Accessories for Star Wars models

[Ebbets man]

Hello,
I'm building 1-1000 scale model Star Wars At-At Imperial Walkers and was wondering if there are to scale accessories such as X Wing fighters and other cool things to add to the diorama?
Thanks

Dave

 

[urumomo]

Welcome to SMA !

Is it 1/1000 or 1/100 scale ?
and what part of the planet do you live on ?

 

[Ebbets man]

1-1000 scale. I live in Washington.
Thanks for replying.

 

[Ebbets man]

The model stands about seven inches tall.

 

[urumomo]

That would make the AT-AT 583 feet tall .
are you sure it's 1/1000 ?
The internet says the AT-AT is 74 feet tall
What kit is this , Revell ?

 

[urumomo]

Is it this ?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-06578-at-act-walker--1118349

 

[Ebbets man]

That would make the AT-AT 583 feet tall .
are you sure it's 1/1000 ?
The internet says the AT-AT is 74 feet tall
What kit is this , Revell ?

That was off the site and I thought it was off too. It's about eight inches tall. It's an MPC model.j

 

[urumomo]

So it is this kit ? ,

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mpc-1918-at-at--135424

 

[urumomo]

I am not a Star Wars aficionado ,
but looking around the internet , the kits aren't real big on any consistent scale ,

It looks like Revell made a 1:100 X-wing at some point but I had no luck finding one for sale .
The snow speeder kits are either non-scaled or are oddball scales like 1/50 , 1/65 ..

Revell appears to have a 1/72 X-wing that is on the market , far away from this 1:100 scale .

There is always 3D printing .
I'm sure you could acquire whatever you need , in any scale , going that route .
I am not the one to ask , though . I've never dealt with it .
You can search for " 3D printed snow speeder " etc .

That AT-AT is indeed labeled as 1 : 100 scale

 

[Ebbets man]

That's it! What's frustrating is the matching of sizes. Things are in mm, HO, N, O scale, fractions like 1/247. It's all over the map.

 

[urumomo]

Yes ,
endless variety of scales .

If we use this 22.5 meter height given here --> https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/All_Terrain_Armored_Transport/Legends
That's just under 74 feet .
If that model stands 8 inches tall ? , then it's 1:111 scale .
You can fine tune the exact scale with an exact measurement of the model .

I think I saw some 1:112 scale Star Wars stuff , but I don't remember exactly what or where .
Long out of production items

If you get some stuff 3D printed it can be done at that 1 : 111 scale , or any scale .

 

[Ebbets man]

Thanks. I don't have any access to that 3D printing. I guess you have to hunt and peck through the hobby world to piece together projects. I've got experience with HO scale and 1/72 figures. O scale and 1/35 figures kind of work.

 

[Jakko]

The old MPC AT-AT is about 1:100 scale, IIRC. I built one long ago and wanted to put it into a diorama, so I began looking for suitable figures, and found I needed about 15 mm ones to get them in scale. Not that I ever built the diorama, of course — or even bought figures, for that matter

Much of the problem with these kits is that they were made to fit the box, rather than to a constant scale. Really weird, this is a very 1950s–60s thing to do, you would expect a kit manufacturer in the 1980s to have realised already that people will prefer it if the sizes of different models are comparable.

 

[Ebbets man]

The old MPC AT-AT is about 1:100 scale, IIRC. I built one long ago and wanted to put it into a diorama, so I began looking for suitable figures, and found I needed about 15 mm ones to get them in scale. Not that I ever built the diorama, of course — or even bought figures, for that matter

Much of the problem with these kits is that they were made to fit the box, rather than to a constant scale. Really weird, this is a very 1950s–60s thing to do, you would expect a kit manufacturer in the 1980s to have realised already that people will prefer it if the sizes of different models are comparable.

Thanks for the tip on the size to go with the model. Much appreciated! Yes you would think model companies would include on the box appropriate size matches to compliment their boxed model kit. Star Wars is still fairly relevant. My kids although older are still into it.

 

[Jakko]

Hey, I just bought a Bandai 1:72 scale B-Wing A very long time ago, I got the old MPC set with an A-Wing, a B-Wing, an X-Wing and a TIE Interceptor in it — all of them to different scales … I liked the B-Wing best, really, which is why I got a modern kit of that when I found it (relatively) cheap last week.

 

[Pantherman]

Hello,
I'm building 1-1000 scale model Star Wars At-At Imperial Walkers and was wondering if there are to scale accessories such as X Wing fighters and other cool things to add to the diorama?
Thanks

Dave

Hi and welcome to the forum. Pantherman

 

[Ebbets man]

Hey, I just bought a Bandai 1:72 scale B-Wing A very long time ago, I got the old MPC set with an A-Wing, a B-Wing, an X-Wing and a TIE Interceptor in it — all of them to different scales … I liked the B-Wing best, really, which is why I got a modern kit of that when I found it (relatively) cheap last week.

Would the B Wing size work with 1-100 scale size( 8 inches tall)?
Thanks!
Dave

 

[OldManModeler]

Looks like a fun kit!

Scale is EVERYTHING. Kits not in standard scale are always hard to find a match for.

Standard scale is; 1/220 (Z gauge trains), 1/285 (6mm), N gauge trains (about 1/155), 1/87 (HO trains), 1/72, 1/48, 1/24,1/25, 1/32, 1/35, 1/16, 1/12, 1/10, 1/9, 1/6. I may have missed a couple, but anything of another scale is a crap shoot.

I have a 1/56th scale aircraft model that is in my stash, but worthless if I wanted to add another vehicle or figures.

You might find diecast toys that are close to 1/111. I don't know. Get out your caliper and see what an X-Wing fighter should be in length in the scale you want. Might be available as a diecast toy on Amazon for super cheap.

Be well. Model on.

Eric

 

[Ebbets man]

Looks like a fun kit!

Scale is EVERYTHING. Kits not in standard scale are always hard to find a match for.

Standard scale is; 1/220 (Z gauge trains), 1/285 (6mm), N gauge trains (about 1/155), 1/87 (HO trains), 1/72, 1/48, 1/24,1/25, 1/32, 1/35, 1/16, 1/12, 1/10, 1/9, 1/6. I may have missed a couple, but anything of another scale is a crap shoot.

I have a 1/56th scale aircraft model that is in my stash, but worthless if I wanted to add another vehicle or figures.

You might find diecast toys that are close to 1/111. I don't know. Get out your caliper and see what an X-Wing fighter should be in length in the scale you want. Might be available as a diecast toy on Amazon for super cheap.

Be well. Model on.

Eric

I get the scales but what's needed are inch and mm cross references to all of those gauges. Die cast toys are a good idea. That's where I've been thinking. The hobby shop near me has those smaller than 1/72 size metal military figures and I think there are micro figures for that smaller than HO sized trains and scenes.

 

[stevethefish]

That AT-AT kit by MPC comes with turrets and Snowspeeders. Those Snowspeeders are supposed to be in-scale with the AT-AT, and IIRC those Snowspeeders are kinda close in size to the 1:144 Snowspeeders by Bandai.

The thing about AT-ATs is that since it's a movie, the scale can be whatever. The Snowspeeders look a lot smaller in relation to the AT-ATs in the movie than what you'd see with the 1:144 Bandai Snowspeeders and the 1:144 Bandai AT-AT. I think it's because the sizes given in those old Star Wars RPG sourcebooks from the '80s had screwy sizes. When they made that dumb Disney movie with Rey camping out on an AT-AT, that thing was too small. It's because they canonized the dumb numbers given in those RPG books.

If Blake is around, he can explain things better.