Ok.....observations
The bandai kit looks brilliant......just like the 5 foot model,.....but there are some differences,.....the pipes & greeblies on the sidewalls are mirrored from starboard to portside.....we'll have to wait to see what the CG asset looks like,...hopefully we will see some nice renderings soon......I want a poster!!!
Dedalus5550 posted a concern over on the Bandai release schedule a couple of weeks ago:
#645,....he said that the openings beside the ESB gears looked the wrong shape,....I defended the shape that Bandai have made,....suggesting to him that perhaps he was mixing up the shape between the 5 footer & 32"
It is the same shape as the 5 footer,....but is in a different position,....as is the CG Asset:
The Bandai hull:
.....& the ESB hull:
.....& Where the ESB opening should be on the 5 footer...(NOTE: The opening on the Bandai matches the new TFA Falcon.....so don't be panicking!!!)
So if any one wants to modify the new Bandai Falcon to how she appeared in ESB,....you know what to do
.....but what if you want to do her the way she appeared in Star Wars (ANH)....well heres where the opening was,....overlayed graphics to show the ESB mod:
Now....another thing I noticed on the underside is the shape of the armour plates either side of the engine flaps:
I never noticed this detail before,....but it is definitely only on the starboard side of the Falcon in Star Wars right up to the exhibit model now:
.....but how accurate is Bandai?....having this detail symmetrical on the model,....will it be like that on the CG TFA Falcon,.....I can't find any clear grabs....
This is the best I can find...(I brightened up the greeblies.....it would be interesting to see if they are mirrored on the other side):
It's a bit blurry....but it looks like Bandai have it right:
So what about the MPC kit......how come I never noticed this before?
Bandi:
MPC:
& Fine Molds (32' builders never carried this detail on either)
So going back to if we want to mod this model to be the OT Falcon,....the portside armour needs filling out to match the armour next to it
J