Bandai 1/72 Gold Leader Y-Wing Fighter

My great friend Steve in Sweden has made another home run with the shrunken down ILM quality paintjob that he's working on for my 1/72 Gold Leader Y-Wing Fighter model. Just awesome work.

NICE! Great work!!

Wow!!! I wish I could make my Y-wing half as good as that. He did an excellent job.

LOVE it.. those bandai kits are soooo good. wish I would have more time for those tings

Thanks guys. Here's some new photos of it 99% completed.

Fabulous work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is nice work.

Nice work on this one. I do wish Bandai would make more stuff in 1/48!

Thanks all.
Here's the completed ship on its stand together with some side by side comparisons with the much larger ILM original. (ILM on the left, Bandai on the right).







Here's a fun photo that shows just how much smaller the 1/72 version is compared to the 1/24 studio scale model. Amazing that my friend has been able to scale down the ILM quality paintjob and without making any of it look out of scale.



I've got to say that these Bandai kits are INCREDIBLY well detailed considering their small scale. It's clear that the team who work on these releases for Bandai are putting their heart and soul into the products!

Excellent paint apps and weathering work on this model. The builder nailed it.

Awesome piece. Thanks for the pics... gonna add that 1/24 studio scale shot for reference when I get around to building mine.

that's just fantastic !! NAILED IT !

Final batch of photos that my friend sent just before it was boxed up for shipping!

Make sure to display under glass. Can't afford to get it messed up with dust. It definitely deserves protection.