Bundschuh Heavy Fighter

[Jinx]

the ship looks convincingly and good. - however, i d be interested in a side-view cause i suspect a proportion issue with the front and the rear of the ship.

the front is detailed while the rear appears just to be cut off. - that means, there isn t anything behind the cockpi anymore, no engine case, reactor or much structure - which then means that the whole ship is quite flat on the topside with only the canopy popping out of it like a bubble. due to the very short rear it also appears to be a bit too much placed in the rear of the ship ( bit like those air ralley ships - here is a link: http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/lar...55691071-00.jpg )

as you can see - the white / red planes cockpit is basicly at the side rudder. - only this fightermodel doesn t have the rudder, which functions as a vertical counterweight for the massive front.

anyway - i particularly like the way the wings are attached to the body. it looks simple, strong and easy to maintain and replace. - the square vertical fins in the back ( or flaps or whatever ) are pretty good, too. - they give the whole model some sort of archaic look that sets it apart from the sleek and sophisticated BW line itself. ( its usually little details like that that are noticable imo )




sizewise - the ship doesn t look bigger than the dagger - and due to the wings being a lot thinner than the daggers wings ( actually they are wings, while the dagger is more a triangular body ) - it might be harder to build on it to achieve a heavy and a very heavy variant ... IF that needs to be done at some time.

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