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How are you going to do the rubber hoses that attach to those points on the gun and titan, and between the head and body?

jabbakahut wrote:How are you going to do the rubber hoses that attach to those points on the gun and titan, and between the head and body?

I dunno?

But seriously, I've toyed with the idea of black monofilament fishing line. I'll try making a bundle of it. Pass it thru some rings made of copper or brass tube stock. Glue the ends into brass tubing collars and glue it to the connectors. The bundle can be held intact with cyno acetate glue and still remain flexible.

'course you could be a sport and give me yours,

EB

Actually, now that you mention it, let me look in my bits dressors, There was some left over when I was done.

Very good work !!!
You recreate it very proffessionaly !
Why don't you create your own model?( after finishing this one of course !

earenciel wrote:Very good work !!!
You recreate it very proffessionaly !
Why don't you create your own model?( after finishing this one of course !

Aside from me being merely a copier there are certain estabished models that have been accepted for this genra. I suppose a titan could be created with the same strengths and play values as the production model but would it be allowed in a tournament game. It would be a shame to waste all that effort on an unplayable piece.

Mais alors my next project will be a scratch built Warlord Titan and aside from a few photos I will be building entirely by instinct.

That should assuage the creative criteria.

serait il pas

La Vipère Noire

Thanks for the reply. I've never had a response from France before (I don't think).

EB

I am amazed by how you are able to pull this off. This has amazing attention to detail and is one of the best works i have seen. Keep it up, my friend. I wouldn't be surprised if GW looked to hire you for something. Im sure Dakka is proud to have you.

The_Blackadder wrote:..my next project will be a scratch built Warlord Titan and aside from a few photos I will be building entirely by instinct.
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I've been thinking about doing that myself. Too bad the timing isn't right, we could have a Warlord build-off!

jabbakahut wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:..my next project will be a scratch built Warlord Titan and aside from a few photos I will be building entirely by instinct.
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I've been thinking about doing that myself. Too bad the timing isn't right, we could have a Warlord build-off!

There's no time like the present. Er that is after I finish the Warhound.

EB

Honestly I didn't know who sang the song; I just remembered the "leggs" comercial.

How's that for dating yourself.

Not much accomplished this week. I do have the bolter body nailed I think and am starting to add the detail.

Originally the front housing was too short and the mount arm housing too long. The bolter barrels were too small and the front overhang too short so I redid virtually the whole thing working on the existing frame.

It looks pretty alright to me and the proportion to the head and hull looks about right so now on goes the detail this evening











If anyone has just cause as to why this detailing should not take place; let him speak now or forever hold his peace.

E. Blackadder

If you dont detail it, ill kill you!!

Seriously though, do the detailing. The VMB casing/shell is looking awesome and those bits on the back of the FW weapons are for attatching hoses/wires.



edit: double post

To detail or not to detail that is not a question with you. Of course detail.

+1, detail please.

A polite request, a preamble to a soliloquy, and a death threat; hmmm I guess I'll detail the existing bolter as it is.

Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of an outraged patron, etc.

Blackadder

Can't see to much detail due to brightness but looks good so far.

That disk diameter you're looking for is, I believe, 3 inches.

I started building a warlord last year (it got sidetracked) and did a lot of scaling via AutoCAD, and that's what I remember it being.

Holy moly that is better than a forge world one

Looks great as usual. What's the diameter of the styrene barrels there?

Also, Legs is sung by ZZ TOP.

Beamo wrote:That disk diameter you're looking for is, I believe, 3 inches.

I started building a warlord last year (it got sidetracked) and did a lot of scaling via AutoCAD, and that's what I remember it being.

Thanks, love to see the autocad work.

jamunition wrote:Holy moly that is better than a forge world one

Thanks,

Wehrkind wrote:Looks great as usual. What's the diameter of the styrene barrels there?

Also, Legs is sung by ZZ TOP.

The barrels are 5/32" or 3.98mm and the tips are 1/8" or 3.5mm.

Who?

The out of it Blackadder

Wow, its awesome.

The gimbal is installed. Now to finish the detailing.

Don't know why I put off installing the gimball. It really is quite simple.

First you cut, chop bore, carve, or blast a hole larger than the rotator sphere.

stuff paper, kleenex, or whatever into the void so you don't waste too much epoxy.

mix up enough epoxy to fill the hole.

smear a light coat of vasoline or wax onto the sphere.

Insert the sphere slightly more than half way into the epoxy. a rim of epoxy will push out around the sphere. don't wipe it off or disturb it; you'll just make a mess.

Allow the epoxy to set for a few hours. I use epoxy that hardens in 24 hours but after a few hours it is hard enough to handle.

I use an exacto chisel to remove the rim of epoxy from the ball. The epoxy at this stage comes away readily from the plasticard with no residue. you can even flick it off with your fingernail.

At this point it's good to note that I have threaded an 8-32 screw into the ball.

Grabbing the screw with a set of pliers; the ball should come out with a satisfying 'pop'.

Voila one fully articulated gimbal,

Blackadder

Whoa... You've got a head full of ideas, Blackadder! I'd imagine that a few more rivets will see this baby finished.

If I were to ever complete a project such as this, I think that I'd spend a few days afterwards spinning around on my desk chair whilst laughing madly. Who needs an evil feline pet when you can have a titan!

"I told you not to anger me, and now the Warhound is upset. Start running now... Mwhahaha!"

"So are you going to tidy that mess up or not?"

"Oh, right, that. Errr, give me a minute and I'll do it... I SAID A MINUTE!"

Ah, a touch of randomness never did any harm. Anyhow, have fun getting this part done!

Awesome.

Now I'm really jealous. You can pop it in and out easily AND it retains enough tension to hold the gun (the resin weapons are rather heavy-that was a major problem with magnetically mounting them) how much do yours weigh?

I can't find my postage scale but about an ounce i.e. 28grams.

Here's what you need to do if you have a Dremel style power tool. Cut out a large amount of material from the bottom of the weapon (Where the detail is sparse or cut a slab with the detail intact.) and hollow out the weapon especially towards the front. Then epoxy the slab back on and fill the seam. That shouldn't be too hard because you have a bolter and a plasma cannon. A lascannon would require a rebuild of the barrels out of evergreen tubing again not too difficult.

HTH,

EB




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Live and learn Department:

Here's some thing I just found out while I was waiting for the Tamiya glue to dry. I have always cursed them because the brush doesn't reach to the bottom of the bottle. I've been adding marbles to raise the fluid level but I was just holding the collar around the gimbal and waiting for the glue to set and noticed that the brush is an insert and can be slid out to reach the bottom of the vial. Those insidious Orients; wouldn't you think they would have mentioned that on the label instead of the ridiculous admonishment not to drink the stuff.

I mean if you have to be warned not to drink plastic glue I'm afraid you won't be long for this world anyway.

Of course with that in mind one might argue that if you have to be told to slide the brush out you might be too stupid to build plastic models Blackadder. LOL

Thought I'd get that in that before someone else did,

EB

Man I am mired in work and have not been able to devote a lot of time to this project. Here's the bolter as it stands today. You will note the lack of detail on the appendage empennage (Look it up.) I can't find any images on what it's supposed to look like. Mayhaps some kind soul would regale us with a timely image of the butt end of the bolter and the ammo caissons as well ??? I hope

The hat in hand Blackadder

'Sanity is for the weak!'

Insane again Blackadder. Brilliant stuff.

Cili

Man I love DakkaX2 forum. I can always count on a quick response and I thrive on the replies.

Thanks for responding,

Here Lucy waiting for her arms I hope I can do more in the next week.

Blackadder

Just the other day I was transferring some photos from my cam, I guess I did something and ended up deleting the entire card before completing. Tried file recovery to no avail. But I had taken some weapon photos for you. I'll see if I can't do it again tonight.

looks awesome ATM.

Wish I had as much skill at plasticard and scratch building stuff like some of yall out there.... Needless to say that, that looks AMAZING thus far! Good work mate!