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THE PERFECT PRESENT:Don’t know what to get dad for his birthday? Or maybe you have an avid hobbyist or collector in your life. This model kit makes an ideal gift for any occasion! Above: Close examination of the TIE Outlander’s solar panel ‘wings’ reveals they are slightly larger than those of a standard machine, but the parts breakdown is similar to other kits, with the interior ‘frame’ separate.

ILM used the 1/24 figure in the X-wing and Y-wing studio scale models. Now, look at the picture of the models lined up together. If they are all 1/24, then they should be the same size in-universe. But, we know that isn't true (the y-wing is double the length of a TIE Fighter). Also, ILM never said those models were in the same scale. TRUST MPC:We at MPC are modelers ourselves and we sweat the details, to make sure every kit produced is top quality in every way! TIE Advanced prototype · TIE Advanced x1 ( Modified) · TIE/x2 starfighter · TIE/x3 starfighter · TIE/ad starfighter TIE/HU Hunter · TIE/AG Aggressor starfighter · TIE/ph phantom · TIE/D Defender ( Prototype) · TIE/D automated starfighterAbove: Undercarriage bay doors are supplied for open and closed configurations and, in keeping with the original kit’s ‘snap-together’ construction, can be assembled without the need for glue. All TIE models had a common weakness during atmospheric combat: their un-aerodynamic design severely restricted their speed and maneuverability (particularly under windy conditions), which was normally their greatest strength against most Rebel Alliance/New Republic fightercraft. Pilots trained to fly TIEs in atmosphere conversely often had difficulties making best use of the craft in space combat. [2] Leaping straight from the small screen into kit form in November 2021 is Revell’s Imperial TIE Outlander – as used by Imperial ‘baddie’ Moff Gideon in Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

Above: Out with the old… an all-new structure is provided to replicate the Outlander’s more substantial appearance, with the 'eyeball' split horizontally for easier assembly. Hiya, don’t know if this will be any use but I’ve already done it for my own benefit trying to figure out how big I should 3D print some ships for Star Wars Legion terrain, so I might as well share. I ripped the 3D files for the TIE/ln, TIE/sa, TIE/int, and TIE Adv. x1 from EA’s Battlefront 2 game files(it’s approved by ILM/the Story Group, so is part of nuCanon), took high res images of the front, right side, and top views, scaled them all relative to each other using your Constant Canopy assumption, and then scaled them all at once in a GIMP image using 1cm = 1m based on the TIE/ln being 7.24m.

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Ships in the TIE series were usually armed with one or more laser cannons, two being standard. More advanced fighters were equipped with a variety of warhead launchers, and the TIE Avenger and TIE Defender could be fitted with a small-scale tractor beam. The TIE Outlander is distributed in the UK by Carrera-Revell UK. More information is at: www.carrera-revell.com

Though the term "TIE Fighter" was coined because George Lucas thought they looked like bow ties, the ion engine is a real-life type of spacecraft propulsion, and publicity surrounding the launch of the SMART-1 spacecraft, particularly the shuttle Smart-1, likened its ion thruster to the propulsion systems of a TIE Fighter. Taking this comparison further, a number of canon sources describe the large vertical wings of a TIE as something like the photovoltaic solar panels typically used to power real-life ion-drives: terms like "solar arrays" or "solar gather panels" are used to describe the TIEs' wings, and it is explicitly said that they draw on the energy of starlight and play at least a partial role in powering the engines. Many fans have disagreed with this information, on the grounds that the power output of solar panels would not be sufficient to give TIEs the acceleration attributed to them, particularly given that TIEs have never been indicated to suffer reduced performance in interstellar space or when flying at night on a planet. Some seek to discard the "solar panel" idea altogether, and the wings of the prequel-era forerunners of the TIE, Scimitar, and Advanced Projects prototype, have been identified instead as radiator assemblages for waste heat from a conventional Star Wars reactor core.

Above: Similarly, the upper half has an opening for the top hatch, while also providing parts for this variant’s landing gear. TIE Experimental M1 · TIE Experimental M2 · TIE Experimental M3 · TIE Experimental M4 · TIE Experimental M5

To be fair, the TIE Bomber has always been pretty inconsistent. The filming model clearly has a HUEG window as does the patent filing blueprint, but the Essential Guide from the mid 90’s seems to depict a more standard TIE canopy and that’s purportedly based on some concept art, which is supported by Rebels who seemed to love drawing from the old concept art archives to inform their designs for the show and depicted a normal canopy version. Actually talking about the Essential Guide – that does depict a “short” TIE Interceptor compared to the more modern interpretation seen in for ex that Battlefront 2 image I posted; blob: https://imgur.com/fcd0d9b6-3b4a-4854-b3f7-0c90831da813– so perhaps that or whatever that image derived from is where they’re drawing the scale information from.Man, Lucasfilm need to have like a board of obsessive fan editors who’ll go through all these supplementary products and push them for consistency or something. TIE/fc starfighter · TIE/rc starfighter · TIE Vanguard · scout ship (TIE model) · TIE/sr starfighter Above: The pilot is another ‘survivor’ from the original 1/65 scale offering, although the mould seams will need considerable neatening. Scimitar assault bomber · TIE Reconnaissance Fighter · TIE/rpt starfighter · TIE stealth · Starhunter · Predator-class fighter · Neutralizer-class bomber