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    caseyg83
    Mar 27, 2020

    A-Wing Redux

    in Corona Group Build

    Okay, hear me out. I’m starting with a completed build. When I got back into modeling a few ago this was one of the first, if not the first kit I completed. Ive never been thrilled with it, the colors are too stark and the weathering is sloppy. I could have done better then and I sure do better now. Thankfully Bandai kit can be pretty easily dissembled, which I have already done. These some pic i tool not to long after I finished it the first time.


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    David O'Sullivan
    Mar 28, 2020

    I think this actually looks pretty great, so I'm looking forward to the redux

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    Court Hughes
    Mar 28, 2020

    Casey, I'll second what David said. I think it looks just about perfect for that little space fighter.

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    greg.kittinger
    Mar 29, 2020

    Yeah - I just move my early builds to the low-light, furtherest-away portion of my cabinets...😏

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    caseyg83
    Mar 29, 2020

    new colors are down, much happier the results. It maybe a bit too vibrant but I think a little weathering will tone that down some.

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    caseyg83
    Apr 14, 2020  ·  Edited: Apr 14, 2020

    Tonight I received an order of "Mege LEDs" from Evan Designs. Fortunately, these little guys fit perfectly inside the clear lens for the engines provided with the kit. The worst part about adding lights to a model is deciding how to run the wires and how much of the inner structure you'll have to remove in the process. Using prewired LEDs as I did here can some times make this much harder. In these pics, you can see cuts I had to make to run the wires out of the engine pods and into the fuselage of the ship. I also added one small led to the cockpit to brighten it up. The plan is to make a stand for the A-Wing out of a 5X5inch gesso board like I am very fond of using. Below you find some design mock-ups I did for cutting the painting masks using my Cricut.