esb at-st reference booklet

[scotthothpatrol]

Does anyone know anything about this reference book showing pictures of the filming model for the esb at-st. It is shown here on the work bench from this recent Tested build of the Merlin models kit. I assume the book comes with the kit. Scott

 

[DJSLY]

It seems to me to be the book Chronicles Vehicles, I have it in digital version, if you want photos of the AT-ST ESB I can send them to you?
I also just bought the kit from Merlin, I'm looking for the reference colors in the archive x?

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I also just bought the kit from Merlin, I'm looking for the reference colors in the archive x?

That question was answered in this thread:

Archive X Paints: ESB AT-ST Colors?

I’m getting everything together to start a Merlin Models ESB AT-ST build.. …but I note that Archive X doesn’t have a specific set for this model…though they do have both the ESB AT-AT and ROTJ AT-ST sets… I assume that the ESB AT-AT set basically is the same paint used on the ESB AT-ST…am...

www.therpf.com

I assume we are good to use the ESB AT-AT Archive X colors for the ESB AT-ST.

 

[DJSLY]

For the AT-ST ROTJ Armor gray is recommended by AX, but there is no recommendation for ESB which seems clearer to me?

 

[Scott Graham]

Does anyone know anything about this reference book showing pictures of the filming model for the esb at-st. It is shown here on the work bench from this recent Tested build of the Merlin models kit. I assume the book comes with the kit. Scott

They did print a booklet with the first batch of kits. That seems to be it. They also provide it as a download, which they provided the link for in their discord forum

 

[DJSLY]

MANUALS | Merlin Models

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Thanks I checked out the build instruction manual from the Merlin sight and saw that in the back there are a couple pictures of the filming model. I was thinking the booklet they were looking at was a all about references photos.

 

[scotthothpatrol]

In looking at the manual I came across this circled part that goes on the right side of the body. From watching a build video the part is a panzer iv return roller and a fire extinguisher from the 223 kit. I have the photos available in the Chronicles book and can't find a photo that shows this part. My question is did Merlin take some artistic license or did they have access to photos that are not in general circulation. This can also be applied to areas like the underside of the head and the engine deck. Thanks

 

[moffeaton]

Thanks I checked out the build instruction manual from the Merlin sight and saw that in the back there are a couple pictures of the filming model. I was thinking the booklet they were looking at was a all about references photos.

They have also been AI smoothed, by the looks of it.

 

[moffeaton]

In looking at the manual I came across this circled part that goes on the right side of the body. From watching a build video the part is a panzer iv return roller and a fire extinguisher from the 223 kit. I have the photos available in the Chronicles book and can't find a photo that shows this part. My question is did Merlin take some artistic license or did they have access to photos that are not in general circulation. This can also be applied to areas like the underside of the head and the engine deck. Thanks

The model is based on best-faith efforts of the studio scale community, and as a result some misidentified parts and errors have been faithfully reproduced. I have been working hard but not nearly as hard as my collaborator Hiroshi on bringing a correct AT-ST to life, and we plan to have Mike Reader make correct armatures. There's actually two versions - the ESB as built, and the ESB as modified for Go-Motion testing by Tom St. Amand. I'll start a new thread on this soon, and hopefully it will be the last time I scratch build one of these things LOL!

 

[scotthothpatrol]

The model is based on best-faith efforts of the studio scale community, and as a result some misidentified parts and errors have been faithfully reproduced. I have been working hard but not nearly as hard as my collaborator Hiroshi on bringing a correct AT-ST to life, and we plan to have Mike Reader make correct armatures. There's actually two versions - the ESB as built, and the ESB as modified for Go-Motion testing by Tom St. Amand. I'll start a new thread on this soon, and hopefully it will be the last time I scratch build one of these things LOL!

Thanks Jason. AI smoothed, that's interesting. I look forward to your thread.

 

[DAR23]

Could someone share the unaltered original image showing the side with the "OFF CAMERA" words? It's hard to look at those AI-upscaled images.

Thanks

 

[3Dsf]

Oh my gawd those mangled photos...

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Could someone share the unaltered original image showing the side with the "OFF CAMERA" words? It's hard to look at those AI-upscaled images.

Thanks

You can go to the Merlin Models web site and download the instructions and at the end are a couple of photos.

 

[DAR23]

You can go to the Merlin Models web site and download the instructions and at the end are a couple of photos.

Yes, in fact that’s the only photo I’ve seen, but it’s clearly AI-processed and I was curious to see the original.