Kitbashing a 1/72 X-Wing kit into an E-Wing

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Scratchbuild your own model spaceships! sublightdrive.etsy.com
No I didn't include the top cannon, fight me
Materials Used:
1 (one) Bandai 1/72 X-Wing kit
Styrene sheets in 1 mm (.040") and .5 mm (.020") thickness
Transparent Styrene in .5 mm thickness
Weld-On 3
CA Glue
Acrylic paints for basecoating
Oil paints for weathering
Music (in order of appearance)
A Mystical Experience - Unicorn Heads
Future Glider - Brian Bolger
Endless Sequence - Zen_Man
Space Diving - Mezhdunami
Epic Motivational Trailer - AudioCoffee
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Making the Template
4:31 Cutting
6:00 Assembly
7:42 Painting the Cockpit
9:32 Assembly
10:44 The Canopy
12:18 Assembly
17:38 Fine Details
19:12 Painting
21:01 Weathering
23:57 Outro
#starwars #ahsoka

Пікірлер: 74

@darthsandpaper 10 ай бұрын

my favorite part was when he said "its panel line time" and panel lined all over the place

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

📈📈📈

@Iskelderon 4 күн бұрын

Great job! My problem with the E-Wing will always be that the bulky look makes it seem more primitive than the X-Wing, but that causes it to clash with the Headhunter, which we already know as the X-Wing's predecessor.

@colinxenofish8624 10 ай бұрын

Another stellar video!!!! I’ve been having a really hard time with the divorce recently and I’ve been playing many of your videos and it’s nice to have your voice explaining simple and constructive tasks while I try reconstruct my life after marriage. It’s like you’re here in the room with me!

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

Same

@Jaytheradical 2 күн бұрын

V-Wing supremacy!

@thefantasticdrill788 10 ай бұрын

I love this channel so much, it scratches such a specific scratchbuilding sci-fi itch for me, and I wish way more people could see this stuff honestly. Great work on this model, I love the dedication in adapting the multiple versions of the e wing into one cohesive model!

@earlware4322 10 ай бұрын

This is a wicked cool build that I have been wanting to do since I first read the Dark Empire series. You did an outstanding job, almoat exactly as I've pictured this craft in my head all these years. I was amazed at how many of the X-wing parts you were able to use. I really need to pick up a few of those kits now and purchase your templates so that I can attempt an E-Wing of my own. Outstanding job sir, thanks for sharing! Keep on keeping on!!

@alessiodecarolis 10 ай бұрын

This is one of the coolest kitbashes I saw. The E-Wing had always been one of my favourite SW fighter, so it's refreshing seeing how it was possible build one. Legends have some of the more beautiful starfighters' designs, and some had became Canon, such as the Tie Defender, and surely more will follow. Edit:I just saw Ashoka 's first episodes (very good), and guess what Starfighter was seen on Lothal? A pair of E-wings! So it's possible that Bandai will do a plastic kit of it!

@georgemacgregor5437 10 ай бұрын

Outstanding. I have been building models and scratch building stuff for over 50 years and I am glad that I can still learn something. When I get the multitude of projects done some where in the future I will definitely try an E- wing for my Star Wars collection. BTW, My Star Wars collection is on display in the Library system I work in. I am pretty sure that I can squeeze an E-wing in there some where. Thanks for the build.

@Jechidat_Oketz 10 ай бұрын

I love it. The E-Wing is my Favorite little ship.

@gundamleader 10 ай бұрын

One Word only: MASTERPIECE

@GabrielGABFonseca 10 ай бұрын

It's always a highlight to my day when I see you've put a new video up, man!

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

Hell yeah brother

@gramitoncleric7 6 ай бұрын

Amazing. Your skill and attention to detail are fun to watch. Can't wait to watch what you have in store.

@One_Stone61 10 ай бұрын

I hope bandai releases a kit of the e wing some time this year

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

That would be rad, though it’ll probably depend on how big a role it has in the show. Bandai’s models are pretty nice but they only really make kits of the stars of the show, as it were.

@pierrechristen7221 10 ай бұрын

A great build! The mix of scratch built and kitbash just fit very well.

@roelantverhoeven371 6 күн бұрын

my third favourite fighter in SW, Naboo N1 being nr 1 (ofcourse) and the V 19 wing torrent being nr 2!

@Deceptichop 10 ай бұрын

So awesome. Thank you for sharing. My favorite “Legends” ship is the Moldy Crow, never seen it outside of the X-Wing miniatures game. That could be a fun kitbash.

@gameyybuilds 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, new Sublight Drive video! Awesome!

@WarChimp 10 ай бұрын

Genuinely one of the best builds I have seen. Epic work! 👏👏👏

@kieranbasham2678 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoy the voice overs of your recent vids, it’s good to hear more in-depth of your thoughts and process. As someone who collects warhammer models and have got into scratch building my own parts to convert the base kits, this video was especially enjoyable. Informative and inspiring as always, thanks!

@dpswets 10 ай бұрын

Very impressive and beautiful ship!

@dalangalma 10 ай бұрын

An incredible build! It came out so well. I’m amazed you were able to join all those wing angles together by hand without any sort of jig.

@cynicalmamc 10 ай бұрын

Just excellent kit bashing goodness

@ILikeBlackholes77 2 ай бұрын

This ship looks straight from no mans sky

@DarthChimera 10 ай бұрын

Bless you front and back for actually mentioning what software you use for templates! I'm only just getting into styrene building, and trying to draw out the templates by hand has been a tremendous hazard in actually building symmetrical pieces.

@YOOT_JJ 10 ай бұрын

NEW FULL LENGTH VIDEO! Celebrating with this one man, spreading the word as much as i can.

@ford9501 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the more in-depth look at how you work off reference and the design decisions you make. Thanks for including that this time around! As always, another epic build and a great video. Thanks!

@rensc4262 10 ай бұрын

Great work. I would love to see ships from each faction of the expanse :)

@rogue1874 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful work. Amazing model. Thanks for sharing.

@oisinholz 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! Love sitting down after a little smoke and just watching people make things! Brilliant build

@johnkelley9877 10 ай бұрын

Excellent work! The model looks just like the images and artwork and the weatherting is really neat looking. Thanks for sharing this.

@Lady_Rhea 10 ай бұрын

This is really such a magnificent build. I will say, I do think the pilot and astromech would have benefited slightly from a slightly more detailed paint job, just because of how we are used to pilots and astromechs drawing the eye, but they definitely are more than adequate as it stands. Another fantastic job, thank you so much for sharing.

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

This is true, but also they are very small and painting them is hard

@Lady_Rhea 10 ай бұрын

Make no mistake, they were beautiful and very fitting of the model. I am painfully aware of how brutal it is to paint so small. It was just my only note of criticism looking at the model, I did not mean to suggest I did not love them as they are. Thank you :)@@Sublight_Drive

@BLAZE084 10 ай бұрын

Just wow!

@Squidmaster2470 10 ай бұрын

Awesome build!

@Phaser1x 10 ай бұрын

Nice work.

@scaleffect 10 ай бұрын

An excellent project and execution. Thanks for sharing your work. If you're ever looking for new subjects or inspiration in the space ship genre, don't overlook Sins of a Solar Empire. Many of the TEC faction ships have similar boxy styles to your existing body of work, and would likely integrate into your existing template design process.

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check it out! I think I picked it up on a free weekend on the Epic platform, but I never bothered to try playing. Might have to, now.

@metajock 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful job. Thanks!!!

@danisoto7194 6 ай бұрын

Great work!!!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

@Lady_Rhea 10 ай бұрын

This is so cool! Always cool to see another of your videos :)

@MrShogunfish 10 ай бұрын

All the best aircraft have a protruding hazard preventing the pilot from ejecting in an emergency, it's just common sense.

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

That’s why everyone calls helicopters “god’s favorite form of flight” and “a safe and reliable way to fly, no cap”

@MrShogunfish 10 ай бұрын

@@Sublight_Drive just go between the blades easy

@earlware4322 10 ай бұрын

I believe I read/heard somewhere that in the event of an ejection by the helicopter's crew the rotor blades are released from the main shaft. Which always had me thinking that while they no longer posed a threat to the crew, they instead become giant daggers of death to anyone or anything in the immediate area. 😱

@r3v3n63 10 ай бұрын

I've watched this a couple of times and I realy think this version of the Headhunter turned out very nice, a great mix of kitbash and scratch build with pleasing symmetry. On a side note I've been recently rewatching an old 80's cartoon called The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and there is a ship, (I think it's called the Interceptor?) that might pique your interest.

@Lady_Rhea 10 ай бұрын

To be fair, it is kind of your deal to have so many different shades of grey paint lol

@WarrenThrush 10 ай бұрын

What a great build! Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed your technique of painting the chip marks on the hull and how it came out with the rest of the weathering. It really works. I have to say I look forward to each of your videos when you post them, so please keep up the great work.

@korbendallas71 9 ай бұрын

Excellent build 👏

@anthony14rmg 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoying this conversion of a classic ship, big thumbs up!👍

@kevinnazario1015 4 ай бұрын

Your precision and cleanliness is at another level. I am green with envy over here.

@melanisticmandalorian8909 11 күн бұрын

what shade of green ?

@CharlieChalk9790 10 ай бұрын

That was awesome!

@gaveintothedarkness 10 ай бұрын

amazing build!

@katana2665 10 ай бұрын

I can't fault your building techniques, you get results. If you haven't tried pastels (scraped from pastel pencils or powder) I would recommend it. I could have seen it being used in the mechanical greeble areas. Also It looked like you were painting right on the plastic. Was everything primed? Great build! I have intentions of a light freighter at some point. I also like the Corsair class. Biggest problem would be determining a scale.

@jorgeveliz721 2 ай бұрын

master!!!!!!!!

@Squidmaster2470 9 ай бұрын

I have an idea for your next video. This is a little unlike your prior builds, but I think you'd do a great job at it. Could you try to build a ghost Viking longship? I think it would be really cool.

@Squidmaster2470 9 ай бұрын

Or maybe something from my favorite anime, Combat Mecha Xabungle?

@Sublight_Drive 9 ай бұрын

Oh you’re a xabungler too? Damn samsies

@nefariousgremlin7554 2 ай бұрын

I dislike the third cannon on the top of the cockpit, but besides that I really like the e-wing's design.

@_Khan-Solo_ 9 ай бұрын

Great build! and it was nice to see the ship in Ashoka. Btw, have you tried the 1:144 ships? Also, could you please share what is the software/app that you use for creating the templates?

@russellpoland6637 3 күн бұрын

Another fascinating video Sir! What type of brushes do You use for the weld-on? Real hair or synthetic? How do the bristles stand up to the weld-on? is it a one time use, how does that work? I am new to the channel, great content, Thank You for sharing!

@Sublight_Drive 3 күн бұрын

They’re synthetic, but the weld-on only dissolves acrylic plastics. Idk what kind of plastic exactly, but they’re not acrylic, so they hold up just fine. I’ve been using the same little brushes for a year or two

@ravingmad8 10 ай бұрын

What are you using for glue? I normally use Tamiya extra thin for styrene.

@Sublight_Drive 10 ай бұрын

I use IPS Weld-On 3 for basically all my styrene bonding needs. Occasionally I’ll break out some regular CA glue for spots where the Weld-On can’t get capillaried far enough

@KitBasher1 4 ай бұрын

What software are you using? - I use Corel draw for 2-D stuff

@Sublight_Drive 4 ай бұрын

I do all my image editing with the Affinity suite of applications, specifically Affinity Designer for templates.

@SqualidsargeStudios 10 ай бұрын

might i give some friendly advice? in the sections you talk, turn down the music audio by maybe 20% or more. it makes it so you are easier to understand.