Picked up another Gold 4 Y-wing so I can finally redo my custom Bothan Blue Squadron Y-wing. The original custom was done, however I got too close with spraying the clear coating and it left streak marks, ruining it. Of course I wasn't happy. Maybe it was a good thing because it gives me a chance to redo everything. This time I plan on making the blue bands on the engines a bit smaller. I also bought a dremel this week, so I'll be taking out the astromech socket. Before I just super-glued a droid's head on, so it wasn't able to rotate. At least now, I'll have a fully functional astromech socket. I got my eye on the astromech I want, its from the Disney build-a-droid line. It perfectly matches the droid in X-wing Alliance.
I got the Y-wing off ebay for $15.75. It was just the ship, no engine struts. Luckily I kept the struts from the previous Y-wing. If you're looking for either the Gold 4 Y-wing or the ROTJ Y-wing (red paint job from TVC), try searching ebay for "1999 y-wing". Sometimes sellers will incorrectly list the Y-wing under that year, resulting in those auctions going under the radar.
