1/24 Hero X Wing Build with Maxi Brute Fuselage

[beaz]

(09-08-2010, 03:03 AM)427 Cobra Wrote: This means that I got reamed by Frank, and everyone else for nothing! They claim this is a true pyro recast, and all others like it on the rpf in the DaveG thread about the orange X model purportedly cast from an original pyro, but it looks just like this one.

Well, I can say with a high level of confidence that the castings in that picture, including the gun, wing and engines, are descendants of the pyro pattern set that I own, and definitely not from a Maxi-Brute. Frank's parts that he was commissioned to copy for the MR X-Wing project descend from the exact same source lineage, as does the casting in the DaveG thread. So you're also incorrect in that those actually were sourced from actual pyro castings.

In short, that's most definitely not a Maxi-Brute kit in the picture you've posted, but a pyro recast.

As for "getting reamed" by "Frank and everyone else," I read the thread in question here carefully several times over before his messages got deleted, and I have to say that from my perspective you were the one reaming Frank until he came here to defend himself and help you guys understand where his castings came from. Frankly, I'm still wondering why his messages got deleted.

My $.02, for what it's worth around these parts.