charger69 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) July, 20th Update: The assembly manual for the drone fighter is available: -on issuu : http://issuu.com/xig...er_instructions or -dropbox : https://www.dropbox....ctions.pdf?dl=0 Painted version: The painted version will come partially assembled through steps: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 and 7a only. So you will have to assemble the wings (step 5), slide the laser and snap the drone upper nose in (steps 6 and 7b) August, 2nd: Important info: From now, the 1:60 drone orders are CLOSED because the molds would not support any additional casting unit we need. So anyone who would like a 1:60 drone would be put on a waiting list until we reach a confortable number to make the new molds. That would be 10 or something like that. Still take orders for 1:72 drones unpainted, but I will ask full payment from now. Pre-orders as of August, 17th: Send a PM to Xigfrid or reply to this thread to secure a resin kit of the drone fighter. Minimum number for pre-orders reached! Project is a GO!! 1/60 kits: 3x wmkjr (+1x painting) 2x charger69 (+2x painting) 1x CoreyD (+1x painting) 1x spanner76 (+1x painting) 1x DarkArchon3000 (+1x painting also 1x 1/72 unpainted) 1x Mommar (+1x painting) 1x MacrossJunkie 3x Kicker773 (+2x painting) 1x anubis20 (+1x painting) 1x Murphy 1x Loop (+1x painting) 1x Sharon Intel (+1x painting) 2x Bolt 1x Lorindor (+1x painting) 1x Golden Arms (+1x painting) 1x claude grant (+1x painting) 1/72 kits: 1x GMK 1x Jefuemon 1x cool8r 1x DarkArchon3000 (also 1x 1/60) 2x Major Focker 1x Mintox 1x ahiachris 2x neptunesurvey 1x azrhino 1x baxojay 1x Grayson72 1x ichijo JUNE 26th, 2015 UPDATE The kits will be made in the USA by Jasonc (from this forum), so the shipping cost to continental US would stay low. Price is fixed to both scale to $85 USD. An immediate payment of $50 USD to secure a kit will be requestd, this will pay for the mold material, the rest: $35 + shipping will be asked when the kit will be ready. - Drone Fighter in resin of 15 parts to be assembled and painted. You need to specify the desired scale between 1/60 and 1/72. - We need a minimum of 20 kits in pre-order to launch a production in one scale, if this number is not reached, we will have to adjust the price if possible. - Most of the kit will be casted in the orange/tomato colored resin so very little painting would be needed - Jasonc is offering a painting service for an additional $30. - Mimics: Camera rotation has been removed, the Laser canon can slide as described previously, the hanging lever rotates and can be deployed. - A basic decalc sheet is planned and would be added to the kit. - The stand adapter is not included, but you can ask for it or order it directly from Shapeways for $5, or just use what you want to display it! Few details may be forgot in the description, but the main description is there, and nothing is definitive until Xigfrid ask for pre-payments. So just tell us what you want and in which quantity of each kit! The 1/48 scale drone kit available NOW in Xigfrid shop on shapeways in WSF. The kit is composed of 11 parts for the entire drone, plus a Yamato Stand adapter if you want a display solution. It is also recommended to order the laser canon in Steel instead of WSF, but it works pretty well in WSF. Link to 1/48 Kit: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/xigfrid3dshop?section=Drone+Fighter+1%3A48&s=0 After seeing so many succesfull 3D printing projects here, I have a project request from 3D Printing Masters here How about a 3D Printed Macross Plus Drone Fighter? We already have AIM-225 Missiles from Arcadia YF-19 for reference, so it could be a little bit easier to model the drone in 3D! DF lenght's is about 12m, so it is 20cm in 1/60th scale... http://macross2.net/m3/macrossplus/dronefighter.htm Some reference images from M3! AIM-225 from Arcadia YF-19 Look, what I've found, we already have a 3D model! http://eastcoastcanuck.deviantart.com/art/Missile-Drone-Macross-380052949 Edited September 4, 2015 by charger69 Quote
Major Focker Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 if this gets off the ground, i'll take: 1x1/60 2x1/72 3x1/144 Quote
Loop Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Oh man, this looks good. Are you thinking of tackling the Ghost X9 also? Quote
cypherxv Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 If this or any other macross models get done I'd like to get them in 1/285 also known as 6mm. Quote
GU-11 Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Sounds interesting. Edited April 6, 2015 by GU-11 Quote
Mommar Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 And after making the drones, make a 1/60 Starwing to go with it so we can strap four of these drones onto it's wings... Quote
Xigfrid Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 What does the Japanese text says about the small rear trap? Quote
electric indigo Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 These things aren't supposed to land, I assume? Quote
charger69 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) And after making the drones, make a 1/60 Starwing to go with it so we can strap four of these drones onto it's wings... Approximate wing span of the SB-10 Starwing would be 116cm in 1/60th scale! Edited April 8, 2015 by charger69 Quote
charger69 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Someone even made a VB-10! (It has some Gundam 00 - Regnant vibe in it!) Edited April 8, 2015 by charger69 Quote
Benson13 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 design it in pieces. 3ft 9inches isn't to bad. Also make sure it can also be used as a boomerang. Quote
ce25254 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) What does the Japanese text says about the small rear trap? I believe it's 地上射出用ブースター取り付け用ハッチ：Hatch for mounting booster for ground launch Edited April 8, 2015 by ce25254 Quote
Xigfrid Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 I believe it's 地上射出用ブースター取り付け用ハッチ：Hatch for mounting booster for ground launch It seems like a perfect match! thanks I am working slowly on a model, but I believe that Arcadia should do a mold of it together with the X-9 and reap money off these! Quote
Mommar Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Approximate wing span of the SB-10 Starwing would be 116cm in 1/60th scale! I was largely making fun of the "request." Since I don't have the skill to make the X-9 why would I ask anybody else to make it? I could make a suggestion for a project, but that's different. So the joke was being greedy and asking someone to make a 4 ft plastic toy. Quote
charger69 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Posted April 9, 2015 Why I ask to anybody else? That's easy: promote an idea... Quote
Kurisama Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 I have a model of this somewhere on an old hdd, before I started making 3D prints. Might have to track that hdd down. Quote
spanner Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 After seeing so many succesfull 3D printing projects here, I have a project request from 3D Printing Masters here How about a 3D Printed Macross Plus Drone Fighter? We already have AIM-225 Missiles from Arcadia YF-19 for reference, so it could be a little bit easier to model the drone in 3D! DF lenght's is about 12m, so it is 20cm in 1/60th scale... http://macross2.net/m3/macrossplus/dronefighter.htm Some reference images from M3! AIM-225 from Arcadia YF-19 Look, what I've found, we already have a 3D model! http://eastcoastcanuck.deviantart.com/art/Missile-Drone-Macross-380052949 This is very cool! I'd definitely be up for at least one in 1/60! Looks awesome! Especially if it can accept current VF missile sets too! Quote
Xigfrid Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) I have a model of this somewhere on an old hdd, before I started making 3D prints. Might have to track that hdd down. I've almost finished a simple version of it, I would like to have a look at yours too! In the mean time I began studying the X-9 and couldn't find a proper top view of the ghost, so I had to make one from the 3/4 top view. From the first comparison peaks, I told myself that this thing is big! This is the draft printed to 1/60 scale (with the ghost being 14m long /60= 23.33cm) Edited April 25, 2015 by Xigfrid Quote
Kurisama Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 X-9 lookin' fine! I've always wanted to make one too - but the line art isn't the best. Plus the scale is all out whack - I'd say yours looks great in scale - and I would've got about the same scale - BUT with the ventral view with the HMM bay... it is either much, much bigger than the stats say OR it has it's own type of HMM, much smaller than on the valkyries. Quote
MILKAUTICO Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I've almost finished a simple version of it, I would like to have a look at yours too! In the mean time I began studying the X-9 and couldn't find a proper top view of the ghost, so I had to make one from the 3/4 top view. From the first comparison peaks, I told myself that this thing is big! This is the draft printed to 1/60 scale (with the ghost being 14m long /60= 23.33cm) IMG_7556.JPG IMG_7548.JPG IMG_7559.JPG IMG_7558.JPG IMG_7547.JPG IMG_7557.JPG Some pics of a friend ( Javier Cossio) who makes models with cardboard and epoxy putty, really an artist and Macross Fan https://www.facebook.com/javier.cossio.94/media_set?set=a.1630493977162454.1073741841.100006056021470&type=1 I hope someday follow modeling again, I must ask you to design the VA-3. Quote
Ahab Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) Man, this really makes me want to dig up my old Mac Drone and finish it! This was a project I started in 2008(?) Oh man.... Edited April 26, 2015 by Ahab Quote
Chronocidal Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Just curious, did they dramatically shrink the ghosts for Frontier? They're almost identical, save for a few fins and probes and surface details, but they seem much smaller than those dimensions. Quote
Xigfrid Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Being at the "fixing design" stage with the X-9 for its 3D model, I can tell now that X-9 and Frontiers QF-4000 seem similar but overall are very different: almost like a VF-0 seems to be a larger VF-1, but the proportions and details are slightly changed Quote
Xigfrid Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 a few pics of the work in progress, total length is 20 cm (1/60): Quote
GU-11 Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 @Xigrid: Very nice! If I may ask, what software is that? Looks like Sketchup, but I can't be sure. Quote
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