1/48 MPC A-Wing

[Rulebreaker]

Hello,

i found a "classic" MPC A-Wing kit on evilbay for not a kidney.


Before starting with the kit, a "scale discussion" - there are a lot of rumors of its scale/size, but i came across this picture!

it has a ruler in front of the Studio Model, so "we" know how wide it is, with that i could measure and calculate the length in the Picture below.
paint shows the x and y pixel lengths, so i had to use pytagoras to get the length and width
width 538px = 16,5"
length 780px = 23,9"

23,9*2,54=607,06mm -> 0,60706m

next step, finding a reasonable scale, is it 1/3,75? probably not, so i tried the usual numbers of 48, 32, 24, 12
0,60706m * 48 = 29m nope
0,60706m * 32 = 19m nope
0,60706m * 24 = 15m nope
0,60706m * 12 = 7,28m we have a winner!

1/12 -> 7,28m

7,28m / 48 = 152±1 mm

The MPC Kit is finished 153mm point on 1/48 Scale

Here some pictures of the kit


i also have a couple of Bandai A-Wings(on the german revell site, they are still on clearence sale, 15 bucks each), the MPC is 15% bigger than the Bandai.
Bandai uses the 9,6m number, in 1/72 its 133mm long and overengineered with way to many parts, the MPC version has only 13 Main parts, not counting parts like landing gear.


The details are the same in almost all areas, the only big diffrence is Bandai has receesed panels and MPC has raised panels.

regards dave

 

[jake88]

I have this kit also. I’ve been considering sanding down and scribing panel lines. It’s a pretty nice kit. I have a wwII pilot set aside for it when I finally build it.

 

[division 6]

I built 2 of those back when they came out ($3).
1 I painted like the RMQ artwork in silver, white and blue.

 

[Analyzer]

I always considered it a roughly 1/48 scale kit

It is a pretty decent kit. The main area it is lacking in is engine details

First it is a bit out of round and missing a lot of details on the back. Had to do some scratch building and cutting away parts to open areas up

also, some releases have a tinted canopy and others untinted. I have one of each

here it is with the Fine Molds 1/48 X-Wing and 1/51?ish MPC Tie Interceptor (or whatever scale that winds up being. Same cockpit size as the original MPC tie)