Hardcore Star Wars fans would know that many of the scenes from the original trilogy were heavily inspired by World War II dogfight scenes, and even some of the ship designs were lifted from aviation bombers of that period. Builder Steve Peterson has reversed this inspiration and transposed the space vehicles back into what they could have looked like if World War II fighters were instead inspired by the vehicles from Star Wars. He took the fan favourites of the X-Wing, the Y-Wing and the TIE fighter and made them look very retro cool. It seemed like they stepped through a time transformation machine. If you’re familiar with the era, tell us what WWII aircraft you think inspired these builds!
So glad i was able to see these as the work in progress .Love them steve .Great job
X-Wing – Curtiss-Wright P-55 Ascender
Y-Wing – Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Tie Advanced – Ummmm….. maybe the Vought XF5U ?
P51
P38
And messerschmitt me109
If i remember correctly