This is amazing. Great job. Especially for first attempt. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New BMF coming
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This is amazing. Great job. Especially for first attempt. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He only does the landing gear bays, i am pretty sure that the actual landing gear is from Shapeways...
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Jaitea
Master Member
Yep, it says in his description of contents that the bays can be used in conjunction with the ShapeWays gears,...sorry for the confusion
J
spacebob
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What about the bay doors?? I did not see them on his sight.
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Anyone have any idea what's up with posting on RPF these days????
Keeps asking me if I want to leave the page when I post, won't post, posts double,????????????????????
Yep, been having that problem, too. That or takes me to the "More Reply Options" page and when I go to post, it says I can't as it's a ''duplicate post.''
Never mind. They are there on his website. Not sure why I missed them.
spacebob
Sr Member
Finished Streaking the upper Disc ...I think I might have gone a bit heavy on the Rust, never mind its a hunka junk anyway.
And I had another Fup...masking the Nosecone some paint was ripped off..and had to Respray it, getting the right color now is gonna be a real pain as it was weathered and ready to go.
Will do the lower disc later and then apply Pigments and what have you.
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Now that looks just insane, you do have the thing just right there
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
I'm not too keen on filling the holes just yet just it case it needs to come apart again. I thought about making them into landing lights that can be removed when needed. Just an idea for now though.
I've got a bunch of ceramic magnets that I was planning on using to keep the halves closed. That is a good idea to use some for light holes!
I bought some loctite, says it can glue polypropylene right on the bottle and some milliput for the holes. Couldn't find much else to stick to this plastic.. I'm going to do some tests in the next couple days...
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I bought some loctite, says it can glue polypropylene right on the bottle and some milliput for the holes. Couldn't find much else to stick to this plastic.. I'm going to do some tests in the next couple days...
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Vacformedhero
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would love to see that , are they rare earth magnets ....
Jaitea
Master Member
I think magnets is the way to go,....especially if theres lighting etc in there,.....screwing it together & filling up the holes sounds too risky
J
Yeah I think so, I got them at Ace Hardware. I have a lot from my Boba Fett suit, before I decided to attach my armor with bolts.
I trimmed off all the cut-out areas of the hull with a Dremel.(which did a good job, but the cut edges needed to be cleaned up with an exacto blade.) I will be glueing the scrap cut pieces together to test if the loctite really will hold this plastic together !
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Vacformedhero
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Hi Robert, I'm going to try Frankenstein (I love that btw) these hasbro command figures to fit in the cockpit, they were cheap €11 for 11 figures approx , not very sharp but I am hoping customisable
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Hi Robert, I'm going to try Frankenstein (I love that btw) these hasbro command figures to fit in the cockpit, they were cheap €11 for 11 figures approx , not very sharp but I am hoping customisable
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rbeach84
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Vacformed, I looked at those too! They remind me of the wonderfully sculpted figures that came with a Star Wars chess set I got my kids one year... I'm suspicious they are 're-pops' from that same tooling. However, they are too large for the Hasbro MF model (toy?), being closer to 1:32 scale, though there are definite variations. I like them as 3D references and as possible candidates for some figure painting fun... so not perhaps a complete waste of my money! ;^P
To illustrate just how much variance there is in the WotC figures, the 'Death Star Protocol Droid' scales out at 6 foot (again, everything in the assumed 1:48 scale) while the (better sculpted) C3PO figure is only 5 foot tall. Both are supposed to be the same height, having a common body "plan". So, one is slightly too large and the other is too small (Anthony Daniels was (is?) 5'-9" tall, so you'd surmise in costume he'd top at least 5'-10" or 11"...) I was thinking of chopping off the DS 'insectoid' head and putting the C3PO head on instead but it is noticeably too small. So, I'll have to sculpt my own head at the very least.
Sigh!
I suppose, between all us mad scientists, we'll get 'em done!
Regards, Robert
To illustrate just how much variance there is in the WotC figures, the 'Death Star Protocol Droid' scales out at 6 foot (again, everything in the assumed 1:48 scale) while the (better sculpted) C3PO figure is only 5 foot tall. Both are supposed to be the same height, having a common body "plan". So, one is slightly too large and the other is too small (Anthony Daniels was (is?) 5'-9" tall, so you'd surmise in costume he'd top at least 5'-10" or 11"...) I was thinking of chopping off the DS 'insectoid' head and putting the C3PO head on instead but it is noticeably too small. So, I'll have to sculpt my own head at the very least.
Sigh!
I suppose, between all us mad scientists, we'll get 'em done!
Regards, Robert
For sure I will!
The WOTC figures are what I plan on using. The Hasbro falcon works out near 1/48 and these figures are around 1/50~1/60 by my guesstimation... I know they "look right" standing next to the ship... or on it... or in it with the fuzz on the scales of both its tough to be certain but they pass the eyeball test
Jedi Dade
with the fuzz on the scales of both its tough to be certain but they pass the eyeball test Jedi Dade
rbeach84
Sr Member
Aye, you've got "them" covered rather well!
Regards, Robert
