Originally posted by Tordoc@Jul 8 2005, 11:57 AM
I am familiar with those photos and to me it is obvious that the MR Viper was cast from that miniature, but is the other 'hero' model with the open cockpit and pilot different on both sides? That is the one I'm trying to reproduce.
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Im sure there are folks more knowledgeable then me so please jump in...
But...from what I know ....there were several "hero" Vipers. While I have tried, I only have limited photo resources of them....that and a lot of screen captures lead me to believe these things:
1) The hero's, (like the ships in Star Wars) were not identical. There are small differences between them. Based on that, anything is possible.
2) All the Vipers were built using the same basic molds, and the differences that I note above appear to be small greblie add ons, coloring, or panel lines that were added after. Based on that, I would be suprised if the side or core details changed.
3) The details (gears, and knobs) are integral to the original detail piece used. They are not seperate. Therefore, someone just didn't decide to use extra or less knobs/gears on one side.
So...based on that and all the research I did I couldn't find any proof of the afte mid fuselage detail being different between the hero and non-hero Vipers and I couldn't find any pictures of actual props with the right side detail being a duplicate of the left side. Considering that, and the fact that I am positive (or fairly so) that MIM recast the Icons patterns (or a cast from them) and I believe thus it came with the flaws I saw I am fairly comfortable to a high degree of certainty that the detail was not duplicated on the right side upside down. (Ive taken a lot of screen caps too. ) All that being said...Im wrong all the time, and you should do what makes you happy. If you can find information that I'm wrong I'd love to hear it. That aside...if you just like it that way...well thats reason enough to do it the way you want.