1/87 scale Type 66 Mobile Maser Cannon from Godzilla by Wave Corp.

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This is a very nice kit that I was told about by my friend "rworne", he had brought one back from Japan and showed me, I was impressed with it's detail for the scale, it's about the HO scale. I started this about this time last year, but with my move out of the state I never got a chance to post, so here I go, hope some find it of interest....
I decided to made it "RC" capable by using the track portion of this 1/70 scale Tiger Tank toy that had a two motor setup, I did have to change the motors in the tank from "core-less" to a more controllable pair with more torque. I also added head/tail lights and emergency lights on the top

 

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Here is some pictures of my mods, including the addition of the lighting and electronics for the motors and adding a tracked undercarriage from the tank, sorry for the fragmented post, but I got too far along before I started the thread so thing are out of order on the vehicle build so please hang in there.....

 

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And some more pictures, this time showing some detail of the receiver and motor controller, the one on the left is complete unit and on thr right is one being built, also the second part of the early portion of this build, there will be more....

 

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This video is a short one showing the cannon throat lighting effect using NeoPixels.

 

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This next batch of videos are since my move and of work in the last few weeks.

 

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Here is part two of the work done since my move, the pictures are of building of the emergency lights and "RC" controller on the top of the vehicle's cab hope it's of interest....

 

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This video shows the binding of the radios and the vehicle in motion.

 

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This is the last post for tonight, the video shows the "RC" control of the lights, the last picture shows the magnetic reed switch for binding to the transmitter.

 

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Well, I got the tracked vehicle's electronics done and started the job of filling in the many gapes on this portion of the model, I was surprised by how poorly some of this kit's parts fit together, not something I expected to see from a Japanese kit..... This is the last video for the tracked vehicle for now. It needs filling and sanding so I can paint it. I used 5 min epoxy as a filler due to the large gapes and ill fitting of some of the parts, still love the kit even with the gaps....

 

[rworne]

Wow! Great progress!

Can't wait to see what you do with the Maser portion.

 

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Wow! Great progress!

Can't wait to see what you do with the Maser portion.

Thank you rworne for the support and kind comments.... This is a tough kit to build right, the plastic is very brittle and the parts don't fit well, strang for a Japanese kit. Here is were I'm at so far, it is going slowly.....

 

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A little more of an update, slow going now that I have a lawn to take care of.....

 

[Analyzer]

Very cool! I did not know there was such a kit

 

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Very cool! I did not know there was such a kit

Analyzer, this is a kit that I've had a love/hate relationship with..... For a kit manufactured in Japan it's got some real problems you would never expect to see and since I have two with the same issues, I believe it's not isolated. The alignment of the molds are off on every sprue and not by a little, making it very hard to hide any seams, but if you are willing to take the time it can be fix to some degree. I'm still glad I bought these kits and I'm having fun enhancing their outcome , but it has been a pain..... It can still be found, my kits are from 2016 and I believe they are NOS (new old stock). Thanks for taking the time to look and post.....

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