Sam Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 And damn me if it isnt harder than i was thinking working this small But anyway, this a bit of what i had accomplished today. Given my track record with customs, as opposed to straight models, this should only take six months or so Basically have done two major things. First was make the wings longer, as in fighter mode they didn't line up where they are meant to, being too far back on the fuselage. So i lengthened using styrene cut for it, and put new pivot points, *all of course after cutting the existing wings in half* that allowed them to still join when folded in, but because of the new pivot point, they now go further forward as well, yay! Second was makign the legs flip forward, and flip back and spread apart far enough they look right it fighter mode. This was causing the most grieft, but a couple of pivotting sections later a LOT of hackign with a dremel, its ruffed out for basic transformation. Even when i get it just right, I will have to find a good way to strengthen in the modes, maybe pegs or polycaps or something.. ANyways, I know it doesn't line up, its a compromise, erring more towards fighter preference., but im happy to say battroid hasn't suffered yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 undersid.e.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 new legs! I got new legs ! woohooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 demo how the legs spread proper * no crude remarks please...* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 last shot. im sure progress will be slow, depends on my inspiration, i only started doing this cuz i watched a bit of macross 2 today LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat S Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Nice work, please keep posting pics as you go! I'd love to see a close up of the parts you modified. I can't make out enough detail in the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Leader Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I'm impressed. That's a particularly small model, but as near as I can see, you've managed to make it work without any compromises! If you succeed, you may have to recast your custom parts and sell them to everyone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robokochan Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Sweet Job Sam! And the paint job on those spread legs is awesome! Look forward to seeing it fiished. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myersjessee Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Man...I love the VF2SS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neptunesurvey Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neova Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Now that is skillz! Those re-joins looks REALLY good. I'm glad you took those pictures cuz I never realized Bandai's kit was so small. I'm a 1/72 (and 1/48) guy. Hasegawa needs to make a few 1/72 M2 kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunk Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 looking good! cant wait to see the finished product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Thanks for the support, i think im gonna need it I wish the joins were spotless, I ended up thinking of a better way to do the main swing bar so have replaced to two seperate pieces for each leg with a centrel section with individual arms to each leg. Gone are my dodgy pieces of wire*which were hacking into the plastic, i just didnt have any screws small nuff* and in are pieces of 3 mm round plastic. I still am experimenting so it hasn't been tidied, only made functional. heres som more pix anyway, hopefully you can see it better this time round and those legs are from my previous vf2ss i had built. I needed something to test on the model to make sure it was proportioned correctly =) I wish i could cast/recast, would save a lot of hassles, but i dont think im good nuff for that quite yet LOL enjoy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 this is just some shots to show the legs proportion to this new apparatus. I need to consider what the best way of support will be. i already have some ideas but im a 'hands on' person, so will have to fiddle to figure it out proper like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel's Fury Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Nice work, please keep posting pics as you go!I'd love to see a close up of the parts you modified. I can't make out enough detail in the pictures. Yeah, what he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myersjessee Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 How are you planning on hiding the swing bar? Will the nose open and close? Nice work..I like it...I wonder (out loud) if you could make that same joint with wire or thin metal to make it easier to hide. Very cooL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyowelb Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 nice.....keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyesonme78 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 wow that is some great job you did there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrod Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Damn man, you're doing what I wouldn't even attempt when I customized mine! The swing bars look a bit on the large size, so do they get in the way of any other parts, ie the head and/or arm brackets in fighter mode? I decided that I wouldn't be able to make the swing bars strong enough to support the battroid mode, while still being small enough to fit in the space provided, and still fold up accordingly. How are yours in terms of stability and strength? Can the battroid stand, and how do you plan and holding everything together, since the old leg joints did this? Anyway, it looks great so far, and I'm very interested to see the final product. Jarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerocool Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Cool keep the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 geeaz man you are sa GENIUS! man if yamato ever makes a VF-2SS i hope they use YOUR perfect transformation method! You've done all the work for them!(tired of this swap part yamato crap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Knight Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 That is just AWESOME!!!!! Can't wait to see more!! Keep up the incredible work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatillero PR Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Super Bump.... Any updates on this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 agreed it looked awesome , i had completly forgotten about this. thanks for bumping this thread. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.