derex3592 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 I'm sure everyone here is going to absolutely love whatever you end up with! Great work!
Mommar Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 I swear he's going WAY above and beyond what even the toy companies are doing.
charger69 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 What's giving you troubles now? Tell me their names!
Xigfrid Posted October 5, 2015 Author Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) The biggest issue however is time! I would love to finish it faster detailling slowly Edited October 5, 2015 by Xigfrid
electric indigo Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Hmm, shouldn't the packs have the same footprint as the top surface of the engines at the rear end?
Xigfrid Posted October 6, 2015 Author Posted October 6, 2015 Hmm, shouldn't the packs have the same footprint as the top surface of the engines at the rear end? They should, and they will almost match, but in this picture there is the lower portion of the supers that is not done / shown.
electric indigo Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 The Ghost has some wicked shapes on it, I do not envy you for working it all out!
modelglue Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Good job! Looks like my macross spending is going to be on drones for the next while...
Loop Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Please make this one available in 1/60 pre-painted too please
Jasonc Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) If I get involved in this kit, for color recasting, this would be an entirely different beast for painting, with lots of moving parts and such. It would need clean color casting for many parts, and if it were to be painted, the resin would need to match the paint color in order to not mess up the parts that rub, if that happened. I'd also limit the painting on this, as it would require a lot more work to do, and the cost of that would go up as well. However, I'm getting ahead of myself here. Either way, I definitely want a kit of it, especially if it has the option to attach/detach the fast packs. Edited October 9, 2015 by Jasonc
Loop Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I really need one of these in my life, I have always wanted the enemy from Mac + on display with my heroes.
Xigfrid Posted October 10, 2015 Author Posted October 10, 2015 They are coming, hopefully with Jasonc's help. The 3D model is not yet finished yet btw, because I am optimizing them for recasting and a lot of details to finish
Jasonc Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 They are coming, hopefully with Jasonc's help. The 3D model is not yet finished yet btw, because I am optimizing them for recasting and a lot of details to finish Once the other project is done and out, we can work on this one. Hopefully with the dive into recasting, we can work on the best ways to design this for easy recasting. I have all the dyes I would need, and for this, will probably need to use the next step up in resin, a TASC resin, for moving parts.
Xigfrid Posted October 14, 2015 Author Posted October 14, 2015 There has been a lot going on the model, half of it is now "printable". Not a lot of the work is visible but still for the expert eyes, here you go !
Jasonc Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Looks damn good. I'm really liking the tail fin swivel up for runway ground clearance. Are the fast packs going to be designed to come on and off of the kit?
Xigfrid Posted October 16, 2015 Author Posted October 16, 2015 Are the fast packs going to be designed to come on and off of the kit? They should, first reason is because I prefer the x-9 without the pack
Loop Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 My 19's/21/VF-11B's/Drone that is in production is waiting for this lol.
Xigfrid Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks all! Meanwhile, if you think of a feature or possible upgrade, let me know. This is now or for the next revision
wmkjr Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 You said stand adapter earlier so that's covered. Unless you wanna throw in a 1/60 Sharon Apple?
Xigfrid Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 You said stand adapter earlier so that's covered. Unless you wanna throw in a 1/60 Sharon Apple? Ha you are mentionning Sharon, I was wondering of making one Sharon in its computer form and make it enter into the drone as a form of pilot, but I thought it was too "off" from the official version where Sharon just hack into the drone control software
Xigfrid Posted October 26, 2015 Author Posted October 26, 2015 I had time to finish a few parts today, now working on smaller details!
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Did you arrange those parts on the runners or is it the program that does it automatically? Edited October 26, 2015 by wmkjr
Jasonc Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Looks great. Awesome work. Can't wait to get one of these.
Xigfrid Posted October 26, 2015 Author Posted October 26, 2015 Thanks Lets resume all the features that have been implemented at this point: -materials, the model is planned to be casted in resin, a few moving parts would be directly printed in plastic for resistance. They will be hidden, so no painting. -metal! some use of metal rod for the landing gears trap movement (optional), and ...screws! -NO glue needed for assembly, everything is tightened by 4 screws. The screws are hidden (in the landing gears, missile compartiment and under the top/front circle cover) -retractable wings, they "clip" in deployed position -rotating eye so that it can look trough the 3 windows -But I don't know how to move if the clear canopy is installed- -the eye is large enough to receive a red tritium vial if desired (3mm diameter recommended) -clear canopy to cover the eye -retractable bottom wing so that the X-9 can realistically land. The bottom wing "clips" in deployed and retractable position -opening missile traps: they "clip" in closed and open position so more display options! Still working on: -optional retractable landing gears, should have rubber tires, but not rotating -a first in macross story if I succeed to make a directional front landing gear -missile scaffolding for mini-HMM + numerous HMMs -I will probably make another scaffolding for the standard HMMs from Arcadia YF-19
Mommar Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Thanks Lets resume all the features that have been implemented at this point: -materials, the model is planned to be casted in resin, a few moving parts would be directly printed in plastic for resistance. They will be hidden, so no painting. -metal! some use of metal rod for the landing gears trap movement (optional), and ...screws! -NO glue needed for assembly, everything is tightened by 4 screws. The screws are hidden (in the landing gears, missile compartiment and under the top/front circle cover) -retractable wings, they "clip" in deployed position -rotating eye so that it can look trough the 3 windows -But I don't know how to move if the clear canopy is installed- -the eye is large enough to receive a red tritium vial if desired (3mm diameter recommended) -clear canopy to cover the eye -retractable bottom wing so that the X-9 can realistically land. The bottom wing "clips" in deployed and retractable position -opening missile traps: they "clip" in closed and open position so more display options! Still working on: -optional retractable landing gears, should have rubber tires, but not rotating -a first in macross story if I succeed to make a directional front landing gear -missile scaffolding for mini-HMM + numerous HMMs -I will probably make another scaffolding for the standard HMMs from Arcadia YF-19 Should the super parts be included in the list? Or was that too much to deal with?
Bolt Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 This is an extremely well designed unit mate. You've a done an awesome job👍 Sprinkled some anime magic on this one😉
Xigfrid Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 Should the super parts be included in the list? Or was that too much to deal with? Yes, still working on it, I still deciding on details for this one
Xigfrid Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 Did you arrange those parts on the runners or is it the program that does it automatically? Did you meant the sprues? The 3D parts are entirely designed, even the sprues
electric indigo Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 This is the New Generation of Macross garage kits!
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