Miniaturizer Ray
Well-Known Member
Re: X-Wing Madness. Not here, just boring old fun!
These builds are just getting more and more esoteric.
Pictures of Red 3 on display appear to show it with the "toilet seat" (as Jay calls it) missing. The Art of Star Wars picture shows it with the standard plug, but, the paint on the plug is very different, suggesting that it's not Red 3's regular plug. In the movie, during the "Lock S-foils" shot, there's too much glow from the engines and the resolution is too low to really tell one way or the other. That shot's also in the Star Wars Technical manual, but I don't know what I've done with my copy, so I can't say whether it's easier to tell from that or not. Just from looking at the movie, I'd say that the fact that the pattern of shadow looks exactly the same as Red 5, behind it, suggests that Red 3 had a regular plug during shooting.
Also, although this is a terrible low rez picture, it looks as though the noseblock is straight across the back rather than v-shaped:
You dont need the Sherman piece either Guy, not for this bird.
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These builds are just getting more and more esoteric.
Pictures of Red 3 on display appear to show it with the "toilet seat" (as Jay calls it) missing. The Art of Star Wars picture shows it with the standard plug, but, the paint on the plug is very different, suggesting that it's not Red 3's regular plug. In the movie, during the "Lock S-foils" shot, there's too much glow from the engines and the resolution is too low to really tell one way or the other. That shot's also in the Star Wars Technical manual, but I don't know what I've done with my copy, so I can't say whether it's easier to tell from that or not. Just from looking at the movie, I'd say that the fact that the pattern of shadow looks exactly the same as Red 5, behind it, suggests that Red 3 had a regular plug during shooting.
Also, although this is a terrible low rez picture, it looks as though the noseblock is straight across the back rather than v-shaped: