Disney Parks Luke’s T-16 Skyhopper prop/model

[Funky]

I just got these yesterday for my birthday from my beautiful wife. From ESB/Mandalorian, the ice cream maker which we find out it’s really a safe. Pretty neat!
But the reason for this post is the long sold out T-16 Skyhopper model. I have to say, I’m very impressed, though I’m not intimate with this particular prop. A couple of questions I hope you kids can help me with.
1. Is this in fact studio scale? To my untrained eye, it looks pretty dang close to me, right down to the brass stand.
2. Is the two pilot seating accurate? If so, talk about your blind spots!
3. Really? Red jumpsuits?
4. Not directly related, but come on. Does everyone really believe that we see a full sized Skyhopper in the background of the Lars garage? I mean, it “kind of” looks like the center back of the T-16. However, there is no Grffin decal and in order for it to fit that garage must be huge! Heck, for all we know that could be a dishwasher!

Pleas any and all thoughts are welcome.

 

[eegah]

Yep, from what I saw it is really close to studio scale, right down to the two pilots and red jumpsuits!
Yeah, that’s gotta be a big garage to fit a sky hopper!
It took me two of the, before I found one without damage to one of the griffin stickers tho!
Congrats, it’s a cool piece, especially for the price!

 

[Dann]

Dang, that actually looks pretty good.

I mean, I'm just going from memory, I haven't looked at reference in a LONG time. But it sure looks the part. The panel lines look a little on the deep side, but maybe that's accurate. The pilots look mostly correct, to me.

And yeah, the Skyhopper in the garage background always bewildered me. I just assumed there was an open ceiling in that area of the garage.

I remember starting an attempt to build one of these YEARS ago. I think I still have a bunch of the cut styrene pieces, and the heatsink and griffin and yellow stripe decals. Obviously, I never finished it.

 

[Mara Jade's Father]

3. Really? Red jumpsuits?

I don’t know much about the real prop. There was this on exhibit in Madrid. I have no idea if it is the real prop or not

https://flic.kr/p/6xXXBo

Additionally, I have to wonder if Disney made this product because a prop had to be made for The Obi Wan series. So now they probably had either a prop or already computer scans that LFL could provide to help create the product.

 

[phase pistol]

A couple of comparison shots between Colin Cantwell's screeused prop and the new Disney toy.

Here's a video of somebody comparing the Disney toy to the Jason Eaton replica of the prop.