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Could be! Anything, really! And I am calling the added sides as done! They are as 'smoothed' in as I am going to be able to get them. You will notice I finally sanded down the two bumps on either side. I felt they fitted more on the Yamato/Ginga than the Argonaut, and they were getting a little damaged from all the work.😉 I also scrounged through the PE collection and found a few bits that might come in handy. I will not be going crazy with this! Honest! And the Viper launch tubes from the BSG Pegasus fret should work pretty well as some broadside missile launchers. Need to start detailing this! Thom
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Don't stay under the rock too long. Times are tough, but hopefully they will get better quick for you. Rest your limbs but keep the old mind active. And don't stay away, for we need our 'Peng of Wisdom!'
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Ah, understood. We do what we can. It's like me wanting to get that 1/700 League of Extraordinary Gentleman Nautilus again. I had two, both gone years ago to pay bills, and now, ho wow $$$$$!!🤯 If not the model (paper or otherwise) how about a toy blimp? There's a Buddy L toy blimp on eBay for about $20. Thom
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@pengbuzz I know the feeling. As I, myself, am one sad sack! But don't let our Communal Sackness get you down! As for the blimp, can it be finished as a 'static' model? And have you considered starting with a paper model for version 2? I haven't seen any, yet, for the Goodyear blimp, but there are some out there that look close and can, perhaps, be fudged to look like it. And working in card stock might be a bit cheaper than the tape, with cardboard bracing on the inside for added rigidity. https://currell.net/models/mod_free.htm https://papermau.blogspot.com/2015/09/lz-129-hindenburg-german-airship-paper.html https://ecardmodels.com/product/1-800-zrs-4-uss-akron-paper-model/
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Hey, @pengbuzz, it's always good to concentrate more on the successes than the ones that don't make it. But still, if you got to vent, vent away. No better place to do so than with other modelers!😉
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Nice to see they are still making models for Macross Zero! Odd though that the VF-19 Fast Pack - has no boosters...
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Yup, easier! I traced the basic shape onto Scotch tape and transferred that to blank plastic. That was then cut out, and the barbette removed from the original kit part before being grafted into the new deck. Once it was glued down, the edges were sanded into the shape. You'll note there is no aft deck, because I though I could save that part... But it was too worn and the detail on it damaged, so a new one was made in the same fashion. And yes, there is an ugly hole there were the mounting for the superstructure goes down through, but that will be covered up by said superstructure. That after deck part was then glued to the superstructure, so that I could still paint the greeblies underneath it. The orange parts are from Gundam kits, the kits that keep on giving, and there is some ribbed styrene between then to act as roll-aside doors. I don't know whether those could be vents, thrusters, tail light...? Thom
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A lot of masking, but well worth it @wm cheng!
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The Amazon show is alt-universe stuff. If they were to do it exactly as in the Silmaillion, it would take twenty* seasons. *this is just an offhand guess, but maybe not too far off. -
Would love one of those in 1/72!
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So far, so good. Not much action happening yet, but there is more than enough intrigue to keep me watching. Is it as good as the movies? No. But that's a pretty high bar and up to episode three this is doing pretty good. .
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It's still good, IMO, just not as much as 2199 or 2205.
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Executive decision time! This is before. It looks good enough, but I think it is still sitting too high, even after I sectioned out a piece from the bottom of the main tower. Plus, that third turret location is sitting too high in relation to the first two, so... I blew it up! Pulled the pieces of the upper structure apart again, and now I'm going to slip them further down the sides. But they weren't sitting as flush as I wanted, as their backsides are not flat, so, duh-me, I decided to cut out parts from the hull to make room. Only I cut too much room... That cut is way too low. You can see the gap under the lowered side piece. Crab-nab-it!! That presaged a whole rabbit hole of new siding, ill-fits and finally ripping it all off again after calling myself a dummy! Keep it simple, stupid! I'll get the parts to fit where I want them to, then tidy up the mess. But, the step-pattern between the turrets now looks spot on to what I've been wanting, so good there! Now, after that, I'll need to fix the upper deck. With it being lower, and thus spread wider, there are some gappages happening near the front. I'm thinking it might be easier to make a new forward upper deck...🤔 Thom
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There are some many choices in that that I do not understand... However, it does look like an ideal candidate for an Ataria Island crash diorama!
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1/72, Bandai. 1/72!!
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So, back asswords.
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Never heard that trick before. Is it like using CA?
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Looks like someone's form of 'free-style' modelling. Like they were just having fun with it. Or, daddy had the airbrush and kiddo was directing his/her 'vision.' Are any of the kits redouble? A little soak in break cleaner or a night in the freezer to loosen up the joins? If so, listen to @pengbuzz he is a master reclaimer!
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I totally forgot that one! Sorry, Grant and Elli... Also, Yes!!
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The last movie ended with the cloned girl saving the dinos by setting them free. As in, let loose on civilization. Sounds like some did not survive where they were, whereas others migrated to more temperate climes.
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So, calling the new under hull housing just about done. I added the base for the ventral aerial/fin from the kit and smoothed it in with PPP. I also got some greeblies for under the shroud, some vents from a Gundam kit and some necklace clasps. Some antennae will go in there also. Now onto the main conversion! Taking the Ginga's superstructure and grafting it onto the Andie. For that, I'll be needing the rear half of the Ginga's main deck, and the two side pieces that are integral to the Ginga's main hull. Now, if I was putting the laboratory dome on, this would be a lot cleaner. Instead, the third turret, from behind the superstructure will be moved forward. It's tipped back a little, but once I add the sides that were cut from the Ginga's hull, it'll level up. More to come! Thom
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Awesome work there, Pengbuzz! That Reliant turned out great. Same with the bases. The Ladies look good together. "Pengbuzz in our quadrant, this section, and slowing...'
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I forgot to take a pic of the smoothed rear of the housing, but it'll be in the following pics. The next being of the base of the ventral fin being sawed off with a PE saw. Next was roughing out the shapes of the vanes that go inside the front shroud. Started with thin card stock, getting them sized to fit the opening and then getting the rake that I liked on them. And the those in styrene. There is a slight gap between the vanes and the hull, but I'll take some 0.05 styrene sheet and fill that in. Just need to block the light going between them. And I was going back and forth about leaving the new housing off or one before or after paint, but I've decided to finish it and the inside of the shroud before painting and mate it up to the hull after. I still need to do a little work to clean up the mating area. Inside there, you can see a long rectangle of plastic that has been glued in on both sides. Since I can't mount the pods that go underneath the ship as intended, they'll be pinned and hang off the sides, so those will help by giving more material for the pins to mount into. And the last pic is a bit of a shim to close up a gap where the back of the housing mates to the hull. And that is all for now. More progress to follow! Thom
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Hope you don't stay gone too long. Take care.
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Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Thom replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Bearing in mind, there was apparently a lot of interference from the 'higher ups' during development of the Hobbit trilogy. I don't know how much overall control he has in this one, but if it is similar to LoTR then there's less cause to worry. As to the Hobbit movies, I liked them. I don't watch near as often as LoTR, but they were enjoyable.
