1/72 Scale Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter (not available but there may be hope)!!!

darkev2

Well-Known Member

• Oct 15, 2017

• #1

For a while now I been wondering if I could get a set of Buck Rogers Fighters; Thunder Fighter and Draconian Marauder (Hatchet Fighter) in 1/72 Scale. While I have seen the Marauder in such (and is still available) the ship that held the Thunder Fighter has sadly sailed. The online source Fantastic Plastic had a rather nice kit but as it goes its no longer available. However there "MAY" still be some hope. In an email conversation with I believe the owner he alluded to the fact that if enough interest is seen, he would "maybe" re-issue the kit. So I'm putting it out there. If anyone is interested in such, please PLEASE send an "inquiry" or "I would buy it if you had it" letter to

" fantasticplast@aol.com "

in the hope that the kit could be manufactured and re-released!!!

Thank You!!!

darkev2

 

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32buds

Well-Known Member

• Oct 15, 2017

• #2

Why bother with 1/72? Federation models have the "Alliance models" thunder-fighter at 1/32 scale. I bought one a few years back and it's a great kit.

 

darkev2

Well-Known Member

• Oct 15, 2017

• #3

Well because the thing is actually truer to 1/72 scale (ad says 8 inches but owner of shop says it's actually 7.5) while the one from Federation Models is actually (correct me if I'm wrong PLEASE) a "lot" closer to 1/48 then 1/32. Take a look at the workup I created a while back;

Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter
Scale	Length of Kit (inches)
144	3.67
72	7.33
48	11
35	15.09
32	16.5
24	22
Total length 528 inches or 44 feet ????

Now this is taking the Studio Scale kit at 1/24 with a length of 44 feet as a base. Is the kit you have "more" accurate to 1/48 in length or 1/32??? Mine you it sort of doesn't matter as long as the Draconian Marauder is proportional to the thunder Fighter which it is and MORE IMPORTANTLY AS AN OWNER YOU ARE HAPPY WITH IT!!!

darkev2

32buds said:

Why bother with 1/72? Federation models have the "Alliance models" thunder-fighter at 1/32 scale. I bought one a few years back and it's a great kit.

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19narvik40

Sr Member

• Oct 15, 2017

• #4

Hey Kev,

Found this one for you. Fellow posted his work on it on Facebook, looks sharp. Good reviews from some who have bought it. The problem of course will be the price but the kit is going for more on evilbay. Hope this helps.

http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=84009

Don

 

darkev2

Well-Known Member

• Oct 16, 2017

• #5

Thanks Don I will give it look!!

Kev

19narvik40 said:

Hey Kev,

Found this one for you. Fellow posted his work on it on Facebook, looks sharp. Good reviews from some who have bought it. The problem of course will be the price but the kit is going for more on evilbay. Hope this helps.

http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=84009

Don

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32buds

Well-Known Member

• Oct 16, 2017

• #6

It was just a suggestion. Clearly you have taken it to heart and have a size "issue".
Have a nice day.

 

Inquisitor Peregrinus

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Oct 16, 2017

• #7

32buds, some of us prefer or are constrained to certain scales. When someone asks for something in a particular scale, offering them that thing in another scale is... not helpful? Given all the time and frustration I've had finding things in 1:72, knowing where to find those things in 1:48 (or other) scales is irrelevant (and I probably already know where to get them in those other scales).

In other news, I would lovelovelove to have the Thunder fighter in 1:72. So.

--Jonah

 

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32buds

Well-Known Member

• Oct 17, 2017

• #8

Jonah, I was trying to be helpful, to a fellow modeller.
The reply was rather ignorant, and could be described as a rant.
Obviously I shall be ignoring this fellow's future posts.
You, on the other hand, seem much more sensible.
Hopefully you find what you are looking for.

 

darkev2

Well-Known Member

• Oct 17, 2017

• #9

32buds

I am sorry that you took my post as offensive or a rant. As was suggested above "yes" I have been looking for a 1/72 scale kit of the Thunderfighter for a quite some time. I don't have a problem with other scales of the kit except as I was trying to point out in my reply "none" of them are accurate given the two end points of the 1/72 and 1/24 scale kits. Again if you took offense to my reply to "your" post it wasn't meant to be offensive or vindictive or argumentative. However given that you have taken it that way, again I am sorry.

darkev2

32buds said:

Jonah, I was trying to be helpful, to a fellow modeller.
The reply was rather ignorant, and could be described as a rant.
Obviously I shall be ignoring this fellow's future posts.
You, on the other hand, seem much more sensible.
Hopefully you find what you are looking for.

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32buds

Well-Known Member

• Oct 17, 2017

• #10

No worries.
Hopefully you'll find what you're looking for.
Good luck.

 

A

ASC McLaren

New Member

• Oct 24, 2017

• #11

Have you thought of building it out of paper? There is a nice (and free) version on the internet. Rescaling paper is easy. I rescaled that same thunderfighter from 1:32 to 1:18. Changing from 1:32 to 1:72 would, in some ways, be easier.