ghostryder Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Anyone have "official" dimensions of the UUM-7 missile pods? I noticed that they are frackin huge on both the Hasegawa models and Yamato 1/48. IMO, they look rather silly, especially in batteroid mode with the wings extended. The scale of the pods on the 1/60 is much better I think. The classic Max -1S pose is naked batteroid w/ UUM-7 pods, but the look is ruined by these gargantuan boxes hanging off the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 The Yamato 1/48 ones were designed to store stuff. I leave them off, they fall off really easily anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 I would rather have had proper scale missile pods than a handy storage box Maybe they are scaled correctly for fighter mode, but if so, they'd sure add a lot of drag in the atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson72 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I'd suspect they were for space flight only just like the super/strike armor is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 In the atmospheric fight scene between Max an Millia in DYRL, all three valks had UUM-7 pods mounted. I'd suspect they were for space flight only just like the super/strike armor is. 356002[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson72 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Well then I stand corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I've got no problem with the size of the Yamato 1/48 UUM-7 pods, but I agree the Hasegawa 1/72 UUM-7 pods are ridiculously oversize. AFAIK, there has never been any official dimensions published. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Well, the "standard" real-life small air-to-air missile size is a 5 inch body diameter, so a micro-missile should be smaller than that. Extrapolate from there. (Though newer small missiles have bumped up to 6 inches---that extra inch makes life a lot easier on designers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The micro-missiles used in Macross are obviously much shorter in length than real-life air-to-air missiles, but I wouldn't necesarily say that the body diameter is smaller. While the micro-missiles used in the FAST Pack HMMP-02 micro-missile launcher pods look to be fairly small diameter, the ones in the UUM-7 pods appear to have a much larger diameter. While the Yamato 1/48 missiles may or may not be accurately sized, if we compare them say with the size of the pilot figure then it looks like the diameter would be larger than 5 or 6 inches if scaled up to 1/1 scale. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 I've got a 1/60 UUM-7 pod here. The missile is about 0.133" in diameter, making it about 8" scaled up. Seems like the Yamato 1/60 miisile pod may be closest to a realistic size. Heck, even if you scaled the 1/60 missile up from 1/48, the missile would be over 6" wide. Of course, 1/60 missile pods would look too small in compared to anime mounted on a 1/48. I guess nobody is right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) Some comparison pics I stole from our board members... 1/60 pods look good to me. Anyone got a pic of the Hasegawa pods (fighter kit) compared to the Yamato pods? If they are in-between the 1/60 and 1/48 size-wise, they might be the perfect size for the 1/48. Edited December 30, 2005 by ghostryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortress_Maximus Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Interesting I never even thought about getting the different sized ones to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nied Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The size of the UMM-7 pods (or the other stores for that matter) as portrayed in Hasegawa kits (or the 1/48s) isn't all that big compared to most modern weaponry. Hell according the the 1/48s a Mk. 82 bomb (one of the smallest bombs in the US inventory) is as big as RMS-1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Let's see, what diameter is a "beer can" missile and who was it that fired it in that episode? I would have to go with the Hasegawa and Imai (Bandai - 1/100) being accurate. I looked into it too since no one makes them in 1/200th scale. They are large, bulky and an aerodynmicists nightmare, but so are the fast packs too! I'll probably use those, but then again, Hasegawa put big angles on the corners of the pods which aren't drawn quite that way. Wow, now you got me thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 (edited) Well, the 1/60 UUM-7 pods fit the 1/48, but a bit too small. At least full range of arm motion is recovered Edited January 11, 2006 by ghostryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN_MARINE Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 That's pretty interesting although... you gotta consider that the wings aren't where they're supposed to be in the lineart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortress_Maximus Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Still that set up looks mighty DYRL accurate to me! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostryder Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 Still that set up looks mighty DYRL accurate to me! Nice! 359284[/snapback] Thanks, now I need to bust out the blue paint. Anyone want to photoshop this picture for me? And while yer at it, fix the red on the leg fin on the screen shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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