Well, I've had the urge to build one of my Star Wars kits pretty badly, and I happen to have a simple ERTL 8" X-Wing (Snap-Tite) model, so I contemplated using it for a Dio. I've never made one before, so I wanted to keep it simple.
I'm planning on mocking up a little flightline/apron area, with some AGE equipment hooked up to the X-Wing. I was thinking of adding one of the hose hookups you see in ANH, in the Massassi Temple hangar (refueling machinery, maybe?) connected to the X-Wing. Also, I wanted to open up a panel and add a control box with conduit running to it in a few different places. Other mods to the X-Wing would be a rebuilt cockpit, since I want to display the T-65 with the canopy open and somewhat corrected landing gear. Of course the astromech driod socket would be left vacant, who'd leave their droid all by themselves? I'd have mine making me toast... or something.
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While looking for detailed cockpit info on the X-Wings tonight, I decided to look around for the Cross Sections book I'd looked in before and found this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8322749890&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
Not a bad deal for $8.20 shipped. Now I don't have to worry too much about reference info during the build! What to do with the second book?
Any ideas I might be able to add to this Dio?