01-07-2010, 01:48 PM
I see that you still have some pitting,and joint lines in that nosecone. DON'T FIX IT!!! Leave those there. The originals were very rough to say the least. If you make it too perfect,it won't phase anyone. Not only that,but it'll lack that roughed up quality that the original ILM models have. Even the four footer had a few joint lines where the engine intakes were glued in layers. There are a few places where you can see some lines where they put parts together,but aren't uber-perfect.
The massproduced versions are too perfect,and lack that ILM homemade feel. The only thing that'll be ILM perfect is the path you've chosen to take with this Maxi-Brute kit. This will be the closest that anyone here will get to the original seventies models. Now I see why so many of these guys on the forums want to preserve the lineage of these film icons. When I first signed on for this project,I wondered what all the fuss,and noise was about. "It's just a job to me",was my initial impression of all this research,and hub-bub,but this is a passion to the other modelers on these forums. Now I appreciate your vision to recreate these models,and I'm honored to be a part of these forums with such dedicated,and talented people.
The massproduced versions are too perfect,and lack that ILM homemade feel. The only thing that'll be ILM perfect is the path you've chosen to take with this Maxi-Brute kit. This will be the closest that anyone here will get to the original seventies models. Now I see why so many of these guys on the forums want to preserve the lineage of these film icons. When I first signed on for this project,I wondered what all the fuss,and noise was about. "It's just a job to me",was my initial impression of all this research,and hub-bub,but this is a passion to the other modelers on these forums. Now I appreciate your vision to recreate these models,and I'm honored to be a part of these forums with such dedicated,and talented people.