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trooper
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the best spot I know of for reference pics is here - http://www.modelermagic.com/?cat=18
The V3.1 I also let people pick which Red # for the engine combo etc. Keep in mind that the fuselage and everything else is kind of "generic" as there is no practical way for me to make 5 full sets of fuselage molds etc. If you want that kind of exacting detail for detail bit you can modify the "generic" fuselage to have the correct bits to make it any of the designations. It's really those engine combos that are the things that stand out the most.
The Captain Cardboard one really came with Red 4 engine combo.
Keep in mind that even the older versions like the CC look great painted up as any of the Red's, me offering up the options for the correct combo just seemed like a natural evolution.
mike
The Captain Cardboard one really came with Red 4 engine combo.
Keep in mind that even the older versions like the CC look great painted up as any of the Red's, me offering up the options for the correct combo just seemed like a natural evolution.
mike
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
Have you settled on a price yet Mike or is it still TBA? I'm just wondering how much damage this and shipping to Australia will do to my wallet.
3phase
Sr Member
Junk Pilot
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MonsieurTox
Master Member
I like the white dome droid more !
Okay, here's what you'll get in the kit - do a parts inventory.
Everything associated with the body:
2x for the guns:
4x for the wings:
4x for the engines, and one set of the new-to-this-kit wing inner-hinges
Preliminary things.
First ensure the supplied hinge assembly fits and operates within the body halves. You will need to sand the hinge halves themselves, and possibly trim the BOTTOM hull recess:
When done, they will close:
And open!
Aluminum bar will sit flush against the rear, which will allow the buttplate to fit.
As you can see, the wings will fit nicely against the L brackets!
Oh! There are also four of these plant-ons that fit inside the wing's edges (I'll show that later)... I dropped a wing and a chip blew out, so I'll fix that with Apoxie Sculpt shortly. Things happen when you build, so relax - everything can be fixed.
I'll also show how you can add the metal armature, which will require a little routing of the front inner hull, from where the landing gear box was in a previous version. More on that later. You won't need to do this at all if you stick with the resin/metal armature as seen above.
Things to note - you will need to clean up and rescribe some panel lines. I'll do that next.
Also, you will need to remove some material from either the inner upper hull or the cockpit insert to get it to fit as high up as you see on the ILM birds. That will also be next:
Everything associated with the body:
2x for the guns:
4x for the wings:
4x for the engines, and one set of the new-to-this-kit wing inner-hinges
Preliminary things.
First ensure the supplied hinge assembly fits and operates within the body halves. You will need to sand the hinge halves themselves, and possibly trim the BOTTOM hull recess:
When done, they will close:
And open!
Aluminum bar will sit flush against the rear, which will allow the buttplate to fit.
As you can see, the wings will fit nicely against the L brackets!
Oh! There are also four of these plant-ons that fit inside the wing's edges (I'll show that later)... I dropped a wing and a chip blew out, so I'll fix that with Apoxie Sculpt shortly. Things happen when you build, so relax - everything can be fixed.
I'll also show how you can add the metal armature, which will require a little routing of the front inner hull, from where the landing gear box was in a previous version. More on that later. You won't need to do this at all if you stick with the resin/metal armature as seen above.
Things to note - you will need to clean up and rescribe some panel lines. I'll do that next.
Also, you will need to remove some material from either the inner upper hull or the cockpit insert to get it to fit as high up as you see on the ILM birds. That will also be next:
Wheeee!!
usaeatt2
Active Member
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!! Waiting, waiting, waiting....
Looking awesome Jason, thanks.
First just want to address the panel line thing, for some reason a few of the panel lines "grabbed" when i pulled the pattern out of the molds. It has been happening on a number of parts across a couple of different kits that i have poured molds for. I have not changed the way i do panel line scribing, so i don't know if it's a new formulation of the mold max 30 (it has happened thru at least 2 or 3 recent batches), or some other weird thing. I thought about making a new set of molds for the fuselage, but since i have no way of telling if it would just happen again decided against it (these molds are big).
If you go slow and use a reversed broken tip #11 exacto, it should only take 10 minutes of clean up to fix. I kind of hate sending out kits that need something like that, but figured it would be ok.
I have lots and lots of stuff cast, and will be preparing to send out kits starting next week.
Had kind of a weird week again, my oil tank started to leak a bit in my basement shop, which is my scratchbuilding and mold making part of my shops. Luckily i had tank insurance and they came by today and replaced the tank with no mishaps. The bad part was that i had to dismantle almost everything in my shop to make room for them to swap out the tanks, so lots of chaos. The good news is i can now think about a better lay out while everything is all apart anyway.
thanks
mike
First just want to address the panel line thing, for some reason a few of the panel lines "grabbed" when i pulled the pattern out of the molds. It has been happening on a number of parts across a couple of different kits that i have poured molds for. I have not changed the way i do panel line scribing, so i don't know if it's a new formulation of the mold max 30 (it has happened thru at least 2 or 3 recent batches), or some other weird thing. I thought about making a new set of molds for the fuselage, but since i have no way of telling if it would just happen again decided against it (these molds are big).
If you go slow and use a reversed broken tip #11 exacto, it should only take 10 minutes of clean up to fix. I kind of hate sending out kits that need something like that, but figured it would be ok.
I have lots and lots of stuff cast, and will be preparing to send out kits starting next week.
Had kind of a weird week again, my oil tank started to leak a bit in my basement shop, which is my scratchbuilding and mold making part of my shops. Luckily i had tank insurance and they came by today and replaced the tank with no mishaps. The bad part was that i had to dismantle almost everything in my shop to make room for them to swap out the tanks, so lots of chaos. The good news is i can now think about a better lay out while everything is all apart anyway.
thanks
mike
I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but this is my first Salzo or SS X-Wing build. By the looks of the above included pieces I'm guessing we need to buy the tubing for the laser cannons on our own. Is there somewhere that I can find the length and width for cannons?
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