12-06-2009, 08:03 AM
Hey guys, no worries, please discuss on!
Perhaps just one Red 1 afterall... not so sure about this. I have reference of Red Leader that definitely has pyro wings. Considering the advanced construction of the Hero models I highly doubt any of the Hero models got blown to bits. Granted it has been some time but Lorne Peterson says so himself in the Sculpting a Galaxy dvd. He makes a point of telling us that no one came around asking to blow up a hero model as they were never short on things to blow-up.
As for the Maxi Brute... well there's a reason you thought it better than the MPC... it is THE X imo. There is currently no proof at all that it was based on an ILM Hero buck... or anything taken home from that visit. If there is more information here than the mailer linked in my first post, then please I beg you to share it here. The more I look at this thing the more I realize this IS IT. You have to figure the simplifications made were decided on... take away here, add something here. The cockpit's stepped transitions are a great example. BUT the X wing is here in the MB... regardless of its lineage.
Ironic really that a near-perfect studio scale Hero X has been available since 1978! I will be posting the 'wing template' sheet that is included with the rocket. The Sealab parts match the wing box perfectly. I will be posting the template with all Hero wing measurements. Granted, tons of work involved to make it more than a rocket, but certainly the best start you can get on your scratchbuild.
That is, until I offer a fuselage kit. Might want to sell those MBs... gonna be offering my work up to any builders. I will NOT be selling a complete kit and I am already getting a head of myself. This will take time, but I want to help any builders. I can count on one hand how many X scratchbuilds I have seen in the past decade so i'm not sure if there would be any interest anyway.
What I want to know is were the panel lines on the hero bucks done individually?
Perhaps just one Red 1 afterall... not so sure about this. I have reference of Red Leader that definitely has pyro wings. Considering the advanced construction of the Hero models I highly doubt any of the Hero models got blown to bits. Granted it has been some time but Lorne Peterson says so himself in the Sculpting a Galaxy dvd. He makes a point of telling us that no one came around asking to blow up a hero model as they were never short on things to blow-up.
As for the Maxi Brute... well there's a reason you thought it better than the MPC... it is THE X imo. There is currently no proof at all that it was based on an ILM Hero buck... or anything taken home from that visit. If there is more information here than the mailer linked in my first post, then please I beg you to share it here. The more I look at this thing the more I realize this IS IT. You have to figure the simplifications made were decided on... take away here, add something here. The cockpit's stepped transitions are a great example. BUT the X wing is here in the MB... regardless of its lineage.
Ironic really that a near-perfect studio scale Hero X has been available since 1978! I will be posting the 'wing template' sheet that is included with the rocket. The Sealab parts match the wing box perfectly. I will be posting the template with all Hero wing measurements. Granted, tons of work involved to make it more than a rocket, but certainly the best start you can get on your scratchbuild.
That is, until I offer a fuselage kit. Might want to sell those MBs... gonna be offering my work up to any builders. I will NOT be selling a complete kit and I am already getting a head of myself. This will take time, but I want to help any builders. I can count on one hand how many X scratchbuilds I have seen in the past decade so i'm not sure if there would be any interest anyway.
What I want to know is were the panel lines on the hero bucks done individually?