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Garindan · 09-01-2003, 06:13 PM

It's all true, the resins are typically made about 8 months or so before the first metal test shots are completed and are used for designing the tooling as well as promotional work to save trade buyers having to use their imaginations about what a finished model may look like!
Sometimes the finished models look better sometimes not. The B-29 for example I wanted to do as per the resin with no actual glazing to preserve its smooth lines, after all I figured it didn't do its close relative the Stratocruiser any harm, but somewhere that horrid seamed glazing got added.Also, and you can see this on the first issue of the model, some chump decided that neither Boeing nor me knew were a B-29's wings go and changed it to a low wing plane like a B-17! That little error didn't stay around in production for long.
Some you win some you lose, generally production decoration is far better than the resins decoration but just occasionally production models lose accuracy of shape in areas.
Oh and as for the Columbine Connie, erm, that'll be me then, at 1AM with a deadline a blunt file and bad lighting, and thats all I'll admit to!

Richard.

09-01-2003, 06:13 PM	#4
Garindan Collector Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: England Age: 35 Posts: 116	It's all true, the resins are typically made about 8 months or so before the first metal test shots are completed and are used for designing the tooling as well as promotional work to save trade buyers having to use their imaginations about what a finished model may look like! Sometimes the finished models look better sometimes not. The B-29 for example I wanted to do as per the resin with no actual glazing to preserve its smooth lines, after all I figured it didn't do its close relative the Stratocruiser any harm, but somewhere that horrid seamed glazing got added.Also, and you can see this on the first issue of the model, some chump decided that neither Boeing nor me knew were a B-29's wings go and changed it to a low wing plane like a B-17! That little error didn't stay around in production for long. Some you win some you lose, generally production decoration is far better than the resins decoration but just occasionally production models lose accuracy of shape in areas. Oh and as for the Columbine Connie, erm, that'll be me then, at 1AM with a deadline a blunt file and bad lighting, and thats all I'll admit to! Richard. Last edited by Garindan; 09-01-2003 at 06:15 PM.