I have a question about adding the extra gear boxes. As I understand it, the 32-inch model has different gear boxes, maybe because it was built that way from ground up. When they added the boxes to the 5-foot model, I don't think they line up quite the same. The way I picture it, one the 32-incher, the outer edges of the front boxes line up with the outer edges of the rear gear box. And that's how I think it is on the FM kit and the DeAgo kit. But on the 5-footer, I don't think it worked out this way. I think the rear box is not as wide as the 32-incher. So adding gear boxes on this Bandai kit will mean the front and back won't quite match or it will be inaccurate. Is that about the size of it.
And I know I'm not the only one who hopes for an ESB ship down the road. It can be without the electronics, ESB, and close to the FM original price--as most/all of the the other Bandai kits are nearly the same exact price as the FM counterpart. And I may not get to this model for a while, giving Bandai a chance to get me what I really want.
Thanks,
Mike Todd
The frequent use of the terms "ESB ship", "ESB version", "ESB edition" in the context of hoping for a 5 landing gear version makes me wonder.
Is it the kit of the 5 foot model retrofitted with gear boxes, which had very limited screen appearance in ESB, that is precisely being hoped for ? Is it the gear boxes that are so important ?
Or is it the 1/72 Perfect Grade incarnation of the 32 inch model, which was used in the most memorable Falcon scenes in the ESB, that is truely wanted by those hoping for an "ESB ship" ?
As much as I like the 5 foot model in its original 3 landing gear state, for me, it is the 32 inch model with the slimmer proportion and the longer cockpit cone that I associate with the film ESB. Of course, that is my very personal view.
It's all down to personal taste,....I'm not a fan of the 32"....It was built in a hurry, painted with less care,....decals represented with hand drawn shapes,.....never seen in the film without motion blur except for the shot on the back of the Star Destroyer & hanging on the Medical Frigate.....the 5 footer was the beauty model,....that everything else is based on,...thats why ILM have gone back to that source for the new films & not the lower quality stunt model
I couldn't be happier ....(well I could if I could afford the PG 72 at the minute)....I'm glad that Bandai have made the model of the original, well crafted, sleeker 3 gear Star Wars model,....I prefer her this way, the ship I fell in love with in '77
J
But I love that shot on the frigate. It might be the best falcon shot in the seriesIt's all down to personal taste,....I'm not a fan of the 32"....It was built in a hurry, painted with less care,....decals represented with hand drawn shapes,.....never seen in the film without motion blur except for the shot on the back of the Star Destroyer & hanging on the Medical Frigate.....the 5 footer was the beauty model,....that everything else is based on,...thats why ILM have gone back to that source for the new films & not the lower quality stunt model
I couldn't be happier ....(well I could if I could afford the PG 72 at the minute)....I'm glad that Bandai have made the model of the original, well crafted, sleeker 3 gear Star Wars model,....I prefer her this way, the ship I fell in love with in '77
J
But I love that shot on the frigate. It might be the best falcon shot in the series
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It's all down to personal taste,....I'm not a fan of the 32"....It was built in a hurry, painted with less care,....decals represented with hand drawn shapes,.....never seen in the film without motion blur except for the shot on the back of the Star Destroyer & hanging on the Medical Frigate.....the 5 footer was the beauty model,....that everything else is based on,...thats why ILM have gone back to that source for the new films & not the lower quality stunt model
Actually, the miniature on the back of the Star destroyer is the tiny (“3 incher”?) one, and the miniature hanging off of the medical Frigate was the “10 incher” (or “8 incher”, depending on who you ask).
Mark
Japan is now going to have a November release:
http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000118522/
Seems like sales are going well for this $400 kit!
Gundam USA told me mid-October. If I have to wait longer, I weel keel myseff!!