Pretty happy with my first ever repaint. Though the engines are a bit crap. I'll probably re-do those sometime. Maybe a bright green.

How easy is it to repaint?

I'm curious about doing some repainting myself.

Also, did you remove the dish at some point? Third photo down looks to be without a dish. What did you use to remove it?

Again curious, as I might swap dishes with a CR-90.

The third view is of the underside of the ship Xander.

The third view is of the underside of the ship Xander.

I knew that!

(not)

lol

Everyone is allowed a dumb moment, that was mine.

It was fairly easy. I just bought 4 pots of Citadel paints. Could've gotten by with just 2. Really just the main color and the "Nuln Oil" shader.

Basically I just painted over all the maroon bits on the falcon and then the extra red stuff where I wanted. Need a steady hand at some points. My paint brushes were probably sub par. But overall it was pretty simple. Didn't even take too terribly long.

So you don't need to be Leonardo DeVici?

Colour+Shade=Done

So you don't need to be Leonardo DeVici?

Colour+Shade=Done

Yup. I also colored some panels in some metalic silver, but it's almost non-noticeable.

I started on the YT since it was big and didn't require as fine of a touch as I assume some of the smaller ships will need. But I didn't have any trouble at all.

Looks great.

Thanks

Looks great! I agree the engine glow needs some love though. I can't remember who, but it's likely searchable; someone made printable sheets of decals for engine glow on both the YT's, Decimator, and Shuttle. They look really nice.

Welcome to the repaint party! Life's much more enjoyable over here.

Looks great! I agree the engine glow needs some love though. I can't remember who, but it's likely searchable; someone made printable sheets of decals for engine glow on both the YT's, Decimator, and Shuttle. They look really nice.

Yeah i'll monkey around with a few other options paint wise and if I can't land on something I like i'll try that.

Nice job!

I guess this is a good place to mention this. In some of the other painting threads, I've read where guys have used brake fluid, acetone and some other solvents to strip paint before repainting. Some guys have reported melted models doing this. Remember these ships are plastic and most solvents will eat them. An effective way of stripping paint without destroying the model is with Easy Off oven cleaner.

Use a small container with a tight sealing lid. NOT ALUMINUM! Spray the model and seal it in the container over night. This will keep the Easy Off from drying out. Next morning, using gloves, remove the model and wash under running water. Use an old toothbrush to gently scrub any stubborn spots. Don't use the toothbrush for anything but this. You may have to repeat the process once or twice depending on the paint used.

Remember this stuff is caustic and was designed to remove baked on food. Wear gloves and eye protection and do the spraying outside. The fumes can be irritating. I've used this method to strip enamel, latex, lacquer and acrylic paints. The least satisfying results were from stripping lacquer based paints. The solvents used in lacquers are 'hotter' and bite into the plastic more than enamels.

If anyone has a question drop me a pm and I'll try and answer it.

Nice job!

I guess this is a good place to mention this. In some of the other painting threads, I've read where guys have used brake fluid, acetone and some other solvents to strip paint before repainting. Some guys have reported melted models doing this. Remember these ships are plastic and most solvents will eat them. An effective way of stripping paint without destroying the model is with Easy Off oven cleaner.

Use a small container with a tight sealing lid. NOT ALUMINUM! Spray the model and seal it in the container over night. This will keep the Easy Off from drying out. Next morning, using gloves, remove the model and wash under running water. Use an old toothbrush to gently scrub any stubborn spots. Don't use the toothbrush for anything but this. You may have to repeat the process once or twice depending on the paint used.

Remember this stuff is caustic and was designed to remove baked on food. Wear gloves and eye protection and do the spraying outside. The fumes can be irritating. I've used this method to strip enamel, latex, lacquer and acrylic paints. The least satisfying results were from stripping lacquer based paints. The solvents used in lacquers are 'hotter' and bite into the plastic more than enamels.

If anyone has a question drop me a pm and I'll try and answer it.

You can honestly save yourself the trouble and skip the paint stripping step. Most X-Wing repainters I know don't strip the paint at all - with the rare exception for a sloppy factory coat that covers detail. It is a good practice to wipe it down with some lukewarm water and gentle soap to remove oil and grime from the factory, but nothing more is really necessary. Prime it with a carefully applied base layer and go to town.

If it helps, there's a link to a few photos of some of my repaints in my profile signature. I didn't strip the paint on any of them - and while I had no prior painting experience - I think the results turned out pretty well.

As long as you thin your paint and take your time, you should be fine.

i concur, don't bother stripping the paint off. I did on some and not on others and I can't tell the difference. FFG used pretty thin paint, and it also holds new paint well too, so you don't even really need to prime them.

I obviously didn't strip my paint. Sounds like a lot of hassle if I'm doing anything less than painting 100% of the model.

Nice job!

I guess this is a good place to mention this. In some of the other painting threads, I've read where guys have used brake fluid, acetone and some other solvents to strip paint before repainting. Some guys have reported melted models doing this. Remember these ships are plastic and most solvents will eat them. An effective way of stripping paint without destroying the model is with Easy Off oven cleaner.

Use a small container with a tight sealing lid. NOT ALUMINUM! Spray the model and seal it in the container over night. This will keep the Easy Off from drying out. Next morning, using gloves, remove the model and wash under running water. Use an old toothbrush to gently scrub any stubborn spots. Don't use the toothbrush for anything but this. You may have to repeat the process once or twice depending on the paint used.

Remember this stuff is caustic and was designed to remove baked on food. Wear gloves and eye protection and do the spraying outside. The fumes can be irritating. I've used this method to strip enamel, latex, lacquer and acrylic paints. The least satisfying results were from stripping lacquer based paints. The solvents used in lacquers are 'hotter' and bite into the plastic more than enamels.

If anyone has a question drop me a pm and I'll try and answer it.

You can honestly save yourself the trouble and skip the paint stripping step. Most X-Wing repainters I know don't strip the paint at all - with the rare exception for a sloppy factory coat that covers detail. It is a good practice to wipe it down with some lukewarm water and gentle soap to remove oil and grime from the factory, but nothing more is really necessary. Prime it with a carefully applied base layer and go to town.

If it helps, there's a link to a few photos of some of my repaints in my profile signature. I didn't strip the paint on any of them - and while I had no prior painting experience - I think the results turned out pretty well.

As long as you thin your paint and take your time, you should be fine.

I'm looking at a complete repaint of my As. I was inspired by a Fire Spray done up in a ME 109 scheme. Thought I'd try a late war scheme (WWII) of a P51 in natural metal with an OD anti-glare panel and a colored vertical stab. I'm new to acrylic paints and wanted a fresh canvas to work from. I don't know what they use for paint but after 24 hours in Purple Power only the inked panel lines were gone.

There's a lot of guys on the forums and YouTube that use solvents that will destroy these minis. I thought I'd pass along a couple of tips that I picked up over the years.

I checked out your repaints. Really nice work. I think you Fire Spray is a little too dark but that might be the photo. How did you do the mechs on the X-wings? I use a magnifying light for most of my stuff and that's 1/35 scale. I'll try a repaint without the strip. If it comes out you'll have saved me a bunch of time and effort.

Thanks for the tip and the photos.

there is no need to stripe these ships, I have never stripped one and have some great repaints..