Woodsy,
Further to Wotan's Fireflash post, attached are a few pics of my Fireflash items which may be of interest. First is the contents of the Aoshima kit which, like far too many of my kits, is sitting in the "to be built one day/year" pile. Then I have some photos of the Konami Fireflash with its attendant Elevator Cars. I've included a pic with my giant finger in shot with the Master Elevator Car, just to give an idea of how small it is!!!
P.S. - I like the way the Konami Elevator Cars are numbered 1, 2 and 4, representing the "team" that brought the Fireflash in safely. Number 3 was, of course, the one that careered off the runway and exploded amongst the parked aeroplanes off to the side. As you probably know, the wayward Number 3 was an unintended accident that occurred during shooting but it looked so good that the producers kept the shot in and wrote in the Number 4 replacement!!!!
For completeness, here's Konami's larger scale Master Elevator car, with the tiny one alongside for comparison. I think Konami also did a mid-scale version to go into their Thunderbird 2 hangar set, but mine's packed away somewhere and not available for photos.
Cheers
Tony Panther
I'd really like to pick the kit up sometime but as Yorkie mentioned previously regarding his it does sound like it needs a lot of modification to the wing passenger lounges.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of the Konami version, but had no idea the cars were so astonishingly tiny! ... unless you really do have giant fingers? (laughs)
ReplyDeleteI recently acquired the Aoshima Kit and word of warning the Paint Translations are off. As well H25 from GSI/Mr.Color is the wrong shade of blue. I'm trying to track down the right shade or a conversion chart as the blue is much lighter with more whites and grey
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us all know. Very helpful. Maybe let us know when youre finished and we can show off your model here on Moonbase!
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