Do you think they "might" possibly be this piece, to the right of the circular pieces in the Ise/Hyuga?
An RPF Open Source 5 ft Millennium Falcon Build/Reference Thread. All Are Welcome
- Thread starter jcoffman99
- Start date
I mean, there ARE eight of them, and cut the guns off and it pretty much looks the part:
I think I might know what 7 and 11 are, but not at studio right now so will check/confirm later.
I think #7 might be Otaki 1/600 Yamato, and #11 might be from a Tamiya tank.
Thanks for looking in Hyuga Read! It was worth a shot. I still have a gut feeling about that kit. But what do I know… yet? Haha! And as for looking for teeny tiny things, I’m not on a very good roll this week. I don’t think the two days I took off were enough. May need a longer vacation!
I’m stuck in again looking for tiny parts today too with the rain! But glad I mowed the grass last night.
And as for the group that has assembled past and present, thanks to everyone for all of your hard work, dedication, and contributions. And I second Read’s thoughts: It is pretty great to be a part of this group of weirdos! Haha! Thanks for letting me be part of it!
Last edited:
By Lordy, I think those might be it Read! Let me look at all the pics I have, but looking at the shot Manugu posted those look pretty spot on. Don’t they?
I'm not in my studio, so can't say for sure or give better pics/reference, but what got me going was the impression of "square" and "rounded" simultaneously, which these parts uniquely are.
This is the Otaki. I believe the squares are empty in the middle. I'll look at some other Yamatos
I just pulled out my Stug ring and my ISE. And actually, looking at the 1980 ISE kit, it may actually be the small guns by scale. We have Manugu to thank for making us look at this a different way. In a lot of my pics they looked round, and then some looked square. Always camera tricks to play with, aren’t there?
So I’m guessing part #2 with the barrels cut off in the 1980 (edit - 1980!) ISE (which can provide these, but not the ladders), and whatever the small gun equivalent is in the Hyuga. I am curious to see if there’s a difference between kit parts though when you get back. Mine are pretty ill defined, but they’re really small.
Thanks Read, and Manugu too! I’d still be looking for circles. Haha!
And once again, I’m having an off week. WOW. Not feeling too bright, but it is raining here. LOL
Big Guns (now AC/DC will be stuck in my head all day!):
Little Guns (ISE part #2) I’m going with these:
These are the best pics I hae of the area.
Good call, and good comparison with the Stug ring -- then it seems conclusively to be the small guns.
JCoffman, I'm intentionally not going there... ; )
JCoffman, I'm intentionally not going there... ; )
I still think the Hyuga may have some different definition to them though. So if they do look different, please let us know.
I cut them off the sprue to see better. What do you think?
Going to need to sand the guns off the top so they fit flat.
I still want to see if the Hyuga’s a little more defined. I’ll bet they are.
I am persuaded these are the right parts.
I do also suspect the vintage Ise/Hyuga has a better/more exact profile match to the newer one.
manugu
Active Member
I’m also totally sold! Impressive find Read and Jason!
Last edited:
So it looks like we now only have two pieces left to ID.
So I found this guy hiding this morning. Looks like a Stug IV piece, but it looks like there is something running from it to the back of the dish.
When there’s more play in your safety pin than you realize. Ugggg. Hopefully a slightly larger pin will take care of it. It was level when I drilled.
I played around with Photoshop and this was the best I could come up with. You can see it appears that there are small boxes where it attaches to the dish. I would assume this pattern continues on the other side and bottom making a + shape.
I’m calling it finished. Lol
