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Offline ericr

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #175 on: December 18, 2014, 04:29:36 AM »
beautiful shape, and beautiful stripes !

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #176 on: December 22, 2014, 09:46:02 AM »
 That is pretty nifty! I'll have to remember the landing gear concept. And, with your permission, I'll post a pic of my own hammerhead shark ship - I think you'll be entertained.

Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #177 on: January 02, 2015, 03:42:42 PM »
That is pretty nifty! I'll have to remember the landing gear concept. And, with your permission, I'll post a pic of my own hammerhead shark ship - I think you'll be entertained.

By all means!  :) Sorry for the late response
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #178 on: January 19, 2015, 11:31:58 PM »




Old cologne box...





New Windscreen!



I did some very light pastel weathering, just put on tape masks and went around them, the original is not very weathered but I need some to avoid it looking like a toy (it still might anyway!) I have to add some chipping here and there (very little) and then finish the engines and this bad boy is done.



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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #179 on: January 20, 2015, 12:13:49 AM »
You deserve a medal! ;)

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #180 on: February 13, 2015, 09:09:52 PM »
You deserve a medal! ;)

Thanks!  :)





I added the engines, not flattering pictures, and not flattering results. I used 5 minute epoxy and they did no cooperate! fell off multiple times and glue got everywhere! So I took this after it dried but before I had done any touch ups (you can see some gloss from the glue there)

Some light silver chipping and I'm done!
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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #181 on: February 13, 2015, 11:59:05 PM »
A little like something from Lilo and Stitch! Very good!

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #182 on: February 22, 2015, 10:14:30 AM »
A little like something from Lilo and Stitch! Very good!
Thanks Man!  :)


Huge news on the Homeworld Front! The Remastered Edition is being released on my Birthday! February 25th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjI3DgyOqM

So thats pretty cool!! Not everyday a Game from 1999 gets remade/fully updated -over 15 years later!

In other building news though, in novermber I started tinkering with a simple Taiidan fighter made with Legos. The Goal was to make it cheap, quick to build and easier to paint so I could test out new schemes and colors. I thought about entering it in the The Book/Movie/Game…GB, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to finish in time. It was accurate but man how could I NOT be in that GB!  :-\
Anyway here is some of the highlights of construction and experiments to find something that worked.







Paper test Fins added. Notice also the different colored Legos. My plan is to save time and cut down on masking by gluing only certain parts. leaving some removable and taking advantage of the uniform size and easy building ability of the legos.  :)



Nose sensors^



Finding Canopies was a pain, couldn't find something I really liked.





I had a really convoluted plan to drill the barrels out using three pieces. Ended up using just one piece and drilling it (Sometimes you outsmart yourself)




I also looked to have few visible bumps to remove. replacing them with Styrene strip



The cool thing about Legos is they are easy to build jigs for. I created one to drill a hole for the stand.

More updates to come  :)


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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #183 on: February 24, 2015, 06:24:11 AM »
So the trick to this, is knowing what parts to glue, and what subassemblies not to. Here is everything painted.



 There has to be 2 "Waves" of masking and painting but the second wave is relatively minor and includes things like the engine. and the stripes on the intake:



and of course the stripes:





but even this is made easier because throughout the model all the stripes are the exact same width. So there isn't varrying sizes of tape to measure, and then measure onto the tape and cut. Its all uniform, so I just cut the tape and apply it.  :)

Add some glue and put it together:







 :-*



I decided to go with a single "nozzle" and not 4 like usual.



With Canopy dry fitted, (windows not added to the Canopy yet)



1/48 scale "tin man" to show some reference (I didn't build this with any scale in mind but he would surely fit  ;))



comparison



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Offline Weaver

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #184 on: February 25, 2015, 10:00:42 AM »
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides

"I've jazzed mine up a bit" - Spike Milligan

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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #185 on: February 25, 2015, 10:44:41 AM »
"They know you can do anything, So the question is, what don't you do?"

-David Fincher

Offline Weaver

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #186 on: February 25, 2015, 11:03:30 PM »
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides

"I've jazzed mine up a bit" - Spike Milligan

"I'm a general specialist," - Harry Purvis in Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke

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Offline Weaver

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #187 on: February 26, 2015, 02:08:30 AM »
Blimey, part four!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oWUWvCHb8&feature=youtu.be&a

He's cracking on: must be keen. This may be a good thing for you because Scott likes doing long epic campaigns in space games: he's just done a Kerbal Space Program campaign of over ONE HUNDRED 15-20min episodes....
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Offline Weaver

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #188 on: February 28, 2015, 04:29:41 AM »
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides

"I've jazzed mine up a bit" - Spike Milligan

"I'm a general specialist," - Harry Purvis in Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #189 on: March 01, 2015, 01:06:37 AM »
Your use of Legos delights me to no end, Mr Tomcat!

Your mad painting skills are icing on the cake! Looking forward to seeing more!

Brian da Basher

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #190 on: March 03, 2015, 03:59:03 PM »
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides

"I've jazzed mine up a bit" - Spike Milligan

"I'm a general specialist," - Harry Purvis in Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #191 on: March 03, 2015, 10:55:02 PM »
Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HUguWtTxTs&feature=em-uploademail

Oh no he died!  :(

I got my Homeworld remastered collectors edition last week I will upload some pics here soon of the mother ship that cam with it.
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #192 on: January 15, 2016, 02:06:30 AM »
 :o

Boy its been a while!! Had a little guy, moved, started a new job, and everything got thrown on the backburner! Here is stuff I was working on Prebaby, that I took pictures of and never got a chance to post:

Taiidan Intruder:



Instrument panel with snazzy new screens (complete with blurry pic!)



NACES seats added to the old after a cut







quick Mock up of the modifications together... Something I just don't like about it though. I want to bring it back to the drawing board.

More posts to come soon  :)

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #193 on: January 15, 2016, 07:18:51 AM »
 Hey, welcome back!

 Intruders have some nice lines. For this one, I could see a longer taper to the rear, give more of a fishy look to it.

Offline finsrin

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #194 on: January 15, 2016, 11:40:12 AM »
Glad you came back after all that !
Like this build concept, stay with it :)

Re: Taiidan
« Reply #195 on: January 15, 2016, 05:32:47 PM »
+1, very glad you're back! Congrats on the young TaiidanCubKat too. Never to late to start them building, thats what SnapTites for  :)

Were going to be finished in 2020 BEFORE I start any da*!#d new ones - Maybe When Hell Freezes Over - again? - CF-IDS Wolverine; Douglas Mawson; Bubba Wants a Fishin' Rig; NA F-100

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Offline ericr

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #196 on: January 16, 2016, 02:24:34 AM »

congratulations for your creations in the different worlds !


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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #197 on: January 16, 2016, 10:57:55 AM »
Love the Taiidan Intruder  :)   I'm with Dr. YoKai on the lengthened rear fuselage, though

... I could see a longer taper to the rear, give more of a fishy look to it.
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Offline Tophe

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #198 on: January 16, 2016, 12:37:59 PM »
I clap my hands also, maybe not for the baby (the mother is the one to congratulate I think, more than the father) but for the model, with this surprizing X-tail, wonderful! :-*

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Re: Taiidan
« Reply #199 on: January 20, 2016, 07:53:04 AM »
Glad you came back after all that !
Like this build concept, stay with it :)

I couldn't agree more! Love the look of those added fins on the wings!

Great stuff and congrats on the baby, Mr Tomcat!

Brian da Basher