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Posted by Bish on Saturday, November 29, 2014 9:32 AM

I have never heard of salvo, where are you getting it from. Is there a reason it will take so long to reach you.

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Posted by Señormodeler on Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:00 AM

Sorry, I meant salzo. Damn autocorrect. Mike salzo over at the RPF Forum has been building master molds for an x-wing based on the dimensions of the original studio model. He's done 3 versions before this one. This will be first build. I'll post a link.

It's taking a while to get to me because I'm at the end of a long line of people that he's popping out resin kits for.

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Posted by Señormodeler on Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:02 AM
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Posted by Raven728 on Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:40 AM

That's an awesome dio, Senor! I have trouble finding enough room for a 1/48 plane on my workbench, much less something that size. Can't wait to see more of that.

- Steve

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Posted by flyerduke on Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:06 PM

Are there any new Star Wars kits that aren't snap-together?  Who makes a quality kit at a reasonable price?

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, November 30, 2014 3:32 AM

Not sure about new ones, some of the AMT kits can be very nice and still a decent price. Possibly the best plastic kits are the AMT ones but they are a bit pricey.

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Posted by badlanguage on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 5:50 PM

I'm a definite maybe for this build. I'll go by the hobby store in the next few days hopefully and see what they have to offer...

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Posted by Raven728 on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 8:49 PM

flyerduke

Are there any new Star Wars kits that aren't snap-together?  Who makes a quality kit at a reasonable price?

I was considering doing two snap kits. Quantity over quality. Whistling

- Steve

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Posted by panzerpilot on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:01 PM
Hi, Bish. I'll enlist! A fine molds 1/48 x-wing! It looks like a good kit and my scanning for a larger scale returned showing devoid of life forms...

-Tom

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Posted by Señormodeler on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 9:58 AM

Can't wait to see that x-wing. Which red designation will it be? Red-5?

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Posted by ygmodeler4 on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:16 AM

Alright, I'll get in this thing....TBA

-Josiah

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:53 PM

Nice choice Tom. I have their 72nd X-Wing so will be looking forward to yours. There were a couple of 24th Resin X-Wings and AMT produced a 35th electronic one back in the late 80's I think, but no idea would you would be able to get these.

Josiah, got you down as a TBC. Welcome aboard guys.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:55 PM

bad, hope you can make it on board.

Steve, I was always put off by those snap kits, but after speaking to Rob, they don't seem as bad as one might think.

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Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:23 PM

Oh my! Look what Santa brought a little early!

 Bruce

 

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:26 PM

Now that looks interesting Bruce. Certainly going to light up the GB.

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Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:50 PM

I may not do the red x-wing, thinking of something different after I read this article about Blue One

 

 Bruce

 

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Posted by Señormodeler on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:13 PM

Nice, Bruce!

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Posted by Raven728 on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 6:30 PM

Bish, I wouldn't be surprised if those snap kits built up nicely - they seem to be much better made than when we were kids. Still, iit would feel like cheating to only build one for the GB. Wink

I just found out last night that Fine Molds lost the SW license to Bandai last summer, which explains why the FM kits seem to be out of stock everywhere I look. I did see quite a few Bandai kits on Ebay (X-Wing and...TIE Advanced? Interesting!) . They're reasonably priced but shipping from Asia can be pricey.

- Steve

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Posted by panzerpilot on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 8:46 PM

Señormodeler

Can't wait to see that x-wing. Which red designation will it be? Red-5?

i'm not sure what designation it will be. I'd like to do something newer, er uh older? than Red-5

Thanks, Bish. I did come across the older kits but they seem very much toy-like and unavailable, nonetheless. I found a fine molds 1/48, which was lucky because they are an endangered species. 

Yeah, Raven. I'll be interested to see how Bandai does with all the new licensing and when they will be released. It does look like the bandai 1/72 x wing is out.

-Tom

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:41 AM

Well that's disappointing to hear that. I wonder how the Bandai kits will compare. Looks like that 72nd falcon is going to be way out of reach now.

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Posted by hogfanfs on Thursday, December 4, 2014 7:16 AM

Here's a link about the new Star Wars products coming from Bandai. Not sure if all these product will be made available, but that Star Destroyer sure looks impressive!

Click here for link

 Bruce

 

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Posted by badlanguage on Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:07 AM

As someone who's built too many Gundam models, I've been impressed with Bandai's engineering of their kits. Also at the moment the exchange rate of dollar to yen is in our favor. Shipping from Japan using SAL isn't too unreasonable - I'm currently awaiting a Gundam model from Japan and shipping using SAL was about $10. Takes a few weeks, but if you're patient it's not too bad. Check out hlj.com!

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:20 AM

Bruce, I think you forgot to post that link. And now you have my mouth watering. A new Star Destroyer would be very nice.

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Posted by hogfanfs on Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:33 AM

Bish

Bruce, I think you forgot to post that link. And now you have my mouth watering. A new Star Destroyer would be very nice.

 

Bish, I moved the link in the original post to where it can be seen. "Click here for link".

I apologize for that!

The author of the article was not sure if they will produce this Star Destroyer, But, if they did, it would be huge!

 Bruce

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:51 AM

Some nice looking stuff there. I certainly like the look of the Stormtrooper and Darth Vardar as well as the destroyer. I already all the 72nd Fine Molds TIE's and other ships, but those do look rather interesting.

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Posted by panzerpilot on Thursday, December 4, 2014 7:01 PM

I really like the lit up thrusters! I'd be up for another x wing based on that.

-Tom

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Posted by Raven728 on Thursday, December 4, 2014 9:17 PM

badlanguage

As someone who's built too many Gundam models, I've been impressed with Bandai's engineering of their kits. Also at the moment the exchange rate of dollar to yen is in our favor. Shipping from Japan using SAL isn't too unreasonable - I'm currently awaiting a Gundam model from Japan and shipping using SAL was about $10. Takes a few weeks, but if you're patient it's not too bad. Check out hlj.com!

I don't know why I didn't think to check HLJ sooner, thanks for pointing that out Badlanguage! Both the kit and shipping prices are very reasonable, I think I might have to pull the trigger on an X-Wing soon. The kits I really want to build are the Y-Wing and TIE Interceptor, but oh well - I'll keep an eye out for the TIE snap kit and wait to see if Bandai releases a Y at some point in the future. Maybe another GB for episode VIII? Wink

- Steve

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Posted by hogfanfs on Friday, December 5, 2014 8:15 AM

Raven728

badlanguage

As someone who's built too many Gundam models, I've been impressed with Bandai's engineering of their kits. Also at the moment the exchange rate of dollar to yen is in our favor. Shipping from Japan using SAL isn't too unreasonable - I'm currently awaiting a Gundam model from Japan and shipping using SAL was about $10. Takes a few weeks, but if you're patient it's not too bad. Check out hlj.com!

I don't know why I didn't think to check HLJ sooner, thanks for pointing that out Badlanguage! Both the kit and shipping prices are very reasonable, I think I might have to pull the trigger on an X-Wing soon. The kits I really want to build are the Y-Wing and TIE Interceptor, but oh well - I'll keep an eye out for the TIE snap kit and wait to see if Bandai releases a Y at some point in the future. Maybe another GB for episode VIII? Wink

 

I should have mentioned it as well. I bought my x-wing from HLJ. It was by far less expensive than the offerings on eBay.

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

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Posted by hogfanfs on Friday, December 5, 2014 11:48 AM

 Bruce

 

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Posted by Bish on Friday, December 5, 2014 12:22 PM

Steve, I have thought about carrying this on for VIII and IX. If there is enough support, I will.

Bruce, where did you get those parts from.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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