James Duffy
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You're far too kind, sir! Seriously, anyone can do this stuff. There's no magic here, just a lot of time.Supremely impressed with your detailing here! Mine will most definitely be more "launch pad distance" viewable.
No idea, frankly. If I decide to fly this thing someday I'll be sure to share that info.Do you know where the Cg is supposed to be on a stock build? I'm pondering a rear eject with E18 or E20 boost and am concerned about shifting the Cg too far back.
I noted that we're doing a replica of the Red 1 filming miniature. This has a unique variation in the fin flash markings in that the lower wings are marked as Red 3, not Red 1. Why is this? We can only speculate, but a good guess is that this hero model either appeared on-screen as Red 3 at some point, or a shot was planned and not completed. This is supported by the fact that two of the three stripes on the lower wings are a slightly different shade of red, indicating that they were masked and painted at a different time. So, that's what we are going to do. Here's a shot of the filming miniature from the Heritage Auctions website. Note the variation in color between the fin flash stripes.
First step is to mask the lower wings. Recently I found a six-pack of graduated masking tape on Amazon ranging from 2mm through 6mm widths, and the stuff has been great for tasks such as this.
The paint is a mixture of our X-Wing red, mixed 50/50 with some Tamiya X-6 Orange acrylic, applied with our trusty airbrush.
The variation in tone is just subtle enough to make for an interesting conversation!
The lower right wing also has a panel that is similar to a zinc chromate green, perhaps to represent a repair to the craft. This is easily masked and painted using some Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green acrylic, cut 60/40 with X-2 White to modulate the tone a bit.
More later,
James