rockpopandchips

Thats very nice.

So this is my Macross Delta VF-31J Siegfried kit that i was given by a guy at work. I wanted to try out a different colour scheme so ended up do my version on the me109's camo paint. Comments welcome. I did enjoy painting this one the kit itself is not that great due to the transforming from plane to gerwalk to robot. I have fixed him in Gerwalk mode so he doesn't fall over.

He looks great in the sun, he looks anyway but somthing nice about the light and shade.

They sticking out a bit much still, will do. Just ordered some slot car Porsche steel wheels, i hope they are going to fit in the wheel arches.

I dont have any proper tools for resin so i got a set of the Tamiya PE saws blades that fit into the hobby knife, they are a bit small but better than cutters.

Thanks beastieboy, a littel bit more work done. Modding the bumpers, minimised the the running board and also sanded down the rain gully to a more resonable size. Big bore exhuast going on as well. Front bumper it not as simple as the back having to into parts and then fit back together before sanding into shape. Starting to look a bit more CAL......

Problem solved im an idiot. The wires are of couse insulated.

Could the what looks like bare copper wire be insulated, oh im going to look like a prat if it is...........

Just watching Firefox......

Yeh checked that out before i started to play. I did try one the other way away to check they have been wired as they should.

I think thats what I will be doing, just wanted to try at making some first. Cheers

So I orded some of these very small LED didn't quite expect then to be so small, I ordered 20 pre-wired but the first few out the bag dont want to work so I thought I would ask here to check Im not being a complete nummpty. I used a 1.5V AAA to test the first 2 with out a resistor but nothing, then tried another with 1.5V AA nothing so I tried another with a 3V CR2023 but nothing and then tried a new one, added a resistor and tried all three batteries again, but still nothing. Have I got a duff batch or an I doing something wrong? I know nothing of LED as I would normally buy a ready made lighting kit. Info I got with the lights: Brand New: SUNSHINE MODEL. Product: Pre-soldered SMD Led 0603 RED. Size(SMD Led 0603): 1.6*0.8mm. Emitting color: RED. Wire length: the wire(copper) of the Anode is 20cm, the wire(copper) of the Cathode is 18cm. Wire diameter: 0.1mm. Operating Voltage1: 1.8V (without resistor), AC or DC Compatible. Operating Voltage2: 12V~18V(must connect a resistor in series), AC or DC Compatible. Operating Current: 20mA. Thanks for any help.

Shoking I know but these are the only wheels I have in this scale, the plastic card wheels are not going well, next I will have a go at using some of the kids DAX clay to make wider tyres and the just replace the tyer part and keep the wheel rim. If that doesnt go well a trip the Pendle slot cars for me.

I know nothing about taking good photos but the Horizon pic look very crisp.

This really is developing into something special.

Im venturing into new areas of the site as Im normally a scifi builder and this will be my first car build since I was a kid. I used to drive about in a beetle in the early 90`s and a very unusual one a that, at, it was a light blue 1969 1500cc semi auto, the reg was MEG 999F, standard form apart from the quad tail pipes ( dame it was loud) and I used to dream of owning a CAL look Bug and after the better half bought me the 1/32 airfix kit for Christmas I thought I best get it built before I start anymore robots. So I will be doing my best to come up with what I wanted my bug to look like back in the 90`s. It will have the boot and bonnet handles removed, the wing seams smoothed out , lowered and some big fat rims and tiers fitted, so will see what I can do with it. First impressions on the kit is that is bloody awful, nothing fits well and the flashing is something else, details are not great so removing a few might be a good idea. My VW history is a bit rusty but I think the rear window is the wrong size for its year. So Im on with preparing the body work and modding the seat so they have a bit more of a laid back driving poison and Im thing long and hard about what to do with the wheels. Do I just buy some slot car wheels or make good the kits wheels? Not a lot to show but here are some WIP pics. Trying to add an bonnet and boot seam, I will keep at this and the Volks crest badge might have to go and front indicators have to go. Some filler needed here! and that rear wind is the wrong size for the year the is supposed to be, rear wing seam smoothed out. The rain gully has has some sanding down but I think I need to make is smaller still, its still really out of scale. Working on the seats, one OOB and the other modded for the chilled out driver, might try and add a high back to then as well. The skinny wheels are going to have to go. That it for now.

A very late coming to the build, Im genuinely sorry to read your having problems at home any illness with family member is always difficult regardless of the form it takes. The build.....OMG. I have only looked at the pictures and read a few choice explanations of your work but it has to be the best model I have ever seen built in particular the engine and chassis it was almost a shame to see them covered. You are truly inspirational, not sure if your a genius or mad but your definitely inspirational. All the best at home. Brian

Thanks both, started sanding and preping the kit a bit last night and the quality and fit is a bit naff really so im going to go with sticking some sheet to the wheels and see were it takes me, i like the idea of resin casting but not at the moment. If it all failes i will get some slot car wheels orded.

Looks great to me.

Congratulations on the 3rd place mate, you must be chuffed. He lookes as nice a Sinanju as i have seen. I would like to have seen the shield crest pickout a bit more but he still looks realy very nice.

Im just about to start my first car build in a very very longtime and Im going with an Airfx VW beetle, but Im going for the custom bug look (the way I allays wanted mine to look) so I really need some fat wheels, I was thinking I could use the wheels that come with the kit but cutting then in half and widening with plastic cards looks like it might be problematic. Any other ideas how I might go about this? Cheers

Da da dadar da dadar da dadar.... Now thats going to stick with me all day. Stunning build.

This really is looking fantastic, looking forward to seeing it all finished and tbe lights on.

Finished it off just now with some blending, washes and a few crack. And a naff picture on the kitchen side of everything finished. I will try and do some better pictures later.

IThanks guys. So i wanted to make a sort of generic base for my sci fi builds and using one of those cheep photo frames i came up with this. Primer and some black lines and masked off some road lines and started some shading. Continued shading. Sparyed some base colours.