T-16 skyhopper

damon5973

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anyone make the toy model that luke is holding of his T-16 skyhopper? I always thought it would be neat to have one of those..


if this doesnt belong in the SS threads..please move
 
I always thought this turned into the shuttle Tyderium (sp?)
Never knew there was a model of it... (As a skyhopper I mean.)
 
Years and years ago, I had a garage kit of the T-16 that I picked up at a SW show in Dallas. It wasn't bad, but it was kind of small if I remember right.
I can't remember who made it.
 
I created a garage kit of the skyhopper back in 1994-1995.

here is a picture of it built up- it was about 1/35 scale- -is this the one you got Superjedi?

Ti6.jpg


I also built a sketchbook version see below on the right

T16sketchbook.jpg
 
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If I remember right, the toy looked pretty good- was it the same scale as Luke's model?

-Sarge
 
the toy had 2 parts and was not really as well made as I would want it...if that garage kit was a bit bigger it woudl be perfect..nice job!!
 
I know this thread is ages old but I am curious if this is the Skyhopper kit Superjedi picked up in Dallas way back in 1994-95

Pauleysolo said:
I created a garage kit of the skyhopper back in 1995.

here is a picture of it built up- it was about 1/35 scale- -is this the one you got Superjedi?

T16.jpg
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Pauleysolo said:
I know this thread is ages old but I am curious if this is the Skyhopper kit Superjedi picked up in Dallas way back in 1994-95
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Hi Pauley,
Wow, I missed your reply from Jan. :$
That sure looks like the one I got at that show in TX. Looks to be about the same size.
I don't know if you did the packaging and stuff for the kit, but I seem to remember it came in a brown cardboard box with a black and white picture stuck to the outside.
 
superjedi said:
Hi Pauley,
Wow, I missed your reply from Jan. :$
That sure looks like the one I got at that show in TX. Looks to be about the same size.
I don't know if you did the packaging and stuff for the kit, but I seem to remember it came in a brown cardboard box with a black and white picture stuck to the outside.
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Yep- that was it- only 25 or so got made- did you ever build it up??
 
I did build it up. I didn't do a highly detailed paint job on it, and I didn't know anything about do-it-yourself decals back then, so I hand painted the orangey markings, including those little "griffons" on the tail.
During the course of my Air Force career, it got damaged after a couple of moves and finally went to that big model graveyard in the sky.
Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure that was the very first garage kit I ever worked on.
 
Based on my best estimates in 1994 via VHS video still freeze frame captures- the model Mark Hamill was playing with in the garage scene looked to be about 1/35 scale. I didn't have the reference material we have today. Hence the belief that my T-16 garage kit was "studio scale".
 
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This has always puzzled me - when was it mentioned that the model Luke plays with was of his T16? I always assumed that it was a model of some fancy sports model he dreamed of one day flying, rather than the same old thing he shoots wamp rats in. I figured the T16 was probably the one in the background in his workshop.
 
Knightjar said:
I figured the T16 was probably the one in the background in his workshop.
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It is. You can see the 1:1 body of the ship in the background next to the walkway into the main part of the house.
The T-16 is included in the Star Wars Blueprints set that came out in 1978 (one page blueprint of the full size model - front, back and side views).
 
lonepigeon said:
It is. You can see the 1:1 body of the ship in the background next to the walkway into the main part of the house.
The T-16 is included in the Star Wars Blueprints set that came out in 1978 (one page blueprint of the full size model - front, back and side views).
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Really? I remember it as looking like a blue or green angular landspeeder-type vehicle. I'll have to go back for another look!
 
Knightjar said:
Really? I remember it as looking like a blue or green angular landspeeder-type vehicle. I'll have to go back for another look!
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You're thinking of the Lars family speeder which is parked in the dark. The black speeder 3PO hides behind (it's painted white during the Tunisia shoot).

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Lars_landspeeder.jpg

Here's Luke playing with the model size version of the T-16 (concept model built by Cantwell) with the full size one in the background (behind R2).

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:LarsGarage.jpg

The walkway into the house runs right behind the T-16's engine exhaust.
The nose of the family speeder can be see on the far left.
 
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