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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #125 on: December 08, 2013, 07:44:04 AM »
Your creations , Mr Tomcat , are strong justification for any violence ever done to LEGO's :) I remember my doubts if using them is really needed, now I don't have any questions about it. I'm using LEGO to make Metal Gear Rex movable and this is excellent solution. I saw this possibility when I admired your completed Taiidan Interceptor, thanks for sharing:) Bomber looks great right now :)
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #126 on: January 03, 2014, 02:00:22 AM »
It just bowls me over how talented you are at getting so many different parts to blend together so effortlessly, Mr Tomcat! Turning that helo into a space shuttle is a real good showcase!

Nice to see you building an F-14 again. Looks like you're on your way to another killer 'Cat!

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Thank you as always BdB! (sorry the Taiidan don't have spats!-- maybe in a previous era?)

arrghh!!!! why must you kill legos?? lol!
well if they are to die at least it is for a good cause!
 is it so you can dismantle your ships for sanding or to reassemble them with other scratch built parts?
mmmm...nice concept.



LOL it is for a good cause I swear! I try to use old beat up legos, faded, and cracked, and scratched, ones etc. You can see in the above pics that I am using pieces I rattle bombed gloss black when I was 10 years old! (with poor results!) sanding has revealed the original color. I tend to build structures up and find the right shape, then I take them apart to use the bare minimum of pieces. So I try to preserve as many as I can  :) The bomber there was using about double the amount of pieces before refinement.

Your creations , Mr Tomcat , are strong justification for any violence ever done to LEGO's :) I remember my doubts if using them is really needed, now I don't have any questions about it. I'm using LEGO to make Metal Gear Rex movable and this is excellent solution. I saw this possibility when I admired your completed Taiidan Interceptor, thanks for sharing:) Bomber looks great right now :)


It is so cool that I can take a little credit for that awesome Metal Gear Rex! But for the record I think you found an even better use and took it to the next level :)

Ok, so some updates, that are long overdue:



Fins for the "Lego Tophat" Tomcat seen earlier in the thread, You will note that I have a full crosshatch pattern for the pencil lines that will become panel lines



You don't want to overrun panel lines and cause damage that will have to be fixed later, so by having the pencil marks go beyond lets me know right where to stop even when obscured by the straight edge guide.



with all pencil lines erased and the scribed lines left! Very little "oops" in this method. (still some of course, but not much)



All four done!



And their other half, cut down 1/48 Tomcat wings, If you squint you can see where some scribing near the base has been done to match up with their opposite number.

More updates to come! Stay tuned  :)

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #127 on: January 10, 2014, 10:23:24 PM »
More fun with Legos, an advanced version of this:









Interceptor version with (unfinished) paper model of interceptor next to it:







Plan on rattle bombing it when I get back from my business trip, and I already have ideas for other versions  8)
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #128 on: January 11, 2014, 05:04:01 AM »
Watching this closely…

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #129 on: January 12, 2014, 06:30:34 AM »
I have always loved the Homeworld series. In fact HW 1 has the best game manual EVER with a full account of the Kushan.

Looking forward to more HW goodness!
« Last Edit: January 12, 2014, 06:33:38 AM by damian »
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #130 on: January 20, 2014, 02:00:51 AM »
Thanks Greg!

Damian thanks for the comments! and welcome back! I am hoping to cover more aspects of homeworld, like the kushan, and others in the future (so stay tuned!)

Mock up:













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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #131 on: January 21, 2014, 01:01:19 PM »
What a beautiful model... :-* (with huge canopy/eye, I love that) :))

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #132 on: January 29, 2014, 03:16:55 AM »
What a beautiful model... :-* (with huge canopy/eye, I love that) :))

I couldn't agree more!

Not only am I amazed by your Lego-fu, Taiidan, but your scribing is impressive too!

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #133 on: March 28, 2014, 11:36:18 PM »
What a beautiful model... :-* (with huge canopy/eye, I love that) :))


Thank you  :)


I couldn't agree more!

Not only am I amazed by your Lego-fu, Taiidan, but your scribing is impressive too!

Brian da Basher


Thank you!

A small update. I have noticed that the more "to-do lists" I make the less I get done  :-[ So I am trying to just work on the doing and not lists of what I would like to work on (its complicated  ;D) So the last little list I made was a quick look at all the Taiidan models that are nearest completion and I am going to just focus on knocking them out. Luckily, 3 of them are at the paint stage so its going to be a great chance to get back to back practice on the complicated schemes.

I was actually able to mask this one off in record time (thank god its only 1/100 scale!) and it hit with a black rattlebomb:



I was so excited with how it looked I took a picture! (I was so stoked I forgot to remove one of the masks aft the white canopy!)

Here it is the next morning with its additional pieces:





I carefully applied the stripes to the nose, and then the rest I just used the TLAR method, and I am surprised at how well it came out!

You can see this with primer and then the base Gunship Gray by scrolling up on this page! Always rewarding to see all the masking pay off. I still havn't decided on the squadron markings for this, and another 1/48 scale tomcat... I have a million ideas but narrowing them down is vexing.
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #134 on: April 01, 2014, 02:49:10 AM »
I'd say that looks about right!

Nice work, Mr Tomcat! Your skill at painting straight lines exceeds mine by a factor of 10000.

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #135 on: April 02, 2014, 01:24:57 AM »
Those longitudinal lines on a VG plane will enhance the effect of angle changing, nicely!

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #136 on: April 11, 2014, 04:11:45 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_U2MdCdaR4

New Game: Enemy Starfighter looks wonderfully similiar to homeworld  :) Yay!
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #137 on: April 11, 2014, 06:48:07 AM »
And the music has a BSG Nu Series vibe.


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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #138 on: April 26, 2014, 11:14:35 AM »
And the music has a BSG Nu Series vibe.


I still need to watch that.  :-[

EricR would love this:





Kryoln Sun Yellow on  :)





The Canopy. I'm trying a different pattern on there just experimenting a tad and seeing how things come out. A lot of stuff on this old hornet is being done differently since it was kind of a refurb that would have been a "write off" anyway.



The Tailfins of the 1/100 scale Tomcat, I still havn't decided on the design, but its going to be bright!

Cool picture:



Thanks for stopping by, more to come soon!  :)
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #139 on: April 27, 2014, 12:31:26 AM »
I really like the look of that canopy, Mr Tomcat!

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #140 on: May 02, 2014, 01:01:25 AM »
I really like the look of that canopy, Mr Tomcat!

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Thank you! More canopy experimentation here:





I went with a "higher line" so the black "glass" starts about half way up. I think its looks pretty good!! and fits with the homeworld style very nicely. I gloss painted the whole thing after taking these pics, but the gloss is tacky and refusing to dry  ::)



I know, not enough stripes.



Very happy with how these turned out!



On the other hand...

I have never had a perfect masking job. There are always small mistakes, what surprised me is these mistakes didn't happen at the edges, but were a fault of failing to be more careful with the masking in the center!! Doh! failing at the basics! Well luckily this is a starfighter, and so black smudges don't look inappropriate. I havn't tried to remove them yet either. 



This was an unpleasant surprise too, I primed this well over a year ago!! did not expect the paint to lift with the mask all the way to the original desert pink!! Well at least I know where to "chip" and weather!



Close up of the intake mouth and front cannon, with Euro I sprayed on.

I used to have a goal of doing a "nothing but rattle bomb" model, I accomplished that goal a while ago, but it occured to me that my last 2 models fit that criteria too!! I do prefer airbrush, but I don't have it set up here yet...

Thanks for stopping by!  :) And may the schwartz be with you.
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #141 on: May 02, 2014, 06:53:58 AM »
Well that is looking good.

Stripes are a right mongrel to get right, you appear to have got a great handle on it.. it is looking really striking.

Feel your pain with the paint stripping under tape

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #142 on: May 02, 2014, 07:36:11 AM »
I went with a "higher line" so the black "glass" starts about half way up. I think its looks pretty good!! and fits with the homeworld style very nicely.
I clap my hands into full approval. Black canopies are an easy wonderful way according to me too.

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #143 on: May 07, 2014, 04:04:50 AM »
Are you sure you can't fit in more stripes?

Jokes aside, this beauty just keeps getting better & better!

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #144 on: May 10, 2014, 07:26:06 PM »
Unusual and good looking :)

I still have same problem with chipping paint. I think I'll go back to Humbrol as a primer.

PS:

Anyone knows if there is a chance for Baserunner truck as a paper model? I would love to make it :)
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #145 on: May 13, 2014, 12:48:41 AM »
Well that is looking good.

Stripes are a right mongrel to get right, you appear to have got a great handle on it.. it is looking really striking.

Feel your pain with the paint stripping under tape


Thanks! just need to be more cautious when masking my masks.  ;D

I went with a "higher line" so the black "glass" starts about half way up. I think its looks pretty good!! and fits with the homeworld style very nicely.
I clap my hands into full approval. Black canopies are an easy wonderful way according to me too.


Its fun to be able to "color outside the lines" I think it can really create a different look. I plan on doing more Canopy manipulation on projects

Are you sure you can't fit in more stripes?

Jokes aside, this beauty just keeps getting better & better!

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Thanks BdB! I want to give the paint more time to set before I gloss coat, recently had a cracking problem don't want to repeat that, and the gloss coat on the 1/100 isn't drying! Bad luck with glosses lately!

Unusual and good looking :)

I still have same problem with chipping paint. I think I'll go back to Humbrol as a primer.

PS:

Anyone knows if there is a chance for Baserunner truck as a paper model? I would love to make it :)


I'm just going to cover the chip. It was surprising, paint after a year is usually like cement! Agree with the Baserunner, So much potential!!  :-*

Great news on the Homeworld Front. 15 years after it premiered the new owners of the Homeworld Franchise are going to release a remastered version, if you preorder it you get a Model!!!!







I have the first Taiidan Tomcat I ever built back on the bench to complete its refurb. With the 1/100 and Hornet coming close to being done I figures it was time to start working on the next one. I am trying to complete models that are closest to the finish line and working my way out
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #146 on: June 04, 2014, 12:12:10 PM »
Some light Hornet work (been busy with other projects, which I hope to show later on)



There is no planet "ohio" in the Homeworld universe so I cut it down:



I cut these before I added the black stripes, I just forgot to upload the pics!  :o So if you are wondering what happened to the black stripes, you aren't losing your mind. Well not on this at least.   ;)

Gonzola on ARC was nice enough to provide me these decals after my original sheet went MIA so thanks!



Some of the gray pieces being added. I'm keeping this one relatively devoid of a lot of panels in order to show off the stripes!

Found an awesome video as well:

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #147 on: June 05, 2014, 05:05:45 AM »
Nice going here!  8)

On the subject of canopies, why not paint the black bits from the inside? That way it looks "deep", like you're looking into a space that's too dark to make out detail, rather than looking at a flat surface.
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #148 on: June 05, 2014, 07:37:22 AM »


EricR would love this:


...

Kryoln Sun Yellow on  :)



beautiful yellow indeed ! ;)

I only see it now; I like the striped pattern, and the inventivity of shapes


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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #149 on: June 10, 2014, 11:08:14 PM »
Nice going here!  8)

On the subject of canopies, why not paint the black bits from the inside? That way it looks "deep", like you're looking into a space that's too dark to make out detail, rather than looking at a flat surface.


I agree and I almost always do that (I did it on the Hornet Canopy, though it may not be obvious in the pics) As for the 1/100 Tomcat It has no clear parts  to use that trick on  ;)


beautiful yellow indeed ! ;)

I only see it now; I like the striped pattern, and the inventivity of shapes


Glad you like it!

I am a huge fan of the B-2, Just love the menacing look of it. I was struck by inspiration in a couple different ways. I originally was looking at this:



Speed Agile Concept

I think with the big fans up front it has a sci fi look, but I thought it would be a huge challenge to work those  fans into A B-2 kit. I had the idea of diving the B-2 in half, using styrene on the bottom, and then adding the fans and underside seperately, plus I get 2 flying wings out of the deal since the bottom of the kit can still be used! Scale-o ramed to 1/48 (maybe even 1/32!)


This is the notoriously bad, 1/72 scale testors kit:



Made the cut to line up with a "rib" inside the top half



Here is a side view of the cut along the rib makes filling sanding and cutting a straight line much easier.


 
How it looks without the wing tips yay! think it looks more "fighter-class" like. think A-6 Intruder or A-12 avenger II



This is the outline cut out on posterboard (such a distinct shape :)) that will be used to establish the shape of the bottom half. The trick is figuring out an efficient way to get the many styrene plates together and getting them strong enough. .040 is a perfect fit for the top half and fits flush.

unfortunately, This project is on the back burner already,  :( Just a lot going on, but I am super excited about the concept of. I am still trying to solve some building hurdles before going any further. The good news is I know what scheme I want!
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