I have never heard of "Tamiya Haze Gray". That's a new color to me. I do remember the color name of Pactra Hot Rod Primer. But for the life of me, that is one color of theirs that I never used and I do not have the faintest memory of what it looked like on the display rack. Ah well. All that aside, I do remember the Planet Hollywood restaurant (anybody remember those?) that was near us had a studio TIE fighter model as one of their many decorations. From what I recall, that one was a medium bluish gray color, similar to Testors Model Master take on RAF Ocean Grey, but a bit lighter. Sounds like I have some wiggle room there.
So a Floquil Yellow (nfd) was used? I wonder if it was from the military or railroad lines?
It's funny how you mention Camouflage Gray as a base color substitute for the base color of ships. That is what I think I used on the Y-Wing that I scratch a built long ago. Pactra International at that time.
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PLANET HOLLYWOOD ARTICLE
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-19/ ... ollywood/2
I found a photo of the display from the Planet Hollywood you mention—an X-Wing evading a T.I.E. fighter—on someone's Flickr. These models look great suspended in mid-air for a dog-fight.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-19/ ... ollywood/2
I found a photo of the display from the Planet Hollywood you mention—an X-Wing evading a T.I.E. fighter—on someone's Flickr. These models look great suspended in mid-air for a dog-fight.
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Yes, it was the Santa Ana Planet Hollywood, and the TIE listed in the article. But it was solo in a display case, I think in the wall or on a partition. No X-Wing involved. There were other items there not listed in the article as well. A "battle damaged" Alien prop from Aliens, a model of the Red October, from that film (very big model... something like 8 -10 feet long)... too bad they closed the chain. I enjoyed the decor there. The food was decent enough.
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Thanks for the correction on the display, Carlos, so much for Lord Google's prowess when it comes to ferreting out the Planet Hollywood displays. I definitely recall reading about the Hunt for Red October sub in a prop thread. I know one of the fellas building a SS DS wanted to create a list of all the SW ANH models and current whereabouts. I don't think his list ever was made beyond a few X-Wings that GL gave away as presents, I don't know too much about the provenance of the TIE fighters either, but a screen used '76 TIE fighter would be an important piece. Do you know what happened to the model?
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Lol! No worries. We (my family) used to eat there fairly regularly. But I have no dea what happened to all the props when the restaurant closed.speedgraflex wrote:Thanks for the correction on the display, Carlos, so much for Lord Google's prowess when it comes to ferreting out the Planet Hollywood displays. I definitely recall reading about the Hunt for Red October sub in a prop thread. I know one of the fellas building a SS DS wanted to create a list of all the SW ANH models and current whereabouts. I don't think his list ever was made beyond a few X-Wings that GL gave away as presents, I don't know too much about the provenance of the TIE fighters either, but a screen used '76 TIE fighter would be an important piece. Do you know what happened to the model?
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I am adding reference material to the SWGB album of my 'Bucket.
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