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Here is my Bandai Y-Wing with Dio. This is my first diorama as such and I am pretty pleased with it, As I had to keep within a small budget on the dio I am please how using small armor parts and scratch built parts has come out.

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This by far is the best Bandai kit I have built so far. It has a large amount of detail and from what I can tell pretty darn accurate too. piping detail pretty fiddly but the kit goes together like a dream. I full recommend this kit to everyone.

I plan to buy another y-wing one day and light it up once I have mastered that skill. Dream dio would be a full trench run with Bandai Y-Wing, X-wing, Falcon and Tie fighters...one day :tongue:

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Superb effort mate. The Y-wing alone is awesome but the setting is brilliant. I wonder if the pilot survived the battle of Yavin and what his fortunes were over the rest of the saga.

Brilliantly evocative

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This is sweet. The backdrop and activity really fits the beat up and weathered Y-Wing. It's funny, when I think Y-Wing I actually see the Yavin hanger before a Death Star run. Dunno why.

It all looks great, Gav. I really want to grab a Y-wing now based on your build :th:
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Lysus wrote:This is sweet. The backdrop and activity really fits the beat up and weathered Y-Wing. It's funny, when I think Y-Wing I actually see the Yavin hanger before a Death Star run. Dunno why.

It all looks great, Gav. I really want to grab a Y-wing now based on your build :th:
Stokesy44 wrote:Superb effort mate. The Y-wing alone is awesome but the setting is brilliant. I wonder if the pilot survived the battle of Yavin and what his fortunes were over the rest of the saga.

Brilliantly evocative

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Cheers guys. Truly a pleasure to build. I'm glad to share with everyone :cheers2:
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I love the Y-Wing! I think it is tougher looking than the X-Wing. Beautiful work - on the kit and the diorama! :th: :th:
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Y wing is my fav too! Lovely job Gav and convinced me to get one in the future! :thumb2:
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Fantastic :clap: :thumb2:
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Cheers for the kind words team

made a little reveal video, more of what you have seen in the photos before

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That's stunning work - really well done!
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Tomcat64 wrote:That's stunning work - really well done!

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Stunning work mate, the extra detail is awesome, the hanger really sets off the model, its all in the small details and you nailed it dude :clap:
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Primus1 wrote:Stunning work mate, the extra detail is awesome, the hanger really sets off the model, its all in the small details and you nailed it dude :clap:
Cheers mate
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