Keeping the cockpit closed was the correct decision. Having it open when the X-Wing is in flight mode would look funny. The paint job and weathering turned out awesome. Great job 👍
It's been a long time since I've seen this 1/35 scale X-Wing kit, noticeably bigger than the old *mpc* kit from 1978 which is some weird box scale that isn't exactly 1/48 scale, always hard to find a pilot figure that can pass as a rebel pilot with that one. Very nice work!
@@EagleSciFiModeler Yes, there are standard X wing kits in 1/48th by Fine Molds but there is a version with all the electronics, wings etc. It's pricey at around $125... I like this bigger scale version though the 1/72 Fine Molds kits are great!
RIP, Boyd Crompton. I had no idea he had passed away when I made my comments on this video. A lot of us were taken by surprise. It wasn't the cancer that killed him. According to The Ensign's Chair, Boyd contracted pneumonia and with his weakened system he wasn't able to fight it off. It's a tragic loss for the online modeling community....
I was thinking... If you have Rogue One on disc, it's not that hard to capture sound from it OR find sound files online. The entire Battle of Scarif is on RUclips already! The issue would be you'd have to find a different sound board. I think Boyd from TrekWorks has done some things with this for his Star Trek model kits. (He's a Trek guy; he's not much into Star Wars!). An adaptable/custom sound board is really the only way to acquire what you want sound effects and dialogue-wise. Sound editing is a pain but there are plenty of freeware sound editors (I use Audacity) out there that can edit just about any major sound file format (AIFF or WAV; WAV is most common and the Windows/PC standard). Even a 22 Hz, mono sound file really doesn't sound that bad. Lower than 22 Hz unless you really know what you're doing and better-than-average consumer grade generally doesn't sound as good.
DC circuitry can be fun. I've had to do it with 575V Bosch motor drives for electric vehicle battery presses where I've been working. Always fun when the engineer throws in a resistor bank or capacitors.
Beautiful job as always. I have the motorized Bandai x-wing kit that I still need to finish up. It’s a bit newer and smaller than this kit but the electronics are miles ahead of this one for obvious reasons. But you did a fantastic job. I don’t see a ton of different versions of the x-wings, just the usually red so this is a nice change. Fantastic work. Take care
The motors are better on the Bandai kit not to mention it's better-engineered. The wings just don't open or close well on this old AMT/ERTL kit. I've seen video build-ups of the Bandai 1/48 X-wing kit and it definitely outclasses this kit by a mile. Of course, you pay more than a mile extra for the Bandai kit, too! It wasn't cheap when it was first released and I doubt you can get the deluxe Bandai X-wing kit for much less than 30-40% mark up now. Eagle Models did what he could with this kit. It was a nice paint-job and the lighting on the engines and cockpit front panel were nice touches. I don't think I would have bothered motorizing the thing. I would have just kept the model in cruise (wings closed) or combat configuration (fully extended/open wings). I don't know that Round 2 should bother re-releasing this kit unless they seriously improve it, if they're going to keep the motors (which I doubt they would). While their old Star Wars model kit re-releases have been generally good, only the newer Round 2 Star Wars kits have been hits out of the ball park. Very few people are dissing the new TIE Fighter model released this past year. It proves there's life in the US market when a company cares to do research and properly engineer its model kits. (Lest we be seen as too Bandai-biased, their model kits have problems, too. The chemistry of the Bandai Star Wars kits does NOT take kindly to the "wrong paints." The assembled, painted kits have been known to become brittle and crack over time. Also, the plastic is thin as it is and a lot of people have broken Bandai models simply by sneezing on them! Yes, an exaggeration to be sure but it's true that a lot of the small bits on the Bandai models are fragile.) It's kind of difficult for anyone to top Bandai but seeing as how half the Bandai Star Wars kits are no longer easily available in the US AND Star Wars' popularity is no longer what it was because of Mickey's mismanagement ---! Yeah. We're lucky ANYONE is doing new Star Wars model kit releases now! I saw a TON of Boba Fett/Bandai action figure/model kits at Ollies Discount Outlet this past XMas. Those kits did NOT sell. They still have tons of them in-stock. What killed sales of that kit was the awfulness of the Boba Fett limited series on Disney+. They absolutely ruined that character!
@@EagleSciFiModeler Unfortunately, I don't think you CAN get a good deal on most of the Bandai kits now. If I'm not mistaken, at least half of them are out of production or extremely rare -- except the Boba Fett model kit! LOL Yeah, that 1/48 scale Bandai X-Wing kit with the motorized action received raves but it was gone fairly quick. As ubiquitous as the X-wing is, it sells out most of the time! LOL The scale, motors, and LEDs really put that Bandai 1/48 X-wing kit on another level. I think it was their best X-Wing release but it was limited and I don't think they ever did another run of the kit with the LEDs and motors. I've seen the other X-Wings Bandai did and frankly I think they were kind of dinky... Then again, their Perfect Grade (1/72 scale) Millennium Falcon wasn't huge, EITHER, and that was never an economical kit for the size. With the general popularity of Star Wars in decline, the AMT/ERTL kits I'm sure have better deals. The question is how many people want to spend time accuratizing half those kits?!?
Hey mate great video and I actually have that kit I bought in 1998 it's still in the box not built yet one day I'll get around I have hundreds of other ones as well 😊
Those "mystery" parts are capacitors, and looking at the instructions, they can just as easily be installed across the corresponding terminals on the circuit board. Of course, I haven't got to the end of this video yetr so maybe you already sorted it out 🙂
I imagine they are there to provide a kick to get the motor spinning, since electric motors, especially those with a gear assembly to drive, require a bit more current to start than they do to keep operating 🙂
Beginning of Video, BEFORE I finished watching! -- Didn't Bandai release a 1/48 scale X-Wing that was motorized, too? Sweet model but very expensive, too. I think it was a limited run as well. The second production run didn't have the lights and motors in it.
It's the Bandai Star Wars 1/48 X-wing Starfighter Moving Edition. I'm building it now. I had the AMT 1/35 shown in this video but I ended up selling it. It's a cool model but I didn't want to mess with the older electronics.@@EagleSciFiModeler
Keeping the canopy closed was the wright decision , having it open when the X-Wing is in the flying position would look funny. The paint job and weathering look awesome. Nicely done.
Man, I don't know how you're not a contributor or assistant editor at Fine Scale Modeler. Have you ever talked to Aaron Skinner or Matthew Usher there? I think you have what it takes for FSM, EM.
"In Honor of Blue Leader-- he died well!" = Klingon tribute... probably! They never did a Blue X-Wing in the original Star Wars because blue paint doesn't agree with blue screen!
Keeping the cockpit closed was the correct decision. Having it open when the X-Wing is in flight mode would look funny. The paint job and weathering turned out awesome. Great job 👍
Thanks friend...I didn't think an opening cockpit really added anything to the model.
It's been a long time since I've seen this 1/35 scale X-Wing kit, noticeably bigger than the old *mpc* kit from 1978 which is some weird box scale that isn't exactly 1/48 scale, always hard to find a pilot figure that can pass as a rebel pilot with that one. Very nice work!
Thanks, I have another I'm going to build one day with my own lighting and with the moving parts.
Sweet!😊
Im thinking of doing the 1/48th Fine Molds kit with electronics & moving s foils...
Thanks! I wasn't aware they made one...I'll have to see if I can find it now...lol
@@EagleSciFiModeler Yes, there are standard X wing kits in 1/48th by Fine Molds but there is a version with all the electronics, wings etc. It's pricey at around $125...
I like this bigger scale version though the 1/72 Fine Molds kits are great!
Nice one, I had seen this kit around but didn't know it was 1/35 scale. Like the colours you chose and love seeing a new vid pop up from you :)
Thanks friend, hope all is well with you!
i have the one I bought back in 98, still in the box, never got around to it, always wanted to do it just right
It's definitely a challenge to build.
Your figure painting works. It's hard to make AMT pretty. Like putting lipstick on a Berkshire hog. You did great.
Thanks...yes, the figure left a lot to be desired.
Yellow and blue look good.
Thank you!
RIP, Boyd Crompton.
I had no idea he had passed away when I made my comments on this video.
A lot of us were taken by surprise.
It wasn't the cancer that killed him. According to The Ensign's Chair, Boyd contracted pneumonia and with his weakened system he wasn't able to fight it off.
It's a tragic loss for the online modeling community....
He was such an inspiration for me when I returned to modeling.
I was thinking... If you have Rogue One on disc, it's not that hard to capture sound from it OR find sound files online. The entire Battle of Scarif is on RUclips already!
The issue would be you'd have to find a different sound board. I think Boyd from TrekWorks has done some things with this for his Star Trek model kits. (He's a Trek guy; he's not much into Star Wars!). An adaptable/custom sound board is really the only way to acquire what you want sound effects and dialogue-wise.
Sound editing is a pain but there are plenty of freeware sound editors (I use Audacity) out there that can edit just about any major sound file format (AIFF or WAV; WAV is most common and the Windows/PC standard).
Even a 22 Hz, mono sound file really doesn't sound that bad. Lower than 22 Hz unless you really know what you're doing and better-than-average consumer grade generally doesn't sound as good.
DC circuitry can be fun. I've had to do it with 575V Bosch motor drives for electric vehicle battery presses where I've been working. Always fun when the engineer throws in a resistor bank or capacitors.
I'm still a novice at it, but i'm learning !
You already know 3V and 9V DC circuits judging by your previous masterpieces. You'll be doing 12V and 24V distribution in no time!
It's Rusty, right? I saw one of your builds in Fine Scale Modeler's Reader Gallery years ago.
That 14.5V DC supply is an oddball alright. I think tiny motors and low volt lighting ran on that stuff in the 90s into the Oughts.
The kit definitely shows it's age in the electronics area...lol
Looks AMAZING as always!!!!
Thanks friend!
Beautiful job as always. I have the motorized Bandai x-wing kit that I still need to finish up. It’s a bit newer and smaller than this kit but the electronics are miles ahead of this one for obvious reasons. But you did a fantastic job. I don’t see a ton of different versions of the x-wings, just the usually red so this is a nice change. Fantastic work. Take care
The motors are better on the Bandai kit not to mention it's better-engineered. The wings just don't open or close well on this old AMT/ERTL kit.
I've seen video build-ups of the Bandai 1/48 X-wing kit and it definitely outclasses this kit by a mile. Of course, you pay more than a mile extra for the Bandai kit, too! It wasn't cheap when it was first released and I doubt you can get the deluxe Bandai X-wing kit for much less than 30-40% mark up now.
Eagle Models did what he could with this kit. It was a nice paint-job and the lighting on the engines and cockpit front panel were nice touches. I don't think I would have bothered motorizing the thing. I would have just kept the model in cruise (wings closed) or combat configuration (fully extended/open wings).
I don't know that Round 2 should bother re-releasing this kit unless they seriously improve it, if they're going to keep the motors (which I doubt they would). While their old Star Wars model kit re-releases have been generally good, only the newer Round 2 Star Wars kits have been hits out of the ball park. Very few people are dissing the new TIE Fighter model released this past year. It proves there's life in the US market when a company cares to do research and properly engineer its model kits.
(Lest we be seen as too Bandai-biased, their model kits have problems, too. The chemistry of the Bandai Star Wars kits does NOT take kindly to the "wrong paints." The assembled, painted kits have been known to become brittle and crack over time. Also, the plastic is thin as it is and a lot of people have broken Bandai models simply by sneezing on them! Yes, an exaggeration to be sure but it's true that a lot of the small bits on the Bandai models are fragile.)
It's kind of difficult for anyone to top Bandai but seeing as how half the Bandai Star Wars kits are no longer easily available in the US AND Star Wars' popularity is no longer what it was because of Mickey's mismanagement ---!
Yeah. We're lucky ANYONE is doing new Star Wars model kit releases now!
I saw a TON of Boba Fett/Bandai action figure/model kits at Ollies Discount Outlet this past XMas. Those kits did NOT sell. They still have tons of them in-stock.
What killed sales of that kit was the awfulness of the Boba Fett limited series on Disney+. They absolutely ruined that character!
Thank you, I will have to get the Bandai kit and give it a go, I'm sure it's a far superior kit.
@@EagleSciFiModeler Unfortunately, I don't think you CAN get a good deal on most of the Bandai kits now.
If I'm not mistaken, at least half of them are out of production or extremely rare -- except the Boba Fett model kit! LOL
Yeah, that 1/48 scale Bandai X-Wing kit with the motorized action received raves but it was gone fairly quick.
As ubiquitous as the X-wing is, it sells out most of the time! LOL
The scale, motors, and LEDs really put that Bandai 1/48 X-wing kit on another level. I think it was their best X-Wing release but it was limited and I don't think they ever did another run of the kit with the LEDs and motors. I've seen the other X-Wings Bandai did and frankly I think they were kind of dinky... Then again, their Perfect Grade (1/72 scale) Millennium Falcon wasn't huge, EITHER, and that was never an economical kit for the size.
With the general popularity of Star Wars in decline, the AMT/ERTL kits I'm sure have better deals. The question is how many people want to spend time accuratizing half those kits?!?
Hey mate great video and I actually have that kit I bought in 1998 it's still in the box not built yet one day I'll get around I have hundreds of other ones as well 😊
Thanks friend! Get to building those kits! 🙂
Great job!
Thank you!
Do you think Round 2 will ever repop this kit with an updated sound board?
It'd be nice if you could customize the sound!
I don't know, that would need to upgrade the lighting elements to LEDs too. The model is a nice size, it would be nice if they did something with it.
Those "mystery" parts are capacitors, and looking at the instructions, they can just as easily be installed across the corresponding terminals on the circuit board. Of course, I haven't got to the end of this video yetr so maybe you already sorted it out 🙂
Thanks, I understand what capacitors do, how do you think it helps in this case...seems to be working okay without them.
That's one advantage of DC vs. AC circuits, DC is easier to add devices to on work drawings and schematics to make Ohm's Holy Law add up for it.
I imagine they are there to provide a kick to get the motor spinning, since electric motors, especially those with a gear assembly to drive, require a bit more current to start than they do to keep operating 🙂
@@occamsrayzor Thanks, I appreciate the info! Seems to be working fine without it...for now...lol
I have the bandai 1/48 still havent touch it..but this looks much bigger and fun to build
I'd love to get the Bandai version but it's quite expensive right now.
Beginning of Video, BEFORE I finished watching! -- Didn't Bandai release a 1/48 scale X-Wing that was motorized, too? Sweet model but very expensive, too.
I think it was a limited run as well. The second production run didn't have the lights and motors in it.
I haven't seen that one...I'll have to look for it.
It's the Bandai Star Wars 1/48 X-wing Starfighter Moving Edition. I'm building it now. I had the AMT 1/35 shown in this video but I ended up selling it. It's a cool model but I didn't want to mess with the older electronics.@@EagleSciFiModeler
@@TimBailey859 thanks for the info!
I'm doing the Patrick Bateman nod right now. Noice...
Really cool. 👍
Thank you!
Look at the old breadboard and solid state relays. I've demoed more of that than I've installed...
Well, I did get to work on my soldering skills... lol
Keeping the canopy closed was the wright decision , having it open when the X-Wing is in the flying position would look funny. The paint job and weathering look awesome. Nicely done.
Man, I don't know how you're not a contributor or assistant editor at Fine Scale Modeler. Have you ever talked to Aaron Skinner or Matthew Usher there? I think you have what it takes for FSM, EM.
Thanks! I've never talked to anyone but that would be interesting to be part of something like that!
Good looking kit. However i think the engine housings are back to front…i may be wrong.
Thanks, that's how the instructions have them and they only fit that way...the detail on them is off ...
@@EagleSciFiModeler Haha, par for the course for older kits I suppose!
"In Honor of Blue Leader-- he died well!" = Klingon tribute... probably!
They never did a Blue X-Wing in the original Star Wars because blue paint doesn't agree with blue screen!
This looks like a 1/18 scale. 🤔