scaleautofactory wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:42 pm
Some comparsion shots from my both gt40 kits.
Overall comparsion Trumpeter (bottom) vs. Meng (top)
Mengs is a bit shorter as the trumpter.
I don't usually quote images, so only one. I see all the points indycals makes about designing a kit - I get all that. We have a similar approach in doing our mods for GPL. We can try for 100% accuracy, but to get that would take an unreasonable amount of time - "diminishing returns" - with every extra minute or hour spend to get a fraction of a percent closer to 100% accurate. Our decision was to release a 95% accurate mod (by our reckoning anyway) because the remaining 5% would easily take half of the time (and we're talking man-years here) of the already done 95%. So I get that, I honestly do.
BUT! (new line on purpose) what I do not get is the rather big differences between the two cars in just this one picture. If you are designing a product and checking it with your references, some things should be obvious. This is true for either of the two companies. The differences I have found, in just that one photo, starting from the front backwards:
- shape of nose (negligible as I said before)
- shape of the headlights
- shape of the door opening
- shape / size / position of the side intakes aft of the doors (could be due to the angle of the photo)
- shape of the rear window - rectangular 4-sided (M) vs. rectangular "fivesided" with a point at the bottom edge (T)
- shape of the rear wheel arches, wider (MK1 style-ish) (M) and less pronounced with a rather straight side (T)
- shape of the tail end
and probably also the shape and size of the opening for the metal inset with the vents just behind the windscreen and between the scoops.
What I don't understand with that is how that happens. I know some game companies have modeled their racing car models of diecast models. So if those aren't accurate, using them as a basis will likely yield not an ideal result. That would comparable to modelling a Lotus 49 based on the motorized Tamiya kit with the off-sized engine and all.
Now don't get me wrong - either kit would probably be fine if it was the only version. But whenever you have two options, you should be free to compare between the two and discuss the differences / issues. I might even end up buying both (well the Meng, as I already have the Trumpeter) and may even end up building the new one as it has fewer fitment issue oob.