Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Frank3k on August 28, 2019, 12:30:49 PM
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A few days ago, I saw the Bandai Mecha Collection Kamen Rider Shadow Moon and the Battle Hopper: (https://hlj.com/mecha-collection-kamen-rider-series-battle-hopper-shadow-moon-bann21053)
(https://hlj.com/media/catalog/product/cache/image/700x700/e9c3970ab036de70892d86c6d221abfe/b/a/bann21053_0.png)
and it looked like a detailed, inexpensive motorcycle kit. I saw some built-ups on the web and it looked close to 1/35 in scale. The low price was worth it - so I bought it on the chance that it was 1/35 (or close).
The kit is from an old Japanese show called Kamen Rider. (https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Hopper) The page gives the length and height of the real motorcycle. I measured the kit motorcycle and I get a length of 61mm and height of 36mm, which scales very closely to 1/35, or pretty close for government work.
Pardon the crappy photography. My camera seems to have bad spherical aberration at some zoom levels. Here's the snap-tite built up model:
(https://i.imgur.com/xWvIB4r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5GziXsI.jpg)
Here is Masterbox's interpretation of Milla Jovovich, riding a Zvezda 1/32 Dnepr M-72/BMW R-71:
(https://i.imgur.com/cU4EEUK.jpg)
Motorcycles without riders:
(https://i.imgur.com/zzVxSA9.jpg)
Milla going for a test ride. She would have fit perfectly if not for the back sides of her duster:
(https://i.imgur.com/2EOuSC3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/M4eJraL.jpg)
Here's the rider from the Gulf War era DML 1/35 US Light Infantry with Motorcycle:
(https://i.imgur.com/TTnSFEb.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VpLEFTy.jpg)
All the riders, plus a Tamiya 1/35 slightly undersized figure:
(https://i.imgur.com/wTGIWyW.jpg)
I also added a 1/35 resin head to the rider:
(https://i.imgur.com/MycqoHc.jpg)
The rider makes a good base figure for an astronaut or futuristic soldier.
I think this motorcycle and rider kit can be called 1/35. What say you, sirs?
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1:33.3 and call it a day! :smiley:
Definitely close enough to not matter except to those that suffer from Acute Fanboy Syndrome. Swapping heads on the figure is also showing that it is damned near 1:35th scale as it does not look out of proportion to the body of the figure.
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I'd call it 1/35. :smiley:
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I concur: 1/35.
Lots of possibilities with this bike and rider. Cool.
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Don't know how I missed this but that looks great!
Can't help with scale, I'm afraid. I just call it all 1/72 unless it's wee then I call it 1/144...
Brian da Basher