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                        Sci-Fi Group Build?

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Sci-Fi Group Build?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:24 AM
                        Has there ever been a Sci-Fi group build here? I've never seen a thread for it but several other categories have them.

                        Is anyone interested? Question [?]Question [?]Smile [:)]Big Smile [:D]Smile [:)]Big Smile [:D]

                        -Mark
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                        Prince of Styrene II
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                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Saturday, December 27, 2003 2:20 PM
                        Sounds fun! Any particular topic you're thinking of?

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 4:56 PM
                        I hadn't thought of a topic yet because I didn't know what the other modelers have on their shelves. I have a ton of sci-fi kits just waiting to be built. I'm game for Star Trek, Star Wars, B5, Robotech/Macross, Gundam, whatever...

                        -Mark
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                        Prince of Styrene II
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                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Sunday, December 28, 2003 8:25 AM
                        Well, Lord knows I have a lot of Trek. There's also a 1/144 Gundam in the mix, as well as a B5 station. I'm going to be ordering Skyhook's Planet Express from Futurama soon with my Christmas cash! Big Smile [:D] I'd be up for doing the Gundam, as I already have three projects on the bench & would love doing something small.

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Rob Gronovius
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Fort Knox
                        Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, December 28, 2003 9:07 AM
                        Armorama has a sci-fi group build going. It just started on the 15th and ends on Valentine's Day (14 Feb). Any sci-fi kit, any type (out of box, resin, kit bash, etc.).

                        Edit: I am planning on building the Fourth Axis conversion for the TIE Crawler tank, but my Jedi Fighter and TIE fighter arrived from HLJ!
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                        Aurora-7
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:37 PM
                        I'm part of a group build at pc modeler that's due to end Jan 1st. It's for the Polar Lights kit of the USS Enterprise.

                        A group build here would be good. There seems to be a lot of talk at various sci-fi modeling web sites about FSM's lack of coverage for Sci-Fi. Given the forum here is one of the least active ones maybe a group build could spark some interest. I would think a broad category would help gain greater participation.

                         

                         

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                        Prince of Styrene II
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                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:12 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Aurora-7

                        I'm part of a group build at pc modeler that's due to end Jan 1st. It's for the Polar Lights kit of the USS Enterprise.

                        Ooo! That's one of my three! I'm heading over there for that one!

                        QUOTE: A group build here would be good. I would think a broad category would help gain greater participation.

                        Probably not a bad idea. Let's just call a deadline & make it "anything goes"! Big Smile [:D]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:40 PM
                        I hope you Sci-fi buffs do start a group build. I think it would be cool.
                        mark956
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Sunday, December 28, 2003 8:44 PM
                        Well, memeau, let's set a date! (err... no, not that kind! Sheesh!) Let's make it an easy one of two months. Say the end of February? Any topic as long as it's sci-fi. Big Smile [:D]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:23 PM
                        Sounds fine by me, just got the Cylon Raider and the Cylon Basestar cheap.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:51 PM
                        Agreed!!! The end of February sounds perfect, and anything goes.

                        Let's have periodic updates by the participants and post "in progress" photos if you can.

                        Away we go!

                        -Mark
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:52 PM
                        I'll be away from my computer for four or five days but will get back here ASAP.

                        -Mark
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Monday, December 29, 2003 3:37 AM
                        Awsome!!!

                        Ready? Set? GO!

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 10:00 AM
                        Someone should start a "sticky" sci-fi group build thread here so it stays at the top of the sci-fi forum. I'd do it but I don't know how! Help? Anyone?

                        -Mark
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Monday, December 29, 2003 10:35 AM
                        I think it's a Moderator "thing". Wink [;)]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Gundamhead
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                          June 2003
                        Posted by Gundamhead on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:17 AM
                        What exactly is a group build?
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:38 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Gundamhead

                        What exactly is a group build?

                        Well, it's a fun way to actually get something built! [:0]
                        Anyone who's game agrees to try to finish a new kit- from bare plastic to completion- within the parameters of the build. In this case, the topic is "anything sci-fi" & you have to have it finished by the last day of February. And it's always good to post what kit you plan on building & keep the group updated on your progress, too!

                        So, Gundamhead, feeling spunky?? Wink [;)]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 2, 2004 4:44 PM
                        I've decided to build my Return of the Jedi AT-ST for this group build. I chose it for a couple of reasons:
                        1. It is not real big, so I should be able to meet the deadline.
                        2. I have been eager to build an "armor" kit and this seems like a good first one to try.

                        I think it will be fun to try out some interesting weathering techniques. I imagine these machines get pretty grimy and dirty on the Imperial backwater worlds.

                        Now, if I could just figure out how to set up my web page for photo hosting...

                        -Mark
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 2, 2004 4:51 PM
                        I'm in. Got a new Gundam HeavyArms Custom from Santa, and now I have an excuse to get him sorted out properly. Might even have time to put together a Deathsythe Hell. Now if I can only figure out a digital camera......

                        Cheers,

                        Mike
                        --Sua Sponte
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Friday, January 2, 2004 9:21 PM
                        I'm going to build the MK-IV Ptolomy Class transport tug from classic Trek. I have it "in the mail" & it should be here in a couple days. It's the PNT conversion for PL's TOS E. It'll give me a fairly easy ship to do & it's a good deadline. Plus, this will give me incentive to finish another kit for my hopeful trip to an IPMS competition in Australia !!!! Cool [8D]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Sunday, January 4, 2004 8:06 AM
                        Okay, here's update #1 for me! Yesterday, I got my Ptolomy Class tug conversion in the mail. (Another fine PNT product!) Fortunantly, my daughter was being cooperative & sitting quietly watching TV, so I was able to get some work done.
                        I've sanded off the copyright, glued the bridge dome, running lights & the sensor dish arm into the saucer halves. The sensor dish arm is "L" shaped- the part that is horizontal had quite a bit of flash on it. Since it's a thin part, I opted for chopping it off & using the spire from the kit, which I have yet to glue on. I've also glued the "balls" into the endcaps of the nacelles.
                        Here's a link to the PNT site that shows the Ptolomy in case the class is eluding you. I have the parts for the MK-IV container for this build.

                        http://www.pntmodels.com/fjd.html

                        How's everyone else doing? Question [?]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 4, 2004 1:40 PM
                        I have one leg assembled on the AT-ST. I decided to glue the kit together even though it is a "snap" kit. I'm in the process of sanding the joint lines and I'm looking forward to the other leg.

                        -Mark
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 4, 2004 10:46 PM
                        After going though my shelf I found a few Kits that would go well for this build:

                        Armorcast MadCat
                        Armorcast Vulture
                        Horizon 1/35 Mad Cat
                        Argonauts ED-209
                        Argonauts 1/4 T2 Endo-Skeleton

                        After looking at those and the Fine Molds Kits I decided to shift over to the ED-209, will start trimming the Vinyl pieces tonight and might glue the resin & white metal parts of the legs together.
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Monday, January 5, 2004 4:16 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by MadModelFactory

                        After going though my shelf I found a few Kits that would go well for this build:
                        Argonauts ED-209

                        ED-209? As in Robocop's ED-209?

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 5, 2004 5:07 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Prince of Styrene II

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by MadModelFactory

                        After going though my shelf I found a few Kits that would go well for this build:
                        Argonauts ED-209

                        ED-209? As in Robocop's ED-209?


                        Yup. Smaller than the Horizon offerings, but more detailed.

                        Someone gave me once a recast of it, opened the box and dropped it promptly into the Rubbish bin.
                        Big Smile [:D]
                        That was the 3rd recast that was given to me and got the same treatment as the previous two.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 5, 2004 6:12 PM
                        Well I'm working towards being near finished with my GP01.5 FB conversion. I've changed a whole bunch up since this last picture, but you can get the idea. If possible (which would mean lots of work) I'll finish this soon. I've got to make a few RTV molds of some of the complex scratched parts I made. Expect more soon (but not too soon, school and baseball might prevent me from finishing it soon :'( ).
                        http://home.jam.rr.com/jhaltom/12-16-03.jpg
                        and here's the source page:
                        http://home.jam.rr.com/jhaltom/
                        I'm also trying to finish my EX-S head (I've repainted it 4 times since each time I wasn't satisfied). I just ordered some decals for it and hopefully I'll finish it soon. So, expect one or two of those kits fairly soon (but not too soon!).
                        Scotty
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Monday, January 5, 2004 11:21 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by urthspike

                        Well I'm working towards being near finished with my GP01.5 FB conversion.

                        Nice job! Wouldn't want to tick off that 'bot in a dark alley with those guns! [:0]

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:18 PM
                        Personally, I think the group build should be "story" related. As in all Star Wars (specific time period for that), Star Trek, again time related. TOS, TOS movies, or STNG.

                        Possibly even Babylon 5, all Star Furys with original artwork but from the same squadron.
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                        Prince of Styrene II
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                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:08 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ngc7293`

                        Personally, I think the group build should be "story" related. As in all Star Wars (specific time period for that), Star Trek, again time related. TOS, TOS movies, or STNG.

                        This might give the build an interesting turn. Well, I'm doing a TOS era transport ship, so TOS it is for all Trek builders! memeau is doing an AT-ST, so all SW builds could be from the movies only. What's everyone think?

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:13 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Prince of Styrene II
                        This might give the build an interesting turn. Well, I'm doing a TOS era transport ship, so TOS it is for all Trek builders! memeau is doing an AT-ST, so all SW builds could be from the movies only. What's everyone think?


                        Tough one, over here we are pretty dry on SW and ST kits, besides the few that are/were offered(Fine Molds, Argonauts).

                        Same I think you guys might struggle to get hold of some of the locally produced Sci-Fi kits.

                        Maybe for the next build, we could look a newly released or upcoming item.
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