I have been documenting the odyssey of building the Fine Molds 1/72 scale X-Wing fighter. The difficulties are all mine and this kit is absolutely fantastic. The engineering is so good. Seems are usually hidden or made to look like they belong on the model. The fit is amazing. It makes me wonder why most miniature companies, especially the larger ones can’t match or even approach the this level of engineering. Anyway, even though it has been a trial at times, I have had lots of fun and learned many new skills.
Now, I am not part of the scale modeling community like I am a member of the miniature war gaming scene. So, I had not heard that Fine Molds had lost their Star Wars license at the beginning of the year. Thus, I did not know until a week ago, that all of the amazing Fine Molds kits would be out of production by the end of the year. I quickly hit the internet and found most of the kits out of stock. When I looked deeper, many of the kits were selling for 2-3X their retail value. I quickly made a decision and went on an internet hunt. I managed to find four more kits to build. This is what I bought:
There were a few others available for reasonable prices if you looked hard enough, but it was at this point that I ran out of hobby budget. I’m now hobby broke, but if I add this haul to all of the minis I have to paint, I should be set for quite some time.
FYI, the Star Wars license was awarded to Ban Dai, which is best known for making Gundam models. Their product looks high quality, but so far, not to my taste. The ships seem to have too pronounced panel lines and look too toy like. I really don’t nee to worry about it for a while though, given what is in the mail for me.
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