Crimson_Raptor wrote:Too bad they didn't make an "Art of Terminator 2: Judgement Day" book right? Like it would specs for the Endoskeleton and hunter killers. maybe even have artwork from the extended future war scenes.
Yeah, I'd definitely buy that!
Anyway, here goes. Bear with me, because as I said this gets a bit convoluted. Some of the pictures involved are quite large, so I'm providing clickable thumbnails for each.
OK, to start with, here's a concept drawing of an HK tank from T1. This picture is important because it provides a silhouette of an adult human for scale reference.
As can be seen in the image, the HK tank is four times taller than the human shown in the picture. Working under the assumption that the human is six feet tall, the HK tank ends up being 24 feet tall. Observant viewers may note that there is a height measurement on the right side of the image. However, that measurement is in inches, and likely represents the desired minimum height of the scale model.
Now, here's an auction for an actual HK tank prop from T1.
According to the description, the model measures 51 inches long, 38 inches wide, and 32 inches tall. The description claims that the HK tank is 1:6 scale, but our reference drawing above will prove that to be wrong. If we convert the size of the full-size tank to inches, 24 feet becomes 288 inches. If we divide that height by the height of the scale model (32 inches) the result is 9. That means the model is 1:9 scale. Since both the HK tanks and the flying HK's were used in the future war sequences, I'm working under the assumption that both models were at the same scale in order to remain compatible with the miniature ruins set.
Next is the auction for the flying HK from T1.
Like the auction for the HK tank, this auction claims a 1:6 scale, which I believe to be incorrect. I'll explain why later, but for now we're going to come up with some preliminary measurements for the full-size flying HK. The description says that the model is 43 inches long and 27 inches wide. If we use the 1:9 scale conversion, the flying HK turns out to be 32.25 feet long, and 20.25 feet wide.
Finally, we have the auction for a flying HK from T2:3D. (The auction erroneously claims it was from T2.)
The description claims that the flying HK is 54 inches long and 41 inches wide. It also claims that the flying HK is 1:6 scale, which I believe in this case. Anyway, on to the measurements. If we use the 1:6 scale to convert the measurements, we end up with an HK that is 27 feet long and 20.5 feet wide. The width almost perfectly matches that of the T1 flying HK, and is about 5 feet shorter--a notable difference, but not a huge one. This helps confirm that the T1 models really were 1:9 scale, with the models from T2 being 1:6 scale. Gene Warren from Fantasy II Film Effects stated in an interview that for T2 James Cameron wanted the HK scale-models to be half-again as large as they were in T1, or 50% larger. Moving from 1:9 scale to 1:6 scale matches Gene Warren's statement, and when used to calculate full-size measurements, all the numbers seem to match up. The flying HK's do not have height listed, but it is possible to figure that out by using known full-size measurements to establish the scale of the drawing and then apply that scale after measuring the height of the drawing. Doing so reveals the T2/T2:3D flying HK to be about 8.25 feet tall. That's from the bottom of the fuselage to the highest points on the tail.
So, to sum it up:
HK tank from T1 and presumably T2
H: 24 feet
W: 28.5
L: 38.25 feet
Flying HK from T1
W: 20.25 feet
L: 32.25 feet
Flying HK from T2:3D and presumably T2
W: 20.5 feet
L: 27 feet
H: 8.25 feet
