Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Papa Rat]

11 minutes ago, Rock said:

The lines you see on the close up of the underside barely can be felt with a finger nail. It is mostly visible because of the way the printer finish. 2 coats of MR. Surfacer 500 and you likely won't see 80% of the texture. Add in a pre-sand and post sanding and it should be cake walk, I use a small 400g sanding sponge attached to a vibrating tool to make most of the sanding rough work.

That’s great! I see prints for sale online but have been hesitant because of my ignorance in handling the material. Thanks for the info. I’d love to see more once you get to work on this. 👍

[Big s]

9 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Over the years, I'd like to think I got good at it.

You didn’t just get good, you became the master of tape sculpting.

[Thom]

On the Ranger, we come across the discovery of gaps... Under the 'wings.' I put a shim in on both sides to stabilize the parts and will be using PPP to fill them.

Then it was onto the gear doors. As said before, the landing feet do not fit the opening, so new ones need to be made. Out came the Scotch tape and a pencil. The reluting traces were then applied to thin styrene and tenderly cut out.

The fit was a lot better! Not perfect, but good enough for my work.

I'll sand those down some and then start filling in the gappage!

 

Thom

[Papa Rat]

22 minutes ago, Thom said:

On the Ranger, we come across the discovery of gaps... Under the 'wings.' I put a shim in on both sides to stabilize the parts and will be using PPP to fill them.

Then it was onto the gear doors. As said before, the landing feet do not fit the opening, so new ones need to be made. Out came the Scotch tape and a pencil. The reluting traces were then applied to thin styrene and tenderly cut out.

The fit was a lot better! Not perfect, but good enough for my work.

I'll sand those down some and then start filling in the gappage!

 

Thom

Nice work!!! 👍

[nightmareB4macross]

19 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Thanks!

When I was a kid, my dad worked for a filter manufacturing company/factory that ordered a lot of 3M Masking Tape. We lived in the projects and could barely get by (factory was the best job my dad could get, as he dropped out of middle school to help his family by working), so most toys and stuff I ended up not getting . If I wanted something, I had to make it myself out of cardboard and masking tape.

Over the years, I'd like to think I got good at it.

In any event, my dad passed some years ago (WWII vet, died August 28, 2011); I continue to use masking tape to honor his memory and the sacrifices he made to keep us fed, clothed and a roof over our heads.

Great way to honor your history and family.

Family first.

Thank you for sharing that great story.

[SteveTheFish]

I'm on vacation at the in-laws' place, and in our room here I have a modeling workbench set up. I took the old Imai Glaug kit with me to work on, repopped by Bandai for the 25th Macross anniversary. I paid only 1,020 yen for this back in the day. I think maybe I bought this around 2013 or so. I've filed down those red sensors and will replace them with Wave's H-Eyes 3.5mm lenses. Since I need so many of them however, I've decided to just create molds of one with Oyumaru and cast them with clear UV resin. No sense buying 3 more of those H-Eyes sets just to get 2 pieces from each!