I am a big Star Wars – born in the year, the original Episode IV was released, I still vividly remember seeing my first Star Wars movie – Episode VI, back in the late ’80s when VCRs became increasingly popular and available where I live. Soon after, I was visiting video-casette rentals and discovering the original triology.

So imagine how happy I was when I’ve heard there’s gonna be a prequel trilogy filmed and while yeah, I agree, it’s not close to the original I still find it superior to the last triology filmed by the Evil Mickey Mouse.

One of my favorite scenes from the prequels was the asteroid belt chase in Episode II between Obi-wan in his little nimble space fighter and Jango and Bobba Fett in their iconic Slave-1 gunship.

Delta-7 was, according to the lore, designed and built by Kuat Systems Engineering a company, which was a main competitior to Seinar Fleet Systems during the Galactic Republic era, but with the rise of the Empire, the later got to build TIE variants, while Kuat went bankrupt. However the Rebels managed to revive it and its probably best known product was the A-wing interceptor.

Delta-7 was designed for and with the Jedi order and thus lacked many of the internal systems other ships used, which were “replaced” by Jedi Force sensitive capabilities. As the ship was too small to be equipped with hyperspace drive, it used the Hyperspace transport ring.

The kit

Fine Molds produced really nice model. The only trouble I had was the fit of the clear canopy to fuselage. The quality of the decals was question a lot in the past so I decided to paint the red parts, which took quite a long time due all the masking. I did combine a few decals into the build without any problems.

The good:
– good fit
– excellent surface details
– subject matter

The bad:
– complicated decals
– fit of the canopy

Model Data
Company: Fine Molds / SW-3
Scale: 1:72
Aftermarket: /

Decals: kit decals

Paints used: Mr.Paint
Camouflage: MRP-135 Insignia White, MRP-123 Marking Red, MRP-005 Black
Metallics: MRP-147 Burnt Iron