moebius Iron Man mk2 (silver suit)

[Mark M]

well thanks to a kind poster on here i picked up a bargin from play.com

my son jamies loves iron man so i thought id make it for him, ive studied Andy Mullens thread closely and thanks to him i now will add power (thanks andy)

anyway here goes, the kit is crisply molded and fits like a dream with only minor filling and sanding needed on the seams

box shot!

the plastic is all clear with most (bar the base) being covered in silver paint which does flake easily but doesnt matter as a repaint will be needed anyway

there is also a small decal sheet which contain rivits

i was so keen to get going ive had the dremel and soldering iron out and build up the arms and powered them up!!!

Edited May 18, 2010 by markmarples

[Mark M]

i plan to light the eyes as well but cant find any pictures with this suit lit up, would i be correct in thinking they are red!

[FZ6]

That looks like it will be a stunning model when built. A good example of a model to use different shades of Alclad.

http://www.boncherry.com/blog/wp-content/u...war-machine.jpg

The eves look like they have a slight blue tinge.

[Andy Mullen]

I shall pull out my now well worn DVD and watch it later on, but I believe they are similar to the MK3 eyes

[Mark M]

pants!

ive only got red green and white, i shall have to get some more thanks guys

[Andy Mullen]

pants!

ive only got red green and white, i shall have to get some more thanks guys

If you have some spare white LEDs, just tint them with blue clear like I did with mine

[Mark M]

That looks like it will be a stunning model when built. A good example of a model to use different shades of Alclad.

http://www.boncherry.com/blog/wp-content/u...war-machine.jpg

The eves look like they have a slight blue tinge.

good picture but i dont think thats the mk2 suit,

If you have some spare white LEDs, just tint them with blue clear like I did with mine

thats brilliant!!!!! i would have never thought of that!!!!!, ive already been on the net looking at going to maplins in the morning but now i dont have to thanks mate

[Mark M]

ive foound a piccy now by accident, yep there blue!

Edited May 12, 2010 by markmarples

[Mark M]

im now the proud owner of 2 blue led's thanks andy!

[Mark M]

cant do a lot today jamies is off school sick, im doing bits between cleaning up vomit!

but ive filled and sanded, an arm, it looks odd as its clear plastic with silver overpainted so when you sand off comes the silver

[cmatthewbacon]

Looking good! ...if you're going to repaint it all anyway, you might want to take off the silver plating wholesale - it's not a great surface for painting onto so the paint gets a good grip. If you get some "caustic soda" from your local hardware/cleaning shop (the brand I have is called "Max Strength") and mix it up - very carefully - in a bucket, and dump the sprues in it'll dissolve the aluminium "silver" plate off in seconds, and leave you nice bare plastic for painting. You might also want to spray the _inside_ silver before assembly to prevent light leaking through where you don't want it!...

HTH,

bestest,

M.

[Mark M]

Looking good! ...if you're going to repaint it all anyway, you might want to take off the silver plating wholesale - it's not a great surface for painting onto so the paint gets a good grip. If you get some "caustic soda" from your local hardware/cleaning shop (the brand I have is called "Max Strength") and mix it up - very carefully - in a bucket, and dump the sprues in it'll dissolve the aluminium "silver" plate off in seconds, and leave you nice bare plastic for painting. You might also want to spray the _inside_ silver before assembly to prevent light leaking through where you don't want it!...

HTH,

bestest,

M.

thanks not a bad idea, only problem is ive glued and wired a lot of it, but the paint comes off easy so ill just lightly sand it before i prime with black and alclad it, i will paint the insides of what i can especially round the lights

[Mark M]

ok chaps i need your help, how do i remove the paint from the circle on the chest plate (i.e. where the light is) as the kit is made from clear plastic i was going to ilumiate this and not start cutting, and i dont want to scratch it id rather leave the rest of the paint on for the time being but if i have to i will dip the lot in to some chemical or another (if thats what i have to do what shall i use? hopfully somthing household)

[Andy Mullen]

ok chaps i need your help, how do i remove the paint from the circle on the chest plate (i.e. where the light is) as the kit is made from clear plastic i was going to ilumiate this and not start cutting, and i dont want to scratch it id rather leave the rest of the paint on for the time being but if i have to i will dip the lot in to some chemical or another (if thats what i have to do what shall i use? hopfully somthing household)

I would sand off the paint and then polish the clear plastic with Micromesh, and then mask the round until painting finished.

I actually drilled and removed all of the holes on my red one, and replaced them with thin white plasticard. The insides of where the LEDs are to be place need to be painted to stop light leakage. I used two coats of black on mine.

[Mark M]

I would sand off the paint and then polish the clear plastic with Micromesh, and then mask the round until painting finished.

I actually drilled and removed all of the holes on my red one, and replaced them with thin white plasticard. The insides of where the LEDs are to be place need to be painted to stop light leakage. I used two coats of black on mine.

thanks andy, i thought id use the clear plastic as it was there, yours was red wasnt it? its just an awkward shape its recessed and difficult to sand without damaging the surrounding area, i cant paint the hands black as ive sealed that bit up (nevermind) but the rest will be blacked out, also mate how did you cut the eyes out so neatly?

[cmatthewbacon]

I wouldn't worry too much about getting the plastic completely transparent again. It looks to me from that photo like you want the whole circle to glow evenly, so a "frosted" look would diffuse the light better anyway. If it's actually recessed, then you could try making up some strong caustic soda as I suggested, but just drop it in with a cheap brush (that you don't care about) to fill the recess. Once it's eaten the plating, flush it out quickly with a lot of cold water, and it should just take the plate off in situ...

Otherwise, mask around the hole with SEVERAL layers of tape and spray it with some Halfords lacquer - from painful experience I know that THAT wrinkles and lifts "chrome" plating! ;-P

best regards,

Matt

[Andy Mullen]

thanks andy, i thought id use the clear plastic as it was there, yours was red wasnt it? its just an awkward shape its recessed and difficult to sand without damaging the surrounding area, i cant paint the hands black as ive sealed that bit up (nevermind) but the rest will be blacked out, also mate how did you cut the eyes out so neatly?

Drilled with micro drills and then a few days of careful filing with flat needle file.

[Mark M]

thanks chapps

well i tried somthing off the wall, i scratched around the edges of the circle with a sharpe blade, the placed some hitac tape on the circle pushed it down firmly and pulled it off quick

here's the result, your right its slightly frosed but i wanted to do that on the inside, was also toying withthe idea of giving it a light tint, of thinned blue around the edges

hears the progress withthe head also

[Mark M]

im off work for a couple of days so i thought id get some more done (whiles jamies at school, he still doesnt know about it)

arms legs and head done the mask needs drilling the eyes out, and the legs need filling and sanding and the chest liight sorting but hes coming together

[Mark M]

ok, legs sanded and all wired up and torso filled (to be sanded in the morning)

then he will be pre painted black before the acllad

what do we think dark grey base?

[Tedfellows]

Whats Masood looking at?

I'm liking the looks of this one Mark! What colour Alclads are you using?

Adam

[Mark M]

hes looking at my beer in the background

with regard to the alclad, im undecided betweel polished aluminum or chrome, i think ill try the polished aluminum and see how we go, i think that will be more acuarate

[Mark M]

ok the black is on, now do i klear then alclad or just go for it

[Mark M]

ok the alclad is on, minus a small spill

but he looks great he needs a polish and declas for the rivits but im happy

[Mark M]

what ALclad like with decals and sealing the decasl in??

i normally use Klear but with the reaction of the table cloth im a bit worried, i want to put all the rivits on but dont want to spoil the model, im even tempted not to but the decals on. what do we think

decals on or not, if on what shall i use?

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!