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Looks great. I was wondering where that valk girl was. Love your painting.

This shot is for you guys. Feel free to point out all my non-canon mistakes in the Model Kits thread 

Thanks guys. She is up! Lots more to do, but we're getting there. 

On 10/23/2019 at 10:21 AM, Checkmate said:

Done with my 1:35 INGRAM2 with custom LEDs for cockpit and monocle.

Very nicely done paint work. How did you set up the photography with the leds?

Hi Shawn, Thanks for your kind words. I really appreciate it.

Bit by bit, it's starting to come together. 

The last gear on the Prometheus Flight Deck! 

I would appreciate your comments and feedback.

I've finally finished the last gear on my Prometheus Flight Deck. I tried to make a rolling garage, but it can't close horizontally , only vertically like a car garage. So I went with Mechtech's approach and it did the trick. I used duct tape as my mesh to hold the door styrne strips together, and learned that neither epoxy nor super glue adheres to duct tape! That was a puzzle... Once I figured that out,  I super glued the timing belt directly on the styrene and it stuck like a champ. 

Next I need to build the interior of the lift and make a big box for the thing.

Nice progress!

Looks great. Can't wait to see it painted.

18 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

While I can't compete with that massive Legioss (which is awesome by the way!) I finally had time to put together my 1/4000 SDF-1 kit. Painting & decals over the weekend. 

Cool. Interested to see what you do with it. You've got some nice painting skills. 

Even though my desktop looks like this these days, not sure I need this little kit. I'm waiting for a SOC Chogokin version.

CHAVAKAISER, Does that transform?

Checkmate, which Ingram is that? I have one and a Pit Road vehicle planning to light up eventually.

I slowed down the motor for the Deflectors. Starting to make some progress now that major issues are solved.

I slowed down the Blast Deflectors a bit. And some progress on the base.

46 minutes ago, MechTech said:

Arbit - That came out great! Nice and smooth too. The HMS Invincible class carriers used the same scissor lifts too for their aircraft elevators. I got to see one up close.

Ha! I didn't know that. 

So the third gear in this project is finally solved and I am super psyched about it. I've been researching and scheming and plotting how to solve this for about a year.  One more gear to go.

The scissors lift dimensions are 9:10 ratio for the short legs and long legs, to get a level surface. All the holes and supports also have to be symmetrical.

Little motors can't lift this. I ended up using the strongest N20 motor I could find at 12V 60RPM, and added a compound gear to get it lifting above 200 grams, which is what I need for the valk. The compound gear is a beast, my new best friend saved the day. 

I scribed  the elevator shaft by hand into the Trumpeter flight deck. My hands still ache. It was awful work, so I split it up over several days.

Test fit looks about right. Lots more to do...

This is what I'm up to in my dark cave. Took a lot of trial and error to get the right motor and gear set up, given that I don't know physics and how to calculate torque or the stall weight on this contraption. But it got done finally.

Another Pengbuzz special! Looks great.

Question: Are there knock offs of the Sentinel Riobot VR bikes? I see some low prices on Ebay and didn't want to accidentally get a KO version.  Thanks.

7 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

The prints are hollow but feel very sturdy.

They're hollow? Okay that has me interested. How thick would you estimate the shell is? 2-3mm or even thicker? Rough estimate. 

Also, I assume it is one piece, so there is no access to the interior for the hull, right?

I'm going to ask him for a two part mold so I can get inside the hull for lighting.

For my taste, this will be one of the best Macross toys ever when completed: Remote controlled canopy, landing gear, and the classic Macross verniers.  It's fantastic.

But I wouldn't drop that kind of money on a toy.  And the subscription approach is not interesting to me either.

Cute pic!

I hope they get on with it and finish the Destroids. All of them.

Salamander, Nice start on the diorama. I'm actually doing something similar to scratch build Hagrid's Hut with my daughter. This is a practice run before we do it again with better materials.

I've made some progress with my gear set up for the 1/72 Flight Deck. I put a detailed tutorial on my Model Kits Thread.