Bandai release schedule

[INVAR]

FYI Bluefin has all their in-stock Star Wars kits half off (you see the discount in your cart).

Thanks for the head's up! Bought the 1/48 X-Wing Moving Edition that I have been salivating over having for years! I just could not plunk down $100 for it. But $50 is livable with only $6 shipping. After building the 1/29 Revell - I have had my eye on that kit ever since and now, it will sit proudly on the pile waiting for me to get done with the 1/2700 Zvezda SDII. I think I have enough Bandai Star Wars kits to keep me busy for the next five years or so!

 

[korben44]

Thanks for the head's up! Bought the 1/48 X-Wing Moving Edition that I have been salivating over having for years! I just could not plunk down $100 for it. But $50 is livable with only $6 shipping. After building the 1/29 Revell - I have had my eye on that kit ever since and now, it will sit proudly on the pile waiting for me to get done with the 1/2700 Zvezda SDII. I think I have enough Bandai Star Wars kits to keep me busy for the next five years or so!

What's the website address for bluefin? I tried looking it up but it always takes me to the reseller's website...

 

[INVAR]

What's the website address for bluefin? I tried looking it up but it always takes me to the reseller's website...

Star Wars Model Kits

 

[korben44]

Star Wars Model Kits

Awesome, thanks!

 

[Attirex]

Grabbed the Interceptor for $16.

 

[edge10]

Photos of the 1/350 RBR and mini Falcon:

http://www.taghobby.com/archives/297379

R4-I9:
http://www.taghobby.com/archives/289629?to_id=289629&from_id=297379

Hat tip Changkaishecky.

 

[Galactican]

This is strange: Why is the detail on the nose of the RBR so soft and on the MF so sharp?

 

[edge10]

This is strange: Why is the detail on the nose of the RBR so soft and on the MF so sharp?

That's an excellent question. Hopefully it's just excessive paint.

TurkeyVolumeGuessingMan uploaded photos of a build from a Japanese magazine. They don't look as bad as the above:

 

[Hunk a Junk]

Is it me, or do those mandibles on the mini-Falcon look parallel? Please, I'm too old to go through more parallel mandible nonsense...

 

[Scarecrow Joe]

This is strange: Why is the detail on the nose of the RBR so soft and on the MF so sharp?

Looks like a bad paint job to me.

 

[Victor3]

FYI Bluefin has all their in-stock Star Wars kits half off (you see the discount in your cart).

Ah, not helping!

 

[edge10]

Is it me, or do those mandibles on the mini-Falcon look parallel? Please, I'm too old to go through more parallel mandible nonsense...

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[Hunk a Junk]

Four lights. But they're parallel.

 

[StevenBills]

Dang. That BlueFin deal makes the 1/48 X-Wing awfully enticing...

SB

 

[SawbonesAdmiral]

This is strange: Why is the detail on the nose of the RBR so soft and on the MF so sharp?

It's a distinctive style of painting called "It is Thursday and we need to get this s*** done by Friday."

 

[Jaitea]

A couple of possibilities beside a Falcon and an SD would be a Death Star or a Tantive IV

Or a Blockade Runner

J

J

 

[Jaitea]

Is it me, or do those mandibles on the mini-Falcon look parallel? Please, I'm too old to go through more parallel mandible nonsense...

Yes, it's toed in, very slightly, as you know on the 5 footer,

The parallel mandibles only really becomes apparent when a model maker (FineMolds) makes a representation of the 32" model, which has a more severe toe in

J

 

[Hunk a Junk]

Yes, it's toed in, very slightly, as you know on the 5 footer,

The parallel mandibles only really becomes apparent when a model maker (FineMolds) makes a representation of the 32" model, which has a more severe toe in

J

Well, right. That's why it's surprising to see the image of Bandai's mini-Falcon above with the mandibles parallel. They usually get this right.

 

[Jaitea]

Well, right. That's why it's surprising to see the image of Bandai's mini-Falcon above with the mandibles parallel. They usually get this right.

I don't think you should start a panic,....They look correct to me

Green bar is the same length

J

 

[Hunk a Junk]

Let me be clear: no panic. None. I dunno, J. That photo looks inconclusive. Look at the gap between the edge of the jaw box and the edge of the inner edge of the mandibles. The gap sure looks like the mandibles are going out straight. The inner edge of the mandibles should follow the line of the jaw box. Your red lines also don't line up with the piping that runs up the length of each mandible.

Again, not a big deal. It wouldn't stop me from buying the kit.