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The models are stunning, just stunning but I love the way they look unpainted, it’s just so cool to be able to see the work that’s gone into it.

well, this will take lots of time

this is some kind of masochism

Impressive job on the track. And great skills.
I assume they take a lot of time to be done

583 wrote:
Impressive job on the track. And great skills.
I assume they take a lot of time to be done

yeah, it takes lots of time and precision cuts, my fingers hurt
i may finish one side tracks today, but im not sure about this, and the next step after tracks will be rivets - a piece of nightmare too

 bhaad wrote:

583 wrote:
Impressive job on the track. And great skills.
I assume they take a lot of time to be done

yeah, it takes lots of time and precision cuts, my fingers hurt
i may finish one side tracks today, but im not sure about this, and the next step after tracks will be rivets - a piece of nightmare too

darn, it's almost as masochistic as build ark scale models tracks...
Do you use some kind of cutter for tracks or its all modelling knife?

 kabaakaba wrote:

 bhaad wrote:

583 wrote:
Impressive job on the track. And great skills.
I assume they take a lot of time to be done

yeah, it takes lots of time and precision cuts, my fingers hurt
i may finish one side tracks today, but im not sure about this, and the next step after tracks will be rivets - a piece of nightmare too

darn, it's almost as masochistic as build ark scale models tracks...
Do you use some kind of cutter for tracks or its all modelling knife?

glad you asked
https://youtube.com/shorts/njslyxbUSUk

just modeling knife and my hands

some progress on tracks - almost finished one side and made prototype hydro cylinders to lift missile pod

most painful part is done - all tracks are ready
made a radar
maybe ill change back part by adding doors, and some details to inner part
rocket heads are next following by rivets

Hm, which density paper do you use for them?
I'm curious cause I start building terrain using carton and it's I bit to hard to bend or cut small details

 kabaakaba wrote:
Hm, which density paper do you use for them?
I'm curious cause I start building terrain using carton and it's I bit to hard to bend or cut small details

0.5-1.0mm cardboard, depends on detail's size

changed rear part and made two first pew-pew rockets

I am not even the one doing it, but I am feeling the pain of the tracks.

How do you even make the rocket tips out of paper?

I second the question about making round rocket tips. What I also would be interested in: how does the paper you use react to paint? Do you seal it of first with some kind of varnish or enamel?

Adamantium Dodecahedron wrote:
I am not even the one doing it, but I am feeling the pain of the tracks.

How do you even make the rocket tips out of paper?

thats not that hard. template consists of 6 details - 4 truncated cones, one cone, one circle. cut out, glue them together, polish gently, glue in place


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 Pyroalchi wrote:
I second the question about making round rocket tips. What I also would be interested in: how does the paper you use react to paint? Do you seal it of first with some kind of varnish or enamel?

basically - im covering almost all details with liquid cyanoacrylate, it soaks in paper/cardboard and you can polish them without ripping slices of paper from ready detail. and this way it strengthening significantly.
after all of this im priming model with spray primer (not water based solution), in most cases in 2 thin coats, and now you can paint it as usual model

and by the way. my friend finished painting macharius, looks awesome as for me

Looks great! And indistinguishable from the original

in fact, paper model is slightly bigger than original, anyway

all rockets ready, time to glue rivets %)

You did all those tracks by hand?!? You, sir, are a stone cold maniac - incredible work though, and that Macharius is absolutely beautiful

 Skinflint Games wrote:
You did all those tracks by hand?!? You, sir, are a stone cold maniac - incredible work though, and that Macharius is absolutely beautiful

had some inspiration and some free time to cut, lol
once i made a mistake by mixing two sizes of beads that was a very bad idea