

Sounds good - I think I'm looking at about £260-280 via bricklink with the subs/posting - so that looks a fair price.

Personally I'd go for the Y-wing else grab a B-wing whilst they are being sold less than RRP.

Quick check on Bricklink for the one's I recall being expensive - the dark orange (30236) brick with handles are £5.80 new and about £2 used, 18 of those needed, the 2L white ribbed hose are running at about £1.50 new / £0.70+ used - 112 needed. And the various 78cxxx pipes, domes and harder to find slopes/wedges/tan elements are not cheap. And as ever there is the LBG levers at their crazy prices. Not available I think included the canopy, the large wheels in white, and some of the white technic parts are hard to get in sufficient quantities (I think one of the parts would need almost 24 orders for the 24 needed). Throw in shipping costs as appropriate.... I agree with Soul, depending on what has been subbed, it could be decent price. I've got my excel inventory built but not yet started collecting/building prices.

I think it will work ok on the Y-wing hard to get/find elements such as the engine dome/wheel/ribs given they are not large stud pieces and are not sat in the middle of a load of pristine white tiles or such....plus a little variation will just add to the Y-wings 'used but loved' appearance. I've added a couple of shots of the A-wing into the appropriate thread...pending the final replacement parts to come through....go on and tempt yourself some more....

First couple of snaps - still pending the final 'swap out' pieces to arrive (the various greys on the cannons) and the UCS panel sticker. and I'm considering the painting of the large side wedges white as per Anio's model, but I'm kinda liking the dark red originals. Added some additional instrument panels into the cockpit which I need to finalise, and hopefully does the A-wing justice!

Testing URL - http://www.brickshel...50920-00019.jpg or this

I'm just finishing up my bricklink of Anio's MOC USC A-wing and it really is a great model. The brasso approach on the MF windscreen worked a treat (first time I've ever tried such a trick and was amazed it worked so well tbh), and for the small number of parts which are not available in the right colour I've either accepted an alternative choice (made easier when its basically white, dark red or the odd patch of tan/grey) or for those pieces you really need in the right colour I've gone for the painting them with Plastikote (and created a wanted list just in case they ever turn up 'for real'). Some very clever/neat build techniques and an enjoyable build - can't wait for the final peices on the guns and the UCS style sticker to arrive and it's ready to take pride of place.

I've just finished my bricklink of Anio's superb MOC UCS A-wing (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=108296) and have successfully painted some of the 'very hard to get'/'not available in right colour' alternative parts using Plastikote (satin finish seems the best). Admittedly its for display only so I don't know how much abuse they would take, but its a good finish and works fine for the colours I needed (white, dark red, and black). I'd like to do the UCS Y-Wing next and would happily go down the painting route for the wheel, dome and ribbed hoses....