Rulebreaker

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Hello,

i found a "classic" MPC A-Wing kit on evilbay for not a kidney.
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Before starting with the kit, a "scale discussion" - there are a lot of rumors of its scale/size, but i came across this picture!
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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
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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.
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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
 
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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.
 
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)

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