ewilen Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 I'm going to try posting a few photos, with the following general parameters: 1) Pick a Macross toy. 2) Find a different toy in the same scale (within, say, 2-3%). 3) Take some pictures of them together to get a sense of scale. Make sure to identify them. Not much point in putting Valks from the same line together, and there are already plenty of 1/60 Q-Rau/Valk pics out there... First up: Matchbox version of the Takatoku 1/144 Destroid Defender, with a Dragon CanDo Pocket Army 1/144 M1A2 Abrams (4th Infantry Division, Iraq 2003). Sitting on my monitor... Quote
ewilen Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 Nighttime... (Small amount of Photoshopping to fix the paint on the destroid and get rid of some background stuff I didn't want.) Quote
ewilen Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 Daytime, on top of a ridge... (Background is a National Geographic...some photoshopping to fix the destroid paint and to semi-successfully hide the page gap.) Quote
Caufield Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 (edited) great idea! i need me a digital camera picked up a 1/48 AH-1J Cobra heli (made by Corgi), it looks very cool next to my 1:48 valks... Edited March 4, 2004 by Caufield Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) 1/48 scale (or there abouts:) 1/42 (approx.) RX-178 mk II, 1/40 Orgroid 1/40 Nikick 1/48 Fokker Strike 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt 1/48 F-4U Corsair 1/48 P-51 Mustang Edited March 5, 2004 by warrhead Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) 1/72 scale... (and I read the posts some of you left about how sucky the Forces of Valor 1/72 Tomcats and Tornadoes are, so don't blast me, 'ight? 1/72 YF-19 Alpha 1/72 YF-21 Omega 1/72 Destroids 1/72 C.L.O.D. 1/72 Heavy Roller 1/72 Tank-thing (same series as the previous two) 1/72 Dougram Soltic Roundfacer 1/72 Z.O.I.D.S. Fly Scizzors 1/72 Z.O.I.D.S. Gorilla (forget the name) 1/72 Z.O.I.D.S. Worm-thing (forget the name) 1/72 Snow Speeder 1/72 F-14 Tomcat 1/72 Panavia Tornado Edited March 5, 2004 by warrhead Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) ...and, of course, 1/55 scale 1/55 Madcat 1/55 VF-1A CF 1/55 Legionairre 1/55 Jupiter 1/55 Bonaparte Tulcas 1/55 Forestry Mech w/ mod. 1/55 Super VF-1S Fokker Edited March 5, 2004 by warrhead Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 (couldn't resist) 1/1 scale: 1/1 Madcat "Tripper" Custom 1/1 Warrhead Quote
UN Spacy Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Here's a 1:24 Takara Binaltech Smokescreen (scaled to match a 1:48) next to a 1:48 Yamato VF-1S (in Battroid Mode). I sure hope I did this right. Sorry abou my crappy photochop. I did this in a couple of minutes. Quote
wolfx Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Somehow I don't think a car is THAT small compared to a VF-1...... Quote
DrClay Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Somehow I don't think a car is THAT small compared to a VF-1...... the binaltechs are 1:24... just take a pic and halve the size of the Car... looks right to me... picture a 1:48 pilot next to that... if anything it might be too big? Quote
dr_vandermeer Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 What a great topic! can't wait to see more!!!! Dr Clay, try scaling the 1/48 pilot to the 1/24 Binaltech in car mode. That might be interesting to see... Warrhead, too funny... Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 1/144 scale... 1/144 Dom 1/144 Hizack Zaku 1/144 Rick Dias Zaku 1/144 Mazinger Z 1/144 RX-178 mk II 1/144 Aile Mission Strike Gundam 1/144 RX-78 mk II 1/144 RX-79 mk II "Full Armor" 1/144 Zolo 1/144 Blitz Gundam 1/144 Destroid Tomahawk 1/144 Duel Gundam Quote
ewilen Posted March 5, 2004 Author Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) Go wild, folks, but personally I think it's more interesting if you can get the scale to match "naturally" instead of digitally resizing. That way the thread can be a sort of "guide to what toys will go with what Macross mecha". About matching scales: a 1/60 battroid is about 92% the height of a 1/55, and anyone who's put them next to each other can tell that's a pretty big difference. To see if two toys are compatible, take their scales and divide the smaller by the larger. If the result is 0.97 or more, the difference isn't very noticeable--it'd be a difference of a "scale foot" for a battroid. Some new pics in a few minutes... Okay, ready to go. Next up: Bandai 1/55 Hikaru, and Radio Shack R/C PzKpfw VI Ausf. E Tiger I, approximately 1/54. (Some more info in this thread.) Picture 1: Parked in the living room. Edited March 5, 2004 by ewilen Quote
ewilen Posted March 5, 2004 Author Posted March 5, 2004 "Heinz, ich habe ein schlechtes Gefühl..." Quote
ewilen Posted March 5, 2004 Author Posted March 5, 2004 Background is photoshopped in previous pic, BTW. Nothing else is altered. The carpet makes a nice steppe, doesn't it? Next: Gerwalk attack! Russia, 1944... Quote
warrhead Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 I was checking those R/C Tigers out (from Radio Shack right?) How would you rate them quality-wise? Quote
vlenhoff Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) Here!!! Listen to Idol talk(soundtrack M+) while you look at this image! Edited March 5, 2004 by vlenhoff Quote
Sumdumgai Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Photoshop job with my cat and a pic taken from Graham's review of the VT-1 without permission. Thanks for the review and pictures Graham! (Think Empire) Quote
ewilen Posted March 5, 2004 Author Posted March 5, 2004 Vic, what's the toy with your Yamato 1/48 VF-1J? What's its scale (or size). Has it been rescaled n the pic? Warrhead--I think the Radio Shack R/C Tiger is great! I have a pretty detailed review in the thread I linked above. Price has gone down a couple dollars, I think--now it's just about $30. I'd recommend getting rechargeable batteries for the controller and charger stand, but don't do like I did--I got the batteries and battery charger at RS. You can probably do much better at Costco or Target, etc. Quote
wolfx Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Macross 3rd Person shooter ala Splinter Cell, anyone? yeah...lame photoshop. Sue me. Quote
EXO Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Macross 3rd Person shooter ala Splinter Cell, anyone? yeah...lame photoshop. Sue me. That is lame... but cool at the same time Quote
ewilen Posted March 6, 2004 Author Posted March 6, 2004 Fun thread! Good job ewilen! Thanks! But come on people, identify the toys/models! Otherwise this is just a wacky picture thread. Quote
Eternal_D Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 Fun thread! Good job ewilen! Thanks! But come on people, identify the toys/models! Otherwise this is just a wacky picture thread. I'm all for wacky picture threads...but yah, I think this was supposed to be used for size comparisons...oh well, on with the show!! Quote
JKeats Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 LOL, this is great. It's like Valk porn, but weirder.... keep it up please! Quote
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