I got this beauty in Yesterday from CultTvMan’s hobby shop. Had this sucker on pre-order for a while and now it’s here. I’ll be getting started on this after I finish the 1/144 Revell Type IX c/40 U-Boat that I’m working on.
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Definitely on my ‘To-Do’ list as well!
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It’s a beautiful kit. Our reviewer is finishing it up and has high praise for it. I thought it looked terrific in the box.
Skip to the 2:38 mark for our look inside.
Did you know that the filming miniatures twin pods are made from the 1/96 scale Revell Saturn V model kit.
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And the “wings” were taken from the MPC Darth Vader TIE, including the incorrect box end caps. ILM added perimeter extensions to the wings to make them slightly larger. I wonder if they also used the canopy frame from the MPC kit?
That old DV TIE was the first Star Wars kit I bought, from Pete’s Modelcraft in Kahala Mall - a long time ago, in a childhood far, far away…
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I built that one earlier this year. Original 1989 reboxing of the 1977 kit that I got a garage sale which had the “Poopin” vader figure.
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Ha ha! YES, I remember the poopin’ Vader figure! When I was building the kit, I just thought “Ah, paint him black and no one will notice!”
Didn’t the recently reissued kit feature a better figure and some other small detail improvements?
Yeah but I don’t have that kit. I had two 1989 kits with one finished. The other one still is mint.