Xigfrid

Here is some Zentran love.

I'm looking for some ideas on how to temporarily seal the hull on a capital ship after electric wiring inside.

For smaller scale builds like this 1/20000 Arii kit, if I glue the seam line closed, I wont be able to access the wiring later.

Any links or tips appreciated.

I have been thinking about a similar setup. First you can't definitively seal the model with the battery inside because sooner or later you will have to replace it. For the switch I thought of making a 3D printed battery cage with a thin and flexible tab where you can glue a micro magnet. To close this flexible tab acting like a switch, you would need to use an outside magnet too, which would be more or less visible.

This is how far I went with this idea. Don't know if it can help for your project!

Derex, that falcon looks really great!

Great news! I hope we will see these kits soon on the workbench thread

We demand a production runnn!

Looks soo good. Keep up the good. Work & churn out more Macross goodies!

I am facing a few weak points in the design in small areas involving moving parts or locking mechanism. Which are very difficult to fix compared to other areas. Also the metal parts keep on being rejected by Shapeways team...

So at this point, the production run is farther than expected...

first primer layer and everything smooth out nicely.

Whoaa this head is really nice! I don't understand why Macross the Ride is still not exploited by a Toy company

Thank you all, this forum is an amazing place to gather ralents and anyone who wants to participate can help.

I wouldn't have made it that far alone that's for sure! There is still a lot to do until this X-9 is done, but now the toughest part is behind us!

Most parts came through and perfectly fit.

I got rejected the metallic parts, I fixed their models and am waiting for the new ones, hopefully they come out nicely this time.

Additionally I am not very happy with the stand adapter, I will try to figure something out and fixing a few other thing if possible

Pretty happy with the overall result though! I hope you will enjoy the first assembly as much as I did

I don't think the gunpod is thin enough to fit centered under the vf-4g on its wheels.

Very inspiring Derex!

I am testing the lights tonight, and even if they are totally gadget I really like them!

PM sent!

Tamyia Priner sets in 24h, second layer is smoother. This model will need another polishing session before painting.

I'm holding my breath. Btw is it the last mold remaining to be done?

Getting first prime layer tonight on 1:60 Ozma's!

Indeed the head need painting, I am going with light brown all over it with small drops of glowing resin in different colors. So far I made the eye in glowing blue, I need to add glowing green and glowing red resin next time I make an epoxy mix. Then I would paint the rest with classic paint.

Not finished yet, so I mainly keep the head closed for the display

Is that what "tampo" means? I've seen it used a couple times around here in regards to toys, but I'm from a modeler background and the term doesn't see much use there.

Well I thought it was the correct word for decals.

What is the real meaning of "tampo" then ?

What does the paint on the inside look like without the florescent paint?

I don't understand, I used tamyia "fine white" primer first then brushed the fluorescent paint over it. So before the paint it was white. The paint itself is fluo pink, much like a stabilo/highlighter pen. If you light it with uv light, it goes bright pink then in the dark it glows dimmer and dimmer orange.

I can't wait to see one finished and fully tampoed

The figures and vehicles are on their own very hard to gather (I speak for European market)! Great prices and gorgeous diorama!

I could tell a lot of things were going on, keeping you busy. Take your time and enjoy being the first to handle the kit!

I used a basic system. Each super parts is made of 3 parts: the red and brown ones will be recasted in resin and the third (yellow one) needed to be highly flexible then it would be 3D printed directly from shapeways. I made this part partly hidden so it can even be printed in white. But it can also be printed in red.

To assemble the super, you just got to screw the small yellow part into the brown (top part), with the red in between the two. The super should not be able to be snapped in two once they are assembled and if they do, that won't bother me either that much.
But the top part would be slightly able to move and rotate to make the hooking lever enter into a hole, then you close the front of the super part, with the yellow tab moving inside the air intakes.
To remove the the super, that would be as simple as 1) pull up the front of the brown part, 2) then let it rotate to free the backside hook 3) then pull out the super.

Thanks. The shapeways piece works like a charm. Very happy with how it turned out.

I had to tell you that the 12-knobs pack design have been rejected by Shapeways team in Netherlands. You can still update it and double check using the integrated 3D tool that everything is bright green.

If you update it soon Then everyone could make a new order and add it to the original order to still have shipping free. If you can't no worry, that would be for next order!

In fact the VF-4G comes with 2 sets of hands: the one which was mounted was tiny and could fit into the forearms BUT they are fixed in closed fist position. The other set is fully articulated and is comparable in size to the VF-1 hands BUT this set cannot be folded into the forearm for the trnasformation back to Fighter mode.

The difference is that the VF-4G hands come with a ball attachment compared to the VF-1 tab.

I recently made a new version of these VF-4G hands (V5) and would probably have them recasted if they are great.

Given it's 2 to 2.5 times more expensive that would push this to the $200 to $250 range.

I was speaking only about the prototype, i don't know yet how that would scale as a finished product/kit. I hope not that high though.

I have been working on this project non stop for 2 weeks to get the prototype 3D printed, I am now resting a bit from this project. To let you know, It is about 2 and 2.5 more expensive to print than the fighter drone. That means that making a more complex or bigger thing than this X-9 would be very difficult using this process (shapeways for validating prototype, printing in higher resolution resin, recasting, then painting) !

Anyway, the prototype is coming in the next weeks, so if everything is right from this step I will look into the next ones.