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    That's awesome and on my Christmas wish list now. Are there gonna be baby cyclones to match it?-MT
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    Looking great!-MT
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    That is ANOTHER TOTALLY AWESOME IDEA! Much better than a Dustbuster too! You KNOW I'm down for one of these too!- MT
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    The front end of a dustbuster?😁-MT
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    For those that want everything in 1-350, Hallmark released the Star Wars Sand Crawler ornament that's almost dead on to scale. Plus it has cool sound effects and a nice paint job. -MT
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    Awesome work Dobber and Derex! My son and I threw together the newer Bandai 1-500 Yamato kit and loved the gun action on the turrets. I have the 1-350 kit I'm itching to finally get to. The monster is also my favorite mecha so it's great to see one coming together and with some love.-MT
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    Just catching up... Thanks, there's some great builds on display!-MT
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    That looks awesome! I prefer the TV version myself.-MT
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    Very Nice!!!-MT
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    I thought that "that's some awesome looking 80's box art. Flashbck time...-MT
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    The Gamo looks awesome!!! Great work on picking out and mixing the paint. I've been offline and just now catching up to see some great builds!-MT
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    AWESOME build! I was home sick yesterday and just watched Zero again! Its great to see a new member as well-Welcome!-MT
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    Its great to see one of these being built. I still think its one of the must have kits!-MT
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    That's WAWSOME!!! Great work with paper AND paint! Too bad we can't get resin copies! - MT
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    (Wolf whistles) Nice legs!!! - MT
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    Hey Milhouse, I can't post more photos of the builds until my house is repaired, but here's some to help give you an idea: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=41130 http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=41133 The most important steps are in the planning and scaling stages. The drawings you see under some of the finished work were printed several times and sized many times until they were just right. Even with a scale ruler and "canon" line art, Macross has a lot of "anime magic" to it. One drawing shows something one way and then another view shows the details another way. Decide AHEAD OF TIME what views and scales you are going to use. Mid-build you will be like, "oh, that's how that really goes!" Your brain will fool you into screwing up! Like Ace said above, you will make many changes to your parts. I've rebuilt parts three times to get what I'm looking for - so don't rush what you're doing. I've been surfacing styrene and then supergluing it with clamps. Then finishing off the glued blocks. This has withstood lathing, drilling and machining. Some people use MDF board or Model Board (very costly). Start with a good plan of all views if possible and then glue them on to the stock. You will need a depth gauge and calipers to ensure thickness and parts line up with parts you can't put right up to the drawing. Your eyes will decieve you. If you don't stick to your drawings, you'll blow it! I use jigs or machines as much as possible to ensure my cuts are where they are supposed to be and how they are supposed to be. Especially if you need to make more than one of the same thing. Then casting may be a good option, like for missiles or thrusters. Hopefully what Ace said above and these few humble bits will hellp you out! - MT
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    That's cool! It takes the "fun" out of hunting parts. - MT
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    LED help?

    MechTech replied to Wiz13688's topic in The Workshop!

    Programmable is expensive! Radio Shack has programmable circuits, but overkill for this. Like Grapetang said, look for toys AND ornaments! I have the 1/350th Space Battleship Yamato kit, but wanted to emulate the tachion particles glinting around the barrel. Of course the kit comes with lighting, but they missed that part. So I plan to drill micro holes and insert fiber optics into it. So where to get the lighting? After going through several stores and looking at all sorts of toys, games and stuff, I found a Tinker Bell ornament with lights and sounds. I removed the speaker and the lighting has several LEDs that fade and dance in random sequence. They are white so I'm adding a color filter from busted up tailight lens. Keep in mind that a lot of things that have random blinking lights are actually blinking them in order (like for landing bay guide lights). The LEDs just have to be pulled and re-arrnaged in order of flashing. Hope that helps! - MT
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    I too just moved and am designing a new workbench for my studio. Now if only my work didn't block the photos! No internet yet at home until some repairs are made from flooding (on the first whole day in the house too)! I'm looking forward to seeing your setup. - MT
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    That project does the whole concept great justice! It's good to see the whole thing represented. - MT
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    Awesome stuff dudes! I just moved and can't get internet until our house get fixed from flooding (yeah, the first whole day we're at the house)! It's great to stop in and see all this great stuff going down! - MT
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    Great work on the design! I love the paint job too! - MT
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    PM'ed! - MT
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    I have a co-worker with an ultimaker and he is having issues with the software and feed assembly. He says it's a common issue. - MT
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    It's sooo cute! Makes me want to take it and give it a good home. - MT
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