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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Mason on 06 June 2015, 11:42:10 AM
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Can anyone tell me the exact size (in mm) of the X-wings and Tie Fighters in the official X-wing game please?
Length, height and wingspan.
:D
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They're not in scale with each other ::)
I know that's not what you asked but it annoys the shit out of me ;D
cheers
James
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They're not in scale with each other ::)
I know that's not what you asked but it annoys the shit out of me ;D
Ok, lets try a different tack: What is the 'real' dimensions of the more common classes of fighter?
Tie, X, Y, A and B-wings for instance.
I know you have the info in books but maybe there is an online source listing them....
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Star Wars wiki mate, your one stop shop for all things SW :D
cheers
James
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Star Wars wiki mate, your one stop shop for all things SW :D
This.
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Can anyone tell me the exact size (in mm) of the X-wings and Tie Fighters in the official X-wing game please?
Length, height and wingspan.
X-Wing
Length - 46mm
Height - 15mm
Wingspan - 38mm
TIE Fighter
Length - 38mm
Height - 40mm
Wingspan - 32mm
(I measured them myself - so I might be out +/-1mm.)
And Wookieepedia:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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Thanks, chaps.
Much appreciated.
I ask as i have some metal SW ships in my possession and have no idea where they came from.
If anyone knows who produced small SW starfighters in metal, please let me know as I have never seen them before.
I wondered if they were similar enough in scale to be used in X-wing and , if not, whether they are in scale with each other.
Thanks to von Lucky* I now know that they are too small for X-wing, being about half the size, but they may well be in scale with each other.
If so....I have a plan!
;)
*Thank you very much for taking the time out to measure, mate.
Much appreciated.
:D
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I think you may have some Studio Bergstrom miniatures. They had a line of metal ships that included x-wing-like fighters, along with a y-wing and tie fighters. They also made lovely vipers and raiders from another sci-fi property.
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I've got some metal ones as well that are smaller than te X-wing ones. Next beer session I'll bring them along and we can compare :D
cheers
James
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I think you may have some Studio Bergstrom miniatures. They had a line of metal ships that included x-wing-like fighters, along with a y-wing and tie fighters. They also made lovely vipers and raiders from another sci-fi property.
Yeah, that sounds about right. US based, so never ordered from them, though was sorely tempted many times.
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They're not in scale with each other ::)
I know that's not what you asked but it annoys the shit out of me ;D
cheers
James
Really?
I thought they kept to their 1/270 pretty closely. Bar the Huge ships obviously, but there are alternatives out there to cover those (Hasbro Blockade Runner and Revell Hoth GR-75 for instance).
I did find that the TIE-Fighters are somewhat too big, but that does depend on which source you want to believe.
If I remember correctly, Wookiepedia had the length at 8m, but FFG was allowed access to the actual studio models and they measured from there, which led to some controversy about what is canon and what is not. As for the rest, they're pretty dang close:
X-Wing: 12.5m, @ 1/270: 4.622963cm, FFG: 4,60cm
Y-Wing: 16m, @ 1/270: 5.925925cm, FFG: 5,85cm
A-Wing: 9.6m, @ 1/270: 3,555555cm, FFG: 3,60cm
Tie-Fighter: 8m, @ 1/270: 2.962962, FFG: 3,80cm
Tie Advanced: 9.2m, @ 1/270: 3.407407, FFG: 3,35cm
Tie Interceptor: 9.6m, @ 1/270: 3,555555cm, FFG: 3,60cm
I'm not too bothered by the above differences, even though the A-Wing model somehow always seemed too big to me. ::)
I don't have the measurements of all of the other models at hand though, so I can't vouch for those. But the first and second waves seem to be pretty spot on...
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Really :)
Given that these ship are 'made' on a computer first there's no excuse for them to be out at all.
Wargaming figures in general don't have a 'scale' per se due to the over emphasised proportions but (and this is something purely personal) these, along with naval wargaming models are scalable.
Larger ships I understand due to the impracticalities but snub fighters are all in the same bracket size.
Interesting about them using studio scale models, I'll have to do some research into the studio sizes :)
cheers
James
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Given that these ship are 'made' on a computer first there's no excuse for them to be out at all.
Wargaming figures in general don't have a 'scale' per se due to the over emphasised proportions but (and this is something purely personal) these, along with naval wargaming models are scalable.
Oh, but I fully agree!
It was one of the draws for me, to know that they took the precise scaling of the models so seriously. I was quite disappointed to learn that they would be scaling the corvette and transport at 1/350 instead, but like I said; there are alternatives out there for that.
I'm not bothered by one or even (gasp :D ) two millimeters of deviation, especially on the large models, though I do feel they should maintain their original goal of a consistent scale as much as possible.
But that A-Wing still feels too large to me... ;)
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I'm not bothered by one or even (gasp :D ) two millimeters of deviation,
Get thee behind me satan lol
cheers
James
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Get thee behind me satan lol
cheers
James
lol
It grates, I admit, but it's the only way to maintain what little sanity I have left. :D
See; I've been dabbling at a Battletech 1/100 scale project, trying to get all my mechs in the exact scale. Trust me; trying to get obscure japanese 1/140 scale kits enlarged to an exacting 1/100 scale is enough to drive even the most balanced person to the brink of insanity... ;D
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Discussing scale of fictional vehicles is always fun, isn't it? Not only are you at the mercy of fans uniting under a single assumption, but many times the movies can't get their scales right from shot to shot.
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as for 1/100 mecha companies.......just stop now before it all ends in tears. Flirted with ideas like that myself until common sense prevailed. You will not succeed in the holy grail of mecha projects, no one ever does they just end up in padded cells eating bugs.
Oh, I've stared too deep into the abyss already. And I've actually made quite some headway, but have never found the time to thoroughly document my progress. My goal is 4 lances, 2 light and 2 heavy, and I've sourced all but a handful of them (and have a really good idea of which kits/toys to acquire). Also, I've got almost a full lance already built.
You know; once you get used to them, those bugs really don't taste too bad... ;D
Oh, and apologies to Paul for this humongous derailment of his thread... :D