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Oh. But that's not looking quite as good as I thought. It might be the camera resolution, but the paint is not really accurate. Such as the red lines which are not straight and equally thick. In any case the colors should have been toned down, especially the green on the engineering hull.
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It looks good on the pictures in the second review. Very crispy details, instead of the cellulite surface of the AMT model. The color is still obtrusive, and some details like the markings on the engineering hull are not quite convincing (the strip simply disappears in the gap between the hull parts).
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quote:Originally posted by Bernd: Oh. But that's not looking quite as good as I thought. It might be the camera resolution, but the paint is not really accurate. Such as the red lines which are not straight and equally thick. In any case the colors should have been toned down, especially the green on the engineering hull.
If you were referring to the red lines on the nacelle pylons, those are the wires for the power...they go into a groove and a decal gets put over those. That's why they look sloppy.
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So far, every pic I've seen of that model (be it from StarshipModeler or the Japanese site pics) shows nacelles that rest at a screwy angle, with the back of the nacelles trying hard to drag the floor.
That would bug me to death, lights and paint or no lights and paint.
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quote:Originally posted by Guardian 2000: So far, every pic I've seen of that model (be it from StarshipModeler or the Japanese site pics) shows nacelles that rest at a screwy angle, with the back of the nacelles trying hard to drag the floor.
That would bug me to death, lights and paint or no lights and paint.
Sounds like 90% of the models people build of the 1701 and refit, AMT or otherwise. I ordered one of these kits and you can be I'm going to make sure the nacelles are on the straight and level.
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The nacelle positioning is not too far off...but you'll cringe at the nacelle's registry being waaaay to far forward! Fuck it: it's the best mass produced kit of the refit ever made and it's well worth the money.
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Folding into a machine? I tought that was Transformers?
Of all the refits I ever bought, the pylons are just too skinny to hold up the weight of the nacelles. Even if I do get them straight, as they get older, fatigue in the plastic makes them eventually sag.
In one of the later models, I had the brilliant I dea of putting a primitive medal frame in the nacelles, pylons and the engineering section. So far, three years and counting...
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quote:Originally posted by Matrix: In one of the later models, I had the brilliant I dea of putting a primitive medal frame in the nacelles, pylons and the engineering section. So far, three years and counting...
Would that "medal" be a Purple Heart?
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