Bandai Y-wing

I have wanted, for years and years, to build some good quality Star Wars model kits.  I have build a pretty good cut-away Millennium Falcon when I was younger and a passable 1/48 X-wing and un-scaled AT-AT.  But they all left something to be desired, then I discovered the Bandai Star Wars series.  They absolutely blow me away with their accuracy and attention to detail and the precision with which they go together.  They are amazing!  I built this Y-wing and put my heart and soul into it.  I weathered each piece as I put it together and even filled in some detail here and there.  The canopy mounted ion cannon didn't seem to be tied into anything so I coiled wire and bridged that gap.  Another error is the model came with "studio correct" (ie. no glass in the canopy for filming purposes) and "real-life correct" (with glass) options, but there was no glass piece for behind the drivers head.  I took a brake-light lens from an old tuck kit and carved it down to fill that hole.  One thing that bugs me about Star Wars as a fandom is once something exists no other example of it can also exist.  For example, almost everybody that builds a Y-wing builds one from the movie.  I built my Y-wing to represent some ship out there somewhere, just not one that appeared on the screen.  So there are quirks like a silver dome, some stripped paint (which was covering an accident), and yellow trim.  The end result is I won second place for sci-fi models in a heavily contested category at River-con 2016 in Bossier City.  Here is the finished product:

 From the rear.  Not much clearance from the landing gear.  Requires flat ground to land.

The silver dome can be seen here as well as some serious damage to the starboard dome.

The tail-light lens and coiled wire can be seen here