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I had the same conundrum since I have a lighting kit for one of my two kits which includes cabin lighting, so I designed some window parts to be 3D printed in frosted plastic, though still to try them. I’ll be keen to see how you get on with the options suggested above.
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A hideously expensive telephoto zoom lens for wildlife photography.
No model making treats for me for a while.
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Makes me grateful that while I’ve let most of the ‘stash’ go (not much of a ‘stash’ now) I’ve managed to hang on to my Buck Rogers kits (Monogram Thunderfighter and Marauder) and Blake’s 7 Liberator. Once I’ve figured my current Space 1999 Eagle build I’ll be having a crack at them.
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Just bacon. I save the sauce for sausage sandwiches and then it’s brown. But bacon has to be au naturale
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My family wellbeing and being able to afford a decent roof over my head and food on the table, closely followed by the source of most of my worries - work.
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I’m actually in a similar spot with my own Lynx support set due to a controlled flight of my foot into the clear parts 😬
Keen to see how you get on with this as I may have to copy!
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Finally! An IP version of this ship in 1/350. Might be the cue I need to get started on the 1/350 Illustrious (backdated and modified to Invincible 1982).
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Apparently Revell are bringing out their own 1/12 scale Speeder Bike and Biker Scout. This is a new tool, rather than a re-release of the Bandai kit, with the Biker Scout in a fixed (riding) pose, complete with miniature Grogu in a knapsack to represent the scout from the Mandalorian.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-06786-speeder-bike--1518937
I’m looking forward to this, especially given the silly prices for the Bandai kit these days.
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46 minutes ago, PLC1966 said:
809 Sqn FAA, 2/3 Manned by RAF, just saying...............
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Tamiya 1/48 F-35B
Added to the ‘A’ I accidentally picked up last year.
If I ever get round to it, it’ll sit next to GR.9, FA.2, FRS.1, FG.1 and Buccaneer to make up a Fleet Air Arm set.
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1/350 RMS Titanic
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8 hours ago, 2Step said:
not today, but I scored myself the Bandai Millenium Falcon perfect grade kit for a very reasonable price - have to wait until Xmas to get my hands on it
Cheers
You won’t be disappointed. It’s absolutely exquisite. I got one of the first batch back in 2017 but I’ve not had the courage to start it. The moulding and engineering are a work of art.
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Just picked up the new Revell 1/24 Star Wars Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter. It’s big. My 1/350 NX-01 also arrived.
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On 11/28/2023 at 6:58 PM, johndon said:
Already got a 1/72 Shuttle 😀What’s the old saying? Go big or go home? You could add
USS Enterprise CV-6
USS Enterprise 1776 sloop
HMS Enterprise 1744
😂
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2 hours ago, johndon said:
Finally got my hands on a 1/350 TOS Enterprise today after months of trying...
So I've now got all 3 in 1/350 with, for good measure, the 1/350 Enterprise 'nuclear wessel' as well.
Oh now you’ve got me started… I recently bagged the NX-01 (to add to my Refit kit) and now feel the urge to go for the original 1701 too. Though I’m tempted to hold out just in case R2 surprise us by releasing a 1/350 version of the ‘Strange New Worlds’ Enterprise 🤔
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1 hour ago, SteveR said:
I've had a look at the neodymium magnets on Amazon, and they look very handy, even if I don't use them on this model, though I'm still undecided for now.
Do you think it makes a difference if the model is displayed on it's stand/base, which fits in to the bottom of the pod? Are tiny magnets likely to be strong enough to keep the entire model from slipping off the cargo pod, do you think?
Thanks
The larger magnets should be strong enough but it’s worth testing first with scrap plastic and something of comparable size and weight to the main vehicle to see if it can hold. I was planning to enlarge the holes available so I could make use of magnets 3-4mm diameter. I’m also planning to add a spring mechanism to the landing gear.
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Similar to Ben above. When I designed my own version of a 12” Eagle back in 2013 I did it so the pod could be connected via neodymium magnets. Strong enough to keep the pod in place while also allowing for pods to be swapped with different versions. When I saw the new 14” kit didn’t include such a feature I just drew up my own based on the previous work.
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7 hours ago, Reelyator said:
🤔......arrrrrgh, now you have infected me. Thinking if i should sell my (unstarted) K´Tinga Kit and get me the Kronos One....
The PE looks amazing and the option to light the Warp Engines is another argument for the Kronos One as well....
That’s actually what I did. I originally bought the K’Tinga and lighting kit with the intention of designing my own modifications to make it into Kronos One, not thinking that they would consider releasing such a version as an actual kit. But when they announced it I sold mine in anticipation of this. Between Star Trek, Star Wars and Space 1999, Round 2 have been fantastic at releasing the kits I want to build. If only they they could get the Babylon 5 license.
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4 hours ago, Reelyator said:
Beautiful Kit!
Do you happen to know, what the main difference between this Kit and the old K`TInge Class Cruiser (..also from Polar Lights) is?
I like the Paint Sceme from STVII more than the original Sceme from STI The Motion Picture....Kronos One has a different bridge and warp nacelles from the regular K’Tinga, with the latter being lit up. It was also covered in gold structural work (labelled as golden battle adornments) which is represented by decals in the kit and to a finer degree by the PE set. I always liked the look of the K’Tinga since I first saw it in Star Trek The Motion Picture but it was Kronos One and it’s striking decor that made it the one I wanted to build.
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Aztek Dummy paint masks and Paragrafix PE make the set complete for the Kronos One. I call this now complete package "no more excuses" as I have literally everything I need to build this if I can just muster the willpower and overcome the demons.
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I still have the parts I designed and had printed for a 12” Space 1999 Eagle 10 years ago and they’re fine. Most have been primed with custom photo etch attached, others still in original format. And the material predates the more recent resins.
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Latest stuff… a set of resin 3D printed phaser arrays for the 1/1400 Enterprise D that currently languishes in the loft of doom.
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The ‘B’ arrived this afternoon. I hadn’t intended to buy one given I’ve struggled to do much with my Tamiya kits but for £30 less than everywhere else I’ve seen it I thought why not.
It’s a very nice kit. Probably a bit over engineered for my current abilities with more options than I’d likely make good use of but huge potential for those wishing to super detail. In fact I started work some time back on detailing a Hasegawa kit using the Blackdog and Kazan sets and this kit ironically has all of the modular parts suited to those details.
What's your latest purchase?
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That's pretty much what I did. Lots of research first into the best lens for my needs then more research into good second hand buys. The lens I bought is in excellent condition and works perfectly. Its a Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM for which I'll soon be adding a 2 x Extender to take it up to 800mm (as the cost of a few F stops). Even though it was second hand still eye wateringly expensive. Especially when you hear comments about the cost of model kits these days, which pales in comparison 😬