Bandai release schedule
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Hunk a Junk
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I haven't had any time to put the finishing touches on this puppy, but hopefully soon. There are things I'd do differently, like cut away all the landing gear boxes to make them level. I also need to re-level the cockpit... always something. I'm really happy with the hull curve, however. The one thing almost every model and drawing of the Falcon gets wrong (IMHO) is that the hull is made to look like a hockey puck instead of a hamburger. A curved hull just adds that "Falcon-ness" to it. I hope TFA's digital model gets it right.
Hunk a Junk
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Once you cut away the jaw boxes and docking ring boxes, the hull can flex just enough to get the right curve. I made pie wedge styrene ribs and glued & clamped them until the hull was right. That was the easy part. The boxes then need to be trimmed and sanded to match the new hull curve before they can be glued back in place. That sucked. The new curve throws everything off, which is why I still need to re-level the cockpit tube. The higher hull makes the tube angle downward slightly (and I see it every time I look at it! Argh!) I also put spacers in the center to increase the hull height (from gun port to gun port) by about an inch while reducing the sidewall height by about an 1/8th of an inch. It's all been worth it because the proportions now look "right" to the 5-footer. It's all do-able, but it takes a lot of trimming, sanding and checking to get it right.
When Bandai does the Falcon, I hope they finally do the 5-footer justice.
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Jaitea
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Thanks Hunk a Junk,.....I love Marko's (Rockvoice) FM alterations to correct the shape to the 32",....but I prefer yours because it looks like the Millennium Falcon
I know how things get thrown off once you start cutting,.....I had loads of problems with my MPC,....I'm too chicken to attempt any hull mods to my WIP FM,....I do still have one new in its box,.....perhaps maybe I'll have a go on it
....if you don't mind I'll maybe bump my thread of the Mandible surgery and put images of Marko's & yours in it along with Maruska's CG dimensions of the 32",.....to show what went wrong with FM's research
......If Bandai make a big announcement, perhaps I'll never need to finish my FM 72......or even start the other
J
I know how things get thrown off once you start cutting,.....I had loads of problems with my MPC,....I'm too chicken to attempt any hull mods to my WIP FM,....I do still have one new in its box,.....perhaps maybe I'll have a go on it
....if you don't mind I'll maybe bump my thread of the Mandible surgery and put images of Marko's & yours in it along with Maruska's CG dimensions of the 32",.....to show what went wrong with FM's research
......If Bandai make a big announcement, perhaps I'll never need to finish my FM 72......or even start the other
J
Just received my two Bandai Y-wing kits!
Comparing it (unassembled) to my FM kit, it looks like the proportions are mainly the same, with the main exception being the engines on the Bandai kit are shorter. The long 'T' rods that run from the front of the engine to the hoops with the vectoring veins are several millimeters shorter.
EDIT: The proportions are not mainly the same, I was wrong. See new post on next page.
A very nice kit with lots of tiny detail!
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Comparing it (unassembled) to my FM kit, it looks like the proportions are mainly the same, with the main exception being the engines on the Bandai kit are shorter. The long 'T' rods that run from the front of the engine to the hoops with the vectoring veins are several millimeters shorter.
EDIT: The proportions are not mainly the same, I was wrong. See new post on next page.
A very nice kit with lots of tiny detail!
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Vacformedhero
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Hi edge could you measure the length and width of 8rad detail on the side of the neck, and also the length and width of the actuators on the front of the engines please, in mm if possible , thank you
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It was pointed out on a different forum that I was wrong about the proportions being about the same. :$
I have snapped some parts together and it turns out the body (not counting the head/cockpit area) is about 9cm long (also not including the loops that stick out past the back plate).
The cockpit/head is a little shorter on the Bandai kit with the canopy being larger than the FM kit.
Edit: Here is a quick comparison of the FM (left) and the Bandai. Please excuse the garbage quality:
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Vacformedhero
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Vacformedhero
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Thanks edge these dimensions didn't show up when I posted the next question, thanks for that, appreciate it
TazMan2000
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Since Bandai probably didn't get the license for TFA, I know some may be disappointed, but a positive outlook is that they will continue to make the original trilogy line with models that never have been adequately released. Despite the hubbub regarding the new movie I am still excited about the next Bandai release. Let Revell make their money on TFA. In the future I'm sure Bandai will do it right.
TazMan2000
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Jaitea
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....but as you say,....if it is true,....although disappointing,....there is still something to be happy about
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What makes you think that? Don't get me wrong, I would be as pleased as Punch, if true.
