Any of the older Star Wars kits Good OOTB builds?

Anonymous

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November 2005

Any of the older Star Wars kits Good OOTB builds?

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 12, 2006 8:50 AM

Hi guys. New to the site and was wondering if any of the older Star Wars kits are good OOTB builds for a 10 year old?

My nephew is a big Star Wars fan and I'd like to get him into models (something other than video games).

Cheers, SJD

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David Harris

Member since
May 2006
From: UK

Posted by David Harris on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:15 AM

Have made a few of them in my time. From memory:

The X Wings working S Foils might cause him some problems.

I put Darth Vader's TIE Fighter together at a similar age myself without any problems.

The Snowspeeder went together fairly easily, but the cockpit could have been better.

The AT AT went together easily. Had a similar motive when I gave one to my friends Step Son when he was a similar age & he put it together with no problems. He was a Star Wars nut too at the time..

The Star Destroyer gave me some trouble when I put it together with gaps between the hull sections.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:36 AM

My 8 year old recently built the small X-Wing with little problem.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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dnatech

Member since
December 2003

Posted by dnatech on Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:59 PM

I just recently did the ERTL Tie Interceptor, good kit, minor fit problems. The small X-wing was fun and fairly straight forward. The AT-AT is a pain putting all the panels together to get them to line up. The Jedi Starfighter kit is a good kit. as mentioned the snow speeder is fairly simple but the cockpit detail stinks. I started the Slave-1 and it is challengeing to get all the panels to stay in place to get the wing vanes on.

Steve

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Swanny

Member since
February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:19 PM

My daughter did the Darth Vader Tie fighter when she was about 12 with no trouble. Right now I'm playing with the Jedi Star Fighter and it seems to be a very nice kit with good fit and basically easy assembly.

Swanny's Models

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:28 PM

well I am building the original AMT/Ertl A-wing fighter and have the progress pics up in my thread A-wing fighter Progress.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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modelmaker67

Member since
September 2006
From: Turkey Town New Mexico

Posted by modelmaker67 on Sunday, September 3, 2006 10:38 AM

I am currently working on the original snowspeeder and it is going together with out any fitting problems what so ever. It would be a perfect kit to start with.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:11 AM

Can you post some pics? I'd like to see it!

Cheers, SJD

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:17 PM

For a 10 year old, they're fine. It's enough to get him interested in modeling and teach him the process. Once he gets thru a few, then he can move up to the FineMolds SW kits. THOSE are engineered well.

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chasd25

Member since
December 2002
From: SF Bay Area

Posted by chasd25 on Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:31 PM

If you can find one of the Etrl Tie Fighter dual kits (two to the box, with a somewhat ok base of the death star surface). Those are very nice kits. Go together farily easily, and are nicely detailed.

One of the better Ertl Star Wars kits.

Charlie

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