Building Bandai's Star Wars A-Wing Starfighter 

Bandai 1/72 Star Wars A-Wing model kit: amzn.to/30YVFCP

Man, you deserve more recognition. These are some of the most professional builds and videos I've ever had the pleasure of viewing. please keep em coming! cheers from Canada, eh

I really like the painting you've done on the base. I'll have to try that whenever I get around to building my Bandai Star Wars kits.

Very nicely done! Simple and straight forward. I just finished a Bandai Snow Speeder and now I've got the bug. I ordered this kit today along with the nippers and weathering wash. Thanks for showing how to do a great job.

Amazing build and paint

I look at the A-wing and all I can think is "this was built from an F-14 model kit!" Seriously, the body of the A-wing is LITERALLY the middle section of an F-14! It's the forward half of the glove area that contained the F-14's variable sweep wings. The front prongs of the A-wing are crafted from the top of the F-14's engine inlets, too.

Great build. Such simple techniques that bring the model to life. Very impressive.

A quick note of the Vallejo Primer: I've used this stuff extensively, both for model kits and for miniatures, which has given me some familiarity with it. If you wait roughly 24 hours (give or take) for it to cure completely, it can be sanded; the key though is that curing time. If you try to sand it before that, yeah, it tends to peel off in strips and chunks. Its nice if you have the time to let it cure thoroughly, but if its a project you want to get to right away it can be a bit of a pain. Also, something else that should be said about this stuff; in most Vallejo paints people tend to put some sort of non-metal bead in for an agitator which is usually fine, except apparently with the primer. There's another channel I'm subscribed to, Dr Faust's Painting Clinic, where in a video he shows that somehow even a glass bead managed to cause some sort of corrosion, contaminating his white surface primer in the process. I've no idea how it manages to do this, but just a heads up for anyone thinking about adding some sort of agitator to the Vallejo Surface Primer.

#ModelChili Since I subscribed, I watch you to learn at the same time, And when I wake up to turn on RU-vid I watch your videos as works of art.

I loved stunting in the a - wing and I still do even in Battlefront 2!

On the issue with scale of the pilot figure: Bandai likely scaled the pilot to the current official canon measurements of the A-Wing starfighter, which has a length of 9.6 meters. The official sizes of Star Wars ships were not firmly established until West End Games started making the Star Wars role playing game, starting in 1987. Some of the sizes WEG established don't exactly square with the studio models, but they are what has become canon (with one notable exception being the Super Star Destroyer, which WEG pegged at 5km long, but has more recently been re-revised to being 19km long, due to the fact that it's gargantuan screen presence in ESB puts it well beyond 5km in length if measured against the established 1.6km length of the regular Imperial Star Destroyer).

Well done! lovely. I just build the awing from revell (not the same but fun too) Thank for the video!

These are great models, I recommend the Snow Speeder too. I've not started mine yet but the detail looks incredible. I can't make the Revell kits now, Bandai's are so much better.

It's the weathering of the weathering that sells it!

Very satisfying to watch the process! Good work!

Lovely work, as always. Just picked up this kit as I'm itching to build some Star Wars ships, so doing my research now!

Enjoyed the video and the build. As far as the issue of scale is concerned for the pilot, of course, I can no longer remember the source, but I heard an interview with, I think Adam Savage, where he said the photographic model was built with an oversized pilot figure to make it more noticeable for photographic purposes. The pilot in the filming model was not to scale with the ship.

Stunning work! Thanks for sharing!

I enjoy your builds very much. Tx partner.

Great job great kit ...also liked that micro machine range too. I weathered mine back in the day ..bandai are the best starwars kits by a mile ....nice one

Wow. That final product looks amazing. Nice work as always.

My new favorite channel till I get comfortable diving into my first kit.

The A-wing’s size is an ongoing dispute. The official stuff says that it’s significantly larger than the model from the movies

Very nice.

I just got this and i really can't wait to get started, just gotta wait for the paints to arrive. Gonna be using your video for references on some painting techniques! Looking awesome!

Great build. You make it look so easy. I think I missed the grey you used for the tower? Is it just a stock medium grey? IIRC you used Ghost Grey as the shadow colour on your Death Star models, but it was a lot smaller. Also, did you use White Grey as the base white for all your Bandai Star Wars fliers? (Star Destroyer, Snowspeeder, Falcon, Slave-I) Keep up the good work!

Another great video! Excellent job! I'm waiting for mine to arrive in the mail.

hi, great build chilli, mines on the bench as we speak tho I've chosen to do it as a green squadron bird, all we need now is the b wing, keep on keepin on, tim the primered thumb

i'm having issues with the "U" shaped piece of plastic that forms part of the canopy that goes just behind the back of the head of the pilot figure, did you have to trim it to make it fit? you didn't show that piece in your video.

I just bought one of these ditties today. I can't believe I found one being sold in the States! I thought they were only being sold in Japan, and you had to import them.

Awesome video. I'm painting my A-Wing soon which will be my first model to paint. I'm following your paint scheme!

Another great video Thanks! this is my next Bandi Star Wars build. Very impressed you still had that issue of Starlog magazine for reference. Thanks again and keep them coming!

Thanks for this guide! You've helped me with a number of the models I built, including this one. Did you catch the easter egg Bandi included in the base stand for this model? It has the back section of the X-Wing molded in to it. You can see it at 15:58, in the upper quadrant, to the right of the dividing line. Thanks for your wonderful videos.

Starlog magazine, now there's a blast from the past...

Thanks for the tip on finding the right shade of red.

Really awesome work! Thanks so much, great tips! I just saw they're releasing a 1/144 of this kit soon, I'm gonna hold out for it coz I love the tiny models :)

Chili..Is there anyway that You could show all the paints and weathering products that You used at the end of the video. I noticed that You did that with the Republic Star Destroyer video. It helps Us novices in choosing paint schemes and such. I try to match up the same paints that You used. I find Myself with pen and paper taking notes throughout the video. But a nice recap of products used at the end would be very helpful. Just an idea for future videos.

Was going to get this for my little brother and assemble it for him. Is it durable to play with? Or is it solely a model.

Hello, does somebody know the measures of the model a-wing?

I ordered a pair of those Tamiya cutter. I got them today and was surprised by how small they are. But, I guess that's the point!

Another awesome job my friend, I will have to get this kit it will look good next to the Y-Wing. Is it just me or does the bast and tower look like it would be perfect with the 1/350 scale Falcon.

This is a really lovely video. Nice and relaxed, shows off your process very well. Loved seeing it all come together at the end. Have you considered adding a slight bit of weathering to the turbolaser tower? At the risk of detracting from the A-wing itself, the tower paintjob looks a little flat right now. Mostly because it's right next to that exquisite paint job on the starfighter. Definitely going to check out more of your videos. Very soothing stuff.

Beautiful. 👽👍🏼

I've learned a lot from this video. I'm not good at this stuff at all. I may give this a try.

Nice work!!!

thats a NICE modell

Nice job...enjoyed your video.

Great build, well done, that tower looks out of scale though.

What kind of compressor do you use?

Awesome video!

you 're A Magician.A Thief:

Brilliant!!!

I never knew the technical journal was a magazine. I have owned the hardcover of the technical journal for 20 something years and never knowing that!

how did you do the panels?is it solid black or burgandy? what was your method? thanks!

Do the B-Wing next.

Very nice work, the video is quite helpful. However, I can't resist painting mine with blue markings!

I want a bunch of those little towers it comes with

I Love Bandai Kits doing the A-wing as I watch yours.. will nt be using the Tower b/c its out of scale... will use it for 1/144 (Bandai) X-Wing trench run perfect scale! Your stuff is great however

SOLAR:LA GUILDE DES VOLEURS. 2 TRUE HEROES.

awesome job! do you think pledge surface wax and then some oils for weathering is a good effect??

Did you prime ALL the white parts or just the main ones?

Really great video, thank you for sharing. I would appreciate your advice, I've been trying to prime my white pieces in Stynylrez gray, and then paint them with Vallejo's model air white. How did you get your coat so nice and clean? I keep having gray patches in mine, and I'm worried I'll overspray and end up ruining the panel lines and rivets. would appreciate any help you can offer!

Man you do some amazing work,was wondering if you could list the paints you used to paint this,also did you prime the parts you painted red?

I don't believe you covered it in your video but how did you paint or color the clear engine thrusters that are inside the two thruster assemblies? Thanks!

Is this kit or the resistance kit a better starter? I like both

Hey ModelChili, using your video as a guide to paint my A-Wing. You know how this kit has a nasty gate mark right on the side of the canopy? I sanded the area down and polished it back to clear sheen. Weeks later, though, that portion of the canopy got cloudy. How did you prevent this from happening with yours? I'm thinking a clear coat on the canopy will help?

Great vid thanks. What did you use to clean of the excess wash? Thanks

how did did you paint the afterburns yellow?

Chili! I finished painting and have just put on the gloss clear coat! I have a question about the wash. When you put the wash on the A-Wing did you let it air dry or did you use a paper towel?

Looks like a largish gap on the right side of the kit, is it correctable?

What game was that at the start?

Very well done. May I ask which color did you use on the turbo laser turret stand?

I bought Vallejo Model Air White Grey because I wanted to try it out after seeing it on this video. I sprayed it down just as you did, but I got horrible orange peel. However, after about 12 hours the orange peel smoothed out to a good coat. But then when I put the second coat on, I got orange peel again, but it didn't smooth out as nicely. Did your paint go down smooth? Maybe I have a bad batch?

What is the name of the game that comes out at the beginning?

incredible work! may i ask how long did it take you to complete the A-Wing and Y-Wind?

Great work! Question, does the kit come with a landingear?

I just gotthis kit, very nice, but it doesn't appear to have those clear yellow inserts for the engines.

Do you think the laser turret is 1/72 scale? Looks smaller maybe 1/144, but I'm not sure. Any plans to do a 1/72 scale trench run diorama? That would be a REALLY cool video!!!

Bandai need to do more kits

what tools do you use to build all the models?

I love the way you do weathering any chance of you building a Gundam kit some day?

What video game was that?

ZOU !LOU.

Surely there must be a B Wing?

That Black surface primer you have says 'Negro' on it. What does that actually translate from [only asking because typing negro into Google Translate just detects it as English]?

I just posted a video of my A-Wing pretty much finished I still haven't applied the wash but it looks damn good! Let me know what you think the video is on my profile!

That turret is to small lol sorry that’s the ocd in me lol great kit

ACHERON=AVERNUS .

Absolutely pro!!! ¿What videogames do you think we should play if we want enjoy flying star wars models?. Regards!!!

Ha, had that mag too.

does this model require glue?

MORDENKAINEN.

CORUM.

Oh my God! You may be a genius at models, but listening to you is the vocal equivalent of watching paint dry. Jesus, liven up a bit!

A LOT OF RIDICULOUS.

hi, great build chilli, mines on the bench as we speak tho I've chosen to do it as a green squadron bird, all we need now is the b wing, keep on keepin on, tim the primered thumb