Hagoth
Sr Member
Just a thought about the back plate on X-wings. On red 5 (Luke Skywalker's) X-wing the little hatch points downward unlike the rest of the X-wings, including the way that the MPC is molded. With your design could the hatch be attached the other way.
Here is a pic of the back plate of Red 5.
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I've seen that image and I agree with Robert that it is likely the result of the cap part being put on upside down or rotating down because it was loose. You never see it that way in the movie that I know of. There are several kits that follow that orientation as a result of this prop being shook up and using that as the reference.
At any rate, in answer to your question, yes the hatch could be turned either way. With a slight modification it could still snap in place rotated up or down. However, I'm going to make it default up like in the movie.