B-Wing Fighter

from "Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" (1983)

Scale: 1/144
Initial Release: 1983
Medium: Styrene
Kit Rarity: 3

About the Design

Appearing only briefly during the climax of 1983's “Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,” the Rebel B-Wing was nonetheless one of the most original – and most memorable – spacecraft created for the original trilogy.  Wildly asymmetric and featuring folding wings and a rotating cockpit (a feature originally conceived for the Millennium Falcon), the B-wing offered a unique profile as well as a boatload of heavy firepower.

About the Kit

Produced in an inadequately small scale, the MPC 1/144 B-Wing was one of four “Snap” kits released in conjunction with “Return of the Jedi” in the spring of 1983.  It was later released in a gold-plated version, as part of a ROTJ three-pack, and then by AMT/Ertl when it acquired the original MPC molds.

This model was built from an original issue.