X-WING (with movable wings & partial interior intention of the technology).

[mijob]

Those engines are looking great.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Awesome!

 

[zathros]

This model is coming out great!!

 

[Walter2]

three landing legs - "wedding" - rear outer wall beginning... The landing legs are removable, but I will glue them on at the end, as the model will stand on them (and not fly).

 

[mijob]

Lovely. I have to say the tubes are looking great. Is it hard to make the tubes with the paper thickness you use?

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

You are doing a FANTASTIC JOB on this project!

 

[Sky Seeker]

three landing legs - "wedding" - rear outer wall beginning... The landing legs are removable, but I will glue them on at the end, as the model will stand on them (and not fly).

This is DEFINITELY the go to model for the x-wing! Maybe make a stand for it just in case you change your mind about the landing gear and keep it "in flight".

 

[Walter2]

Lovely. I have to say the tubes are looking great. Is it hard to make the tubes with the paper thickness you use?

I use 180 paper. The best way to roll it is to leave a margin (1-2 cm), start with a ballpoint pen refill, then cut away the auxiliary margin and finally use a thicker sewing needle and twist very tightly. Remove the sewing needle and twist tighter. I use a piece of paper clip as the end, which I then insert and glue, so the tube remains stable and doesn't kink. I only use wood glue.

 

[Walter2]

This is DEFINITELY the go to model for the x-wing! Maybe make a stand for it just in case you change your mind about the landing gear and keep it "in flight".

It would be worth a try

 

[mijob]

I use 180 paper. The best way to roll it is to leave a margin (1-2 cm), start with a ballpoint pen refill, then cut away the auxiliary margin and finally use a thicker sewing needle and twist very tightly. Remove the sewing needle and twist tighter. I use a piece of paper clip as the end, which I then insert and glue, so the tube remains stable and doesn't kink. I only use wood glue.

Thats a great tip to try with thick paper. I use printing papef A4 sheets for my tubes but I gone try your way.

 

[Sky Seeker]

It would be worth a try

I believe that you're working off the UHU02 X-wing design, which IS the best design of all the X-wings out there. Nice choice on adding an extra dimension that wasn't there before (re: movable wings).

 

[Revell-Fan]

I believe that you're working off the UHU02 Z-wing design, which IS the best design of all the X-wings out there. Nice choice on adding an extra dimension that wasn't there before (re: movable wings).

Do not forget Imcold's X-Wing. Imcold's outer hull around UHU02's innards would be perfect and ultimative.

 

[Walter2]

Rear fairing finished (simple is something else). Is the Imcold's X-Wing model available for download?

 

[Revell-Fan]

There you go:

X-wing paper model - Download

web.archive.org

To make sure that everything fits I would take Imcold's graphics and put them on Uhu's outer hull parts. Adapting it the other way round might be too tricky.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

Here is a link to the resource section for it:

https://www.zealotmodels.com/resources/incom-t-65-x-wing-fighter.2573/

 

[Walter2]

Thank you for the download. I will try on neutral paper to see if I can also do these "ageings" with the airbrush. I haven't tried paper with an airbrush (acrylic paint) yet.

 

[Revell-Fan]

I'm looking forward to seeing that. Please post your progress when you have any results.

 

[Walter2]

No question, I will share everything with you...

 

[Revell-Fan]

No question, I will share everything with you...

"Everything"? Really???

 

[Walter2]

finally the fairing is finished, the small parts were easier to assemble, I had to start the bow twice...
Now the four lasers and the cockpit canopy are still missing - “glazed”, of course - and R2D2...
Our colleague Revell-Fan has a great sense of humor.