Well the kit comes with the markings for Luke’s mount, Red 5. But that is SO commonly done. I wanted to do something a little different. So scouring the Internet I found that somebody had watched too much Star Wars (the original film will always be Star Wars to me, where Greedo never gets a shot off, but I digress) and had cataloged the markings for several different ships of Red Squadron. Anyways I saved all the profiles that he made and started on marking mine up. 

Kudos to the one who can ID which ship I’m doing before I add the wing hash marks that positively ID my choice... anyways, based off of those profiles here is where I am so far. All hand brushed, mostly Humbrol enamels so I can clean up any excess off of the acrylic base...

Great job on her SP!!! Love seeing all these beautiful X-Wings and TiEs recently!

Thank you Gamera. These little Bandai kits are so much fun. I may grab a few more and run with this concept. 

I'm gunna guess....

This one;

Red 3 - Wedge Antilles

Or this one;

I still need Red 1 and 2. 

MB, that’s a beautiful collection you have there. Which kit are you using for all of those?

But no, it’s not one that you have there so far...

BTW, Red 3 is Biggs, not Wedge...

LOL! Whoopsie.

They are the Revell "Quick Build" series that were in the vacuum sealed bags. I've got a couple of TIE Interceptors too.

I had the entire series at one point.

Thanks. The schemes were based on my ancient recollection of Rogue Squadron from the novels. Honestly I don't remember if I got the right schemes or not. I was just painting them up from memory about 9 years ago now.

I never realized that the Revell bagged kits looked that good. In my mind I always thought that they were more toylike, without ever having seen one. I guess that it was the packaging. What scale would you guess that they are? 

Oh cool, when I build my X-Wing I just might do Biggs or Wedge too. Nice change from Luke all the time.

Was Porkins in a X-Wing or a Y-Wing? I don't remember now.

 Mike: Those look good!!!

PS: Ok, I did look and Porkins had an X-Wing.

Nice work on that so far Carlos. I had not realised there were these kits in 144.

stikpusher

I never realized that the Revell bagged kits looked that good. In my mind I always thought that they were more toylike, without ever having seen one. I guess that it was the packaging. What scale would you guess that they are? 

 

If I had to guess, I'd say relatively 1/76th scale. The figures are smaller than 1/72, but seem almost 1/76. Maybe a touch smaller.

I bought one of the TIE Interceptors on a whim and was delighted by the detail level and the parts fit. I started buying more after that. The TIE's are about the same scale. The Jedi starfighters were larger (almost small enough for 1/72) and the Republic gunships were smaller than 1/76 for sure. So scale was not a consideration when Revell produced these kits.

Thanks guys.

Bish, Bandai does make several 1/144 scale Star Wars kits. I kinda like these little guys!

MB, thanks for that info. I’ll have to give them a new look. The packaging just throws me off.

Yesterday before the family thanksgiving meal outing, I masked off and painted on the fuselage red stripe. I had a bit of bleed under the masking, but was able to scrape most of that off with a toothpick. Hopefully upcoming weathering will take care of the rest...   

Nice work on the targe... um X-Wing SP!!! 

Looking forward to seeing her all done up! 

Lol! Thanks Gamera! That’s pretty much how mine ends up in the movie... but then again every X-wing in the movie is hit at least once... even Luke...

And to now answer the question that I am sure was keeping nobody up at night for my markings choice....

“Red boys, this is Red Leader...”

I modified the kit stickers, yes it comes with stickers, not water slide decals, into the markings for Red Leader. And while I was leery at first of using the stickers, I must say that I was quite pleasantly surprised at their quality. I was able to burnish them down nicely using a toothpick over surface detail. Banzai Bandai!

and now I’ve started the weathering to bring out all that fine beautiful detail... but it’s cool and damp here today so the wash is drying quite slowly.

That's cool stik.  I may have to pick one of these up.

Thank you John. For $6 at Hobby Lobby you cant go wrong....

I used a red sable brush for wash clean up...

I just need to fine tune the R2 unit and possibly add a little Tamiya weathering medium soot...

Almost there....

Ohhhhhhhhh, looks sharp!!!

Looking good Stik!  Lock S-foils in attack position and switch your deflector shields to double front!

Gamera, I think Porkins was Red-6.

Gamera and G, thank you.

and yes, Porkins was Red 6.

Stik-

Your x wing looks good.  I never noticed the red bars indicating squadron member.  I'm just finishing up the 1/72 bandai at-m6. They're really fun quick kits.  I also have the x wing kit.  Looking forward to building it. 

Nice work.  

T e d

Edit: No way the at-m6 I'm building 1/72. It's not marked with a scale.  Internet guess is 1/550. Fits in your hand. 

Thanks Ted! This build now has me quite sold on these Bandai Star Wars kits in any scale. 

Thanks, wasn't sure about Porkins. I've got Star Wars on Blu-Ray and really really need to get around to rewatching it.

Gamera

Thanks, wasn't sure about Porkins. I've got Star Wars on Blu-Ray and really really need to get around to rewatching it.

 

You do! But isnt the Blu Ray the revamped version? With all the bad changes...

anyways...

And it wouldn’t be Red Leader, without his own Droid, R5-D4

and to give an idea of how small this kit is...

just under 100mm (4 inches) in length....

Oh wow, 10cm!?! Guess it didn't click with me how small 144th scale was here till now. That is even more sharp work considering how small it is. 

I'm not sure about my edition of the movie- it's supposed to have the 'original' and the 'enchanced' on different sides of the disc. I need to pull them out and check them- I think though the 'original' cut is just the laserdisc version burned to a Blu-Ray without any attempt to clean-up the prints. 

Thanks Gamera.

The DVD I have with the original 1977 version and the “special edition” is the same thing. The original was made from the laser disc. I still prefer that version, grainy appearance and all. George got it right the first time.

Stik,

I think I have the same DVD set you have.  When I bought it I made a decree that no Special Edition versions shall be watched in my house, ever.

I first saw Star Wars in the summer of 1977, and I want my memories to always stay that way.

LOL!

Good man G!

I pulled mine out and yeah- they're regular DVD. I'm not sure why I was thinking they were Blu-Ray. Probably the same version you and Real G have. I can't argue- grain and all gotta love them as I first saw them. 

Today things fell into place for photos of my X-Wing build... 

“IT’S AWAY!!!”

Thanks for looking, comments and critiques welcome.