vinylcapejawa
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I'm sure this has been answered somewhere but I can't seem to find it. What thickness are the styrene wing extensions? THanks.
Bigturc's Tie Bomber thread
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joewhite
Sr Member
I appreciate that guys!
Anal? Yeah, I know! :lol I was about to start ordering Aoshima kits like Jeff Herne suggested over in Marvin's thread just to compare the barrels but I think the Rodney is good enough, if not perfect. Speaking of which, anyone have any extra barrels (like 12) for sale?
As for the rod size. Yeah, I had been thinking about my statement (them being 1mm) which led me to further investigate. I think it is about 75% the size of the dimple. I'll need to measure that later.
We're close though. Once we finalize this, it's all a matter of making all the edges match and moving on!
Joe
Anal? Yeah, I know! :lol I was about to start ordering Aoshima kits like Jeff Herne suggested over in Marvin's thread just to compare the barrels but I think the Rodney is good enough, if not perfect. Speaking of which, anyone have any extra barrels (like 12) for sale?
As for the rod size. Yeah, I had been thinking about my statement (them being 1mm) which led me to further investigate. I think it is about 75% the size of the dimple. I'll need to measure that later.
We're close though. Once we finalize this, it's all a matter of making all the edges match and moving on!
Joe
joewhite
Sr Member
.030" was my conclusion. .040" looked too thick when bumped up against the solar edge trim on the inner side of the wing.
Joe
vinylcapejawa
New Member
Thanks Joe. Incidentally, as I'm sure many of you have, I bought the blu-ray collection and was checking out the supplemental material. I was really disappointed they didn't include the TB in the archives.
joewhite
Sr Member
vinylcapejawa
New Member
When I went to the latest SW exhibit here in Chicago about a year ago, I took a lot of pictures, especially models. I will have to sort through them when I get home and see if I got any of the TB.
Bigturc
Sr Member
On a side note, I've been sketching what I think the pattern is for each rods on each outer wings. I'll try to revise it and do it clean, than post them here so that they can be shared.
With the pics I have, there's a few things I'm not sure so I'm sure you guys will correct me!
With the pics I have, there's a few things I'm not sure so I'm sure you guys will correct me!
vinylcapejawa
New Member
Yeah I took so many pictures at the exhibit I had to offload them onto my home computer to have any memory left. I will see what I have and if there turn out to be TB ones, I will post them.
joewhite
Sr Member
Alright, I made some card stock test extensions and I think my eyes are playing tricks on me!
I've scrutinized many pics and keep coming up with 8mm all the way around, give or a take a tiny bit in some areas due to the originals being hand scribed. 8mm on the top and bottom edges looks correct. However, to the eye, the sides look too narrow.
I made a set with 8mm on top and 9mm on the sides, this looks better but disagrees with the reference at hand!
I think I need to stick all the greeblies on to make sure. So, I'm gonna guess that .025 - .030 (roughly .75mm) would be in the ballpark for the rod. I'll have to order some to be sure.
Joe
I've scrutinized many pics and keep coming up with 8mm all the way around, give or a take a tiny bit in some areas due to the originals being hand scribed. 8mm on the top and bottom edges looks correct. However, to the eye, the sides look too narrow.
I made a set with 8mm on top and 9mm on the sides, this looks better but disagrees with the reference at hand!
I think I need to stick all the greeblies on to make sure. So, I'm gonna guess that .025 - .030 (roughly .75mm) would be in the ballpark for the rod. I'll have to order some to be sure.
Joe
Bigturc
Sr Member
Joe .. got my 0.030" rods and I think it looks pretty good .. I don't have photoshop so my comp is pretty basic .. couldn't even rotate the damn layer .. stupid Windows Paint! Proportions are just temporary .. I gotta cut down on the length of the A6 and lower the rod closer to the wings! This image was just to show the proportions between the A6 and the plastruct rods.
<MR-30 - MR-35 - original>
On another note, I have about 11mm of extension on mine .. let's say I would use your original inner trench line as a cut line to get them smaller, that would exactly remove 2 mm from the extensions .. which would be more in line with our conclusions .. BUT, I'm still not convince that visually it'll give the proper result ..
Now, to install those rods now ...
<MR-30 - MR-35 - original>
On another note, I have about 11mm of extension on mine .. let's say I would use your original inner trench line as a cut line to get them smaller, that would exactly remove 2 mm from the extensions .. which would be more in line with our conclusions .. BUT, I'm still not convince that visually it'll give the proper result ..
Now, to install those rods now ...
Bigturc
Sr Member
Does anyone know if the greeblies on the DV Tie parts were also there originally on the left wing? In all the ref pics I have, they're always absent and I don't see any sign of glue/no paint that would indicate they were ever there ... I decided to put them for symmetry's sake .. but I'd prefer to be closer to the original SS ..
Anyone ^^^?
joewhite
Sr Member
As for the rods. I'll have to order some MR-30's and check on the newly cut extensions. It's hard to gauge, these tiny parts really screw with your eyes! And, like I mentioned, even the extensions cut from the "proper" measurements look off. However, all my new measurements yell 8mm sticking out past the wing.
Do any of the Tie Bomber pros out there have any input?
Joe
Do any of the Tie Bomber pros out there have any input?
Joe
Bigturc
Sr Member
I also realized my Cockpit tube parts we glued on crooked. I'm not sure how I can have done that but oh well, I need to unglue them now. Hopefully, my panel lines are fine .. if they're not, centering the chassis on the tube will make the parts sit crooked on the lines which is not better.
Hammer3246
Sr Member
Love this ship, too bad about the crooked parts, i'm sure it won't look too noticable once the front is in place. Wondering how come you notched the top and bottom Leo parts tho?
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