canofhumdingers
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I'm curious about how big the actual studio model of Darth Vader's TIE X-1 starfighter was. I'm especially curious about how big it was next to a studio X wing or y wing.
I ask because I've recently started collecting the F-toys 1/144 scale starships. Over all they are awesome & super detailed & the scale from vehicle to vehicle feels "about right". EXCEPT Vader's TIE. It's TINY!! I did some calculations and based on the official "real life" size the f toys ship is about an inch too short. That's significant when the whole ship is roughly an inch and a half long!
It'd be really awesome if someone had a pic of the actual filming models with the X-1 & an xwing sitting next to each other.
I wonder if F-toys got it right (the cockpit ball on the f-toys X-1 is the same size as the cockpit ball on the TIE Interceptor & the internal dimensions/proportions of the X-1 look correct) & the official size is way off, or it it's vice versa...
I ask because I've recently started collecting the F-toys 1/144 scale starships. Over all they are awesome & super detailed & the scale from vehicle to vehicle feels "about right". EXCEPT Vader's TIE. It's TINY!! I did some calculations and based on the official "real life" size the f toys ship is about an inch too short. That's significant when the whole ship is roughly an inch and a half long!
It'd be really awesome if someone had a pic of the actual filming models with the X-1 & an xwing sitting next to each other.
I wonder if F-toys got it right (the cockpit ball on the f-toys X-1 is the same size as the cockpit ball on the TIE Interceptor & the internal dimensions/proportions of the X-1 look correct) & the official size is way off, or it it's vice versa...