Urashiman

18 hours ago, joscasle said:

Almost finish 

wow man ... that is awesome! Almost like Shuishi Hayashi

8 hours ago, Cheese3 said:

Allll together, I broke its right hand off!need to fix that but it’s base coated 

Nice build! This would be something great for the workbench thread

11 hours ago, derex3592 said:

@pengbuzz - BROH!!! Man, that's AWESOME! Very cool! Great job! 😃

haha! Great man! Even with all the set backs, you got it done! Congratulations!

2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

Odd that the VF-1D is missing from the fighter lineup though.

That would require PLAMAX to tool a new nose, cockpit and canopy. Let's see if they are gonna do it

@MechTech Been a while since I've build one (last one around 2005ish I think). But yeah ... the dope job went kinda bad. Eze Dope low odor makes those white stains. I later read on the internet that one should thin it with water first and then spray it on. Silly me just brushing away like with classic Graupner dope (the super smelly one). I'll know for next time.

@arbit I actually did somewhen in the 90s. Those planes were lost to gravity.

@Goodman Models yeah, quite the fun there. Good I had a bit of glue with me, as some parts flew off during the fun hahaha.

@pengbuzz Good to see you back in the game  

As this was this much fun, my kid urged me to glue together another kit that was sitting dormant in my basement. This thing goes way back...

I think it was originally issues somewhen in the 1980s. It was sitting in my families favourite hobby store for a while as some parts were missing. My brother purchased it for DM 9.99 (around EUR 5.00) in March 1999. I later inherited it by giving him my started BF-109 1/12 dog fight plane (fuselage done, stabilizers done and wings done, just had to be equipted with stuff). Anywere, pictures speak more than words.

It is a lightweight plane made to be equipted with a CO2 engine. Basically an engine that runs on those cream suspender CO2 catridges.

The fuselage is made from styrofoam pressed into shape.

Funfact: The wing ribs are molded from plastic.

The blueprints.

Now something I am really annoyed about. There was supposed to be a German translation to the instructions. Stuff is in Czech language ... I know 5 languages, but none of them are Czech ... anyway. It isn't too much of a hassle, though.

Started with the left wing today. It is a horribly slow build as the wood is warped and has to be but back into shape with water and an iron.

I will build it and leave openings for micro RC servos. I have a small 2S brushless engine and an ESC flying around that will fit this thing.

Just saw this on 1999. The whole original buttom fuselage cover is replaced by the new cover with the fast pack molded onto it.

YF-21 with Fast Pack and Fold Booster went to private warehouse notice

Okay.

It‘s done and it flies.

Almost done with my vintage rubberband kit.

Canopy missing and some stuff on the gear as well as the lacquer stuff to tense up the paper on the nose.

PS: wanted to show you guys this thing.

one huge waterslide decal. Man… that‘ll be a hassle.

edit: okay, another day. Basically ready to fly now.

4 hours ago, Goodman Models said:

Just about to get this off my bench; just a few more small things to finish. 

Oh man ... the boosters - that subtle blueish-green. Nerdgasm

On 9/22/2024 at 7:48 PM, Shawn said:

Thanks for posting that...and make sure to watch the beginning for all the upcoming model releases!

 

dude ... they forgot the YF-21 with fold booster release hahaha

On 9/16/2024 at 5:50 PM, wm cheng said:

Unfortunately its somehow damaged the orange sections underneath the clear coat (the orange areas were Tamiya Acrylic) and gave it a very light crackling crazing.  I think I can sand down carefully the raised folds/cracks but I don't know if I can do anything about the orange sections that have this fine lighter colour cracking that's below the clear coat surface and I can't strip it back without loosing the decals (which I already had a lot of problems with breaking up and definitely do not have enough spares to redo - or want to).  I will see how carefully I can sand down the texture and re-coat, maybe if I can get it smooth again and try to recover and protect, the ink weathering can hide some of the sins?  Don't know if I'll have enough patience for that.

Best of luck man!

@wm cheng that is aweful man…

my rule: never do lacquer colour on top of acrylics.

3 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Heh. If I'm so damned smart, why aren't I rich?

 

We're already doing that (inflation put us right back on the edge we had escaped), and I'm disabled with no hope or ability to work (brain, spine and skeleto-muscular injuries guarantee that).

I appreciate your advice, but we're pretty much cut to the bone  as it stands. The next thing for us is cutting off our internet.

Anyways, please carry on folks. I've taken up enough time here; thanks for listening.

Argh… I wish you all the best then and hope you can make it.

may the odds be forever in your favour.

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

No, I'm done Thom. I don't even have the money for supplies let alone anything on ebay. Inflation's going to kill us.

 

*crawls back under rock with sore arms and hands*

aww man ...

I remember back then, when I was super broke. I basically lived off of cheap ramen (that YumYum Shrimp stuff) for 3.5 years. I couldn't purchase anything else. I had squeezed every last cent out of a Euro, just to make it over the month. Having no money (or very little money) is like the inflation right now. You are struggling to make ends meet.

Best thing to do is to halt everything that isn't necessary, and work your way out of it. That is what I did in the end. I am not saying it is easy. It is really hard. I was doing 14 hour shifts a day, on a crappy paid job, and did every side gig I could just to have a plus at the end of the month on my bank account. The worst thing you can do, is to give up. Staying positive and motivated to do all that hard work is not easy as well, but there is no way around.

@wm cheng thanks! and man, that ostrich looks nice. Now I wanna build mine too, but I got that F-14, the VF-171EX, and the balsa plane in the pipeline at the moment.

@Gabe Q Yeah, I do RC stuff quite often. I am a all in one model hobbyist. Plastic injection kits, RC kits and H0 trains hahaha. (and even Lego/Brick models as a quick "trip").

@pengbuzz I see you dotting there (...) - everything okay?

Haven‘t been posting in a while.

I started building a „re-issue“ of a modellkit from the 1970s, originating from communist Germany!

When I was a little annoyance (read hyperactive kid) I build this thing over and over again. It is run by a jolly ol’ rubberband engine. Anyway, pictures.

New stuff!

3 hours ago, Bolt said:

So there's like 8 of them out there...?

most likely

Pre-ordered one already

20 hours ago, Big s said:

It takes time to prepare a good lobster 

Yeah! Give me the lobsters!

3 hours ago, Albericht said:

Does anyone have a model of the VF-1? I've gone to page five of google trying to find something on the subject. I'm just trying to animate something in blender, and to be honest, that's easier said than done when you can't find a model.

Hey there - well ... depends. There are many models out there. STLs, rips from games and so on. 

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/vf-1-valkyrie

I am just not too sure they are good for animation and so on.

Maybe this thread here is something for you:

On 8/2/2024 at 3:13 AM, Lord Sputnik said:

Thanks for the advice everyone!  I think I've figured out why I stopped writing.  I kept stopping to think "What would the readers like?" and realized that I wasn't liking the story at that point and so it was snuffing out my fire.  I think this story is fine so far since it never had enough views where I was worried about that, but the next chapter is crucial for me since it sets the tone of the typical Macross love triangle.  (Although this is more like a love square with a line from one corner to the other since both the male lead and female lead have their own triangles where their own relationship is a line in each.)

Long story short, I need to write something just for me to get back into the swing of things and write what I love writing.  (Music, mechs, love, and comedy.)

Yay! Show us the good stuff

duh ... no release date yet, and no pricing, but it looks fancy.

Haven‘t posted workbench stuff in a while.

@HWR MKII awesome man!

@nonner242 that is some great work.

@electric indigo looking good!

Here is what I am doing. The kid and I saw folks building mini drift RC cars from Hotwheels on YouTube. So I am having a take on that as well.

I designed a chassis and 3D printed it on my wife’s FDM printer.

Mini Fig for size comparison.

Still needs some adjustments here and there in CAD and then I will work on the engine mount. Need to figure out something for the steering, as the rod there (made from a paper clip), is shifting around horizontally.