OlivierC
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I purchased an Xwing V5 kit from Mike Salzo last year, the Red2/Blue1 version, because of its uniqueness.
Since, I have been prepping the parts and collecting stuff needed for this build : wings armature, plastic tubes and tracks for the wings, brass tubes for the guns, set version of the cockpit (blasphemy!) and I even ordered paint from archive-x. This will be my first big build.
The only thing I'm actually struggling to find are good reference photos. I keep finding the same 10 low res, over/under exposed photos. While I can make out most of the paint scheme (i'm going for the red 2 version), what I can't really see are the raised surface details (the little rectangles of plastic card glued here and there). I know there are fewer for this version of the xwing. Salzo's Hero hull and wings come without any raised greeblies, only panel lines. I assume it's because they are different from one version to another, so it makes sense.
I have heard some good things about this book : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/405406437X/
And in the sample pages, you can see the table of content, showing there are 5 pages dedicated to Red 2 and 9 pages to Blue squadron ! (which I assume is Blue 1).
Now, before I shovel close to $300 for this book (if you add shipping and import taxes to canada), I just wanted to ask to those who bought this book if the pictures for red2/blue1 are really worth it and if you can clearly see the hull details from every angle. I'm not begging for scans, I'd be more than happy to buy this book if I know it contains what I need, I just want a confirmation before taking the plunge.
Thank you,
Olivier
I purchased an Xwing V5 kit from Mike Salzo last year, the Red2/Blue1 version, because of its uniqueness.
Since, I have been prepping the parts and collecting stuff needed for this build : wings armature, plastic tubes and tracks for the wings, brass tubes for the guns, set version of the cockpit (blasphemy!) and I even ordered paint from archive-x. This will be my first big build.
The only thing I'm actually struggling to find are good reference photos. I keep finding the same 10 low res, over/under exposed photos. While I can make out most of the paint scheme (i'm going for the red 2 version), what I can't really see are the raised surface details (the little rectangles of plastic card glued here and there). I know there are fewer for this version of the xwing. Salzo's Hero hull and wings come without any raised greeblies, only panel lines. I assume it's because they are different from one version to another, so it makes sense.
I have heard some good things about this book : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/405406437X/
And in the sample pages, you can see the table of content, showing there are 5 pages dedicated to Red 2 and 9 pages to Blue squadron ! (which I assume is Blue 1).
Now, before I shovel close to $300 for this book (if you add shipping and import taxes to canada), I just wanted to ask to those who bought this book if the pictures for red2/blue1 are really worth it and if you can clearly see the hull details from every angle. I'm not begging for scans, I'd be more than happy to buy this book if I know it contains what I need, I just want a confirmation before taking the plunge.
Thank you,
Olivier
