DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
Look who's talking :lol
Building X-Wing 1/24 : Help!!
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Look who's talking :lol
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
It's just A.D.D.
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
The Y's co(kpit is going into rubber at the moment so it can be finalized. It really doesn't matter at this point WHEN or IF I finish it. It's a matter of finding each and every single part for me... sitll have 100's of kits to buy.
imaginager
Sr Member
Darkside72,
Thanks for the pics and posts. I won't ask - instead, just say that it looks very, very nice. Congrats.
I do appreciate the info, too, on the armature and wings. And thanks for bringing up the c0ckpit lighting issue. I've not seen anything to suggest they were illuminated on screen, although SWC mentions it. To each their own (of course) but some of the c0ckpit lighting I've seen confuses the "studio" appearance, IMVHO.
Thanks again,
Allan
Thanks for the pics and posts. I won't ask - instead, just say that it looks very, very nice. Congrats.
I do appreciate the info, too, on the armature and wings. And thanks for bringing up the c0ckpit lighting issue. I've not seen anything to suggest they were illuminated on screen, although SWC mentions it. To each their own (of course) but some of the c0ckpit lighting I've seen confuses the "studio" appearance, IMVHO.
Thanks again,
Allan
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
<div class='quotetop'>(Samos 3 @ May 13 2006, 07:07 PM) [snapback]1243825[/snapback]</div>
Yea that's what I said. Go back a few pages there is a comparison with a similar fuselage. It's pretty obvious size wise.
Here's the nose.
Yea that's what I said. Go back a few pages there is a comparison with a similar fuselage. It's pretty obvious size wise.
Here's the nose.
PHArchivist
Master Member
Gotta agree with Jaime...
The CC kit -- for all its merits - is just not big enough...
I recently got a Maxi-Brute, and while I suppose that is not perfect, IMO it is the closest any one can get (via reasonable means) to the original.
When I first held the Maxi fuselage, I felt a wave of comfort and familiarity wash over me as this truly had the essence of the original X-Wing. Not unlike holding a Graflex for the first time.
And it was NOTABLY beefier than the CC kit...
The CC kit -- for all its merits - is just not big enough...
I recently got a Maxi-Brute, and while I suppose that is not perfect, IMO it is the closest any one can get (via reasonable means) to the original.
When I first held the Maxi fuselage, I felt a wave of comfort and familiarity wash over me as this truly had the essence of the original X-Wing. Not unlike holding a Graflex for the first time.
And it was NOTABLY beefier than the CC kit...
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
<div class='quotetop'>(Treadwell @ May 14 2006, 01:33 AM) [snapback]1243951[/snapback]</div>
Thanks Jay,
It was in a vintage publication. Dykstra or McCune were talking about it. American Cinemaphotographer maybe, or Famous Starships of Fact and Fantasy? I don't have them handy or I'd give you the quote.
Even the Death Star cannon's had lights in the barrels for reference.
You can easily see the wires numbered and going out to the wings in these horrible pictures.
The Maxi Brute IS the closest thing you can get size wise as far as the fuselage goes. It's almost as if they threw an x body in rubber, made a buck and vacume formed right over it. Hence the soft details in the R2 strip, who knows. Thing is how do you scribe all the pannel lines in it with the plastic being so thin. Does one separate the top and bottom and reinforce the inside?
The problem with the CC fuselage is it's a reworked Icons body which wasn't correct to begin with. The thin hull screws up the rear detail majorly and messes up the size of the nose. The detail where the wings meet in the body is also way off.
Thanks Jay,
It was in a vintage publication. Dykstra or McCune were talking about it. American Cinemaphotographer maybe, or Famous Starships of Fact and Fantasy? I don't have them handy or I'd give you the quote.
Even the Death Star cannon's had lights in the barrels for reference.
You can easily see the wires numbered and going out to the wings in these horrible pictures.
The Maxi Brute IS the closest thing you can get size wise as far as the fuselage goes. It's almost as if they threw an x body in rubber, made a buck and vacume formed right over it. Hence the soft details in the R2 strip, who knows. Thing is how do you scribe all the pannel lines in it with the plastic being so thin. Does one separate the top and bottom and reinforce the inside?
The problem with the CC fuselage is it's a reworked Icons body which wasn't correct to begin with. The thin hull screws up the rear detail majorly and messes up the size of the nose. The detail where the wings meet in the body is also way off.
PHArchivist
Master Member
I've posted this in another thread or two (just trying to get exposure as different folks may key on different threads). So I apologize if you've seen it already...
I have a Maxi-Brute kit, and am currently tweaking the nose cone for my own purposes.
Has anyone else who owns this truly analyzed this MB nose cone? And does anyone know the TRUE lineage of the MB fuselage. The box states its the same size as the studio models, but has it ever been confirmed if it was taken directly from a studio model?
Reason I ask is this:
On my MB nose cone, if you look at the thing dead straight on, the two outer-most, widest points are not in line with each other; one is higher than the other.
In other words, looking straight on the thing, starting from the bottom it angles out, then back in, right? Well, the points where it angles back in (the widest points) are not in line with each other, horizontally. I'l try to get a pic.
So...
--Was this how the (or an) original was?
--Is this merely a production flaw in the MB?
--Is this merely a flaw in my MB?
Hmmmmmm.....
I have a Maxi-Brute kit, and am currently tweaking the nose cone for my own purposes.
Has anyone else who owns this truly analyzed this MB nose cone? And does anyone know the TRUE lineage of the MB fuselage. The box states its the same size as the studio models, but has it ever been confirmed if it was taken directly from a studio model?
Reason I ask is this:
On my MB nose cone, if you look at the thing dead straight on, the two outer-most, widest points are not in line with each other; one is higher than the other.
In other words, looking straight on the thing, starting from the bottom it angles out, then back in, right? Well, the points where it angles back in (the widest points) are not in line with each other, horizontally. I'l try to get a pic.
So...
--Was this how the (or an) original was?
--Is this merely a production flaw in the MB?
--Is this merely a flaw in my MB?
Hmmmmmm.....
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
I suspect the MB nose cone was made the way it was to accomodate the parachute feature. Probably why it's off.
It obviously has a lineage to the studio model but as to how it came about is anyone's guess.
Post some pics.
<div class='quotetop'>(PHArchivist @ Sep 11 2006, 12:53 PM) [snapback]1317843[/snapback]</div>
It obviously has a lineage to the studio model but as to how it came about is anyone's guess.
Post some pics.
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staermose
Sr Member
I'm looking for a part.
But I don't seem to be able to find it anywhere in this thread. And I can't find any match for it on www.studioscale.com. Nor in any other kit or kit reference that I have. I think it may be a 1/48 or possibly 1/72 amor part.
On the X-wing its located on the Phantom part of the engines just betwwen the Whitley Bomber landing gear. I don't have i pic to show of it. But it can be seen on the Red 3 top photo in The Art Of Star Wars A New Hope.
Has anyone identified this part yet? I someone wants to shear the info but don't want to post it in the thread, please PM me.
Thanks
Staermose
But I don't seem to be able to find it anywhere in this thread. And I can't find any match for it on www.studioscale.com. Nor in any other kit or kit reference that I have. I think it may be a 1/48 or possibly 1/72 amor part.
On the X-wing its located on the Phantom part of the engines just betwwen the Whitley Bomber landing gear. I don't have i pic to show of it. But it can be seen on the Red 3 top photo in The Art Of Star Wars A New Hope.
Has anyone identified this part yet? I someone wants to shear the info but don't want to post it in the thread, please PM me.
Thanks
Staermose
Gold Leader
Active Member
Do you mean these little guys?
staermose
Sr Member
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gold Leader @ Jan 24 2007, 06:45 PM) [snapback]1404069[/snapback]</div>
They sure look like the the right part. But are they correct for Red 2. There seems to be another part under the top of the the big ovalish thing. Some kind of square..
Do you mean these little guys?
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They sure look like the the right part. But are they correct for Red 2. There seems to be another part under the top of the the big ovalish thing. Some kind of square..
Miniaturizer Ray
Well-Known Member
Nope, it's the exhaust - part 16 - from the Fujimi 1/76 Jagdpanther. I believe the same exhaust is also present on some other Fujimi 1/76 German armour, so that may not be the exact kit that the ILM guys used. This is a cheap and readily available kit.
"The problem with the CC fuselage is it's a reworked Icons body which wasn't correct to begin with. The thin hull screws up the rear detail majorly and messes up the size of the nose. The detail where the wings meet in the body is also way off."
Actually not so. Randy Cooper made the body for Scott.
He referenced the PYRO body thats floating around, but he did make it from scratch.
I saw it.
It was all renshape.
Frank
Actually not so. Randy Cooper made the body for Scott.
He referenced the PYRO body thats floating around, but he did make it from scratch.
I saw it.
It was all renshape.
Frank
