danimalmagic

Lots if people on ebay make engraved plaques to size, I found a lady some years ago in the UK. She even does the proper fonts, very cheap too, only a few pounds.

Well it is definitely large scale that for sure at 26.5" long by 14" wide. Hi all, just finished this Behemoth, hard to get the camera settings right and it was even tougher to find a big enough space with a blank background, old bed sheet had to do so my apologies. I used the Madman Lighting BSG card for this as it has the flickering engine effect i wanted and the other lighting requirements are quite basic, bespoke base and machined mounting pole so the model can be separated from the base. Two working lasers on the nose and just LED effects for the torpedo launchers, all working off an RC fob. All pipework bespoke using various welding wire. Light bleed from the lazers has since been rectified. Cockpit and Droid lighting. https://imgur.com/dTKVnFQ https://i.imgur.com/dTKVnFQ.mp4 Thanks for looking. Danny www.modelmasteruk.com

It was my own using magnetically activated micro LED from ebay, I have seen since you can buy a 3D Printed Matrix that includes this very device, i just fitted myself, not difficult to do.

Hi all, its been a while, i started this November 22 and got stuck back into it a few weeks ago. Firstly the kit is fantastic, absolute genius design and at over 800 parts it is not a 5 minute job, especially if you are going to paint it. I have built a few Metal Gear Solid kits from Kotobukiya before and i am pretty sure this is from the same stable of cleverness as they where amazingly well thought out and engineered, finished model stands at just over 12 inches tall. You can build straight from the box but the self coloured plastic just does not pop and the Chrome is never quite Chrome in reality. So first job was to remove all parts from there sprues one body section at a time, remove all sprue nubs, separate to each colour then bag, this was a week just on its own. Never seen the point of painting on the sprue, the marks always show up and you then only have to remove the nub and re paint. Next job was the colours, i chose Createx Pearl Red and Pearl Blue for the main colours with Createx Gloss Coat, never used this stuff before, it does give a nice paint finish but it is a pig to get through your airbrush and even worse to clean after, yes i did have the correct psi and needle size. All the Metallic parts are done with Alclad, Chrome, Gloss Aluminium, Burnt Metal, Pale Burnt Metal, Tamiya Titanium Gold, Tamiya Metallic Grey and AK Gunmetal. Any fine finishing of minor pipes and fitting was done with a Molotow Chrome Pen, make sure this has plenty of time to dry. If you are going to paint this kit or any of the modern Kotobukiya kits you have to make sure you remove any paint from the snap fit pins and holes and more importantly any moveable joint or sliding fit part. If you don't you will have a lot of problems later connecting parts together and probably end up breaking small parts. It takes time but it is necessary. Another good tip is to use a very small amount of Silicon Grease on the joints, i learned a painful lesson on a Kotobukiya Metal Gear Rex a few years back so a little grease is a must. The plan is to build two, one as per this post and another weathered and battle damaged, i chose the pristine version first to iron out and issues and get familiar with the kit, glad i did as building a battle damaged version will be quite a challenge, needs a lot of thought. I have built a lot of models but i have to see this is by far the most detailed and well designed, enjoyed every minute, will be centre place in my cabinet. Lighting added to the Head and the Matrix in the chest. Hope you enjoyed the finished model. Thanks for looking. Danny www.modelmasteruk.com

Hi all, its been a while, i did finally manage to get this done for myself in between commission work, a fun kit to build with my own take on the dull grey black interior. Thanks for Looking Danny

Thanks guys, just spent the day packaging for shipping, that's the last hurdle

It's is not for me, a commission project.

Yes, i do not recall seeing anything quite like it either and needless to say i will not be doing another, that was a long road.

And you thought it was the Aircraft Carrier, Suckers!!! Hi all, it’s been a while since I posted last but with good reason, for the last 14 weeks I have been working at this 1/350 Diorama and it has been quite a challenge but it is now finally done. The basics of the project were a bespoke internally lighted back box with a star field effect, 2 x 1/350 Klingon Birds of Prey (KBOP’s) and of course the rather huge 1/350 Enterprise Re Fit with a shuttle coming into land. I started out with the Back Box, this is made from 2 sheets of Aluminium Sheet 2.5mm thick x 610mm wide x 2250mm long separated with an internal wooden frame to create the cavity for the lighting. I needed redundancy here so 2 x SMD Light Strips have been used, in the even one fails the DC supply jack can just be switched to the back-up rig. On top of this I have designed the ships so that they be removed from the Light Box at any time and the front of the Light box can be removed if it is ever required to change both LED strips. This was the initial test of the light box, I have drilled various size holes and some have coloured clear filters on the inside so some of the starts are different colours, red, Blue etc. Next up was the two KBOP, I have used varying lighting kits over the years and I tend to use Starling Technologies now whenever possible. He does a plug and play set for the KBOP which has really good light effects and a sound card with optional remote control FOB. I needed both KBOP to work off one remote FOB and after a few chats with Stan at Starling Technologies he had a simple solution for this, both kits are basically pre wired plug and play, there is some minimal soldering needed but for the most part they are ready to go, awesome. Lots of paint filters, washes and dry brushing to make the KBOP look a bit rusty and beaten up. First test of lights and RC. https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aqom4v1uZi83hDspaNRG39XQxzk- Next up was by far the biggest task, the Enterprise, I have built one of these before and lighting a kit adds all sorts of issues. To make the build as expedient as possible I used the pre wired Trek Modeller Kit as this quite simply saves a massive amount of time in wiring and soldering, the kit was excellent but had one snag no working weapons, sounds effects and RC Unit. I needed sounds and effects to match the KBOP’s to create the battle effects so it was back to Stan at Starling. The easiest way around this was to install Stans Gen 3 Re Fit kit in the saucer and use that to just supply the 4 x working Lasers, the Photon Torpedo Launchers the Sound effects, Lighting effects for the Shuttle Bay,Impulse Engines, linked Impulse Crystal, Impulse Engines and the Warp Nacelles. This would basically also give me some additional lighting redundancy but is primarily for the various light and sound effects, the Trek Modeller kit would supply the internally lighting and Shuttle Bay etc. Shuttle Bay LIghts https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aqom4v1uZi83hEdZoTmC8el1bxol Enterprise Weapons Test https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aqom4v1uZi83hEvPRvxIhK8ZkajM The Astek decals for the Kit are a nice touch, very thin and delicate much like Cartograf quality just much bigger, the standard kit decals had some issues with breaking up, I had to get some spares from Polar Lights. My advice to anyone who builds this kit cover the standard kit decals with Microscale Liquid Decal Film first, it will save you some grief, I got the tip off a friend and it worked really well. I have had this issues with most of the standard Polar Lights kit decals i have used. With that all done it was just getting it all connected and mounted then final testing. Lights off and action. https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aqom4v1uZi83hXOtNvsAOUFmlMNg I know its not everybody's favourite subject but i have to say i enjoyed this project. Thanks for Looking Danny

Yes, the initial set we're undersized, I emailed and they we're replaced no problem, moulding shrink etc.

Sounds very logical, if you look at the Hercs at Miramar you see a mixture, I just worked from the specific images of the Bird I had chosen and they we're all flaps up. I get the logic though, good info and good luck with the Commando II. Google maps  MCAS Miramar Hurcs 32.877076,-117.124618

Yes Dave, no problem, nice decals mate, a little softener and they pulled down perfectly, I had to do a bit of cutting to get the bund numbers I needed but that was just the specifics of the paint scheme, 511 is Hawk but if you ever make new batch another Hawk or two would be great. Regards Danny

Thanks guys Danny

Glad to have got it done, good job they dont make em in 1/32 Regards Danny

Arghh, i will try again, time for Imgur