AMT Studio Series TIE Fighter from ANH

[Necronaut]

I just finished this giant kit. Not quite official studio scale, but it’s pretty close!

 

[PHArchivist]

Nice! Post a pic with a Beer bottle or some other size reference!

 

[dbuck]

posted for fun, the model looks great.

 

[kermet]

Very nice

 

[Necronaut]

Next to my Lego UCS Falcon and my DeAgostini 1/43 Falcon. And a can of beer.

 

[PAULH]

Beautiful work. I have the kit too but haven't started it yet. What did you use for the main colour?

 

[Necronaut]

Beautiful work. I have the kit too but haven't started it yet. What did you use for the main colour?

I used 1:1:2 these Color’s: FS 15050 blue, FS 36231 and FS 36495

 

[Boxcar Bret]

Great work! Mine is on order. Any pointers or particular things to watch out for?

 

[PHArchivist]

Any ideas if they will do a same-scale X-Wing?

 

[Robert McLain]

Any ideas if they will do a same-scale X-Wing?

Man, it seems like a no brainer.......I think they would knock it out of the park. I've been toying with the idea of giving the Revell 1/29 X-Wing a go. I'm not as obsessed with X-Wings as I am with Ties, so I think I could live with the inaccuracies.

Robert

 

[rastanz]

Fantastic looking models.

 

[gobler]

I just picked up 2 of these.. I'm in the process of cleaning out a spare room and making it a hobby room. The garage shop is getting too cold for my old bones..

 

[Poakwoods]

I understand you... My basement shop isn't very comfortable during the long winter months either, so I had to find a little nook upstairs.

 

[PHArchivist]

Man, it seems like a no brainer.......I think they would knock it out of the park. I've been toying with the idea of giving the Revell 1/29 X-Wing a go. I'm not as obsessed with X-Wings as I am with Ties, so I think I could live with the inaccuracies.

Robert

I have built one of those and have one or two in boxes.

Not bad bud to indeed need mods.

 

[Jkirkon]

I’m close to finishing my second Tie. Needs decals and clear. This is a great little kit, goes together like a dream!

Tie Fighters are poised to attack my fleet of studio scale X-wings (on the opposite wall).

 

[Junk Pilot]

I just finished this giant kit. Not quite official studio scale, but it’s pretty close!

It's not meant to be, or stated as being studio scale. It looks damn great though.

 

[Jkirkon]

It is 3/4 studio scale.

 

[Junk Pilot]

Has anyone done a comparison between this kit and the Hasbro Vintage Collection TIE Fighter?

 

[anamorphicWayne]

I did a comparison with my Hasbro (TLC) TIE and a recently bought AMT 1:32 TIE kit.

Hmmm, it seems the TLC cockpit ball is the same size as the AMT kit. But the wing heights are quite different. The TLC has a height of 15.25" as the AMT is 13.5" (assuming that's accurate, as I haven't build it yet).

So what does this mean? Who's the most accurate? You can't have the same cockpit size and two different wing heights.

 

[star-art]

The AMT 1/32 kit is totally accurate. It's a scaled down copy of the filming model where the only differences (apart from the interior, which is custom) are those needed to make it practical for commercial production.

The Hasbro product is a toy so I guess it's not surprising if they got the proportions wrong.