O.H.E.Orhun Habib Erdogan

B-03 · May–Sept 2023

X-wing

Designed from scratch in SolidWorks and Blender, printed, painted and weathered by hand.

B-03 · Inspection
The finished, weathered X-wing model standing on a dark table against a light wall

I wanted one on my wall, and I didn’t want the one from the shop.

So I designed it myself. SolidWorks for the parts that need to fit together, Blender for the shapes that need to look right. Then I split it into printable parts, numbered every one of them and drew an exploded view so future me would know where everything goes.

No lights, no motors

Just paint. Primer, base coats, the red stripes, then weathering. That means panel lines, dirt and scorch marks, so it looks like it’s done a few runs instead of coming straight out of a box. The weathering took longer than the printing.

Numbers

About 40 cm wingspan and 50 cm long. Big enough that the detail reads from across the room, small enough to still fit on a wall.

Exploded-view drawing of every X-wing part, numbered
Fig. 2 — Exploded view, every part numbered
Technical drawing with overall measurements of the X-wing in top and side view
Fig. 3 — Overall measures
Printed parts laid out on cardboard after spray priming
Fig. 4 — Primer day
Close-up of a fuselage section with panel lines and weathering
Fig. 5 — Weathering
A single printed engine part held between two fingers
Fig. 6 — One engine, before paint
Close-up of the X-wing fuselage and engines showing the panel detail and weathering
Fig. 7 — Detail, up close
The X-wing mounted on a dark wall, seen from above
Fig. 8 — Wall mount
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