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Quick update... I'm almost done with the 1/60 drone, and the 1/72 is right behind it. Luckily I got faster curing rubber, or I'd still be midway through the first kit. I will begin color matching the resin very soon for the 1/60 and 1/72 scale parts. I have the decals ready for print, but haven't actually done that yet, as I need new ink. Those will be done this week though. Stay tuned.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Jasonc replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Sorry it took so long. It's hard to see with the color it is.
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Ah, OK. I thought about it after I posted and thought it might be from the movie, but couldn't remember if that was done in the t.v. show as well. Good to know. Thanks for the clarification.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Jasonc replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I'll post it up once I get home from work. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Jasonc replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yes, it's from a dated resin kit. It's not the greatest kit of Misa, but it does come with a 1/1 scale song plate, the one that she translates for Minmay when she sings Ai Oboeteimasuka (sp?) To me, that's the real prize of that kit. -
I'm trying to get the clear canopy thing for this. Was the mass production unit with a clear canopy, or is it just for gits and shiggles? I do like it, just a bit confused as to where it came from. If from the movie, no problem. I just don't remember.
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More. Just posting for sake of letting you guys know that I'm not slackin, lol.
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More work done last night. More to do today. The work continues. Small parts are halfway done (the molds)...right intake cover is done. The wing is going to be a nightmare to recast, but it'll get there.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Jasonc replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Not much, but I'm happy with them. All at a very good price, too.
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Very excited for this one. I like this one over the 0S simply because of the real world coloring to it. These releases are killing the wallet though.
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There really isn't any loss in detail. The rubber forms around the plastic with minimal shrinkage, and will create an exact copy. My only challenge is that these are complicated pieces to recast, so creating a good angle and pour spot are crucial. Going to do some of the smaller parts today, and the tail and intake.
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OK, it's not a lot of progress, but I'm working with a stronger, longer lasting rubber with a quicker curing time, so that I can get the same quality, but at a faster pace. so far, it looks like it's coming out well. the pressure tank is doing well in keeping bubbles out of it. This one just needs the resin pour spout.
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At this point, you might as well demand a refund and write on the blacklist thread, especially since there's been no communication in so long, yeah, it's probably been well past refund time.
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Hoping to. Gotta work on one part, but the rest will be gearing for a great recast.
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I now have the parts, and have been doing some assessment on how to best recast these parts. Since I'm working 9-12 a day, This week has been shot, but I will be doing some of the molds this weekend. At the same time, I'm going to be testing the dye to get the right orange.
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If you use metal hinge pins, like Yamato, you can probably search amazon, and see what would work best, or in the case of the Yamato pins (the good ones), I can take a measurment and tell you what pins those are. I'll need to get my digital caliper out for them, but those are in mm. For the wing to not droop, there's an easy design to prevent that, that would make it flush with the body when deployed, but be able to fold inward only. Don't remember the exact term for the design, but I'm sure you are already aware of it, Xigrid. I'd be more worried about the landing gear. That's work.
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In thinking of how it could work, if there's line art of where the boosters connect, I'd maybe make them to where they connect via friction (ala the hardpoints on the Arcadia wings on two ends or where they're supposed to fit. For the folding wings, maybe designing a place for a metal hinge like the older V.2 Yamato??? Just quick ideas.
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Yep, I had to do the exact same thing. I did manage to tweak mine a bit so that they actually fit with the helmet. While it doesn't go as far down as I'd like, it does manage to just cover the entire front of the helmet. I thought about doing a vacuform piece that would be perfect, but it's too much work for something that these seem to do just fine, or fine enough.
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Making some of the lesser known vehicles from SDFM
Jasonc replied to SpacePirateNeko's topic in Model kits
If any of this came in 1/60, I'd be interested. -
As long as it's mixed properly, and is a good quality resin, it should be fine. Resins come in a wide variety of properties and types. Some have enough aluminum in them to give them a very hard and almost metal type of feel, while some are softer and can have some play with a slight rubber like property. I'm familiar with this resin, and it's very good quality, and not cheap. I'm sure you can expect good recasts from this. Besides, IF (and a big if) you happen to put this near a hot spot and a part sags. really hot water will solve the problem. I've never had that issue with this resin.
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This kit has way fewer parts than a model kit, and to be honest, seeing the parts here, this can't be any easier to put together. I've worked with resin that cures in white, which means this thing pretty much comes in the proper color. Going by the other parts, the seem like simple mask and paint. If what's stopping you is putting a few pieces together, then there's not much anyone can help you with. This is really like kit building pre 101 when it comes to the parts, by observation. And to add, resin isn't much different than regular ABS, especially the smooth-on white resin.
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The same way you build model kits. Resin works almost exactly the way regular model kits work. Clean up the part, primer, paint, if you even need to. There's not a lot of painting that needs to go into this, so this should be a good intro to resin kits.
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Who would the natural enemies be to the Proto Devlin?
Jasonc replied to Zinjo's topic in Movies and TV Series
The only enemy to the Protodeviln was really the inability to produce animals spiritia. -
Parts are just about done, which means, barring no emergencies, I can start making the molds for these next Monday, and hopefully start recasting same weekend, if not next weekend. really excited about how it's all looking. these should come out real clean.
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It is just about identical to the VF-1 in length it seems, but with much more body and less wing. The functions of how the missile bays open, the fast packs, etc. It's all pretty cool.
