Star Wars - A-Wing

This is one of the rebellion's most awesome weapons, fast enough to give even a Tie Interceptor a good run for it money and equipped with both lasers and torpedo's, it has the fire power to worry all but the largest of the Empires capital ships. But resources are scarce and this particular model bears the scars of battle and shows the wear and tare of constantly relocating from base to base. Pilots have to be prepared to fly these vehicles on the seat of their pants as the A-Wing can be most unkind to more timid pilots. However, it is the spirit of the men and women who maintain ships like this who are the real heroes, without them, these machines would still be on the drawing board somewhere, and the Empire would be even closer to victory.

This is another one of those little 'SNAP' models from a few years ago. I used no filler at all mainly because all the parts fit together so well, but this was before I started using filler. I used to just pipe extra glue between the cracks and paint over it when the glue was dry. This is okay until a few years later when the glue starts to discolour and the joins show through the paint again.

I practised on this model with various weathering techniques, some better than others. I think this has had half a dozen washes and paint smeared here and there to try and give the model a really well worn look.

I could do lots more with it including detailing the cockpit and pilot but you have got to decide when to stop fiddling sooner or later am trying a new photographic technique, instead of using a neutral background I am using a book with space images as a backdrop. This save on a lot of post production but with varying results.

(c) 1999 David Pagett - Birmingham, England

DLP Guitars - Handmade in Birmingham, England