Category Drew Sheppard

Richard Long has returned with this fantastic TIE Fighter, painted in it’s proper blue, for the Capt. Drew Sheppard Collection! Re-Painted and re-built from an unfortunate situation, Richard corrected this piece from the former  Cory Harvey Studio Tie Fighter Kit. This piece came out beautiful with all the markings hand painted on by Richard! Fantastic!

As they race down the Death Star Trench at unbelievable speeds that only the best pilots would be able to handle, especially while being pursued closely by the Dark Lord himself, Biggs Darklighter suddenly feels the pressure as Wedge has to pull out of the Trench from behind him. Now the only object that stands between the Dark Lord, and his best friend Luke… as well as the Rebels last hope for survival, is he. Realizing that his end is near, he calls to his friend “HURRY LUKE!” as he quickly banks his T-65 port and starboard to confuse the closely pursuing trio on his six, and potentially block any of their fire that may hit Luke. As if he were speaking directly to the Dark Lord Vader, he yells “Wait!…...

Getting used to this T-65 X-wing was more difficult than Luke thought it would be…. but then…. the fighter assigned to him was an old rust bucket that had seen a lot of action. Since this was his first flight with Red Squadron, and they were on their way to the fight of a lifetime, Luke thought he would drop down and swoop over to one of his Wingmen… Wedge Antilles of Red 2 for a last quick operation question. However, as they get closer, the massive Death Star first appears to them orbiting the planet Yavin,.. taking Luke’s breath away yet again… and completely stunning Wedge. Luke’s question is cut short as the two pilots look at each other through their shining canopy glass in silent reverence.. knowing this may be their last battle indeed!

Using the photos of the amazing RED 5 build (

Once again master modeler R.L. Bleecker does his magic to this beautiful V3 studio scale X-Wing kit from MSLZ22 Models. This one done as Star Wars – A New Hope’s RED 3 flown by Biggs Darklighter for the collection of Captain Drew Sheppard! Fully lit and with a professional aluminum armature installed, provided by known modeler Jason Eaton, R.L. Bleecker’s build of RED 3 is again a show stopper!

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Professional Miniaturist R.L. Bleecker has done it again with this Studio Model Replica of the Red 5 X-wing from 1977’s Star Wars – A New Hope! Built for the growing collection of Captain Drew Sheppard, this piece started out as the outstanding V3 studio scale X-wing kit offered by MSLZ22 Models! The armature was custom made to be like the originals used in filming from aluminum by another known industry artist… Jason Eaton. This build once again exceeds the boundaries of imagination with it’s extremely accurate lighting, and moving wings… not to mention one of the best paint jobs accurately identifying this piece as Red 5 by R.L. Bleecker. Outstanding finish as usual from this professional artist!

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