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Oh boy. Safety first every one.

Brett is right. But don't drill wet, because then you have other problems

Uhhhhh, yeah... I've watched that doggy walk right off the edge every time.

Derex, sounds like you could also use some Tamiya razor saws, the big one and little PE ones are great for removing big chunks safely. And I forgot to mention, wear protective glasses as well with the Dremel; I've had several bits break and fly off who-knows-where.

How do you keep them from sliding off the rubber thingy?

You also need a set of Chinese diamond file bitd. I hardly use the Dremel bits. They are too strong. And I dont give marriage advice, but trust me you will have a lot of modelling time when youre "not needed" around.

If you cant wait on shipping, I believe there are alternatives to the WeCheer at your hardware store that are low speed grinders, sometimes used for nails, sometimes battery powered. But I can only recommend this one because I have had it for months and it rocks.

DO NOT use your Big Daddy Dremel on your expensive model.

Okay, some advise, you use these grinders mostly from the side of the bit to shave delicately. You don't use them like a drill, unless you're trying to gouge something out.

The Dremel is too strong for that. It's like a bucking stallion. But this one can do delicate work and you can control it.

Derex, So you don't cut yourself again, I recommend the WeCheer low speed grinder on Ebay. It does really fine work for shaving and sanding, and you can keep the heat down as well. It uses the same drill bits as the Dremel. I use it for carving, cleaning photo etch, and removing nubs on resin and plastic. You still need the adult Dremel for drilling holes and serious carving, but with this you never have to shave with an Xacto again. Remember to always use a gas mask when grinding resin AND plastic.

This one is for you NZEOD. You taught me everything I know about this stuff. I'm just the sous chef. Best wishes for your daughter.

Primer and details on.

Working on the ARMD base. I'm using a black LED display box from ebay, which I retrofit for my electronics (20cm x 10cm), and the top is just styrene sheet and rods.

The Ranger! Because I can't afford the Kids Logic Cockpit Speaker. Those are the Jasmine PE parts for the screen.

I got Aber PE hinges to try out. These little guys are nearly impossible to work with. But I think I got it on pretty strong with a needle drop of epoxy to hold, then after it cures, more generous amounts around the edges.

What was that!!! Good thing you were able to clean it off. Were you meaning to matt coat it? Looks like a matt primer to me... But that's why I don't do any weathering.

That's a cool set of armor.

I originally black coated the wings so the leds dont go through the plastic. But it was not enough, if you review earlier images of the wings you can see. I ended up making a paint sandwhich of primer, metallic, then white gray to fully occlude the leds. Metallic was only necessary around the area of light seepage. I also thought I had balanced the resistors on the LEDs, but due to some properties of parallel resistors which I don't understand, I ended up with weaker lights on one wing. I can balance this a bit later in the Arduino by dimming the other wing. It's a bummer, but I am very lucky to get this far anyway. You don't want to burn those out by mistake. Edit: Do not do this. I removed the resistors to outside the valk because of wing movement problems.

Team build!

Hey Nyanko, I'll take that SDF-1 off your hands if you don't need it

Give me Destroids, or give me death!

What age group does Delta appeal to the most in Japan? 12-15 year-old age group, or younger? I am sure all ages have some interest, but what is the big target market it reached?

I seem to have solved the problem with the limit switches. I've actually seen this problem before: On a 5v LiPo the Arduino boards don't handle motors very well. But when I switch to USB power from my laptop or a 9v battery, the motor works fine and pulls the wings with no problem. Edit: I also did not follow directions and used a wrong pin on the IC. Good thing I didn't kill it. Smooth as butter now.

+1 And I have no idea how you guys paint like that. I'm painting my valk white right now, and it looks nothing like that