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 totalfailure wrote:
"Any resemblance between our model and an actual Lancer is purely coincidental"... did they mistakenly ask for a super deformed chibi version, or what?

I expect a WKoPB will be along shortly to explain how that is actually how the Lancer is supposed to look. What you think you saw in the books and TV show were just skewed perspective or something.

I couldn't help to notice also how the Ghost has changed from the kickstarter and now also have strayed from the source material, notice how the upper wings now are attached to the (now rounded) air intake and not the misshaped main body ;

Huh, the ghost in the original looked a lot sleeker.

Maybe they decided they would go to "heroic scale" models, you know; since they are compared to GW so often...

 Albertorius wrote:
...they've cut up the Ghost right along the fething sensors.

The vertically-mirrored left/right cutline is standard for aircraft:





WTH happened with the proportions on the Lancer & Ghost? Why are they so much more squat and rounded than the reference artwork? WTF?

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

The vertically-mirrored left/right cutline is standard for aircraft:

Yep, each and everyone of them have their canopies cut in half. Obviously a GREAT IDEA.

WTH happened with the proportions on the Lancer & Ghost? Why are they so much more squat and rounded than the reference artwork? WTF?

Palladium happened. I chalk it to heavy metal poisoning.

I'd guess they've resized them to fit a sprue restriction.

I'm hoping its something to do with image compression/ratio, hoping, but not confident.

I suspect there are more likely to be first attempts, that once HG sees them will go back to the drawing board for another year or two

Unless they say "eh, feth it, good enough" and just aprrove them I guess.

After a few small changes....lengthen the barrels, drop the radar and trim the tail.....I think that is much closer to what it SHOULD look like.

A split down the middle is common for aircraft in the model world.
Typically the cockpit is glued down over top so it does not have a seam there.
The straight leg for the mechs are still irritating, a small socket of some kind at the knee for posing would be such a plus.
I hope the Glaug "Booster" version they did a centre-of-gravity check: the mounting point looks tippy.
At the very least the Lancer "wing" needs to be much closer to the body: it looks like a badly done helicopter otherwise.
Surprised gun on nose of gnerl was not fully molded rather than split: just follow side of front nose cone of fighter and no strange alignment issues.
<edit> Whoops! no kidding about the Ghost intake, square and boxy looks like muscle, not the round intake... nononono

Good "bones" all things considered but some fixing truly needed.
I am a wee bit worried that they are only this far along and parting lines for the molds are still being hammered out.
I suppose I should be happy to hear anything at all...

This is all digital - I don't understand why the proportions cannot match the artwork.

Also, is the Ghost missing a lower fin?

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Also, is the Ghost missing a lower fin?

I think there are two like the fins on each lower "leg" of the Veritechs.

No, I'm pretty sure there's only one, and that it's been deleted...

Also, the intake needs to be corrected.

At least we're seeing some progress on Wave 2.... trying to remain optimistic.

Once again PB's answer to the "Do you want it right or fast" dilemma is "neither".

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

No, I'm pretty sure there's only one, and that it's been deleted...

I think I stand corrected.
Yeah, the fin was deleted because it inconveniently got in the way of the "swoosh-stand(tm)".

Progresssss... yes.. all those years in the dark... my preciousssss... what else has Kevin in hisss pocketsissss...

Yep, getting pretty loopy waiting for the stuff.

What's the story behind the ghost model, John?

More importantly, is it the right size for RRT?


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Also, you ought to link that pic on the update. *Maybe* someone will pay attention to it.

The Ghost model is simply the first actual model that came up when I Googled.

It appears to be a 1/72 scale resin kit that was released in Japan, and prepped for a modeling competition.

I only link it to show that the Ghost has been done as a kit, and it can match the artwork.

Nice!

PB had me believing that neither the ghost nor the Lancer had ever had a model done for it before. Good to know that's not the case, as I like to collect larger models (like the old Revell Robotech models)

I can't really tell you why I am here. I know next to nothing about Robotech, and have no interest in it, but I keep tabs on big kickstarters for fun. It looks like that is some sort of an aircraft they decided to split down the middle for molding. So there will just be a giant seam down the middle of the model? How awful. My condolences to all involved.

It isn't just that kit. Every model in the kickstarter has parts that are split down the middle.

 Gallahad wrote:
I can't really tell you why I am here. I know next to nothing about Robotech, and have no interest in it, but I keep tabs on big kickstarters for fun. It looks like that is some sort of an aircraft they decided to split down the middle for molding. So there will just be a giant seam down the middle of the model? How awful. My condolences to all involved.

A drive-by posting, at least you mean well.
Tradition is to cap a cockpit canopy on top to remove the need for a seam (most model aircraft).
I am unsure it will be all that giant a seam where the model would be maybe 1 1/2" at the most.

How DO they cram a 10 meter (minimum) tall Zentradi into those things or a Reguld at 15.1 meters?
For reference a VF-1S Veritech is 12.7 meters tall and Britai is 13.5.
The scale is truly interesting, Wave 2 Zentradi troops will be fun to see for scale.

A friend told me he had received notification that his Wave 1 was on the mail and scheduled to arrive next wednesday. So it seems that the EU shipping has started.

 Talizvar wrote:
How DO they cram a 10 meter (minimum) tall Zentradi into those things or a Reguld at 15.1 meters?

Same way my 6'3" frame crams into the back of a Civic once in a while; hunched over and hoping we're not going on a lengthy road trip.

Also keep in mind that this is a clone army bred for war as disposable shock troops. I doubt pilot comfort is remotely considered beyond what is necessary to not impact their ability to fight, especially in mass produced and equally disposable mechs.

 Albertorius wrote:
A friend told me he had received notification that his Wave 1 was on the mail and scheduled to arrive next wednesday. So it seems that the EU shipping has started.

We're starting to see delivery reports in the UK, so yeah, EU distribution has begun, and they recently said that Australian shipping would be underway in the next few weeks.

"ROW" packages were 'about to ship' as of February 21st, so one would hope (but with PB, obviously not expect) that those should be underway as well.

Confirm UK and EU delivery is underway - finally got my hands on the boxes on Saturday.

Lots of plastoc and dark looks from my better half - the lads were bouncing though. Did not have the heart to tell them it might still be a week or so before we can get a game going, beyond the tny intro scenario.

 Swabby wrote:
It isn't just that kit. Every model in the kickstarter has parts that are split down the middle.

Oh man, that is awful. I looked at some of the robots. Some look OK, but there are an awful lot of legs mysteriously split right down the middle.

 Gallahad wrote:

 Swabby wrote:
It isn't just that kit. Every model in the kickstarter has parts that are split down the middle.

Oh man, that is awful. I looked at some of the robots. Some look OK, but there are an awful lot of legs mysteriously split right down the middle.

If by "a lot" you mean "each and every one except the Regult's" then you would be right