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Posted by Gunpla Master on Monday, October 18, 2010 8:39 PM

Kugai

 Gunpla Master:

Oh great, you mean I gotta finish some models Confused lol, a good idea, I also would like to see someone start a Battleship Yamato GB, hint, hint CJ.  Kits already started are allowed, hint, hint CJ.

 

 

A Yamato GB?  Just what I need, an excuse to add one of the EX kits to my "in-progress" lineup Big Smile.  It would, however, be a cool way to have something done to have something done to celebrate the release of one or both of the new movies stateside ( if they are released here ).

Well Kugai, looks like you got the ball in your court, so start the Yamato GB.  I know I would be interested in taking part and I am sure ole CJ might throw in a photo from time to time of that Yamato he is re-working into a Master Piece.     The Gunp  Yes Toast

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Posted by Kugai on Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:17 PM

Gunpla Master

Oh great, you mean I gotta finish some models Confused lol, a good idea, I also would like to see someone start a Battleship Yamato GB, hint, hint CJ.  Kits already started are allowed, hint, hint CJ.

 

A Yamato GB?  Just what I need, an excuse to add one of the EX kits to my "in-progress" lineup Big Smile.  It would, however, be a cool way to have something done to celebrate the release of one or both of the new movies stateside ( if they are released here ).

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Sunday, October 17, 2010 2:17 PM

Kugai

 Cosmic J:

LOL! I could have written those very same words myself. One of the reasons I tend to join GBs here is to motivate me to stick w/ one model for longer. Cool

 

Has there ever been a GB for that? I can see it now...

"Rules are, one year from GB startup, kits must have been started already, state as many as you want to commit to but no more than 2 new projects can be started until the committed GB subjects are done.  Other "need to finish what I started" builds are the exception to the last part."

I think I can already hear some of our Signifigant Others supporting the idea.

Oh great, you mean I gotta finish some models Confused lol, a good idea, I also would like to see someone start a Battleship Yamato GB, hint, hint CJ.  Kits already started are allowed, hint, hint CJ.

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Posted by Kugai on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:50 AM

Cosmic J

LOL! I could have written those very same words myself. One of the reasons I tend to join GBs here is to motivate me to stick w/ one model for longer. Cool

Has there ever been a GB for that? I can see it now...

"Rules are, one year from GB startup, kits must have been started already, state as many as you want to commit to but no more than 2 new projects can be started until the committed GB subjects are done.  Other "need to finish what I started" builds are the exception to the last part."

I think I can already hear some of our Signifigant Others supporting the idea.

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Posted by Cosmic J on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:13 AM

Kugai

I'm the same way.  The tricky part for me is keeping track of everything.  I do what work I can on one kit and get to a point that I have to wait for cement, putty, or paint to dry ( which sometimes means I can only really work on it for 15 or 20 minutes that day ), and switch over to another kit to chip away at, until I get to a similar point, then more as time allows.

What makes it tricky is when I get something new and can't resist the urge to dig in like a kid with a new toy, or when some issue comes up like a mistake I'm not sure how to fix or find out some new technique I had in mind and expected to be easy turns out to be less easy than expected.  Some WIP gets put aside, then further aside.  I recently moved and in the process realized I have waaaay too many kits in various stages of partial completeion, so have made these a priority. 

LOL! I could have written those very same words myself. One of the reasons I tend to join GBs here is to motivate me to stick w/ one model for longer. Cool

As for your Yamato, that added detail looks great!  I can't wait to see what other personal touches you add.

Thank you sir, very kind.

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Posted by Kugai on Sunday, October 10, 2010 7:27 PM

Cosmic J

Thank you sir, and sorry to put the temptation on you.  Big Smile Yeah, I'm pretty much working on 6 to 10 kits at any given time. That's one of the reasons it takes so long for me to get anything done.

 

 

 

I'm the same way.  The tricky part for me is keeping track of everything.  I do what work I can on one kit and get to a point that I have to wait for cement, putty, or paint to dry ( which sometimes means I can only really work on it for 15 or 20 minutes that day ), and switch over to another kit to chip away at, until I get to a similar point, then more as time allows.

What makes it tricky is when I get something new and can't resist the urge to dig in like a kid with a new toy, or when some issue comes up like a mistake I'm not sure how to fix or find out some new technique I had in mind and expected to be easy turns out to be less easy than expected.  Some WIP gets put aside, then further aside.  I recently moved and in the process realized I have waaaay too many kits in various stages of partial completeion, so have made these a priority. 

As for your Yamato, that added detail looks great!  I can't wait to see what other personal touches you add.

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Posted by Cosmic J on Saturday, October 9, 2010 1:45 AM

SLW 45

How you can work on that many at one time just proves you the Master to all us grashoppersBow Down

LOL! I don't know about all that. I think it's more like evidence that I have modeler's ADD...  Big Smile

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Posted by SLW 45 on Friday, October 8, 2010 4:17 PM

How you can work on that many at one time just proves you the Master to all us grashoppersBow Down

                 

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Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, October 8, 2010 3:54 AM

Gunpla Master

CJ, man now you got me wanting to start mine and I have three other projects to complete before I will start anything else, @ least thats what I keep saying to myself.  I'll enjoys yours for as long as I can stand it.  You have done some great mods.YesYesYes

 

the Gunp Cool

Thank you sir, and sorry to put the temptation on you.  Big Smile Yeah, I'm pretty much working on 6 to 10 kits at any given time. That's one of the reasons it takes so long for me to get anything done.

 

 

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Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, October 8, 2010 3:52 AM

SLW 45

Man CJ that is looking good  Cant wait to see it all done and ready for action Bow Down

Thank you brother. Kind of you to say. Smile

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 10:47 PM

CJ, man now you got me wanting to start mine and I have three other projects to complete before I will start anything else, @ least thats what I keep saying to myself.  I'll enjoys yours for as long as I can stand it.  You have done some great mods.YesYesYes

 

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 10:42 PM

Bow Down the Gunp, more please asked the grasshopper to the master.

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Posted by SLW 45 on Saturday, October 2, 2010 8:46 AM

Man CJ that is looking good  Cant wait to see it all done and ready for action Bow Down

                 

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Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, October 1, 2010 11:50 PM

Okay. Cool

I don't have much to show, cause I wanted to build this ship pretty much straight out of the box. Unfortunately, they are old molds and require some clean-up.

For the Wave Motion Gun barrel, the kit had this little cup that came in two pieces. It didn't fit the gun aperture correctly, and had almost no detail. You'll see what I mean when you get to it. It needed some work, because that gun is one of the most iconic parts of that ship.

So I assembled the cup and firmly glued it into the hull. Once it was good and dry, I drilled out the bottom of the barrel/cup, and used a round file to smooth it out and match the edges of the aperture. I then filled the resultant gaps w/ Aves Apoxie Sculpt, and wet sanded it smooth once dry.

After that, I glued lengths of 0.010 x 0.020 strip styrene into the barrel. I didn't use a jig or anything, I just eyeballed it. I glued the four cardinal points first - top, bottom, left and right - then I bisected those spaces, and the resulting spaces again, for a total of 16 strips all relatively equidistant. This was actually kind of difficult, because there's not much room to maneuver inside the hull. Once they were in place, I snipped them down on both ends and sanded them flush.

To cover the hole in the bottom of the barrel, I took a shallow M.S.G./Koto burner nozzle and dropped a Wave O-Bolt into it. The one in the image is the first one I made - I used too much liquid cement and that bubbled up around the edges of the bolt, so I made another w/ less glue and used that. I couldn't get the camera to focus down in the barrel, so I can't show you what it looks like finished.

The image here looks a little rough, but in reality it came out quite well. I painted it w/ Mr Surfacer 1000 to check if it was smooth, and polished it w/ an alcohol dipped q-tip. I'm quite pleased w/ the results. Not like anyone will notice the work once the model is done. Big Smile

The bottoms of the turrets are hollow, so I'm using sheet cardstock to block them off. That's a work still in progress.

So that's where I am. Sorry not more pictures. As I said, this was (supposed to be) a quickie build so I didn't really document it.

 

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:29 AM

Cosmic J

Indeed.

RE: weathering - They used to run Starblazers on a local VHF station when I was a kid, and I remember that the Yamato used to take quite a pounding. Don't quote me on this, but I think in one episode they used the Wave Motion Gun to shoot a hole through a star, and then flew the ship through the hole. Seems like that might cause some scorching. Big Smile

I was actually working on my 1/700 Yamato today. I'm using thin strips of styrene to detail the inside of the WMG barrel. Too early to tell if it's going to be as awesome as I want it to be, but fingers are crossed.

U tease, and I found you way over here.  Now you got me wanting to build mine, but just too many projects going.  But I would like to tell you about a base I got off of eBay.  I saw this and wanted for displaying a Ma.k Model (Luna Diver).  Now I bidded and won the base, paid the amount and waited.  A few days later upon coming home form work, I spied a large box on the porch.  I did not think anything about it and was shocked when I opened the box to see that this base I had won was a Monster.  Here are the dimensions.  275x200x40mm, height 300mm & max weight 1500g, the base weighs 370g.  This is a New G Functional Stand.  The functional part is the arm w/heavy spring loaded shock that locks the arm at the height you desire.  Even has a place for a photo of the subject mounted.  I wasConfused, what in the World was I going to mount, well maybe a PG Gundam,  could use to mount a 1/20 Luna Diver (Starship Modeler has one), Oh dang, I just had a brain storm, this is just perfect for mounting a 1/500 Yamato in a climbing vertical flight position.  And there you have it, so now I am very happy I got this.  Display bases for in-flight anything, are becoming difficult to come by.  I plain to build the 1/500 Yamato this Winter. 

As always, Cosmic J you know the word:   PHOTOSCamera please.    Alien

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Posted by Kugai on Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:43 PM

I agree, weathering for most spaceships.  The only excuse not to have it is if the ship's brand-new, has an owner who just leaves it in the spacedock instead of using it ( kinda like Cameron's dad and the car in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" ), or is in a military space force whose commanders treat the crew like expendable lemmings ( TIE fighters, anyone? ) so that they don't have much chance to get dirty before they get blown up.

Heck, even the shuttle shows surprising signs of wear when you see the pictures taken since they started scanning it for launch damage.

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Posted by p38jl on Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:29 AM

ahhh... weathering,, would be in the eye of the beholder.... of the eye of the Nebula.. ? .. humm... personaly.. I like a dirty ,battle scarred space ship...Whistling

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Posted by TD4438 on Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:21 AM

Nebulas are nothing but dust and gas.No reason not to have a well weathered space BB.

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Posted by Cosmic J on Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:28 AM

Indeed.

RE: weathering - They used to run Starblazers on a local VHF station when I was a kid, and I remember that the Yamato used to take quite a pounding. Don't quote me on this, but I think in one episode they used the Wave Motion Gun to shoot a hole through a star, and then flew the ship through the hole. Seems like that might cause some scorching. Big Smile

I was actually working on my 1/700 Yamato today. I'm using thin strips of styrene to detail the inside of the WMG barrel. Too early to tell if it's going to be as awesome as I want it to be, but fingers are crossed.

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Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:57 PM

The interest was already there.

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:12 PM

TD4438, did you ever think this thread would create soooo much interest in the Space Battleship Yamato.

YesToastPropeller

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Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:02 AM

Gunpla Master

 Scorpiomikey:

Actually there probably would be weathering in space. To join the panels and make them airtight, youd need to use a grease, or glue of some type as well as welding the plates together. However, Anytime you came near a star (ie, entering the solar system) the ships would heat up and the panels would separate slightly.  Then when you leave, they would shrink again. This would leave behind marking and weathering. And if it was a full time space vehicle (which it would have to be judging on the size of it) it would very rarely get cleaned. And also if it was a combat vehicle, this would also produce scarring and marking.

Sorry, just thought id say something about how i think the weathering is accurate lol.

It looks good, i like it.

 

Ditto............yea, what he said.

It can be potentially very dirty in outer space.

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:04 PM

Scorpiomikey

Actually there probably would be weathering in space. To join the panels and make them airtight, youd need to use a grease, or glue of some type as well as welding the plates together. However, Anytime you came near a star (ie, entering the solar system) the ships would heat up and the panels would separate slightly.  Then when you leave, they would shrink again. This would leave behind marking and weathering. And if it was a full time space vehicle (which it would have to be judging on the size of it) it would very rarely get cleaned. And also if it was a combat vehicle, this would also produce scarring and marking.

Sorry, just thought id say something about how i think the weathering is accurate lol.

It looks good, i like it.

Ditto............yea, what he said.

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:19 PM

Actually there probably would be weathering in space. To join the panels and make them airtight, youd need to use a grease, or glue of some type as well as welding the plates together. However, Anytime you came near a star (ie, entering the solar system) the ships would heat up and the panels would separate slightly.  Then when you leave, they would shrink again. This would leave behind marking and weathering. And if it was a full time space vehicle (which it would have to be judging on the size of it) it would very rarely get cleaned. And also if it was a combat vehicle, this would also produce scarring and marking.

Sorry, just thought id say something about how i think the weathering is accurate lol.

It looks good, i like it.

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Posted by Kugai on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:51 PM

Hopefully Tyler's involvement with the song is a sign that there are plans for an American release of some sort.

A Star Trek reboot here, Yamato live action there, I wonder what's next?

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Posted by SuppressionFire on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:48 AM

Heard on the radio that Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was working on a song for the soundtrack, it is his first solo track. Then mentioned the name of the song but it escapes my memory at this time.

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Posted by tc2kgt on Friday, September 3, 2010 2:50 PM

the wave motion gun no problems since

I open a picture with w.i.p construction

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Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, September 3, 2010 5:34 AM

tc2kgt

My model in 1/700 Bandai

 

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Sweet. Your paintwork manages to give it a nice sense of mass. Very cool. Cool

I'm working on that kit right now. Did the Wave Motion Gun apperture give you any trouble?

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