10103 Y-Wing Starfighter

by Colin Hunt

Title

10103 Y-Wing Starfighter

Artist

Colin Hunt

Medium

Photograph - Photo Painting - Photoart

Description

Kosmos #03 - Y-Wing Starfighter
The Y-Wing Starfighter is a fighter bomber spacecraft used during the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. During the later, it was main craft used by the Alliance.

Y-wings used during the Clone Wars were crewed by a single pilot, and a gunner inside an ion cannon turret positioned behind the cockpit. Located behind the turret was an astromech droid slot. The 23.4-meter long attack starfighter had two forward-mounted laser cannons, along with two proton torpedo launchers. The wedge-shaped cockpit was placed on the front of the craft, with the central spar extending behind it. Two ion jet engines were attached to either side of the spar. The engines had exhaust nacelles and support pylons, and had domes that contained sensors on the front of the nacelles. The hyperdrive was at the rear of the spar. Squadron markings were placed on the cockpit and the forward tips of the engine nacelles.

By the Galactic Civil War, many Y-wing were stripped of their hull plating and engine nacelles for ease of maintenance as older parts often broke down, and models that eliminated the gunner's turret had been introduced.


This artwork has been created by photographing a model of the Y-Wing Starfighter and then adding it to a computer generated space scene using Photoshop Elements.


This artwork has been featured within the following groups:

10 Plus (April 2016)

The Gallery Wall (May 2016)

First Friday Gallery Group 1x Day (July 2016)

This Way Arts (July 2016)

500 Views Share Group (July 2016)

500 Views -1 Image a Day (19th July 2016)

Arts Fantastic World (20th July 2016)

Five Star Artist (17th August 2016)

Images That Excite You (23rd November 2016)

Collectors Gallery (11th April 2017)

Art District (11th April 2017)

500 And Beyond Fine Art Group (23rd May 2017)

All Art Welcome (13th June 2017)

Pictures for Present (5th August 2017)

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January 15th, 2014

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