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Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:24 am
by speedgraflex
RED 10

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Red Ten was the callsign of the tenth member of Red Squadron. During the Galactic Civil War, Theron Nett served as Red Ten during the Battle of Yavin.

Theron Nett was a human who served the Alliance to Restore the Republic as a rebel pilot in Red Squadron during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. Stationed in the Great Temple on the moon Yavin 4, he and the pilot Ralo Surrel often flew as wingmates to Red Leader Garven Dreis. In 0 BBY, Nett witnessed fellow pilot Puck Naeco teasing their squad mate Col Takbright in the squadron's ready room after a briefing on the approaching Death Star superweapon. Dreis then informed the squad of who would be flying against the Death Star and assigned Nett and his astromech droid R2-X2 the callsign Red Ten.

During the ensuing battle, Nett and Naeco flew as wingmen to Dreis in first flight. Early in the fight, TIE/ln space superiority starfighters targeted Nett and fellow pilot John D. Branon, killing the latter. After a failed attempt by the rebel Gold Squadron to hit the Death Star's vulnerable thermal exhaust port, Nett, Dreis, and Naeco then began their own attempt and entered the battle station's meridian trench. During the trench run, Nett was shot down by "Backstabber," a wingmate of the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Behind the Scenes Reference

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still from “Light & Magic” episode 1

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still from “Light & Magic” episode 1

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ILM Model Shop, 1976

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ILM stage prior to being blown to pieces

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Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:47 am
by Stikpusher
Almost there….

Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:59 am
by speedgraflex
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Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:15 am
by Medicman71
Stay on target!!

Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:34 am
by speedgraflex
Medicman71 wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:15 am Stay on target!!
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Argh! Here you can see there is just a pair of wings with plastic or wood dowels attached with no gun details!!!

Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:58 am
by speedgraflex
Red 3 Hero Reference

These selects were taken at the old Lucasfilm Archive location for Master Replicas when they were going to produce a Studio Scale X-Wing.

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Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:08 am
by speedgraflex
Red 1 Pyro (Repainted as Red 3) Reference

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Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:41 am
by Stuart
#Cooooooooollll - Love those shots of the studio model Bruce.

Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 11:04 am
by speedgraflex
Stuart wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:41 am #Cooooooooollll - Love those shots of the studio model Bruce.
Yeah, you can smell the cigarette smoke from back in the day and see just how they tag teamed the paint production on each one. Also the small and not so small details.

Re: Red 10 Pyro from 1/43 MPC X-Wing built by speedgraflex

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:53 pm
by speedgraflex
I think I’m gonna switch from Fine Molds to MPC due to the costs of the kit.

And yeah. I just bought the MPC 1:43 kit on eBay.