There was no particular scale the model needed to be, I wanted it to be large enough to look impressive but not too big as to be unwieldy. Originally I thought about making it 1/6 scale, which would have gone great with Sideshow's 1/6 scale Luke figure. But at that scale the Vaporator would have been 38 inches tall!
Looks great!
Having many of the Sideshow 1/6 scale sandtroopers and the dewback, I have a huge interest in a 1/6 scale model of one of these, and I would image many others would be being in the same situation.
Yah, I'm thinking about it. But double the size is at least 4 times the materials and mold costs, probably more since it would have to be broken into more pieces and have an easy way to make the main body hollow. Might wind up being a fairly expensive kit and I don't think a lot of people would want one at $500 to $600.
A 1/12th scale run is in the works!