Theb Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 First strap over bit out of the mold. Some gentle heating to get it positioned right but the day job is calling. Break day tomorrow so can spend a little more time with it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 14:28, Theb said: Thinking that the idea of doing a similar scene with the big Neca version is out of the question... For now! 24" long!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Mike said: 24" long!!!! Trust me… That would take a up an entire room here so don’t think the partner would go for it unless I can convince her that it would be good for hanging the washing on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Theb said: unless I can convince her that it would be good for hanging the washing on! At this time of year, that's a possibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Crikey. Can't believe that I've managed to rack up over a hundred posts on this thing. Trust me, I'm getting bored with it too but I can't stop going at it. Coming up to 8 months working on it and now the hard stuff is getting smaller. Just tried having a go (for fun) at one of the bolt type thingys on the astronauts armour and boy, is this small. Never the less. I think I'm happy with the strap over part and have done an alteration to the wall divider bits to see if it makes for easier assembly. Fingers crossed. Ordered some black Gelcoat too just to put the burner under me as it only has a shelf life of 6 months so hoping that it doesn't get anywhere close to that before I'm getting a completed and proper molded version of this. The version I've been working on to date is to make sure that everything works and also for painting reference. Originally looking to make 5 complete versions of this and see what happens. Friends are so demanding! Mike... Hopefully soon with the turntable! ht Newplas clay in there to support the jockey because I couldn't find the sleeve that holds it. It's around,,,somewheres! Edited February 16, 2023 by Theb Typo 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 Didn't have much time to do much at all today so I'm messing with bits on the side. New wall dividers that I hope will work easier are in the mold. Turntable still ongoing. Floor extension work in progress. Trying to figure how to do all the tiny bolts and stuff for the armour of the astronauts. This whole thing may be big but everything within it is really tiny! Messing with a bit of acrylic and artist chalk to see what I can pull out. Will be trying the airbrush and probably not best to be trying anything until I've primed in black but couldn't resist. Very difficult to decide which way to take the painting as images all differ depending on the lighting and angle and stuff but I like the real dirty looking style. Will be hoping that I can hit a happy medium but Mystic Meg keeps dancing and won't stand still! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Oh the Astronauts. beginning to seriously look into 3d printing at the moment as it’s come a ways from when I last got an interest in it. Don’t like the idea of not being hands on but sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Start of the filling process. Painful as expected. Hope to have this in the mold sometime later this week. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Takes a while to glue bits together but getting there. Now need to take the whole thing into the garage to apply some fibreglass to the back to secure everything. Not too sure how easy that's going to be as I've got to get it through the doors! 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Still working the turntable 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Just popped in to check on progress. Yep, Still amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Great! Mac has finally packed up so need to fix or get a new one. Need Illustrator for the floor extension bit unless I can do it old school! I love my Mac 😂😂😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Working with iPad to post pics. bit of a learning curve even though it’s an Apple product it works nothing like a Mac. Thought I’d make a cake! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Ok so the cheap silicone hasn’t yielded a very good result on the turntable. ive got polyurethane in the mould now and doing just a quick slush mould thing so I can see where adjustments need to be made to the master. Good news on the master when I demolded, only a couple of bits came off so will reapply. need to put in an order for the good rubber stuff later so hoping a bit more filling and then sometime next week for a proper mould. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 It does tell me what I need to know. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 There's a substantial difference in size, isn't there? Makes me wonder whether it was sized to fit the box Looking great though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 New computational device has been delayed in delivery. Guessing adverse weather conditions everywhere so won’t have a new machine set up for at least a week or so. In the meantime will concentrate on other bits… and trying to get someways towards completion. oh yeah. Forgot Astronauts And painting it. 🙀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Guessing that cheap silicone is ok and the hastily way I applied it was incorrect so going to give it another go. order in. awaiting. oh the Astronauts. Edited March 11, 2023 by Theb Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 Also need to do a little bit for the turntable as an add on for the hole bit that Kane goes down. hadn’t forgotten…by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Great work on this. Can I ask what are you going to do with it when it is finished and just how big will it be when finished? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 15 hours ago, PeteH1969 said: Great work on this. Can I ask what are you going to do with it when it is finished and just how big will it be when finished? Pete Hi Pete. Thought it would be good to get a few complete and sell a couple if good enough. The problem is how much time each would take to cast,assemble and paint. At least a couple of months for each. Turntables would be easy if I can get a clean mold from it. Should be able too at some point. Will see how it goes. The whole thing is a bit of a drain. Some days are better than others and I haven't lost heart in the project yet.😁 Think of a cube size of 54 cm. That's approximately how big the whole thing is. As it stands, I can't even display it here.😱 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 Yay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theb Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 mapping out the floor extension area. Going to have to be a little bit me me me on this as there really is nothing to reference too other than little bits on the edges of images found online. Obviously it has to reflect the turntable but will probably keep as basic as possible. Shall see how it goes. Will start molding the turntable between now and next break day, Saturday. Going to go slooooow with it and try my damdest to get it right this time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spruecutter96 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Cracking work! Your dedication is astonishing.... Thanks for sharing the progress with us. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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