Revell - 03602 - Star Wars - Maquette - Darth Vador Tie Fighter

THIS IS A SMALL SCALE KIT, DOES NOT COME WITH GLUE and PAINTS !!!! Lets get that out of the way for those who may expect something else and then rate it 1 star for their own ignorance. I got this as a star wars fan, these kits came as a great price for a little piece of merchandise. This is a great little kit, with good detailing and the parts fit perfectly. Decals are supplied for every part of the model that is not the base colour, (red stripes, yellow stirpes, the grey canopy, even the blue markings of R2D2) so it's a real easy build. Came with fancy colour instructions and the sprue trees in the box were sealed in a plastic bag. All in all a fun build, good representation of the X-Wing fighter albeit small but well detailed. So much so in fact I bought another one when it went down in price as an Addon item so I can make Wedge Antilles X-Wing to go with Lukes, and have subsequently bought also from the same series the Millenium Falcon, the Tie Interceptor and Snowspeeder.

Bought as a proxy for x-wing miniatures game by ffg. For this purpose it is pretty damn good. It works out a bit smaller than the FFG one but does not look out of place next to the fighter-class minis. This is a supremely easy model kit for anyone who has minimal modelling experience, but minimal paint and glue skills are required. Also be careful with the clear plastic parts, my engine cover Was mishapen and broke while trying to modify it. The scale is not proportional to the x-wing minis falcon - the x wing falcon is supposedly 1/270th, and this works out much smaller. However it doesn't look too weird. I've ordered two more so I can make a proper custom freighter. Ignore my crappy paintwork, I'm going for a black/yellow squadron.

Recently back into modelling I fancied a go at a Star Wars model and though this was a cheap first option. There aren't many parts and assembly is completed quite quickly. The front arms didn't fit quite so well and required a firm grip (a clamp would have been better) for a few miniutes whilst the glue set to stop them separating. To be honest, this set is more about the painting than the building, and a set of wash paints gave this a very nice looking effect. I spray painted the stand in gloss black just to finish it off. I do like the finished model, though the size is very small, it fits in the palm of your hand. And price wise the £3 shipping charge makes it only ok value for money, as others in the range are available with free shipping for Prime members like myself.

Great quality product very good to build as well. It’s very easy to build very nice and easy instructions to follow.

Great little kit, quick response and delivery aswell.

This is no Bandai mini Star Destroyer by any stretch of the imagination and strangely it can be more expensive to purchase. Roughly the same scale as the Bandai "palm kit", the detail is clunky and over down in places. The ventral shield generator seems far too big, small delicate raised areas are thick chunks of plastic that need sanding down and the bridge seems to missing anything near what should be there. Not the best kit, save your cash and get the Bandai instead, it's a completely amazing mini replica of the filming prop.

Great Star Wars kit for beginners of model making. Not many parts & a nice introduction into gluing , painting & decal work. Very easy to follow instructions. Does not come with paints/glues (as expected with most kits) so if you want to paint, ensure you buy with or have it already.

The scale that’s stated on the box is off as the Millenium falcon is supposed to be 34 meters long and the model is 11cm from back to front so the scale is like 1/309 but that doesn’t matter for my purposes and the detailing is really good. Delivery was sooner than estimated, Good buy!