DIY Articulated s-foils for B and X-wing

[Samuraisantista 1]

Hi,

I really want to mod my B and Xwings to have articulated sfoils, so I'd like to know about successful (and disastrous) attempts to do it.

Any of you guys have any experience with this kind of mod? 

If you have instructions, please share them.

 

:)

[Toni Wan Kenobe 77]

I can help you with a link for the B-Wing.

As per the X-Wings... I'd wait until the new ones get released.

[Samuraisantista 1]

2 hours ago, Toni Wan Kenobe said:

I can help you with a link for the B-Wing.

As per the X-Wings... I'd wait until the new ones get released.

I'll take a look  at that link.

I think modding the xwing is hard, but I have hope someone will do it and teach all of us!

[ABXY 1,019]

11 hours ago, Toni Wan Kenobe said:

As per the X-Wings... I'd wait until the new ones get released.

 

8 hours ago, Samuraisantista said:

I think modding the xwing is hard, but I have hope someone will do it and teach all of us!

 

Not sure if you missed the point of the earlier comment - but the new X-Wing model being released by FFG (in a couple of months) has S-foils that will open and close. 

[Samuraisantista 1]

4 hours ago, ABXY said:

... the new X-Wing model being released by FFG (in a couple of months) has S-foils that will open and close. 

Yes, I know... But I have 5 t65 and 1 t70 and definitely I won't buy any other. That's way this mod is important to me.

[ZealuxMyr 1,944]

For the B-Wing s-foils there are also some 3D printed hinge kits available here. I bought these and installed them in all my B-Wings, they work great and are really easy to work with/paint. 

I tried the paperclip method (linked above) before buying these 3D printed hinge kits and I have to say these hinges are a lot safer for your model - less risk of doing accidental damage. Plus the same shop has parts to do the cannon & cockpit conversion for the rebels Blade-Wing Prototype!

 

X-Wings are, in concept, really easy to modify: a simple scissor hinge is all you need. Cut the wings off, drill out the middle, and install a scissor hinge. The problem is the scale, the hinge has to be so tiny it has almost no structural integrity. I've made several attempts on one of my T-65 X-Wings and have since abandoned the project...I will likely revisit the idea to avoid buying the 2.0 models to replace my 1.0 models. [However I must admit the idea of buying 2.0 models and then scrapping the 1.0 models for scenery/terrain pieces is mighty tempting...]

[Samuraisantista 1]

On 5/15/2018 at 11:55 AM, ZealuxMyr said:

For the B-Wing s-foils there are also some 3D printed hinge kits available here. I bought these and installed them in all my B-Wings, they work great and are really easy to work with/paint. 

Yes, shapeways is great... and I hope they will develop a similar solution for the t65.

[ZealuxMyr 1,944]

16 hours ago, Samuraisantista said:

Yes, shapeways is great... and I hope they will develop a similar solution for the t65.

I had talked about it to one of the Shapeways shops but they didn't see an easy way to do it without printing the entire back half of the core of the ship. I am no engineer, but I would think they'd be able to print a scissor hinge and leave the installation/drilling/gluing up to us...

 

Here's hoping! (Would be FAR MORE economical than rebuying all my X-Wings just to have moving wings...)

[spacesound 24]

On 5/14/2018 at 9:09 PM, Samuraisantista said:

Hi,

I really want to mod my B and Xwings to have articulated sfoils, so I'd like to know about successful (and disastrous) attempts to do it.

Any of you guys have any experience with this kind of mod? 

If you have instructions, please share them.

 

I just read this post. It has some details about articulation that you want about your B-Wings.