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Baronjutter posted:Yeah I hope he'll share some pictures of it once the projector people have at it. The dude doing it is apparently some world-famous projector pioneer who does all sorts of major projection-wraps. I saw some very cool use of the technology in europe where they'd project a texture over the face of a whole building and a scene would would play out. I guess they just some how scan the geometry of the building then design a projection that sort of UV-maps to it as if it was a 3d model. Iirc this is what the Microsoft kinect was originally designed for: projecting onto uneven surfaces. This guy is just taking that to the extreme. No idea what that entails; just providing some background. Thank you, god bless.
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Not enough non-gigantic boats in this thread. Here's a truly crap model, a Revell of Germany HMS Prince of Wales. I don't know when it was made, but it pre-dates things like putting numbers on parts. Or more than one diagram for assembly. I bought this thing used, and as it turned out, partly assembled already. I'm blaming the previous owner for the bridge structure being slightly misaligned. I broke off one of the secondary gun barrels myself, the replacement is in red. Here it is assembled and ready to prime. That's a Panzerschiffe 1:2400 BC Lexington behind it.   And this, this is the instruction sheet, the plan and elevation in the painting guide were more useful. 
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mllaneza posted:Not enough non-gigantic boats in this thread. Here's a truly crap model, a Revell of Germany HMS Prince of Wales. I don't know when it was made, but it pre-dates things like putting numbers on parts. Or more than one diagram for assembly. I bought this thing used, and as it turned out, partly assembled already. I'm blaming the previous owner for the bridge structure being slightly misaligned. I broke off one of the secondary gun barrels myself, the replacement is in red. The guy who did the instruction sheet probably lost family on the Bismarck.
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mllaneza posted:Not enough non-gigantic boats in this thread. Here's a truly crap model, a Revell of Germany HMS Prince of Wales. I don't know when it was made, but it pre-dates things like putting numbers on parts. Or more than one diagram for assembly. I bought this thing used, and as it turned out, partly assembled already. I'm blaming the previous owner for the bridge structure being slightly misaligned. I broke off one of the secondary gun barrels myself, the replacement is in red. Those gun barrels are hilariously fat. Also, 1:2400 scale? Are you sure? That would be ridiculously tiny.
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Doesn't actually look like there's that much to it going by that instruction sheet. I guess it wasn't representative? Did the previous owner crack the deck horribly or is it just cast weirdly?
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Dr. Phildo posted:It's amazing but when I look at it I think "how's it going to be transported?!" If someone can afford to pay several hundred, if not thousand $ for a custom made model of this size, they can pay for a shipping crate. Model train update: Got familiar with how DCC works, now slowly upgrading the fleet of older locomotives with decoders. Started preparing foam for the scenery and scale track plans on a roll of brown paper. Having tugs of war with tiny trains has never been so fun (or possible).
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Dr. Phildo posted:It's amazing but when I look at it I think "how's it going to be transported?!" 
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This might be a bit unusual in this thread, but I've started to consider building a wooden dollhouse kit for my niece. She's just 3, so even if it takes a while, she'd be in a suitable age to play with it once it's finished. Is there anyone who have experiences with these things? After some initial browsing, I've found everything from cheap e-bay retailers to expensive specialist stores, and prices ranging from 50 bucks to thousands of dollars. It seems that laser cutting has given a huge boost to the availability and affordability of kits, but I have no idea which ones are good and which are crap. Anyone with any experience with these things? If I can get it in the UK or mainland Europe it would be great, since the cost of shipping of a tub of wood from the US is hilariously expensive. E: A bonus is finding out that 1:48 is a common scale for dollhouses, so I can totally make a pink SU-122 for the dolls to drive to work lilljonas fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Feb 15, 2016 |
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I have a question about paints. I'm finally sitting down and putting some real effort into models and I was wondering about using flat and gloss paints together. If I use a gloss topcoat, will that help even out the look of having two different paints next to eachother, or will it just make one glossy, and the other even moreso? I'll do some test sprays first but I was wondering what to expect.
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Yes, a topcoat will cover the finish of what's under it with the topcoat's own finish.
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Fooley posted:I have a question about paints. I'm finally sitting down and putting some real effort into models and I was wondering about using flat and gloss paints together. If I use a gloss topcoat, will that help even out the look of having two different paints next to eachother, or will it just make one glossy, and the other even moreso? I'll do some test sprays first but I was wondering what to expect. You can mix them no problem, and any gloss/matt mismatch visible on the mini should disappear once you hit it with gloss or matt varnish. At least it works this way for me.
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N17R4M posted:Model train update: Got familiar with how DCC works, now slowly upgrading the fleet of older locomotives with decoders. Started preparing foam for the scenery and scale track plans on a roll of brown paper. Same with Gomez Addams-style demolition derbies. DCC is worth it for the sound alone, IMO. Spent Valentines Day jacking off: 
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Woah cool oil pumps! I saw a choo choo layout that had a field of those but actually animated, looks slick as hell. So spray paint is really nasty. Painting all the train tracks on your layout in a small room with a tiny window and a closed door is not a good idea. I feel sick and our place stinks and my wife is upset  But my track, my track is dark brown! 
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Speaking of gigantic things, I *slightly* expanded my lunch break workshop line up I now have four models growing on my office window frame to properly utilize my breaks. JNR D51 (the metal steam train) you already know this one  This 1:8 Citroen 2 CV will feature lights and sound   1:8 Lamborghini Countach LP 500s "Walter Wolf" with working gull wings and lights and sound operated by the actual instruments  And then there's this 1:32 F14-D Tomcat with fully motorized surfaces, landing gear, turbines, etc. etc. ( Video of this in action )   Also, the 1:16 Tiger tank is growing again and now has it's turret put together   Unfortunately I had to stop building HMS Hood due to the supplier mucking about, but I've replaced the empty slot in my shipyard with a 1:200 Bismarck instead. Same plank on frame design by Amati as the Hood, but I've got all the parts here already.  2 buildings phases done, 138 to go.
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Baronjutter posted:
Take a fan and put it in the window. I made the mistake of spray paining a whole bunch of stuff in a closed room once and had eye problems for weeks.
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That Tomcat, woah. Do you computerize it so it dopes things a certain way? Like, on display oin front of a video, banking, turning, landing, taking off, &c.?
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Colonial Air Force posted:That Tomcat, woah. It's pre-programmed. You get a tiny IR remote, with which you can either individually raise/lower, turn on/off, move any movable parts, or you just press the buttons for "take off" or "landing" and it goes through the motions. Greyhawk fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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F-14, sexiest modern plane by far.
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The Locator posted:Those gun barrels are hilariously fat. The PoW is in 1:1200. The Lexington behind it is in 1:2400. I also have the re-issue of the PoW kit, it's much more modern but the casting quality still isn't that impressive. What's annoying me about scale ships is that there seem to be more pre-dreadnought kits than actual dreadnoughts. Where's that database of scale models ?
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mllaneza posted:The PoW is in 1:1200. The Lexington behind it is in 1:2400. I also have the re-issue of the PoW kit, it's much more modern but the casting quality still isn't that impressive. https://www.scalemates.com/
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That Revell instruction sheet looks hilariously old. Here's the updated one from the 2015 re-release of that kit. Not all that much better, but still. http://www.revell.de/fileadmin/import/images/bau/05135_%23BAU_H.M.S_PRINCE_OF_WALES.PDF
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Baronjutter posted:Woah cool oil pumps! I saw a choo choo layout that had a field of those but actually animated, looks slick as hell.  Your trackwork looks amazing, well done!
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So here's my painted rails. This is actually the first time I've ever spray painted my track like this. Usually it's just a bit of paint-pen after ballasting as an after thought.    
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lilljonas posted:This might be a bit unusual in this thread, but I've started to consider building a wooden dollhouse kit for my niece. She's just 3, so even if it takes a while, she'd be in a suitable age to play with it once it's finished. Search Melissa and Doug on Amazon.co.uk, they have some that seem affordable and have free shipping within the UK. That said, my sister had a similar sort of thing and it didn't see a whole lot of use. It was rather sparsely populated with furnishings because most everything that's decent is stupidly expensive. Or you have to make it yourself, which might appeal to you but maybe not the future seven-year-old her who I presume you plan to enlist as an apprentice.
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Antifreeze Head posted:Search Melissa and Doug on Amazon.co.uk, they have some that seem affordable and have free shipping within the UK. Thanks for the tip! I remember my sister playing a lot with her doll house, and looking at 1/48 stuff, it's not so expensive as "full" 1/12 scale. We even bought a few sets of furniture to populate the Eastern Front WW2 terrain for our 28mm scale wargames. But yeah, it is also a bit appealing to always have an easy source for presents if she ends up liking it. E: checked it, and though they had some nice stuff, I am thinking more of wooden kits to build myself. Because who wants a normal dollhouse after googling and finding that laser etching now means that stuff like these are around: 
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Just don't lose sight that it will be something she will play with.
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Kibner posted:Just don't lose sight that it will be something she will play with. True, good point. One thing I scratched immediately was a garden or similar thing with greenery, since that would be an absolute nightmare of scrubbed off static grass and flock. I think I would need to keep loose stuff to an absolute minium, even though LED stuff would have been sweet. She loves LEGO, so 1:48 would also have the advantage of being suitable for LEGO figurines.
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Greyhawk posted:It's pre-programmed. You get a tiny IR remote, with which you can either individually raise/lower, turn on/off, move any movable parts, or you just press the buttons for "take off" or "landing" and it goes through the motions. Needs a button that plays "Danger Zone"
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NTRabbit posted:Needs a button that plays "Danger Zone" There IS a button on the remote that says "Music", soooooo.....
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Greyhawk posted:There IS a button on the remote that says "Music", soooooo..... 
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lilljonas posted:True, good point. One thing I scratched immediately was a garden or similar thing with greenery, since that would be an absolute nightmare of scrubbed off static grass and flock. I think I would need to keep loose stuff to an absolute minium, even though LED stuff would have been sweet. Awesome! It might be a good idea to make sure the exterior of the house will also let her setup little scenes with her LEGO pieces. Like a balcony or some other flat surfaces that figures can stand on.
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lilljonas posted:Thanks for the tip! I remember my sister playing a lot with her doll house, and looking at 1/48 stuff, it's not so expensive as "full" 1/12 scale. We even bought a few sets of furniture to populate the Eastern Front WW2 terrain for our 28mm scale wargames. I apparently wasn't paying enough attention to your original message and I was talking entirely about 1/12 stuff. And I must be unfamiliar with what you mean by LED stuff because it wouldn't be too hard to set up working Light Emitting Diode lamps/lights inside a house, even at 1:48.
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Antifreeze Head posted:I apparently wasn't paying enough attention to your original message and I was talking entirely about 1/12 stuff. Cool. I've just haven't done anything with LED before, so I'm interested in looking into building in lamps and such in the house if I go for it (would look awesome!), but I'm also thinking about whether or not it would be a risk for a children's toy. But if it is reasonable, I'd definitely look into adding lamps.
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Maybe things are different across the Atlantic, but in North America there is no shortage of kids toys that are packed full of LEDs and other electronics. Check with the electronics thread as they'd be better suited to answer most of the questions about the circuitry needed, but basically it is just a switch, a battery and the lamp. If you ran every room as its own circuit off its own battery, that'd be as simple as you could make it. A bit wasteful, but simple. EDIT: These people have made atrocious web design decisions but appear to be exactly what you need: http://www.petite-properties.com/ Antifreeze Head fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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There's even an entire company that does nothing but Lego lighting: http://www.brickstuff.com/
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Any traction for a wooden house for the new crappy group build? A brick poo poo-house maybe?
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I'd be up for it. I know War Bases do a nice poo poo-house, but it's wooden rather than brick.
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Who wants to build a hi-mock? Oh and also do a Japanese crossword! This guyyyyy. e: That was a seriously fun little build  Just have to figure out how to go about painting him the way I want next.
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