IIRC That one above is one of the resin cast ones? The side gun "shields"are a little different and the chin guns are very different from to stop motion originals
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Well that explains a lot. And something for guys building a perfect model to be aware of as well, be consistant with your reference material. And edit to note.... while simplified the Revell guns seem to match the ones of this model Analyzer.... I'm guessing that was their reference. So theyre not necessarily wrong.
I know there were a number of walkers made in differing sizes... partly to cheat perspective on the studio stage and a large model used for the high speed shots like the walker falling over with its legs tied before Im guessing being swapped out for a pyro model.
But how many at this scale were made? We seem to quite often be focused on 3 walkers and there's plenty of studio shots of the 3 walking across the snow... atleast 2 of these when attacking the rebels have their heads looking to the left suggesting there's atleast 2, can we say Hero models?
Then some resin cast ones that seem a little less detailed. Those pics referenced from modellers magic definitely show a resin cast walker and resin cast neck so will not have full movement. The information provided suggests this was the model Master Replicas copied however the MR seems to have the added detail on the armour behind the side guns so perhaps they had other information.
I was wondering on that Modellers Magic model the addition of what you pointed out Analyzer as the RoTJ side guns. So this brings 2 questions to mind.
1) you posted a shot of 3 walkers.... seems parts missing.... but one on the right definitely has green painted around the feet suggesting this was a model used on Endor ( interestingly the middle one has heavy black weathering and looks like the model Sym-cha posted) and it also appears to have the lack of detail around the armour plates suggesting this is a resin cast model.
So is the Modellers Magic resin cast and with RoTJ side guns the RoTJ used model and its had a restoration at some point or
2) Is the MM model just one of a few resin cast models that had bits stuck on left over from RoTJ?
Seems in that pic of the 3 models many parts are missing and I'm guessing being used more recently in filming they had one more complete model which wouldn't surprise me if had a restoration done for publicity shots.
Again does any of this matter? Not really, just interesting banter. But again the information is good to know depending on what your trying to reproduce and if your wanting to do a RoTJ, Esb hero or resin model you need to be aware of the variations.
Cheers,
Josh