Recreating the Original Star Wars Y-Wing Model
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Replicating the original 1/24th scale "hero" model for Star Wars' Y-Wing is no easy task, but eFX Collectibles has taken it on. With over 15 years of research, model makers have identified almost all of the individual model kit parts that went into kit-bashing the film model. We learn about some of those "greeblie" discoveries that even the original ILM model makers don't remember.
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wow, this guy has dedication. 'props' to him.
I've also always thought of the Y-Wing as being the Star Wars equivalent to the A-10.
I too. :)
Or the hércules. But, as an aviator, I agree. Thunderbolt ftw
Not really my kind of thing but I have huge respect for this guys attention to detail and passion.
Hear, hear. And that's the face of a man proud of his work. Inspiring.
This is of my favorite TH-cam channels. Just when I think you guys can't post anything more interesting than your last post, you go and captivate yet again. Keep up the great content!!
Awesome!! Still one of the best ship designs in a movie ever.
Has anyone contacted Tamiya for the parts . Tamiya kept all their vintage rc moulds , maybe they also kept the model kit ones too.
I like the passion and work Efx has put into the y wing . just like Master Replica used to be ..
"The workhorse of the Rebel fleet. Not quick or flashy, but it gets the job done."
Seriously, my favorite ship in the Star Wars universe. I hope they make a comeback in VII. They are by far the most interesting ship. It looks like a piece of shit but it's formidable. Perfect symbol of the Rebel Alliance.
Polymerized Nah, it might be the workhorse of the Rebel Alliance, but we talking about a Clone War era bomber. In the time of the first Deathstar was blown of, the Y-Wing was outdated and 4 years later, it was finally replaced by the B-Wing. Maybe we see the succesor of the B-Wing in Episode VII, but not the Y-Wing, the last one of them might be stationed at some backwater planet in the Outer Rim.
+The Pandora Guy
It's a multirole fighter, the BTL-B from the Clone Wars was the only dedicated "bomber" Y-Wing, the rest are all fighters.
+Polymerized There seems to be one in the newest trailer. When Ray is looking in the sky, it looks like a modified y wing.
Agreed! It's like a shitty old pickup truck with weapons welded on, like technicals used by rebel fighters today the world over. Ugly, utilitarian, outdated, but in numbers formidable!
I think you can guarantee the idea will be "improved" as they couldn't come up with any new ideas
Without the internet, making such an accurate replica would have been harder than shooting a torpedo into a "small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port". They've fought a serious battle with entropy and nearly won. Impossible without the Force -- the force of love.
That is a f*ckin great job to do! I wish all the best for diggin forgotten parts! Thumps up!
WOW, this is somekind of Archeology for model makers... Trully Amazing, and amazing eyecandy for us
Years back I was nervous about eFX getting the Star Wars license from Master Replicas. After watching this video I can't believe I ever doubted eFX, the pride and dedication is unbelievable!
So much work! Well done. Definitely a work of passion.
I love that enthusiasm he has!
Good morning. From one miniaturist to another, one GIANT (but very small) high five! BRAVO, beautiful work sir.
the Y-wing is one of my favourite star wars ships, now that I know it has parts from ww2 tanks I love it even more. I respect the work this guys are making.
I love seeing people this passionate about their work :)
this is incredible! very nice work! congratulations! :)
Just think, in the coming decades of how a person could use technology like the Google googles app and track any part by scanning it and via recognition software can track and/or duplicate it even though it has been out of production for a century.
I wish I would have been alive when the Star Wars movies were first coming out.... That would have been enlightening on many levels :D
This is last year's video. Is there any follow up video on this project, or link to their work?
It's amazing that he was able to recognize a King Tiger's engine deck on the rear of a Y-Wing just by memory.
His enthusiasm is infectious
Happy to help with your English part i.d.... Though I am sure you sorted this years ago. Great video thanks. Keep up the great work.
where can i get one of those jackets in the background
Looks amazing already!!!!!
Need the Falcon scale to it too. :)
Taking Star Wars nerdiness to a whole new level
Also, I must confess, every time I see this particular ship I always wonder if the first inspiration was a couple of empty mastic/silicon guns?
at 3:56 are those two long light grey pieces oil pans off a motor?
Very cool stuff.
so do they make new molds from the found parts or do they like 3d scan them in and clean it all up to make more durable and reproducible masters to make molds of?
I don't know why but the lady that pops up at 4:57 cracked me up.
love the commitment!
as someone that is so fucking anal about details and accuracy I have FULL respect for these guys and feel so relieved that there are guys out there whom care just as much as I do, even MORE in fact
That’s amazing fantastic work - bothers me that the poster in back is the 1977 movie but uses Luke’s later face from Empire and Return.
Respect for the attention to detail.
It is however pretty sad that you can't actually buy the stuff. It is like the studio model that now collects dust in a private collection never to be seen by the public again as he mentions.
4 years later and there is no trace of this thing on the eFX website.
If it ever was available it was a limited run.
def buying one once there out
I remember doing this as a kid, went to see SW at its opening week and went home to build an X-Wing and Tie-Fighter!! Then that Christmas family bought me four large scale SW model kits!!
What were those jackets in the background? I must own one.
My thoughts exactly. They looked like motorcycle jackets, and I think this is them: www.udreplicas.com
That's really cool. I would buy one when it's finished. Plus the Y wing is really cool.
i love models and dioramas from good movies, am a modelmaker my self, thank's for the video
Incredible amounts of effort and money put into making a replica Y-Wing.. wow.
Better than CGI
Cool. love Norm's stereoscopic printed T-shirt!
It's Anaglyph 3D, pretty cool shirt.
Wow!!! That is really awesome!
May the force be with him
you know what I want to see the history of? the hilariously large ship from space balls.
That is just awesome!
Fascinating!
2017, and still no Y-Wing product from EFX?
Was this shown at SDCC 2014?
he's amazing at interviewing people
3:52 Tamiya Tiger 1 engine hatch, spades and airfilters, I have that kit :)
man, this is amazing...
I would love to work for a company like this!
His dedication is amazing keep up the good work XD I want one lol
omg lol i just noticed that i have all the parts of that king tiger deck sitting on my shelf half built
That is some serious work indeed :-)
Woah, that is so cool!
David Goldberg, for one already did that, or most of it true to the original. Great paint job too.
What a legend, good job!
I'm buyin that, it needs to be finished!!!
Uploaded on my birthday!! :)))))
Even though I like the X-wing better, I find this kit to be quite awesome.
Too bad we can't have an accurate model kit of ANY of these original ships in other than puny scales. 1/32 scale y wings and T65s...been dreaming of that since 1977.
So interesting!
Great stuff
Where is the mystery build
I can see a Ghost Bear Sign on the white Jacked in the Background ^^
but... could be just the Imperial Sign hm hard o tell ^^.
*****
it's Imperial i think, not sure what Ghost Bear would be doing at a booth for Star Wars stuff :P
Man there something about the Y-wing I just like in fact am working on the RED JAMMER Y-Wing kit I got from Steve so time ago.
I enjoyed it right up to the moment he said, "Then we'll ship it to China."
Oh man. I want one of these SOOOOOOOOOO much.@_@
Awesome model!
Awesome stuff, Steve! Love the probot you did.
Steve casted and sold the kit I believe, but the original probe pattern-maker was Rolando also known as Echoleader.
I wish Steve would release more studio scale Klingon Bird of Prey's...............
Norm. Can you post pics of the missing parts? Great interview.
always liked the y-wing much more than any other ships even more then the x-wing
you have reached nerd nirvana. turn back. every step further will lead to being reborn as greeblie.
This model is so good, they never released it! :)
4:01 "good luck indeed"
Damn that man has a dream job
Great item
this is fantastic, I loved this spaceship from the movie!! very cool:)
…I must have this…this must be mine.
Two of the parts look like they was old pans from model cars hopefully somebody else noticed
Really... how hard after ALLLL of that, would it be to find an American manufacturer? That's just sad.
Hodor :'(
Not hard at all, just not realistic because then people would have to pay 10-times the price for it.
YESS !!!!!
😊
The best ship ever.
There is no way they should need a licence to produce this, its been 31 years since starwars, fuck perpetual copyright.
A10-A are not ugly
He said the y-wing was the work horse of the rebel fleet. "It gets the job done."
I don't recall a y-wing actually contributing to any of the battles in 4-6 unless you consider blowing up contributing.
Watch again. During the Battle of Endor there's a sweet scene where a Y-Wing takes out two TIE Interceptors in a dogfight. You've got to pay attention to the background.
SoloRPhoenix
when I look back at that now I wonder because did they not say the Y-Wing was a bomber or I remember it being that in some games and there it was dog fighting
It was the main fighter the rebels had until the X-Wing. With the introduction of the X-Wing, its role probably became more of a fighter-bomber. See the Hurricane and the Spitfire of the RAF for a real-world example, and what may likely have inspired it.
The Expanded Universe has all the relevant details on them, but with the new films scheduled, the EU is all up in the air right now.
SoloRPhoenix
up in the air don't you mean gone they said they are just going to take bits form it and re purpose them which I hate big time but anyway I will have to do reading because I always figured they had other fighters before they got the X-Wings I know depending on how cannon you take the clone wars tv show they were used as bombers in the first season in that show that is still one of my fav eps
the A-10 is far from ugly
But they are being retired :(
Airsoftking253 ive read they are staying in service til 2025
Airsoftking253 If anything they will just retire most of them and replace with strike drones. They will always keep a few piloted aircraft though.
People always call the Warthog ugly. I never got it. It looks mean as hell to me. Also, originally the plan (after they made the C block) was to keep them in service until 2025, but due to recent budget cuts, and stupidity, they're going to try to replace them with the bloated failing JSF project. If I'm getting shot at, I want an A10 on station (for up to two hours), not a flyby from an F35 to drop two bombs and run. :(
Kyle Biggs ive always seen it as an awesome looking aircraft, mostly because it is so different to other jets so unique.
The A-10 is in my top 3 of military aircraft
That's so cool! :D
The nose cones were made from Leggs Eggs pantyhose containers.
Norm, that is the worst shirt I have ever seen. Other than that, awesome interview and video.
I'm throwing money at the screen, but nothing's happening.
I find it hard to believe there isn't a list of kit names to do the kitbashing for all the models. Heck, they made at least a half dozen of each model.
525Lines Tricky thing is, each model is at least slightly different for just that reason. Plus, this is the one-off Superhero model, while the others were less detailed and more rapidly made, because they wouldn't be seen as close-up to the camera.
There is always so much more history behind the construction of a model compared to when production companies churn the obligatory CGI stuff
Not to mention that CGI always looks cartoonish and fake compared to a high quality model
Six Imperials who disliked this video!
How DARE you call the Y-Wing ugly!!! BLASPHEMY!!!!!