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Good episode 5. I agree with @Big s that it does feel like events are moving a little fast. -
@pengbuzz that's cool!
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Alright, more updates! You'll see in the pics, I started adding the normal bits and pieces here and there, finishing the hull up. Some of those are the wings for the bow. No. Wings on a space battleship feels a bit incongruous to me, which is one reason why I never build the Yamato with them deployed. So those will be deleted. First, I needed to cut some material off from them in order to fill the then open trench in the sides. Those pieces were then glued and fared in. The long PE piece that was going to be the side missile arrays are the perfect size to cover the trenches and those now become forward mounted chaff/flare/decoy dispensers. From there we move to the pods slung under the hull. I had considered grafting the mountings from the kit part to the new housing, but that would be a lot of work, so I decided to just pin them. But first, because the angles are different between the new housing and old kit part, I needed to add material to the struts, otherwise both pods would have a 'toe-in' when they were mounted. The white is the added material. Sandwiched plastic strip and CA, all sanded nice and smooth. Then were then drilled for cut down satin pins to serve as mounting pins. Then I had to mark and drill the spot on the new housing for them, trying to make sure they are even from side to side. I had glued some extra stryene in there to give the glued pins something more the grab onto. I put three pins in per strut. Maybe a little overkill, but it doesn't hurt, and because the pins are all slightly misaligned, there is a comfortable bit of friction to help hold it in place. I'm still going to glue them of course. And a shot of the mounting pins and both pods test-fitted. I think I am close to paint-stage now. Woohoo!! Thom
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I have that pile too! Someday I'll have to start hitting the back-log.
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@Spacecore That lighting looks great! Love the blinkies and can already imagine it recreating that scene!
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That was a good episode.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Sept 6, 2024
Thom replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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I ended up not using nearly any of the PE that was set out. A few pieces here and there was all. I used styrene stock to make some missile hatches down the side below the superstructure and little details on the deck, reminiscent of what was on the original piece. For the base of the superstructure, I replaced the vents that were there (but were damaged) with some from a 1/72 TIe Interceptor, and added some misc shapes and machinery on both sides. And mocked up to see how we're going. Still a few bits to add, but we're getting there! Thom
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Sept 6, 2024
Thom replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Came back from watching 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' and though I like to give movies a bit more leeway, this one... I was sadly disappointed. There's a lot of flash and nostalgia, but the story just wasn't there. That's not to say there was no story, but it was lost amid useless scenes and characters. the most I enjoyed about it, other then Jenna Ortega, was the intro. Sadly this movie should have been cut down and new scenes added to flesh out the two main arcs, that being Astid/Jeremy and Lydia/Beetlejuice/Delores. My suggestion, wait for it on streaming. -
RIP, Mr. Jones.
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Thank you! I appreciate the offer, but the scale would be off too, as this is 1/1000. Although, compared to the old version, which was 1/700, there is still not much of a size difference.
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Problems with decals or not, that is a gorgeous looking model! This is the one from DYRL, right, cause if I remember correctly, they didn't have the Ostrich in the original Macross series.
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I'm pretty sure I've seen here where one of our esteemed fellow modellers did do a bridge dio. It was pretty neat!
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Figures always give a great sense of scale, not that I have any. Figures that is, not sense of scale! Although, sometimes my sense of scale...
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@Wewyllenium Some nice paint effects on the Barrier parts. @F18LEGIOSS2 Nice! Is this 1/72 or /48?
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Could be! Anything, really! And I am calling the added sides as done! They are as 'smoothed' in as I am going to be able to get them. You will notice I finally sanded down the two bumps on either side. I felt they fitted more on the Yamato/Ginga than the Argonaut, and they were getting a little damaged from all the work.😉 I also scrounged through the PE collection and found a few bits that might come in handy. I will not be going crazy with this! Honest! And the Viper launch tubes from the BSG Pegasus fret should work pretty well as some broadside missile launchers. Need to start detailing this! Thom
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Don't stay under the rock too long. Times are tough, but hopefully they will get better quick for you. Rest your limbs but keep the old mind active. And don't stay away, for we need our 'Peng of Wisdom!'
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Ah, understood. We do what we can. It's like me wanting to get that 1/700 League of Extraordinary Gentleman Nautilus again. I had two, both gone years ago to pay bills, and now, ho wow $$$$$!!🤯 If not the model (paper or otherwise) how about a toy blimp? There's a Buddy L toy blimp on eBay for about $20. Thom
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@pengbuzz I know the feeling. As I, myself, am one sad sack! But don't let our Communal Sackness get you down! As for the blimp, can it be finished as a 'static' model? And have you considered starting with a paper model for version 2? I haven't seen any, yet, for the Goodyear blimp, but there are some out there that look close and can, perhaps, be fudged to look like it. And working in card stock might be a bit cheaper than the tape, with cardboard bracing on the inside for added rigidity. https://currell.net/models/mod_free.htm https://papermau.blogspot.com/2015/09/lz-129-hindenburg-german-airship-paper.html https://ecardmodels.com/product/1-800-zrs-4-uss-akron-paper-model/
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Hey, @pengbuzz, it's always good to concentrate more on the successes than the ones that don't make it. But still, if you got to vent, vent away. No better place to do so than with other modelers!😉
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Nice to see they are still making models for Macross Zero! Odd though that the VF-19 Fast Pack - has no boosters...
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Yup, easier! I traced the basic shape onto Scotch tape and transferred that to blank plastic. That was then cut out, and the barbette removed from the original kit part before being grafted into the new deck. Once it was glued down, the edges were sanded into the shape. You'll note there is no aft deck, because I though I could save that part... But it was too worn and the detail on it damaged, so a new one was made in the same fashion. And yes, there is an ugly hole there were the mounting for the superstructure goes down through, but that will be covered up by said superstructure. That after deck part was then glued to the superstructure, so that I could still paint the greeblies underneath it. The orange parts are from Gundam kits, the kits that keep on giving, and there is some ribbed styrene between then to act as roll-aside doors. I don't know whether those could be vents, thrusters, tail light...? Thom
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A lot of masking, but well worth it @wm cheng!
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The Amazon show is alt-universe stuff. If they were to do it exactly as in the Silmaillion, it would take twenty* seasons. *this is just an offhand guess, but maybe not too far off.
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Would love one of those in 1/72!
