Vacformedhero
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I wanted to break out specific miniature part maps to really hone in on the actual kits used during filming ,
the first in the series is the Damper assemblies from the front of the Y-Wing engine nacelles and the rear of the 5 foot Millennium Falcon.
Firstly the original ship with this sub assembly was Red Jammer followed closely by Tie Killer , the following Y-Wings utilised recasting of these parts .
As the millennium falcon was firstly and elongated design that ultimately became the Tantive V, in the rush to complete the five foot falcon many subassemblies used on the Y-wing were reused all over the falcons details.
In this thread let's concentrate on the damper assembly
the three identified items are
Modified hitch assembly from 1/9 ESCI /Revell / Dragon Kettenkrad
Two Landing gear legs from 1/24 Bandai Messerschmidt bf109e
Box assembly from the root of 1/35 Tamiya of Panzerkampfwagon cannon .
My first item for confirmation is the Box piece, I have reviewed a lot of scans of tamiya panzer sets and opened a lot of kit boxes without seeing this same Box with a recess along the edges and two dimples on two sides ( ILM model makers could have altered it but let's presume it's as it came from the kit )
does anyone know the exact kit this from ?
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But it this is all a warm up for the triangular piece fitted to the Kettenkrad tow hitch
I want everyone to start thinking about possible places this can come from
I've been looking at tank hull corners , bridges and spars .
One thing that that stands out on the triangular piece , is the two rivet details , one larger than the other , this type of mismatch of rivet sizes was typical on British and Italian early tanks, German and American armour had either a consistent rivet size throughout the majority of the armour or cast pieces with none.
i have some kits coming and one I hope may have the magic piece, let's see.
the first in the series is the Damper assemblies from the front of the Y-Wing engine nacelles and the rear of the 5 foot Millennium Falcon.
Firstly the original ship with this sub assembly was Red Jammer followed closely by Tie Killer , the following Y-Wings utilised recasting of these parts .
As the millennium falcon was firstly and elongated design that ultimately became the Tantive V, in the rush to complete the five foot falcon many subassemblies used on the Y-wing were reused all over the falcons details.
In this thread let's concentrate on the damper assembly
the three identified items are
Modified hitch assembly from 1/9 ESCI /Revell / Dragon Kettenkrad
Two Landing gear legs from 1/24 Bandai Messerschmidt bf109e
Box assembly from the root of 1/35 Tamiya of Panzerkampfwagon cannon .
My first item for confirmation is the Box piece, I have reviewed a lot of scans of tamiya panzer sets and opened a lot of kit boxes without seeing this same Box with a recess along the edges and two dimples on two sides ( ILM model makers could have altered it but let's presume it's as it came from the kit )
does anyone know the exact kit this from ?
View attachment IMG_6824.JPGView attachment IMG_6839.JPGView attachment IMG_6840.JPGBut it this is all a warm up for the triangular piece fitted to the Kettenkrad tow hitch
I want everyone to start thinking about possible places this can come from
I've been looking at tank hull corners , bridges and spars .
One thing that that stands out on the triangular piece , is the two rivet details , one larger than the other , this type of mismatch of rivet sizes was typical on British and Italian early tanks, German and American armour had either a consistent rivet size throughout the majority of the armour or cast pieces with none.
i have some kits coming and one I hope may have the magic piece, let's see.
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) posts! I would disagree with you though on one (minor) point... It's obvious that based on the large number of these assemblies that were used on both the Ys and the five foot falcon that they were cast parts. So a true "purist" would make one from original parts then mold and cast multiples.
