Nyankodevice Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) As promised ill be starting the ok im using a Tamiya Modellers Knife, Metal Ruler, adhesive lacquer, syringe w/ blunt needle, Cutting Mat, tweezers, cyanoacrylate Thin (Super glue), a dull needle or similar, and a pair of scissors for rough cutting. the syringe is for easy application and dosage of the glue of cause it doesnt have to Tamiya any model knife can be used, in the end its what you feel most comfortable with. now the super glue is not a must... but i find it very useful in certain situations! the needle is for bevel the paper on foldlines...(if u have absolute no clue as to what i just wrote, tell me and ill post a video of it) now first up, a little fun fact: These are in scale!! and remember: to those of you out there who is also building this model, ask me if u have any trouble with this build... or if you feel that i havent explained a troublesome part, thoroughly enough! what i did firstly was to scan the pages from the original magazine and scale them up from A4 to A3 which changes the size from 50 cm in length to 75 cm thats why it seems so big on my cutting mat, just an info so you dont get confused ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ok here we go! First some simple parts should be straight foreward now this bigger piece, its important to start glueing the big flaps first, to make sure they lineup with the panelines. a friend of mine could not figure out how the next big piece would fit together, it actually to me a couple of glances.. the need to be seperated first this is it for today..... Edited March 24, 2015 by Nyankodevice Quote
Jefuemon Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Definitely will be following this with great interest! I've got the book as well, but I've never done papercraft before. Probably won't tackle it until next winter when it gets too cold to paint. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 just edited first post with more images of my tools and added some that i forgot also a size comparison Quote
abbadon Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Looking interesting already. I'll be following this thread as well. Curious to see how it turns out. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 now lets continue! a bit more progress... what i mean about buffer is having put both sides on first then glue the front last to make sure everything is in level cause it can easily twist.... i managed to correct my mistake... cause my front did skew abit... nothing a knife and superglue couldn't fix though but dang this is gonna be big Quote
jvmacross Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 It's great that you are doing this! I only wish I had the time to build mine along with you! But it's good that your guide will be available for anyone attempting this build in the future. BTW, will you be modifying this to transform? I guess now that you have made copies of all the pieces you can probably do so. Otherwise, it seems that you can only build it in either cruiser or attacker modes...but not both.... Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 It's great that you are doing this! I only wish I had the time to build mine along with you! But it's good that your guide will be available for anyone attempting this build in the future. BTW, will you be modifying this to transform? I guess now that you have made copies of all the pieces you can probably do so. Otherwise, it seems that you can only build it in either cruiser or attacker modes...but not both.... i need to see the finished parts before i decide on anything like that.... now i did learn alot from my previous build... and can be even smarter about it with a possible transformation, however this is a big fella, so ill need to have the insides filled with something which is easy to work with... so ill be trying some different solutions.... perhaps expanding foam... but only if i can figure out how to control it somewhat! ill definitely us magnets again for various parts.... however they are gonna be alot bigger!!! Quote
lavinrac Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 I bought two copies of the book. Still.. considered making a photocopy onto some decent paper and going along with your tutorial with a 'mockup' build. The mockup will be black and white, but as i have never done a papercraft.. I'd feel less bad when i make all the little first-timer mistakes. Is there a weight of paper you'd recommend that will behave nicely? Looking for more specific than just 'cardstock' as those can vary a LOT Thanks.. its looking great already. the attention you put into each step is both impressive and a little daunting. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 I bought two copies of the book. Still.. considered making a photocopy onto some decent paper and going along with your tutorial with a 'mockup' build. The mockup will be black and white, but as i have never done a papercraft.. I'd feel less bad when i make all the little first-timer mistakes. Is there a weight of paper you'd recommend that will behave nicely? Looking for more specific than just 'cardstock' as those can vary a LOT Thanks.. its looking great already. the attention you put into each step is both impressive and a little daunting. Well for The "cardstock" hmmm The paper i buy is Called 250 gram paper... Now this is European measurement... Hope that helps Later when I get home from work, I could go into more detail about strength and weaknesses of different paper thickness Quote
mechaninac Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) ... Still.. considered making a photocopy onto some decent paper and going along with your tutorial with a 'mockup' build. The mockup will be black and white, but as i have never done a papercraft.. I'd feel less bad when i make all the little first-timer mistakes. Is there a weight of paper you'd recommend that will behave nicely? Looking for more specific than just 'cardstock' as those can vary a LOT... This Starship Modeler link might prove useful in addressing some of your questions. Edited March 27, 2015 by mechaninac Quote
UN Spacy Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for sharing...I'll be following this thread with great interest. Quote
MechTech Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for going through this build-it's looking great. I've used styrofoam block for support with projects like this. Expanding foam will litterally blow out your work as it expands-found that out the hard way! A good cheap razor knife will make quick work of the foam. Uhu "Creativ" will glue the foam to the paper.-MT Quote
lavinrac Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Get expanding foam on your hand once. You will never go near it again. ever. *This comment is useless, i apologize.. i just hate that stuff. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 27, 2015 Author Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for going through this build-it's looking great. I've used styrofoam block for support with projects like this. Expanding foam will litterally blow out your work as it expands-found that out the hard way! A good cheap razor knife will make quick work of the foam. Uhu "Creativ" will glue the foam to the paper.-MT Get expanding foam on your hand once. You will never go near it again. ever. *This comment is useless, i apologize.. i just hate that stuff. i will take these into account! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 27, 2015 Author Posted March 27, 2015 dang i really hate that i used a Laser printer for this.... now these are pretty strait forward too... now the Gunsight 1 or Bridge im not to fond of, my preference would be a bit slimmer bridge... the parts though are pretty easy to assemble... now the Battlefield scanner disc is just easy to add some more "flesh" too just add some cardboard in between the 2 disc pieces... Quote
The Old Man Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks for taking the time to do this build thread, will follow with interest. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 ok yet another update now again these next parts shouldnt pose ant problems... _______________________________________________________________________________________ these next parts could be trouble for you guys.... the problem is in the paper.... especially thick paper! when you bevel the paper before a fold you actually add a little width to the piece you are folding, and the bottom piece (white part) has more folds and several parts in the width than the top part (blue) it boils down to the two parts dont fit together in the width!!! Remember to compensate for that!!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ now the front of the macross cannon is pretty straight forward.... next ones also shouldnt pose any problems... more to come soon! Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Lookin good buddy!! Looking forward to the completed SDF-1! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 more parts are done... i can hardly contain myself with all the detail im gonna add to this one.... Quote
abbadon Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Looking good! Can't wait to see the rest of the build! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 at last i have some more time to work on this.... and a little update!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Decided to make the front "spikes" in styrene as part of my "upgrade" for this ship! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 hi again! this time im gonna show you a simple change! didnt like the looks on these!! so this is what i did!! those of you who is building this ship or have plans to build it are welcome to use what changes i make! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 now not much left before assembly!! i devided the glue flaps into smaller ones for better roundness on the keel.. Quote
coronadlux Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Why did you regret using a laser printer? If it's cuz the ink is rubbing off? It actually looks weathered. Quote
Nyankodevice Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 a little progress with some already made alterations and some planned ones! the thrust exhaust is made more wider... in total, with room for verniers 2.6 cm and some size comparison! Quote
Nyankodevice Posted May 11, 2015 Author Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Nice job whipping that paper into shape!-MT thx learned a lot from my previous build.... the more narrow you make glue flaps, the more round you can make a object. Why did you regret using a laser printer? If it's cuz the ink is rubbing off? It actually looks weathered. well its not so much because it looks weathered, gonna paint it anyway... The fold lines are missing in some places... which makes it kinda hard to figure out where exactly i need to fold... the larger the piece the more precise the folds and cuts need to be... Edited May 11, 2015 by Nyankodevice Quote
Nyankodevice Posted May 13, 2015 Author Posted May 13, 2015 back again! Ready for some glue xD made them a bit thicker to have them look like my old SDF-1, also made the holes deeper. and adding more depth and details... heavily modfied Keel... Quote
Nyankodevice Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 Made a minor change here aswell!! the reason for this change is to widen the main cannon a bit... Quote
Nyankodevice Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 finished the Thruster trays and added the extra width to the main gun.... Quote
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