02-21-2013, 12:37 PM
Looks like I may have some bad news! I hope not but I think it may be true. I'm coming to discover that the Maruska files may be off!
I slapped together some of the port mandible wall parts. Now, they aren't in their absolute correct position vertically, but the horizontal spacing is really close. The last pencil line on the left side, underneath the Gepard gun, is the tip of the mandible. I measured 13 1/2" inches from that line to the left edge of the Porsche engine part. A little longer than the MR Falcon mandible measurements. I think they measured 13 1/8". So I was pretty close considering I took measurements from some of my unmodified parts instead of tacking them on to the test strip.
So, it turns out that the same length of mandible on Maruska's drawings only measure 12 1/2"! Dammit! From the tip of the mandibles to the back of the ship measures 30 1/2".....a little shorter than the Studioscale.com plans which measure 33.74".
This sucks! I apologize to all those who are using the plans I made but I used the source material which were known to be reliable plans. Someone please correct me if I am wrong!
Joe
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I slapped together some of the port mandible wall parts. Now, they aren't in their absolute correct position vertically, but the horizontal spacing is really close. The last pencil line on the left side, underneath the Gepard gun, is the tip of the mandible. I measured 13 1/2" inches from that line to the left edge of the Porsche engine part. A little longer than the MR Falcon mandible measurements. I think they measured 13 1/8". So I was pretty close considering I took measurements from some of my unmodified parts instead of tacking them on to the test strip.
So, it turns out that the same length of mandible on Maruska's drawings only measure 12 1/2"! Dammit! From the tip of the mandibles to the back of the ship measures 30 1/2".....a little shorter than the Studioscale.com plans which measure 33.74".
This sucks! I apologize to all those who are using the plans I made but I used the source material which were known to be reliable plans. Someone please correct me if I am wrong!
Joe