It's bothers me a little when the stripped-down Y-Wing is depicted as a slow bomber in video games. Handling these models, comparing their mass properties, like moment of inertia and swooshability, it's easy to see how stripping off body panels and structure makes the Y-Wing a true light-weight hot-rod fighter, and why Y-Wings were sent in first to destroy the Death Star. The geometry and parts used on the major components of these models - the cockpit pod and the engines - are exactl