Brigade Mech?

Hello,

Could U tell me, how large that mech compared to BT scale?

Thanks

Have a Good One,

> Hello,
It is larger than normal mech scale, although I understand it is based on a
mech that needs to be really big and is over the 100ton mark. Some of the
newer mechs like the Fafnir and re-sculpt Atlas are around the same
size.

www.rottenlead.com

> DOCAgren@aol.com wrote:

> Hello,

I am sorry. I don't know the answer. The Brigade pictures were provided by
Brigade. I suggest you contact them directly. Here is a link to thier contact
page:
http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Frames/Ordering.html

-Bri
http://www.cygnusx1.info

Net connection's been off for a week during an office move but we're
finally back online again. Only another 400 e-mails to trawl through ...

The Cronus is intended to be BattleTech compatible but it's a VBM (Very
Big Mech). It stands somewhere around 7cm tall and is very chunky - the
missile launchers are about 4cm long. Hence the relatively high price, which
we've had some quibbles about but you get a lot of lead (and resin) for your
money.

Tony

> DOCAgren@aol.com wrote:

> Hello,

Out of curiosity, what is this Brigade Mecha of which you guys speak?

Jason

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> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Bradley, Jason (US - Minneapolis) wrote:

> Out of curiosity, what is this Brigade Mecha of which you guys speak?

FM-148 "Cronus" Mech 1/300 scale from Brigade Games:

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/NoFrames/SF300/Items/MECH-101.html

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Jerry Acord wrote:

> FM-148 "Cronus" Mech 1/300 scale from Brigade Games:

Ooops Brigade Models of course, not Brigade Games. My bad.

That's essentially the "Monster" from Robotech isn't it?

Jason

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Got there before I did  ;-)

> Jerry Acord wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Jerry Acord wrote:

Well, I don't know that I'd go quite that far, but yeah. I would say it

was "heavily inspired by" the Destroid Monster.:)

J

John K. Lerchey Computer and Network Security Coordinator Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Bradley, Jason (US - Minneapolis) wrote:

> That's essentially the "Monster" from Robotech isn't it?

That's what I meant to say:)

Nice model though, have to pick me up a couple.

Jason

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Definitely inspired by.... but actually quite a bit different in the details.
Put a picture of the Cronus next to a picture of the Mac2 and you'll see what
I mean.

> John K Lerchey wrote:

> Well, I don't know that I'd go quite that far, but yeah. I would say

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Tony Francis wrote:

> Got there before I did ;-)

Heh, well, it just so happens I had just been looking at the Brigade Games web
site, and had that in my head.

> At 12:16 PM -0500 7/8/04, Bradley, Jason \(US - Minneapolis\) wrote:

Variation on the theme. Originally very much larger than a ~70 ton mechs based
on my recollection of the scales of various mechs from battle tech and the
originating source Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.

I always wanted to build a Mech for Battle Tech based on the Destroid Monster
with 3 power plants, a three man cockpit and the 4 Long Toms and 6 ER PPCs or
something suitably larger. If you look at the Destroid Monster there are even
some very large vents on the back that would make a great argument for a
massive array of heat sincs. The cost would be enormous. Great for taking out
Dropships....

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/yellowsub/ys_monster.jpg

Then there is
http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/yellowsub/ys_monstersize.jpg

That's in scale iirc from the macross mecha drawings for
pre-production. ie in scale to the Defender/Rifleman, Spartan/Archer,
Phalanx/Longbow, Tomahawk/Warhammer, Tactical Pod Glaug/Maruader
Macross/BattleTech Mechs. I figure a Monster would be somewhere in
the range of a 500 ton mech, more on the scope of an Anti-Drop Ship
craft with massive weapons.

http://brianscache.com/unseen/

Id kill for a model of the Monster. MAC III I think it was called? The
miniature is close enough I will probably pick it up but a model would be even
more cool. At one point the toy was out and I actually saw one in the toy
store but wasn't quick or smart enough to pick it up then.

Jason

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> At 5:00 PM -0500 7/8/04, Bradley, Jason \(US - Minneapolis\) wrote:

A company in Japan (Yellow Submarine) was making the model.
http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/yellowsub/ys_monster.jpg

Nice looking kit too. Can you imagine agreeing to a 650 ton battle and your
opponents face when you drop one of those down on the table?

Do you know if it is still available? I'm familiar with their kits, spendy but
nice.

Jason

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Well, I'll be danged. I've got a toy of that Monster thing, sitting on a
shelf somewhere.  Die-Cast and plastic, I've always thought of it as a
good 15mm artillery piece. From the looks of that one picture, though, it may
actually be in B-Tech scale already....

Alright, now I think you guys are just being cruel.

Jason

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Thanks Tony,

For your answer... I might have to look at this for the old.. MAC from

Robotech.

Have a Good One,

DOC Agren

(Lurker on the Digest)

In a message dated 7/8/04 5:27:52 PM,
> owner-gzg-digest@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU writes:

<< Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:11:32 +0100
From: Tony Francis <tony@brigademodels.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Brigade Mech?

Net connection's been off for a week during an office move but we're
finally back online again. Only another 400 e-mails to trawl through ...

The Cronus is intended to be BattleTech compatible but it's a VBM (Very
Big Mech). It stands somewhere around 7cm tall and is very chunky - the
missile launchers are about 4cm long. Hence the relatively high price, which
we've had some quibbles about but you get a lot of lead (and resin) for your
money.

Tony >>