nemrac's
guide to robotech
Macross City

Okay Sanjai, here a 3D model for you to see exactly how big the SDF-1 is.

This first illustration is a cutaway of the mid-section of the ship and ONLY the midsection of the ship, the most likely place for the city to be located in my mind. I have drawn in the large cannon so you could get a clear indication as to the section of the ship I'm talking about. Each sqaure represents 10m to a side (or 100m squared). That means the tallest buildings are 50m tall or about 12 to 15 stories. I picture most of these being apartment style buildings with many, many rooms.

This next illustration clearly shows my tentative layout. This was just guesswork from the top of my head. I have tried to include as many elements of the show as I could, which is why I picked a tri-level design, because a three-tiered city is pictured clearly in Episode 5 (the one where the ship transforms).

Here is a 3/4 view showing a possible layout that is not in too much conflict with the show. Notice again the roads on the second tier match up with the roads in Episode 5.

This is how nit-picky I started to get... This is the view from the ledge of the third level as seen in Episode 5.

Here's a clear view of the front elevation. Notice the height of the buildings--most of them skyscrapers in there own right.

Here's some more nit-picky stuff... The ledge I spoke of above (in a park like area that separates in two leaving Minmei to stare down at the massive city below) and a possible location for the large auditorium.

This is a little tricky to see (the camera wasn't agreeing with me), but I left a large open space on the second level for the large park we see in numurous episodes.

Here we go, I was able to zoom in... The possible location of the park and some quick paintbrushing to show the approximate size of the buildings, around 6 stories for the short ones.

Here's a nice zoomed out shot to again clearly show how this massive city can fit with 293m (the length of this section)

And yet another zoom.

So what does you think? Does this give everyone a better respect for the sheer size of the SDF-1? No need to make it 4.5 miles long. I think these images make it clear that a city can fit within these confines. All the water storage, raw food stock, factories, barracks, garages, hangers, (basically the infrastructure and military) can fit in the other sections while still leaving the legs solely as engines and the cannon booms still just the Reflex Cannon.

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