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| BASIC INFO | |
| Official Name | Luke Skywalker X-Wing Fighter |
| Movie | Star Wars - A New Hope |
| Airfix kit was available | from 1983 to 1985 |
| Airfix kit number | 910177 |
| Scale | about 1/43 |
| Number of parts | 83 |
The kit has opening S-foil wings that can split into attack position, deploying in an "X" configuration. Water slide decals are supplied on separate sheet.
• This model of X-Wing Fighter was depicted on the cover of the Airfix 1983 Modellers Manual.
• This kit is reissue of MPC kit number 1-1914.
• Next year, 1984, Airfix has released another X-Wing kit. It was "SNAPfix" snap-together kit in 1/61 scale.
Besides Airfix, this kit was produced by MPC (1978 and 1983, USA), Denys Fisher (UK), Clipper (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), Meccano (France), Kenner (Germany), Revell/Takara (Japan), Lili Ledy (Mexico), Toltoys (1979, Australia, New Zealand), MPC/ERTL (1989, USA) and finaly by AMT/ERTL (1995, 1997 and 2005, USA).