Symmetry is a thing. One that castings made from sculpts were more of a suggestion, rather than something strictly adhered to. My Ral Partha original Mk5 is mostly symmetrical.
Converting it into a facsimile (word of the week) of a Martian Metals Ogre questions what symmetry means when the originals were anything but symmetrical. So, I took a picture from the front, and then split and mirrored each side, which can be seen below.
As can be seen, I haven't quite got both sides the same. So there's more work ahead.
Catch you on the bounce.
I’m partial to the left side mirror. I recall eyeballing and filing directly on the lead with my OGRE 1 resto. My goal was to improve the symmetry, not perfect it. When every aspect of the mini is imperfect “analog”, perfect “digital” stands out. Since you’re starting with a symmetrical modern foundation it’s the opposite. You can choose to add as much or as little “imperfection” as desired. Looking great so far.
ReplyDeleteThe left side mirror looks best to me too.
DeleteAre you going to hand fab the fiddley bits (missiles, launch tubes, guns, APs…)?
ReplyDeleteI am going to hand fab the missiles, you can see the blobs with wire through them that are the original missiles cut from the body, which I'm going to turn using my Dremel, and then shape.
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