Will Vale Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi folks, I finished off the Salamis yesterday and took some pictures today - here they are: (click for bigger, especially if you like dust!) I'm pretty pleased with how the Balls (sort of cut-price Gundam robots, apparently) came out - they look nice and chunky considering they're about 4.5mm across I wasn't really intending to light this, but realised that with some drilling and filing I could get a 5mm LED into the engine bell, and a 1.8mm square one into the bridge. Running the wires wasn't too hard - I drilled down from the bridge and back from the engine, and then diagonally up from the hole where the stand plugs in until all the bores met. Some more filing and a bit of stiff beading wire helped feed the stranded cable through. Pleasingly, the battery (a CR2032 coin cell) just fits into the base of the stand, so the whole thing is self contained. I made the battery holder from some bits of metal, but ran out of space for a switch so you have to pop the battery out to turn it off I thought this was a fun little kit, a bit more work than I expected but worth it. It's not very big compared to the box it comes in though: You also get a larger ship (the Magellan-class battleship) in the box, so I'll have to get on to that in the not too distant future. Comments + criticism very welcome, and thanks for looking! Cheers, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That looks ace Will! I thought it was huge until the last picture - insane that you managed to light something so tiny - superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetboy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi folks, I finished off the Salamis yesterday and took some pictures today - here they are: (click for bigger, especially if you like dust!) I'm pretty pleased with how the Balls (sort of cut-price Gundam robots, apparently) came out - they look nice and chunky considering they're about 4.5mm across I wasn't really intending to light this, but realised that with some drilling and filing I could get a 5mm LED into the engine bell, and a 1.8mm square one into the bridge. Running the wires wasn't too hard - I drilled down from the bridge and back from the engine, and then diagonally up from the hole where the stand plugs in until all the bores met. Some more filing and a bit of stiff beading wire helped feed the stranded cable through. Pleasingly, the battery (a CR2032 coin cell) just fits into the base of the stand, so the whole thing is self contained. I made the battery holder from some bits of metal, but ran out of space for a switch so you have to pop the battery out to turn it off I thought this was a fun little kit, a bit more work than I expected but worth it. It's not very big compared to the box it comes in though: You also get a larger ship (the Magellan-class battleship) in the box, so I'll have to get on to that in the not too distant future. Comments + criticism very welcome, and thanks for looking! Cheers, Will Hi will,i dont know what it is,but its a cracking job,you really have made a top class job there,all the best...cheers Don....ps i suppose storage is no problem? don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) that is awesome Will - brillaint job. Your painting is always spot on - wish I could be more like that! Perfectly in scale I see you abandoned the stripes for the ball launch rails - I thought they looked good before, but this is still excellent none the less Where did you get the coin holder from? I've been thinking about using something like on some of my smaller builds Edited January 8, 2013 by Madhatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Where did you get the coin holder from? I've been thinking about using something like on some of my smaller builds You can apparently get holders from electronics suppliers (RS etc.) for cheap, or rip them off old motherboards, but this is home made (and correspondingly a bit dodgy!) I cut out brass and phosphor bronze (for the sprung contact) with scissors, bent it to shape, and soldered the header pins on so I could have something easy to wire to. It's all epoxied into the base - I added the extra styrene strips to keep the battery in place. It's a bit Blue Peter but it mostly works, and it was satisfying to build it to fit with bits I had lying around Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppaMoomin Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 This is seriously impressive, I have one of those Ball robots to a bigger scale somewhere in my stash, going to look for it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Thanks! I looked at the larger scale kit (or at least pictures of it on the web) for the colour scheme, although the orange tanks on the back probably aren't canonical. From what I can see the Master Grade Ball kit is pretty good - it has an internal structure with plating panels over it, so you could do a cool battle-damaged version, or maintenance diorama. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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