Review: T-65 X-Wing Starfighter by Jerac / Brick Vault

[@clonedbrick]

I love how you tell us about the parts availability and substitutions we can use to save money. Thank you!

[@pete7615]

This model will be my first ever custom build, and what a way to start off my moc building journey. Jerac has created some of the most amazing models I have ever seen. I’m now just waiting for my parts to be delivered! Thank you for the advice on part substitutions, your channel has been extremely helpful and informative for someone trying to get into the sometimes intimidating world of custom builds.

[@brickcats]

I think this is a great introduction. Not too challenging but will still change your perceptions about LEGO. Good luck!

[@pete7615]

@@brickcats thanks! I also decided to swap out the blue candle stick pieces on the guns for the dark blue color instead. The blue seemed to stand out a bit too much for my liking.

[@zevkuemmerle6857]

I was really looking for a review of somebody who didn’t make the product thank you!

[@brickcats]

You’re welcome, hope it helped!

[@richyrich7260]

Just got mine, can't wait for the parts to arrive so I can build this beauty. I already own their Tie Advanced X-1 and it's pretty sweet.

[@brickcats]

You’ll love it!

[@bombloader8358]

I really enjoyed this build too. I did the dirty and the clean white. I love them displayed side by side with different hight stands. Your review was totally accurate. Spot on man! Looking forward to your Torment review, I just got those instructions. Watching next!

[@brickcats]

Glad you found it useful! The Torment is so great as well!

[@sizacionel2908]

Hey could you please tell me which parts you used for the eye target thingi ? at 5:08

[@brickcats]

There are a couple of ways you can do it, I believe I used a 1x1 tile (3070), Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Bar Handle on Long Stem (79194), and Arm Mechanical, Straight with Clips at 90 degrees (Vertical Grip) (59230) all in black.

[@sizacionel2908]

Thank you ! Done yesterday some research saw it also on the y-wing . Just needed a confirmation if i was right had it allready in my wanted list.

[@ThatWolfFromHyruleGaming]

Wow, you are not kidding! Those flat silver 18mm wheels are just sold out for the most part. I guess I'm lucky that I got a few for some vehicle projects, but ended up getting some in the 2018 X-Wing. It's subtle, but that color as opposed to LBG is a nice "burned" look. It's a shame they do not come in DBG. There seems to be no alternative. Maybe the barrel pieces? For that you'd need to reverse the engine exhaust so the studs face away from the ship.

[@brickcats]

The barrels could work with minimal modification, downside there is that they are the same diameter as the rest of that section while the wheels offer a little bit of extra width. There is probably some other wheel that would work since LEGO makes hundreds of them, but I haven’t looked too closely. The specified flat silver is definitely the best it’s just too bad it’s not available.

[@tr-tv794]

O nice! This cover picture immediately catches your eye!

[@AmbiguousSpirit]

Ty ty👍 I appreciate the work put into this review! I’m considering whether to buy everything needed to build this Moc

[@brickcats]

Be sure to check out the other X-Wings I’ve reviewed, they are all excellent.

[@brickcats]

(The models are excellent, not necessarily the reviews 😂)

[@Nathorian]

Hi im part way through building the x wing. On steps 148 - 152 should one of the engine assemblys still feel loose or have i messed up on the gear placement ? Thank you

[@brickcats]

The engines still feel loose at this point, but they should open and close with some resistance from the gears.

[@Nathorian]

​@brickcats like if I hold the section up one assembly drops down

[@brickcats]

@@Nathorian it should still “scissor” if that’s what you mean.

[@Nathorian]

@brickcats I'm restarting it tommorow but what was going wrong was when I was winding the gear on the bottom to close the s foils one assembly was not closing whereas the other diagonal assembly worked fine?

[@dustinhunter6669]

I love the substitution recommendations! You just saved me some money.

[@brickcats]

Awesome! Glad to hear that :-)

[@pete7615]

I had to add a 1x1 round technic spacer piece in the s foil mechanism because one of my gears that operates the corkscrew would get pushed out of alignment during normal operation of the mechanism, resulting in two of the wings becoming unresponsive to the mechanism. The spacer eliminates the possibility of the gear going out of alignment and the system works great for me now.

[@brickcats]

That’s a great idea! I wonder if that’s the issue with mine. It would explain why the S-foils only open partially if the worm gear is slipping.

[@pete7615]

@@brickcats yep I’m assuming that’s what happened. It’s obvious what the issue is once you take it apart and look at the mechanism in action.

[@bastiwimerson7251]

The Shape is so perfect! A shame Lego wasnt able to shape their new and bigger UCS X Wing right....

[@brickcats]

I’m pretty convinced that LEGO could have shaped it correctly, but chose not to for whatever reason.

[@bastiwimerson7251]

@@brickcats yeah, thats a pitty! So i will go for the MOCs 😎

[@TheGreatGonzales777]

Your new mic is SOOOOO much better!!!

[@brickcats]

LOL yes it is, this one actually has a pop filter on the boom. The last one was/is crap.

[@TheGreatGonzales777]

@@brickcats It was hard on the ears every time you made the “S” sound. Great change! And great content! Love your MOC reviews’

[@matthewwright2524]

Love it. Great review. Appreciate the opinion on whether it’s worth “upgrading” to version 2. V1 still looks pretty awesome on my desk

[@Lester_DorEes]

Would the nose sag over time if displayed in attack mode on a display stand? You mentioned that it’s not locked in and it seems likely that it could? How has it been since you made this video?

[@brickcats]

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I am not exactly sure what you're referring to. The nose cone is in place pretty solidly. Which part of the review are you referring to? Overall it has held up very well in the year since I made this review, but once I'm clear on which sections you're referring to I will be more than glad to be more specific!

[@Lester_DorEes]

Starts at 25:40. I was comparing this to the first version and found that the whole nose section used to be held by two brick stacks, but if not mistaken it’s now a single stack of bricks holding the entire nose assembly to the rest of the fuselage. I think Jerac did this to have a more aesthetically pleasing (and accurate) red stripe vs the old version but I suspect at the cost of stability of the nose connection to the rest of the body.

[@Lester_DorEes]

Basically the bit that is just under and behind the cockpit. Lol sorry hard to explain hopefully that made sense. Sounds like after a year it still looks good so probably not an issue! 😂 I aready bought version 2 but might modify version one to make the stripe nice and straight as well!

[@brickcats]

@@Lester_DorEes Ah yes now I remember this section and what I was showing, thanks for the time stamp. The short answer is that no, there's no noticeable sagging on mine in the year+ I've had it on the shelf. The nose is well supported and not very heavy to begin with, what I was showing there was that (as you state) the connection is a little different than version 1 and thus flexes a little bit more if you really try to.

[@StarWarsJay]

Impressive. Most impressive.

[@harrysorandom1217]

Hey! great video! what X Wing would you recommend from the two? Jerac V2 or 2BricksOfficial. Would greatly appreciate your answer :)

[@brickcats]

If budget or durability are concerns for you then go with 2Bricks (the parts are cheaper and its a lot sturdier). If not then go with Jerac or Fukusaku.

[@harrysorandom1217]

@@brickcats thank you

[@braydennaumovski7018]

I built this when it came out in a custom light bluish grey and sand blue colour scheme.

[@brickcats]

Nice!

[@Challanger463]

It is beautiful

[@type_s_tyler7547]

So as someone who frequently swooshes my v1 a lot, youd say its worth the upgrade?

[@brickcats]

All else equal, yes. It's a huge improvement in stability.

[@monday24seven61]

Nice review, very helpful

[@hgrueber38]

Great video like always. You should consider doing a comparison between this model and fukusaku's one.

[@brickcats]

I thought for a long time how I would do comparison videos but in the end decided against doing them. I try to review each model without drawing too many other comparisons to similar models by other designers (revisions of existing models by the same designer, such as this one, being an exception for obvious reasons). In the vast majority of cases anything I review will be worth building. Instead of direct comparison videos I committed to focus my time and effort on making the reviews, which are already quite time consuming, more useful or easier to watch (quiet music to make it less boring, pricing info up front, etc). Hope this adequately explains the "why" and I haven't ruled it out for the future, but right now this is my line of thinking.

[@mojo_jojo3000]

@@brickcats not trying to push you for an in depth comparison but when I want to decide which x-wing I should build for displaying purposes would your recommend this one or Fukusakus? Price does matter somewhat as I saw I could get the parts for Fukusakus for around 100€. I also like the nose better but the rest of the front section seems to be a little bit sleeker on jeracs model.

[@brickcats]

@@mojo_jojo3000 I have good news and bad news. The good news is that they are both amazing models. The bad news is that doesn't help people make a decision! Some factors worth considering: If you want the grey look go with Jerac, as Fukusaku's is specified in white. If you want a grey/blue version you should go with Jerac as well, as Fukusaku's only comes with instructions for white/red (although if you simply replace all the red pieces with "blue" in Bricklink that will work). I don't have a basis for comparison in UK prices but the instructions for Fukusaku are cheaper than Brick Vault's. Strictly from a pricing standpoint my guess is that Fukusaku's would come out to be less expensive. I hope this helps, sorry I can't be more definitive.

[@mojo_jojo3000]

@@brickcats this actually helped a lot in making me not second guess my impulse to build Fuku Sakus model. Since I prefer the white models anyway it's also no issue. Thanks a lot for your quick reply and your great in depth videos :)

[@lordofthegeese7258]

Funny you mentioned the S-foils on your X-wing having trouble opening and closing. I just built the same model and I have the same issue. I think it might be some internal friction going on with the bricks surrounding the s-foil mechanism.

[@brickcats]

It very well could be. Also it might be that these wings are significantly beefier than on the T-70, not sure.

[@jarosawksiazczyk3082]

Very weird. I'll try to debug this issue on my end and if I can't see any potential issue I'll ask BrickCats for help finding out what's wrong.

[@VWINGforthewin]

Yeah I have the same issue. There’s enough friction in general that it stays open, but it does happen. I remember jerac mentioning somewhere this is a “floating” mechanism? Dunno if that means anything. It’s not a big deal, but I noticed too!

[@xx-oz7xj]

Some news about it?

[@jarosawksiazczyk3082]

@@xx-oz7xj not really. I need to physically investigate a failing one. Not an easy task :|

[@ItinerantJedi]

Totally new to customs...and thinking of getting this instead of what woulf have also been my first UCS had it been minifig scale like i was naively hoping. Thank you for this wonderful video

[@brickcats]

You’re welcome!

[@toyzvilage]

Please show comparisons to other custom sets / Lego sets.

[@brickcats]

This is something I have slacked off on and will try to start including again. There are some comparisons on instagram in the meantime, though.

[@toyzvilage]

@@brickcats I don't have instagram any other way I can see them?

[@Slacking02]

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