Touching up my Masudaya LIS Robot...

[Chrisisall]

I made this model in 1994, and only addressed the atrocious claws as an issue, the rest was basically out of the box.
Now I find that I feel the need to put a little more work into him.

This is how he was:

Then I closed the hole that was used for the inept voice box that it came with:

Last night Extended the separation between the legs:

I also painted his gauntlets gray instead of the silver they came as.
Today I went on a mad hunt for clear styrene rods to re-make his chest light (It has a lot of holes in it for the terrible voice from the lame voicebox):

But I came up totally empty. I figured I had to order them online until I realized that I had clear sprues from my Viper canopies:

And that's where I am now.

DANGER! An all-nighter is possible!!!:lol

 

[Chrisisall]

Hmmmm....

So far.

 

[tek2graphics]

Looking good. Are those available still?

 

[Chrisisall]

And a hair dryer at 40 seconds successfully 'bends' the last part...

:love

 

[Chrisisall]

Looking good. Are those available still?

Yeah, they're from 1985, but you can still find 'em on Ebay.
Not too cheap, though.
Still, the most accurate Robot I've ever seen, apart from the $24,000 B9 full size one.:lol

 

[Chrisisall]

Masudaya Lost In Space YM-3 1/5 Scale 16 Inch Robot MiB | eBay

Hmmm, like $180 to buy...(it cost me $80 back in 1994)
If I had a kit from scratch, I'd light it all up, do a sound card, remake the gauntlets - the works.
But the economy the way it is, and it being assembled already, I'm just gonna make mine look the best it can on a budget. Which means, like, no money.
I like a challenge.

 

[Chrisisall]

*sigh* I must love to do this stuff...

An all-nighter for sure.:lol

 

[phase pistol]

Great b9 mods!

 

[Alan Cross]

I agree, this is definitely the best B-9 on the market. Good luck on your mod!

 

[tek2graphics]

Nice!
PS
I have the same budget as you do!

 

[Chrisisall]

Nice!
PS
I have the same budget as you do!

My budget increased for this project by $3.50!!! :lol

Okay, finished the clear chest plate:

Then lightly sanded the backside & coated the whole thing with flat clear laquer coat, AND gloss acrylic (the $3.50) to get rid of the totally clear look:

Then put it back in (after I glossed the lower 'windows'):

And DONE! At least until I get my hands on some cashy money- then i might do more...:lol

 

[robn1]

Nice work on the chest plate. That's a nice looking model, I must have missed it when it came out. Oh well, something else to look for...

 

[Chrisisall]

Nice work on the chest plate. That's a nice looking model, I must have missed it when it came out. Oh well, something else to look for...

It' going for like $275 on Ebay- and that's nuthin', Robby (made in the same scale by the same company) is like $900!!!!!!:wacko

 

[Chrisisall]

Well...
Touch up is going as fast as drying allows.:lol

 

[Chrisisall]

PS
I have the same budget as you do!

Grrrrr, another $6 for metallic paint...:unsure

And here he is with an all-new paint job!

He's coming along!

 

[ONEYE]

Very nice work!

 

[Chrisisall]

Very nice work!

Thanks! The shoulder hooks were a bit big, so I trashed 'em in favour of the new ones I made out coat hanger metal I bent to the proper shape (not as simple as it sounds).

 

[Howard]

That's a great job!

I had the Robby - sold it to a friend recently - now that needs quite a few mods.

 

[Chrisisall]

That's a great job!

I had the Robby - sold it to a friend recently - now that needs quite a few mods.

Any pictures lying around you could share? I love Robby too, but I don't have a Masudaya one, and I sure CAN'T afford one NOW.:wacko

 

[Prefect42]

CHrisisall,

Really enjoying the in-progress photos. But my favorite part of this build is your solution to fix the voice box. Brilliant!

This makes me want to get back to an old MPC R2-D2 I've had in the garage for years.

Ted.
Prefect42.