Mining Guild TIE Fighter model

I recently saw Star Wars Rebels for the first time, and fell in love with a TIE fighter that was on the show.

It was a converted TIE fighter with the front panels cut off, and painted yellow. This class of fighter was used by the Mining Guild on Star Wars Rebels. It would make sense for mining operations in the service of the Empire to have their own fighter squadrons for protection.

I had an old 1/48 scale TIE fighter model lying around in pieces--I had always meant to fix it up again, and so I did: but as the Mining Guild version of the TIE fighter.

I like the design. It's simple enough to convert. Cutting off the panels was easily done, and the yellow paint job really helps to give it a distinctive look. And being 1/48 scale (it's the old TIE fighter kit from Revel) it's bigger than the 1/72 scale TIE models out there. If you're interested, I have this up for sale. --SF

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