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Huh. Well, now I have yet another reason to love Tamashi stands! Very nifty idea. Thanks! Oh yeah, are you just supergluing the plastic sheet to the paper or do you use another glue for that? I was thinking maybe epoxy myself but would need to rough up the glue side beforehand. Again thanks!

Yes... super glue (Cyano Acrylate) bonds extremely well with paper... (into the paper, to be more exact) also bonds well on styrene....

epoxy i imagine would be good in cases where your paper parts are bumpy, and you need to fill out the gaps. :ph34r:

hope that helps ;)

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Something I thought of after posting that is from past experience epoxy really wets paper, so to speak. It would likely be hard to secure styrene sheets to a completed part cos the paper would buckle. I would almost have to glue the plastic on before folding the parts together if I did that... yeah will probably stick with super glue.

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Superglue is the best! I was gluing carbon fiber parts together with epoxy. Clean the joints, mix the epoxy, spread the epoxy and clamp the parts to sit overnight. Then I used superglue and it was STRONGER, faster and better (like the Six Million Dollar Man) :lol: - MT

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Yeah I just finished reading your Deadalus build. I have used epoxy for connections where alot of strength is needed(connecting a scratchbuilt T shaped pylon to the Enterprise secondary hull for my kitbash) because for applications like that its better than super glue because CA has strength in a "vertical" plane (IE pulling apart) whereas epoxy has strength in both "vertical and horizontal" directions. But epoxy is wetter than superglue and will soak the paper where CA won't. The downside to CA is that I will need to use alot.😊

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i have come to the point where i have to think about how to connect the parts together... :o

starting with the upper leg parts... :5:

the idea i have is supposed to be these giant cables and actuators, possibly

hydraulics surrounded by various tubes and cable or something...

coming out of this hole and connect to the mid-ship

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this idea is still not final.... ;)

maybe ill have the actuators actually work, for a possible transformation later on...

that is still not desided either :ph34r:

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  • 2 months later...

wow i have some progress to show you... B))

as my Queadluun Rau is almost done...

ill start this one up again, from a much needed brake...

i have started giving it more detail... :D

for now its not gonna transform.... :wacko:

however.... :blink:

i know my self well enough to know that... i might change my mind later :o:p so fickle! :rolleyes:

therefore i make sure to add the basic mechanism for that now.

now i add the regular details, later ill add all the irregular details.

NOTE: the photo etch is from 1/3000 DYRL SDF-1 from Yamato

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Wow this is coming along incredibly. The amount f work you are putting into it is superhuman, I built mine as the no frills, stock version in Attacker mode and it took me 21 days of the most grueling cutting, folding, and pasting work I have ever done in my life. You are taking this to a whole new mind blowing level. When you're done it should be put in a museum!

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made the "leg" connections or connectors if you will...

more pictures of them soon.. once they are more refined.. :rolleyes:

but im very exited that the main engine housing are attachable without the use of magnets :D

even being able to hold all that weight :o

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made the "leg" connections or connectors if you will...

more pictures of them soon.. once they are more refined.. :rolleyes:

but im very exited that the main engine housing are attachable without the use of magnets :D

even being able to hold all that weight :o

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The Designers at Bandai and Arcadia are scratching their heads & saying.... "How the hell do we make ours this awesome?"

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The Designers at Bandai and Arcadia are scratching their heads & saying.... "How the hell do we make ours this awesome?"

Now this I can back this up, It would like what? Take me 5 years to complete this, its SERIOUSLY amazing.

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wow...

been so focused on the main ship that i keep forgetting

about the "shoulders" and the smaller crafts... :o

been busying my self with the shoulders today... ^_^

covered them in styrene and added the cannon mount.

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didn't think i would have the shoulders done to this extend already...

but i was on a roll when it came to the mathematical calculations (Estimated Guesses) :huh::p

so they are... the pictures says it all... B))

need the actuators which i have already made the shape for... :D

the submarine in the background belongs to my friend who comes by often

to have company when building his models... :rolleyes:

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