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Blue Squadron X-wing

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Did someone say bandwagon? Because im jumping on it. Despite not having seen a star wars film sice the early 2000's I do love the ship designs. Its been a few months since ive been able to really sit down and work on a kit and having set up a brand new work space I set myself a challenge: Do something completely new, here it is. BANDAI's 1/72 X-wing This kit actually comes with 2 whole X-wings, a 1/72 And a 1/144 scale. A really great value for ~30 dollars. My color palette in order of appearance. The kit is standard bandai abs plastic so bondene is the gold standard for seam welding it. Its primed with Alclad grey and then the panel lines are sprayed with tamiya smoke to pre shade. The base color is Tamiya XF-80 Royal Light Grey, Contrast panels are Tamiya XF-54 Dark Sea Grey, XF-59 Desert Yellow, and Tamiya X-4 Blue. All metallics are based in Alclad gloss black base, The engines are buffed with UvR Steel, And the turbines are Model Master An