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Should the B wing be flying straight up or down or on it's side?

If it is on it"s side what's the easiest way to turn the plastic without breaking it Off of the model?

Thanks in advance, RB

Technically, straight up and down is the "proper" flight position(watch Return, that's how they're approaching the DSII), but since it's designed to rotate 360' around the cockpit, anywhere is also acceptable.

In space (mother Russia) there is no up in down. Sorry it was funny in my head.

 Theophony wrote:
In space (mother Russia) there is no up in down. Sorry it was funny in my head.

In Soviet Space Russia, up downs you?

There's no good way to rotate them without cutting the peg off. It's glued pretty solidly into the socket, and if you twist it you're probably going to snap the plastic instead of getting the glue to break and free it to rotate. If you want rotated ones your best option is to carefully cut them off the peg, pin the joint, and glue them into the rotated position. And then you'll just need to snap the cockpit piece off, cut the pin that holds it at the right angle, and glue it back in the horizontal position.

 Platuan4th wrote:
Technically, straight up and down is the "proper" flight position(watch Return, that's how they're approaching the DSII), but since it's designed to rotate 360' around the cockpit, anywhere is also acceptable.

http://www.sarcophagi.blogspot.com/2013/09/star-wars-x-wing-miniatures-b-wing-redux.html

There you go.

I wound up cutting the cockpit off. When I went to cut the female connector it fell off into my hand.

I reglued both into proper position with Loctite super gel, looks better now. Do the second one later

Thanks for the pointers, RB

 Peregrine wrote:
There's no good way to rotate them without cutting the peg off. It's glued pretty solidly into the socket, and if you twist it you're probably going to snap the plastic instead of getting the glue to break and free it to rotate. If you want rotated ones your best option is to carefully cut them off the peg, pin the joint, and glue them into the rotated position. And then you'll just need to snap the cockpit piece off, cut the pin that holds it at the right angle, and glue it back in the horizontal position.

 Platuan4th wrote:
Technically, straight up and down is the "proper" flight position(watch Return, that's how they're approaching the DSII), but since it's designed to rotate 360' around the cockpit, anywhere is also acceptable.

First couple seconds:




Also, that doesn't contradict what I said as that scene isn't actually from the movie.