Which model kits work with Legion

[DangerShine Designs 363]

Ahoy hoy - I have seen a variety of pictures where people have used different models to great effect and created insanely good looking landscapes, and (particularly in a FB group that I'm in) there are a lot of "which model is that?" questions met with "I don't know, I found it on eBay" or "I don't know, I found it in my kid's room" answers, and so I am trying to compile a list of the different models that work well with Legion. This is almost entirely for my own edification but thought I'd compile it here for the use of others.

So, if you have used something that works, please post either the name or a link to the model or a picture of the box and I'll keep updating this post. I know that 1/44 is the 'correct' scale but have also seen some 1/48 and 1/35 models that seem to work nicely and am not looking at being a "scaliest" so would love to be able to add as many models as possible to the list below, particularly less common ones, like the correctly scaled Millennium Falcon, AT-AT (where the dickens does that come from?) and the U-Wing.

Bandai 1/48 scale Snow Speeder

Bandai 1/48 scale AT-ST

Revell Snaptite A-Wing (didn't see 1/44 explicitly called out, but from pictures it seems to work just fine!)

Bandai 1/48 T-65 X-Wing

Revell 1/53 AT-AT (thanks @ML-0416)

Bandai 1/52 Snowspeeder (thanks @OMGBRICK)

Revell 1/106 Lamda (thanks, @FlyingAnchors)

 

Revell First Order 1/30 TIE Fighter (thanks @Corver)

Revell 1/65 40th Anniversary TIE Fighter (Thanks @Yodhrin)

 

So! what else is out that you guys are using?

Edited April 17, 2018 by DangerShine Designs

[ML-0416 20]

The Revell AT-AT is a bit smaller that 1/48 scale (1/53) but it's the closest we have without scratch building, it's a little expensive however.

https://www.revell.de/en/products/star-wars/star-wars-episode-iv-vi/id/06715.html

[FlyingAnchors 4,600]

1 hour ago, ML-0416 said:

The Revell AT-AT is a bit smaller that 1/48 scale (1/53) but it's the closest we have without scratch building, it's a little expensive however.

https://www.revell.de/en/products/star-wars/star-wars-episode-iv-vi/id/06715.html

You might check out the popcorn bucket conversion thread. The popcorn bucket is roughly 1/2 inch smaller than the old WOTC AT-AT, which works rather well. And it's roughly 1/3rd the cost!

 

Also Revell's Lambda shuttle seems to fit pretty close to scale. The latest re-release of this model was for Rogue One so I suspect we might not get one for another year or so.

(Image randomly pulled from the internet)

 

I have been also looking for a decent U-wing, but both Bandai and Revell appear to be on the small side. It looks like either the Hasbro or Lego U-wing would be close enough to scale in this instance? Ditto for the TIE striker. However without anything to use as a comparison this is all just guess work.

[OMGBRICK 247]

The Bandai Snowspeeder is just slightly larger than the Legion model. The Revell 1:52 Snowspeeder is just slightly smaller than the Legion model - but is also much less expensive and easier to assemble. 

[C3POFETT 833]

11 minutes ago, OMGBRICK said:

The Bandai Snowspeeder is just slightly larger than the Legion model. The Revell 1:52 Snowspeeder is just slightly smaller than the Legion model - but is also much less expensive and easier to assemble. 

I like the detail of the Bandai models and they are alot easier to find as they are carried at Hobby Lobby. Also on Hobby Lobby's website you can print a 40% off coupon and it brings them down from 29.99 to 17.99 which for the quality makes it a great deal. 

Also the Disney AT-AT popcorn bucket is a decent scale and is posable and it costs around 25.00 each. Unfortunately they were sold out on my last trip and they said they would have them back in for "May the 4th". Fingers crossed.

In a side note after building both the T-47 and the AT-ST and appreciating how amazing they both look my first thought was "how am I going to destroy these things!"

Edited April 1, 2018 by C3POFETT

[Don Henderson fan club 85]

2 hours ago, FlyingAnchors said:

Also Revell's Lambda shuttle seems to fit pretty close to scale. The latest re-release of this model was for Rogue One so I suspect we might not get one for another year or so.

If you mean the "Revell Easykit Star Wars Imperial Shuttle Tydirium # 06716", that kit is 1:106 scale!

[FlyingAnchors 4,600]

44 minutes ago, Don Henderson fan club said:

If you mean the "Revell Easykit Star Wars Imperial Shuttle Tydirium # 06716", that kit is 1:106 scale!

It's a lot closer than using the one from X-wing.

[OMGBRICK 247]

4 hours ago, C3POFETT said:

In a side note after building both the T-47 and the AT-ST and appreciating how amazing they both look my first thought was "how am I going to destroy these things!"

Which is exactly why I went with a $9 Revell speeder off Amazon haha

[C3POFETT 833]

48 minutes ago, OMGBRICK said:

Which is exactly why I went with a $9 Revell speeder off Amazon haha

Smart choice. I am going with the idea of making crash sites out of expanding foam. I will then carve out an opening in which the T-47s and A-Wings partially will fit in. I will destroy them if needed but I would like to keep them intact as future decor for another table.

[Corver 231]

The Revel First order Tie fighter is a perfect fit even though its 1:30 something.

I took the poor rebel trooper out before gluing  

[Corver 231]

Its bigger than an AT-ST. so how big is a Tie anyway. I'm planning on crashing it like

[Yodhrin 353]

If that's the 1:35 kit, it's way oversized. The 1:51 version of the ship is actually pretty close to "correct" size for an Imperial TIE/ln - the cockpit ball is a smidge too big and the panels are a bit too small, but if you're going to wreck it for terrain then a quick repaint should be sufficient that 99% of people wouldn't even notice it's not a "proper" TIE kit. I've got a different kit coming on monday that might be promising for "landed" TIEs, but I need it in-hand to take the measurements before I'll know for sure.

The Resistance RZ-2 is an odd duck. At 22cm long, it's way too big to be a Legion-scale A-Wing of either model...but its cockpit is almost correct for an RZ-1 if you shift the pilot position forward, and I'm presently experimenting with sectioning and cutting down the hull parts so its dimensions are a better fit for a Legion-scale RZ-1. If you're not as obsessive as me and again just want a crashed one for terrain, it's possible to make it look like a crashed RZ-1 with a lot less effort than I'm going to by ensuring that most of the nose and one "wing" are buried in the ground, and the other "wing" is modelled as partially blasted away to hide the different shape. If you wanted to use it completely as-is, but still want to reconcile the size difference, you could maybe fluff it as one of the original R22 Spearhead fighters that the Alliance stripped down to make the RZ-1.

 

TBH the main thing I'm learning, having been mostly a wargamer rather than a kit-builder, is that the scale it states on the box often has a very loose relationship with what the size of the model "should" be at that scale. I think if my buddy who does lots of military kits ever tried some of these he would go absolutely wonko

Edited April 7, 2018 by Yodhrin

[Jukey 1,257]

The AMT/ERTL x-wing snapfast from 2005 is close enough (it’s a little small). It’s a bit hard to find for a good price, I’ll post mine whenever I get around to destroying it.

The level 1 Tie/FO from revel is almost perfect scale I think, and cheap.

[Yodhrin 353]

The TIE Fighter, Episode One of "Oh, so model kit scales are meaningless then?", an ongoing series.

If you're looking for TIE/LN fighters sized for Legion, the kit pictured below is about as exact as things are going to get, despite being inexplicably described as "1:65" - you can see(when you ignore my poor photography, yay perspective) that the height of the panels is about 185mm, and the width is about 155mm, which is smack-bang in the middle of the "correct" range for Legion(based on the stated "in-fiction" size against a scale human of 1.8m being assigned as either a Rebel at 37mm or a Stormtrooper at 40mm, giving a range of about 181-196mm H and 150-162mm W after rounding).

The closest comparison would be the nominally 1:51 First Order TIE/sf model, but this one is both closer still to the "right" size, and benefits from being an actual TIE/LN model so the detailing and proportions are all correct. Best of all, in the UK at least, they are basically the same price at around 20 quid.

 

 

 

Episode Two will come in a few days when my ebay haul arrives - I managed to score a bundle of old ERTL kits(an A-Wing, the main point of the purchase, a selection of 1:51 TIEs both LN and IN, and a Naboo Starfighter which I have no idea what to do with) for 40 quid, so we'll see how close they actually come to Legion scale once I've had at 'em with a ruler.

 

EDIT: Someone on FB asked, so I took a pic with the cockpit & canopy tacked together next to the ST unit leader model. The canopy, at a bit over 33mm, is the "correct" size.

Edited April 12, 2018 by Yodhrin

[ABXY 1,019]

On 12/04/2018 at 8:52 AM, Yodhrin said:

Even barely assembled, that looks so cool! 

[SSGClark 25]

So your thinking for landed ties these would be best?

[Skyguard 60]

Anyone have a hasbro NERF rogue one tie striker to check mini size with?

From looking at a youtube video it appears lengthwise to be around 1/42 scale but I can't find anyone with picture of a IA or legion mini with it.

[Shadows of the Future 94]

1 hour ago, Skyguard said:

Anyone have a hasbro NERF rogue one tie striker to check mini size with?

From looking at a youtube video it appears lengthwise to be around 1/42 scale but I can't find anyone with picture of a IA or legion mini with it.

I think it's to big, looks like it is sized to fit the normal action figures

[Don Henderson fan club 85]

1 hour ago, Shadows of the Future said:

I think it's to big, looks like it is sized to fit the normal action figures

On Amazon it says the pilot is 4" tall - which if correct is 1/18 scale! (ref B7105)

Edited April 16, 2018 by Don Henderson fan club
added ref

[Skyguard 60]

37 minutes ago, Don Henderson fan club said:

On Amazon it says the pilot is 4" tall - which if correct is 1/18 scale! (ref B7105)

Right but I don't think the pilot is to scale with the vehicle in the hasbro action figure lines otherwise the tie strike toy would be almost a meter long. 

[Don Henderson fan club 85]

1 hour ago, Skyguard said:

Right but I don't think the pilot is to scale with the vehicle in the hasbro action figure lines otherwise the tie strike toy would be almost a meter long. 

I don't think the vehicle is to scale with itself!

[Darth 2Face 235]

6 hours ago, Skyguard said:

Anyone have a hasbro NERF rogue one tie striker to check mini size with?

From looking at a youtube video it appears lengthwise to be around 1/42 scale but I can't find anyone with picture of a IA or legion mini with it.

I have it. It's huge - about the same length as the Hasbro U-wing. I'm at work and can't get a picture, but it seems way too big. That said, the Hasbro U-wing and AT-AT seem to be the appropriate scale. 

I have lots of the Hasbro vehicles. They really aren't designed to be in scale with each other, but scaled to fit one 4" figure. As such, they are really hit or miss for the game.

[Skyguard 60]

20 minutes ago, Darth 2Face said:

I have it. It's huge - about the same length as the Hasbro U-wing. I'm at work and can't get a picture, but it seems way too big. That said, the Hasbro U-wing and AT-AT seem to be the appropriate scale. 

I have lots of the Hasbro vehicles. They really aren't designed to be in scale with each other, but scaled to fit one 4" figure. As such, they are really hit or miss for the game.

Thanks, if you have time at some point I'd love to see a picture of the U-wing with a legion mini.

[DarkTrooperZero 304]

The hasbro nerf striker while closer to movie scale than the smaller version it is just too large for legion. Its wingspan is huge and takes up too much space and the cockpit looks oversized 

The u-wing is also large but fits much better and looks about right. While it could probably have been a bit smaller it does come it at around 1:48 scale which is ideal for legion.

[DangerShine Designs 363]

thanks for all the replies, updated the OP!

Edited April 17, 2018 by DangerShine Designs