05-28-2012, 03:20 PM
Hey guys, just to clarify what is going on, I sent them a V2 castings as a launching off point. As far as i know they are going to make their own pattern by compiling info from a number of sources. I do not speak for them, just want to help them get a start point. From what info I get they want to do a 1/32 TOS raider, a rendition of one, that may not mean every nut and bolt, panel line, kit part replicated from the studio model. I know that may be hard for die hard studio guys to hear but what I guess they will do is their own rendition of the ship that just happens to be 1/32.
I do not know exactly what they have planned and in no way intend to say that they won't replicate the studio model exactly, I just don't know that they will.
The V2 is close, I know that people have pointed out some of the differences between the studio model and the V2. Some of those like panel lines were intentional tells, at the time almost everything i was doing was being recast and wanted to have some tells.
The other thing with the V2 is the bottom intakes. The bottom was largely left over from the CR offering. From what i can gather and what I have first hand knowledge of is that on the studio model the height of the intake side walls was very inconsistent., taller in some places and shorter in others. Part of that was due to the fact that the "floor" seemed to be flat in some spots and curved in others. To make the bottom intakes consistent thru the length of the body, it looks like the high spot of the side walls was taken, and built symmetrical from there. That changed the overall height of the bottom, changed some of the angles a bit, and even moved the exhaust ports a bit. It's one of those things that once you head down the road of changing something for the sake of symmetry, you just kind of have to deal with where those changes take you. Same thing happened on the viper, once i straightened out the engines and leveled them out (they kind of pointed inwards a bit and were not totally level with each other), they led to all types of changes, the backplate got a little bigger so the grebblies did not fit the same way, the bottom tray got a little bigger etc....
I do not know how they will tackle the intakes, I made them aware of the process above.
I think that even if it's not a die hard 100% studio accurate kit, it will still be an amazing model, I can't wait to get my hands on one....
mike
I do not know exactly what they have planned and in no way intend to say that they won't replicate the studio model exactly, I just don't know that they will.
The V2 is close, I know that people have pointed out some of the differences between the studio model and the V2. Some of those like panel lines were intentional tells, at the time almost everything i was doing was being recast and wanted to have some tells.
The other thing with the V2 is the bottom intakes. The bottom was largely left over from the CR offering. From what i can gather and what I have first hand knowledge of is that on the studio model the height of the intake side walls was very inconsistent., taller in some places and shorter in others. Part of that was due to the fact that the "floor" seemed to be flat in some spots and curved in others. To make the bottom intakes consistent thru the length of the body, it looks like the high spot of the side walls was taken, and built symmetrical from there. That changed the overall height of the bottom, changed some of the angles a bit, and even moved the exhaust ports a bit. It's one of those things that once you head down the road of changing something for the sake of symmetry, you just kind of have to deal with where those changes take you. Same thing happened on the viper, once i straightened out the engines and leveled them out (they kind of pointed inwards a bit and were not totally level with each other), they led to all types of changes, the backplate got a little bigger so the grebblies did not fit the same way, the bottom tray got a little bigger etc....
I do not know how they will tackle the intakes, I made them aware of the process above.
I think that even if it's not a die hard 100% studio accurate kit, it will still be an amazing model, I can't wait to get my hands on one....
mike