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Molentik posted:I have shitloads of German turret numbers for you, I switched to all Allied stuff so I wont use them. The archer stuff looks nice, but could I buy just some random numbers you wont need off of you?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:You fool, don't mention the Unseen! You want us all to get sued by Harmony Gold?! We really need to fix this harmony gold thing. Jesus. Harmony gold can kiss my Wasp's behind.  (For the record, the quality of that kit is hilariously bad.)
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Arquinsiel posted:It might be worth your while heading to Fighting Pirannha* and seeing if their number sheets are any good to you. Slow turnaround though, so be wary of that. I looked but they appear to be made for the actual miniatures. This things about a foot tall.
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Saint Celestine posted:I looked but they appear to be made for the actual miniatures. This things about a foot tall.
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Saint Celestine posted:The archer stuff looks nice, but could I buy just some random numbers you wont need off of you? Sure. Ive got loads of German weapons too that I want to get rid off, mostly Dragon Gen2 stuff. Send me a mail at vetoweto [a] gmail. com.
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Nerobro posted:We really need to fix this harmony gold thing. Jesus. From what I understand the Harmony Gold issue has been resolved for a while and the "Unseen" can now be seen. Some of them are even included in the latest Battletech video game.
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Bucnasti posted:From what I understand the Harmony Gold issue has been resolved for a while and the "Unseen" can now be seen. Some of them are even included in the latest Battletech video game. This goes into exhaustive detail. Much of it is a bunch of game lore and unit stats that don’t have much to do with the legal aspects but it’s the single most comprehensive document about the HG/Macross/Battletech slapfight I’ve ever seen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15VVGWbBh1vi1_tOfQPmd7dcVThDVsqmc/view?usp=sharing
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I just really want a 1/72nd scale Atlas to paint up. I love those great big lumbering ogres.
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Fearless posted:I just really want a 1/72nd scale Atlas to paint up. I love those great big lumbering ogres. https://www.gambody.com/3d-models/mechwarrior-atlas
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Midjack posted:This goes into exhaustive detail. Much of it is a bunch of game lore and unit stats that don’t have much to do with the legal aspects but it’s the single most comprehensive document about the HG/Macross/Battletech slapfight I’ve ever seen:  case ended.
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I was hoping for kits on the same order as the Gundam kits, but that'll do for paintable battlemechs.
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Anyone know of any Canadian stores that ship and carry replacement barrels? I was just gifted the tamiya easy eight and honestly the muzzle break looks like it will be gnarly and it might be time to venture into the world of aftermarkets...
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Bucnasti posted:From what I understand the Harmony Gold issue has been resolved for a while and the "Unseen" can now be seen. Some of them are even included in the latest Battletech video game. That's not entirely true; the versions of the Unseen in the newer Battletech games are extensively redesigned to obfuscate their original forms.
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boba fetacheese posted:Anyone know of any Canadian stores that ship and carry replacement barrels? I was just gifted the tamiya easy eight and honestly the muzzle break looks like it will be gnarly and it might be time to venture into the world of aftermarkets... Not sure if they have exactly what you'd need, but The Barrel Store is Canadian and has a lot of aftermarket.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Not sure if they have exactly what you'd need, but The Barrel Store is Canadian and has a lot of aftermarket. Out of stock for what I'm after but great to know about! Thanks!
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Saint Celestine posted:Not sure if this the right place, but I don't suppose anyone has some spare waterslide decals with some random numbers on it? Hello fellow Battletech modeler! Congrats on that crabby king, for my mechs I use leftover decals from gundam, galactica vipers, or german and british ww2 tanks. Sometimes I also print house and regiment emblems with my regular rear end printer and some decal paper. I've got to upload the latest photos.
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For anyone who has made one of these, how expensive is the material to print the actual models? I can't really afford to drop $400 on a good 3D printer atm but I'm curious what the cost per mech is. (I also see a lot of awesome designs on that site and just want to theorycraft my bankruptcy)
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I haven't printed one of those, but have done a fair bit of 3D resin printing. I would guess the cost per mech is easily less than $10 if you print them hollow. edit: The Elegoo Mars is only $190 from Amazon (but you'll easily spend $400 once you get resin and supplies for curing/cleaning.) Do it!
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Vorenus posted:For anyone who has made one of these, how expensive is the material to print the actual models? I can't really afford to drop $400 on a good 3D printer atm but I'm curious what the cost per mech is. (I also see a lot of awesome designs on that site and just want to theorycraft my bankruptcy) You don't need to buy your own 3d printer. I outsourced my parts from https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprintmything/ I also printed my crab in resin, so it was a little bit more expensive. Cost me ~$175 for a resin version of the king crab, which, considering the thing is a foot tall, was decent. Saint Celestine fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Sep 7, 2020 |
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Saint Celestine posted:You don't need to buy your own 3d printer. That's quite tempting. How would you compare the building process to a mass-produced scale model? Any downside to having it printed with polystyrene vs resin?
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Got a little impatient and unmasked the canopy pieces. Also added a tiny gunsight. Probably would've finished the kit this weekend, but the weather made it a little inconvenient.   
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Vorenus posted:That's quite tempting. How would you compare the building process to a mass-produced scale model? Any downside to having it printed with polystyrene vs resin? The building process was much simpler, given that the number of parts was much lower. There are some pros and cons. This particular model was designed to have all the limbs articulate. However I printed it in resin as to keep everything smoother and retain more detail without the little print lines of plastic. HOWEVER. Resin doesn't flex. Resin is also more expensive. The ball joints that on a plastic model would easily flex a bit and join together do not in resin. I had to sand them a bit, and epoxy it. Resin is also a bit heavier, so I had to pin the arms. I think resin was still the best choice, as theres a lot more detail, most parts are smooth with no print marks. If you want a giant mech model (12" tall), 3d printing is the only way to go, as theres nothing else out there currently.
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I've been working on what technically is my second ever scale model (#1 was a snap-together plane when I was a literal child) - a 1/35 T-34 from Tamiya and I've been having a blast. I've built a bunch and painted a few Gunpla kits but this feels entirely different for some reason. Though I think 1/35 scale is a little too beefy for my general tank-building desires and will be weary to build this size again. I picked up some leveling thinner and it's honestly magic. It's the best experience I've ever had airbrushing and it makes me want to airbrush everything I own. I kind of stopped last night after doing just my basecoat because I'm not positive where I want to go from here -- I need to figure out what I'm doing with these dang tracks and painting a bunch of tiny accessories before I get on to decals and weathering and all that fun stuff. I ended up going over the turret a second time, lightly, to dull the preshade a little more after I took the picture.  
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Vinyl tracks are a terrible curse. What I usually do with them is leave the drive sprocket off, join the tracks with wire (if the tank has skirt armour you can hide the joint there, otherwise under a wheel or something) and slip them both on at the end.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Vinyl tracks are a terrible curse. What I usually do with them is leave the drive sprocket off, join the tracks with wire (if the tank has skirt armour you can hide the joint there, otherwise under a wheel or something) and slip them both on at the end. I put it all together, tracks included and just went "well that is going to be a problem" and wanted to hit my head against my table a bunch. I'm sure I'll figure something specific out that doesn't look awful. Even if it does look awful I'll make a diorama or something so the awful looks on purpose!
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The Tamiya 1/48 scale are pretty nice for slightly smaller armor, but you may want to go down to 1/72. Which is a pretty rad scale, TBF - you've got a lot of great choices for armor, planes, and people. S-model in particular is pretty hard to beat in terms of quality-to-price for 1/72 tanks and tank-like things.
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Looks like I'm doing another one, still on the theme of 'flying things I loved as a kid' though rather far away from Star Wars this time. A Flaptter from Ghiblis 'Castle in the Sky' by Bandai.  Some nice details on it I think, going to have to research the colour names to get it right though. I'll probably get started over the weekend, any tips or thoughts on how to approach this will be greatly appreciated.
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Jekub posted:A Flaptter from Ghiblis 'Castle in the Sky' by Bandai. Pierzak fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Isn't Ghibli the one that did the weird Char/T-35 mashup tank with the mouse crew? I keep seeing that around and wanting to "pull the trigger" (AtKSTD) but it's been a long long time since I've done anything other than 40k modeling (and a long time since I've done even that).
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Jekub posted:Looks like I'm doing another one, still on the theme of 'flying things I loved as a kid' though rather far away from Star Wars this time. What're the Ghibli kits generally like build-wise? Do you need glue and paint, or are they snap-together like Gunpla?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:What're the Ghibli kits generally like build-wise? Do you need glue and paint, or are they snap-together like Gunpla? I built an Ohm kit (the larvae monsters from Nausicaa) for my brother once, it required quite a lot of spackle. And definitely glue and paint, those are single coloured sprues as in classic model kits, not at all like Gunpla. And the Miyazaki tank mentioned is the OOP AKUYAKU #1, which now goes for up to 100 GBP on ebay. At least I think it's OOP since it's backordered in the first five shops I checked. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Jekub posted:Looks like I'm doing another one, still on the theme of 'flying things I loved as a kid' though rather far away from Star Wars this time. This may help with the colors: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8159429766_c2d8401bff_o.jpg
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lilljonas posted:in the first five shops I checked. Also, is there a model of Nausicaa's flyer available somewhere?
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Pierzak posted:Where would one get Ghibli models from? I assume Japanese model stores are a decent source but I know absolutely nothing about them. There is, in the same kit line! Your best option for Japanese model kits is HobbyLink Japan, at hlj.com. They're a Japanese online store specialising in exporting to the rest of the world.
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An alternative to hlj is: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/search?typ1_c=109&cat=gundam&target=Serieshin&searchkey=Nausicaa+of+the+Valley+of+the+Wind
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Mech9 is a good resource for color guides, http://www.mech9.com/2016/07/paint-color-equivalents.html And here's a forum post someone did of their build, https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/bandai-1-20-flaptter-from-castle-in-the-sky.42492/ Neddy Seagoon posted:There is, in the same kit line! Bad news: Shipping is gonna be expensive Worse news: you'll be able to find enough stuff you want to make the $100 FedEx charge seem reasonable.
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lilljonas posted:An alternative to hlj is: You can find a lot of what’s available by simply googling ”ghibli model kit”. Some of them are available on amazon or other western model kit shops.
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Thanks for the links for the colours, I was looking around for ideas on that and saw mention of using Google Lens, it's pretty impressive but pays to check over each part with it as it misses some words. : That looks to be about right, no specific make of paints mentioned so I'll stick to the Valejo ones I have and get any extra colours I need. And yeah this was order through Amazon UK, arriving several weeks later from Japan.
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