Photogirl Posted October 14, 2020 Posted October 14, 2020 this makes all 4. i couldn't not get it. Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 14, 2020 Posted October 14, 2020 16 hours ago, Chronocidal said: I don't have many photos handy for pasting it into, but I can at least mask around the plane Well, I ran an experiment with your model (decided to take a crack at this for ya!) and got the following: Quote
arbit Posted October 14, 2020 Posted October 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, Photogirl said: this makes all 4. i couldn't not get it. You are now SDF-1girl. And if I only had the space... Quote
Thom Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, pengbuzz said: Well, I ran an experiment with your model (decided to take a crack at this for ya!) and got the following: Arbit, nice work! Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Thom said: Arbit, nice work! Thanks! Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 That looks pretty good. The scenery could actually pass for the island of Mayan! Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: That looks pretty good. The scenery could actually pass for the island of Mayan! That's what I was thinking when I saw it! Quote
Dobber Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Thom said: Arbit, nice work! That is very well done. My only criticism is the engine glow, personally don’t like that. If that wasn’t there it would look completely real. Chris Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Dobber said: That is very well done. My only criticism is the engine glow, personally don’t like that. If that wasn’t there it would look completely real. Chris Easily fixed: (Good thing I save everything in layers!) Edited October 15, 2020 by pengbuzz Quote
mechaninac Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 My 2 cents on the VF-0D composite image, to improve what is already a fantastic effort: Add a subtle soft translucent glow to hint at lit engines, and a blur effect to simulate exhaust heart distortion trailing the nozzles. Quote
Thom Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 It's also close to the water and there is a visible mist in the distance. Perhaps some slight contrails off the wing tips..? And I mean almost invisible. Quote
NZEOD Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 12:04 PM, pengbuzz said: Well, I ran an experiment with your model (decided to take a crack at this for ya!) and got the following: My new screen saver Quote
NZEOD Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 OK question on the vernier nozzles on our fighters... is the reaction mass that they eject hot or cold? Working on a VF4 and was black jet exhaust shading round the bits I thought needed it then look another look and thought... what if its not a flammable propellant mix?? Quote
NZEOD Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/13/2020 at 1:54 AM, derex3592 said: Got the Cat's Eye pilots painted and into the cockpit. I just picked colors at random. Did my best. resin is hard for me to paint by hand with acrylics... clear cockpit pieces are still a problem. not sure how that's gonna get resolved. Hopefully next weekend I can get the plane repainted though! if thats the moscato kit, the canopies came with the molding plugs so you should be able to make some from that. If you dont have them all the rest of us that have that kit will have them Quote
MechTech Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 @pengbuzz That looks awesome Pengbuzz! That is the perfect backdrop. Who knows what lurks beneath the waters... I'd agree with adding distorted blur behind the the engines and slight vapor condensation off the wingtips. Then you wouldn't know if it was real or not. - MT Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 Appreciate the compliments folks; unfortunately, having some major issues with Photoshop. So someone else is going to have to take that part on. Sorry. Quote
Rock Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 11:33 AM, electric indigo said: Christmas came early: Now I'm prepped for the second lockdown... R, I've started on the mini EX-S last week too! I'm just noticing that the backpack of the 1/48 is of the S-Gundam [Bst] configuration given the 4 beam cannons. The alignment mark on the back piece make me think this is literally a digitally up-scaled kit from a 3d model. It has taken some tricky pinning on mine to get everything solid and still modular enough to easily remove for painting and cleanup. -K Quote
derex3592 Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Box came in the mail today... I blame @MechTechentirely for this... EDIT.. less than two minutes later.... Edited October 17, 2020 by derex3592 CAT Quote
electric indigo Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 @Rock Cool, do you plan to integrate the bust into the old MG? I have that resin kit too, but have not compared it to the 1/48 version yet. It's from the same sculptor, so it'd be no surprise if it uses the same 3d data. The large kit depicts the model from the Sentinel book cover, hence the 4 cannons. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/16/2020 at 1:34 AM, NZEOD said: OK question on the vernier nozzles on our fighters... is the reaction mass that they eject hot or cold? Working on a VF4 and was black jet exhaust shading round the bits I thought needed it then look another look and thought... what if its not a flammable propellant mix?? Well, on the Harrier and F-35, it's just "hot jet compressor air" ducted to the tips. No chemicals etc, just "air". But on a shuttle etc, it's just a very tiny rocket motor firing. A valkyrie is kinda both a jet plane and a spacecraft, so.....? Quote
Thom Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 2 hours ago, derex3592 said: Box came in the mail today... I blame @MechTechentirely for this... EDIT.. less than two minutes later.... Cats will be cats and that's what we love about them. At least he let you get the model out first..? Quote
Rock Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: @Rock Cool, do you plan to integrate the bust into the old MG? I have that resin kit too, but have not compared it to the 1/48 version yet. It's from the same sculptor, so it'd be no surprise if it uses the same 3d data. The large kit depicts the model from the Sentinel book cover, hence the 4 cannons. That was the original plan. I'm not sure it works for the S-Gundam though. The resin parts are much smaller than the MG kit creating a bad look. It might be more favorable for an Ex-S as the smaller torso and head are really needed on the original MG. I grabbed the 1.5 MG earlier this year to maybe see if that creates a better look. I used to have a link to Barber's Ex-S build of the MG that was done in the Fix Figuration portion/styling. In that he significantly increase the shoulder size to create the look in height and width. I may have to figure something else out as it is quite daunting to do so with the MG's transformation throughly intergrated into the early frame. Quote
electric indigo Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 If I pick up my MG again, I'll take Naoki's route (minus the excessive details). IMO he makes it look good without changing the head. Longer upper arms & legs are easy, but widening the shoulders are the main challenge. Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) UPDATE: Progress is slow but steady on the new transforming fighter design: Right now, I'm still piecing together the transform and how components will fit together in all 3 modes. Once that's accomplished, then it's on to refining the look of the mech in fighter, gerwalk and battroid modes. The "VF-1ness" of the nose is only temporary; I'll be redoing that as I skin the fighter and blend everything together. The arms are an undecided point, as I'm not sure right now where they will fit into the transformation scheme, let alone the joints and placement for them. Everything is rough at this point and nothing is spoken for; "skinning" is coming up once the main assemblies are finished. The head cover will be inspired by the YF-21, but I want to take it to "the next level" and really make this one something unnerving and unearthly, while trying to still keep it "UN SPACY" if you will. A bit of a balancing act... especially when stealth is a major component of this one. Stay tuned... Edited October 18, 2020 by pengbuzz Quote
MechTech Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) @pengbuzz Sorry to hear that! Hopefully you can get it sorted soon. Your model is starting to look cool! @NZEOD None of the artwork I've seen shows any trace of burning around the nozzles. Perhaps they're from compressed air? Some aircraft have compressors on them for pneumatic actuators, why not vernier thrusters? @derex3592 How is your cat in your box my fault! I think you'll love the kit, I'm tempted to get one myself. I got a tiny /144 F-86 for a club build (Godzilla). My cat couldn't fit inside the box, so he put just his front paws into it and curled up while crushing it! Needed something small to bring to our model club meeting, so I brought this tiny 1/60 scale Scope Dog. The sculpture is awesome, but the plastic is the ABSOLUTE WORST! It is so brittle, I went to show my son by breaking a piece of sprue and it shattered into pieces hitting him! So is the model - beyond brittle! Solvent glue and CA do not work properly on it. It would have been done by now, but I have to keep fixing things that break or come unglued. I had to make new armor flaps from other styrene to cover the calves because the originals broke just putting them on. Then they couldn't be repaired. I filed a piece of sprue to make new flaps (which also broke). When plastics get warm they let off a scent. This is NOT normal styrene and its definitely not ABS - It's evil! WAVE made it in Japan, but I think they used cheap import junk to cast it. Gotta go back and repair everything - somehow. - MT Edited October 18, 2020 by MechTech Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, MechTech said: @pengbuzz Sorry to hear that! Hopefully you can get it sorted soon. Your model is starting to look cool! @NZEOD None of the artwork I've seen shows any trace of burning around the nozzles. Perhaps they're from compressed air? Some aircraft have compressors on them for pneumatic actuators, why not vernier thrusters? @derex3592 How is your cat in your box my fault! I think you'll love the kit, I'm tempted to get one myself. I got a tiny /144 F-86 for a club build (Godzilla). My cat couldn't fit inside the box, so he put just his front paws into it and curled up while crushing it! Needed something small to bring to our model club meeting, so I brought this tiny 1/60 scale Scope Dog. The sculpture is awesome, but the plastic is the ABSOLUTE WORST! It is so brittle, I went to show my son by breaking a piece of sprue and it shattered into pieces hitting him! So is the model - beyond brittle! Solvent glue and CA do not work properly on it. It would have been done by now, but I have to keep fixing things that break or come unglued. I had to make new armor flaps from other styrene to cover the calves because the originals broke just putting them on. Then they couldn't be repaired. I filed a piece of sprue to make new flaps (which also broke). When plastics get warm they let off a scent. This is NOT normal styrene and its definitely not ABS - It's evil! WAVE made it in Japan, but I think they used cheap import junk to cast it. Gotta go back and repair everything - somehow. - MT Was wondering if perhaps you should try molding it and making a casting of it? Quote
Thom Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 Looking good @pengbuzz! Gonna like seeing this progress. @MechTech How can something so small, cause so much trouble..? Unless using it as a master makes it disintegrate, perhaps that's the better use for it! Quote
MechTech Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks @pengbuzz and @Thom. I don't think this thing will stay together to make ANYTHING out of it Even the tabs in the arms allowing it to move broke from just a minimal bit of friction. It's sad because it will go great with all my 1/72 scale stuff. We'll see how it goes. It's insane just how BAD the plastic is! - MT Quote
arbit Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 9:33 PM, MechTech said: This is NOT normal styrene and its definitely not ABS - It's evil! WAVE made it in Japan, but I think they used cheap import junk to cast it. Strange. I find Wave kits to be sturdy styrene. Does the box look like this (so we can avoid this line? https://www.ebay.com/itm/VOTOMS-Scopedog-Round-Mover-ATM-09-ST-Wave1-60-Model-Kit-Series-No-01/154076931252?hash=item23dfb364b4:g:zo4AAOSwg6JfVYo2 Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) UPDATE: main body and transform progressing: The arms are not at an "ideal" spot transform wise, but this is the best I can do without ripping the whole thing to pieces and basically starting over. So, just going to incorporate them into the design in this configuration (the stealth feature on this one is an "active" type that should circumvent any issues). Aside from redoing the nose,everything else has been relatively smooth. BTW: these colors are not the final; I'm planning something else entirely. Now I need to decide on how to plan out the head turret config; also, need to add plastic to the chest: Stay tuned... Edited October 19, 2020 by pengbuzz Quote
MechTech Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 IMPORTANT SCOPEDOG UPDATE @arbit Thanks Arbit. I have the Red Shoulder. UPDATE - I have a second kit, #5 in the series. I opened it up just now to check it. The styrene in there seems fine. It looks like I got a bad batch of styrene or something else happened to it. So I think everyone is safe. It's the first time in decades of building it has ever happened to me. I guess I can't complain @pengbuzz Your creation is coming along nicely! - MT Quote
electric indigo Posted October 21, 2020 Posted October 21, 2020 Do you think it's a good time to pitch my Star Wars 1946 script to Disney? "They're coming in too fast!..." Quote
Thom Posted October 21, 2020 Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: Do you think it's a good time to pitch my Star Wars 1946 script to Disney? "They're coming in too fast!..." Those are so cute! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted October 21, 2020 Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 6:33 PM, electric indigo said: Christmas came early: Now I'm prepped for the second lockdown... where did you buy this! and are there any more? Quote
Nyankodevice Posted October 21, 2020 Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) ups Edited October 21, 2020 by Nyankodevice Quote
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