1/72 A-Wing question
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johnojodo
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More questions if anyones got the time
If anyone has a snowspeeder in 1:72 I'd like to know the overall length please (rear grill to blaster tips)
And out of the two x wings below (pic with Bandai X Wing) is the larger or the smaller closest to 1:72 or if anyone could give me the wing height so I can get it spot on it would be greatly appreciated
Again I will be going down the Bandai route with the X Wing but I've got a printer I wanna use first
Thanks for any help
Ed
If anyone has a snowspeeder in 1:72 I'd like to know the overall length please (rear grill to blaster tips)
And out of the two x wings below (pic with Bandai X Wing) is the larger or the smaller closest to 1:72 or if anyone could give me the wing height so I can get it spot on it would be greatly appreciated
Again I will be going down the Bandai route with the X Wing but I've got a printer I wanna use first
Thanks for any help
Ed
johnojodo
Active Member
Hi everyone I trust we've all had a good weekend. was working myself but hey-ho
Anyhoo If you could offer your opinions as to the scale I've printed the above at.
Close enough to 1:72?
From top of top pic
Moldy Crow (with the flat 1:72 figure Ban Dai stitched me with)
Ban Dai x-wing
Z95 headhunter
Imperial Shuttle cockpit
Thanks for looking
Ed
Ban Dai Tie Fighter, Interceptor on the way and I think I ordered an A-Wing too
Lichtbringer
Master Member
The MC size varies with it´s different designs, sadly there was no clear line of size and shape.
When i made mine i went with the mostly used design, iirr the used size was 23m.
The Z-95 seems to be to big, should be slighly smaller than the T-65.
I have 2 unbuild resin A-Wings (none FP), both artists decided to go for different dimensions. I like both, each for it´s own, but the one from RB-26 (the smaller one) is just stunning great.
When i made mine i went with the mostly used design, iirr the used size was 23m.
The Z-95 seems to be to big, should be slighly smaller than the T-65.
I have 2 unbuild resin A-Wings (none FP), both artists decided to go for different dimensions. I like both, each for it´s own, but the one from RB-26 (the smaller one) is just stunning great.
Lichtbringer
Master Member
Need to measure them, but on the first look it seems good. 
They started that recently. I think the A-wing and Tie Interceptors were the first kits to where the silhouette started showing up instead of an actual standing pilot
The original X-wing kit (with the Death Star tile base), Y-wing, Tie Fighter, Tie Advanced and T-70 X-wing kits (the blue and white, not Poe's) and force awakens Tie all had standing pilots and the Y-wing and T-65 X-wing also had an extra "standing" droid
I'd much rather have the figures than the silhouettes
The original X-wing kit (with the Death Star tile base), Y-wing, Tie Fighter, Tie Advanced and T-70 X-wing kits (the blue and white, not Poe's) and force awakens Tie all had standing pilots and the Y-wing and T-65 X-wing also had an extra "standing" droid
I'd much rather have the figures than the silhouettes
Richard Baker
Sr Member
From what I heard, Bandai had to change the standing figures to silhouette because somebody else (Hasbro) already had the license to produce small figures int he US market. the 1:72 figures were too close to the size of the ones included in the Micro Minimachines IIRC
Same thing for the Bandai model kits of Stormtroopers & such- somebody else in the US market had collectible figures in the same (or very close) size and Bandai currently does not sell them in the US market.
Same thing for the Bandai model kits of Stormtroopers & such- somebody else in the US market had collectible figures in the same (or very close) size and Bandai currently does not sell them in the US market.
johnojodo
Active Member
Must be the same for the UK market too. I just picked up a 2015 dated Tie Fighter that has the standing pilot but the Tie interceptor that arrived this morning with a 2016 date had the flat one, The X-Wing came with an extra R2 unit and flat pilot also .... So snap those 2015's up!
johnojodo
Active Member
Could I have been any more wrong with the scale!
I know where I went wrong. I took the canopy measurement and scaled it with the very front section of the cockpit too, crazy how much it put the whole scale out, but I've got a better scale printed now and the extra canopy that came with the Bandai one means I can build a cockpit into the printed one
rbeach84
Sr Member
I would take Bandai's 1/72 scaling of their kit with a grain of salt. At 5.25 inches, it is more like 1/55 scale than 1/72. Likely you were correct. Of course, this is pretty subjective. I am working under the assumption that the old MPC kit (at 6 inches overall length) is 1/48 since a 1/48 scale pilot figure matches the cockpit filming set appearance very well. So, a 1/72 scale model would be 2/3 of that or 4 inches. Just my opinion of course...
Regards, Robert
Regards, Robert
Bandai's scaling is based on some revised numbers. If scaling down from the studio model using the pilot as a guide, then yes, Bandai's A-wing is too large for 1/72. if going by the "official" dimensions which F-toys and Fantasy Flight games seem to be adhering by, then it really is close to 1/72.
Personally, I like the smaller A-Wing size
Personally, I like the smaller A-Wing size
