MunchMunch Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Was browsing through the local hobby shop and saw this. I usually support the local shop but they want $79 for it and Ama@@@. had it for $36. That was too big of a difference for me so ordered it. It is the SnapTite Max line but it is 1/29 or 1/30 scale - pretty darn big, main fuselage is about 14" long. Details for not bad but not great either as you can see from pics. Cockpit needs a lot of work and going to have to add detail in other places. Looking at the end of the wings you can see that the gun pods (for lack of better name) are not mounted even close to correctly. So far removed everything from spruce. This model has to have the largest connection between spruce and model parts, they are huge, larger than the spruce trees on most models. Cleaned up the connection points and scribed the panel lines to give more depth, they seemed really soft. Decided to cast new gun pods so I can mount correctly and hopefully put led in. Plan is rebuilt all four guns using hollow tubes so I can light it. Also going to light cockpit, motors, and R2. My base for the mold. Waiting for bubbles to settle out Silicone Rubber poured, have to wait 12 hours or so to see results. Now on to washing all the other parts to get ready for priming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunchMunch Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Molds for gun pods came out good. 2 pods cast and ready for work! Sanded down edge, used my dremel to hone out area on each pod half to hold LED. Was not ready for the amount of dust the resin puts off but it is pretty easy to work. Each half glued together ready for surface prep. Have to do some work on the seams and prime it with some primer/surfacer - have some small bubbles that came out on the surface. Got the other two pods cast but only had one red LED so can't put the others together yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Lights as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Following this with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunchMunch Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 A little more progress this weekend. Worked on getting the engine nozzles ready for lights. Had to drill out the solid area and glue in the cast pieces. First picture is the kit piece unmodified. I used it to create the mold for the case, just poured the silicone mold material into the nozzle. Mold ready for casting, I used photo paper to create the outside of the mold. Had to use dremel to sand down cast to get to correct thickness and have holes open up. The nozzle drilled out with some work still to do. The finished product ready for paint. Have worked on wing ends (removing crappy mounting junk) and working on cleaning up bubbles in the cast for gun pods. Have a lot of bubbles, should have used baby powder on my parts before making the molds, read that tip. More to come, hopefully get the gun pods done and wing ends completed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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