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Y-Wing completed (AMT/ERTL kit)

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Y-Wing completed (AMT/ERTL kit)
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 5:49 AM
Here's my AMT/ERTL Star Wars Y-Wing starfighter, finally finished. I painted it in "Green Squadron" colours, for a change from the usual "Gold Squadron" Y-Wings (was Gold the Y-Wing squadron in the first SW film? - can't remember, but I presume so), and weathered it heavily to bring out the surface detail.

The kit is intended as a "snap-together" one and so the fit and detail accuracy of some of the components leaves a lot to be desired. However, it still makes a nice model once assembled and painted (needed a lot of filler putty though for the gaps on the fuselage joins). Scale seems to be about 1/72 based on the size of the pilot figure, maybe a bit smaller.

Other than the colour scheme, and the fact that I didn't use the decal sheet, the kit is built "out of the box", though glued rather than "snapped" together!

The "flying base" is a bit useless, as the ship is so tail-heavy it tends to fall over unless balanced very carefully! However I managed to get it to stand up long enough to photograph it.





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  • From: Phoenix,Az
Posted by 9x19mm on Friday, April 1, 2005 6:19 AM
Nice job thx for the pics.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 6:36 AM
Still the best of the original trilogy ships, and you did an excellent job! Love the paint scheme.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 7:04 AM
Just shows you how Ebay item prices can vary hugely...
I bought this kit on Ebay for around £5 including P&P, however there's one currently
selling for £23!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1193&item=5965717012&rd=1

This is the exact same kit as mine, even the same box art.
Whilst it's good value for £5, IMHO this kit is definitely -not- worth £23, from the point of view of size, detail level, and fit/quality - I'd rather put the money towards a SMT kit (assuming I could find one) than pay that much for it.
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  • From: Connecticut, USA
Posted by Aurora-7 on Friday, April 1, 2005 9:06 AM
Nice build. It's not bad for a snap-tite. I'm hoping it'll get re-released this year since some of the other kits have.

 

 

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 9:12 AM
Nice build.I dig the green.I built this kit a while ago.I gave that one to my cousin as well.The Y-Wing is my favorite small ship also.
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    March 2004
  • From: Kincheloe Michigan
Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:20 PM
I have the A-wing Fighter and have the B-wing coming in pretty soon. Any ideas on how to do the A-wing it was sealed when I got it but when I opened it it was missing the decals. and do you have any opinions on paint schemes.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15   http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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  • From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.
Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:40 PM
Great job on this kit.. I also agree it is one of the better looking designs.. The colours are a nice change also.. I would suggest doing away with the base and building your own, those bases are rubbish hey..  But again, nice job... If you have built a Fine Molds X-Wing, you can use the spare astro droid decals for the droid on the Y-Wing.. Nice little effect without having to paint it..

Cheers Chris

On the bench:

                          1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

                          1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, July 10, 2006 3:34 PM

 Mikeym_us wrote:
I have the A-wing Fighter and have the B-wing coming in pretty soon. Any ideas on how to do the A-wing it was sealed when I got it but when I opened it it was missing the decals. and do you have any opinions on paint schemes.

This thread is well over a year old and Drawde hasn't logged on since October 2005 (hope he's OK), so I doubt he's going to respond. Of course, plenty of other folks here can probably help you with your questions.

That was a nice build, eh?

~Brian
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  • From: Kincheloe Michigan
Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, July 10, 2006 5:34 PM
Btw what scale are the AMT star wars kits anyways I still have the Star Destroyer I built years ago plus the Star Destroyer with the Fiber Optic kit. And does anyone have extra decals for the AMT A-wing as I stated earlier it was missing from the kit and the kit was mint in the box.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15   http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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