2014 SCI FI HARD SCIENCE GROUP BUILD

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2014 SCI FI HARD SCIENCE GROUP BUILD

START 22MAY14 (because one cannot argue with KAHN. see sci fi forum for explanation)

END 04JUL15 (INDEPENDENCE DAY)

anyone who has started can finish after the deadline and claim the badge.

This will be a “hard science” group build, no figures. a German PANTHER from Harry Tuttledove’s 4 + 2 volume WORLD WAR series would be pushing it.

ASAU (Any Scale, Any Universe) so STAR TREK, STAR WARS, JULES VERNE, etc. pretty much any TV or movie or book.

CHANGE: having read the ipms nationals category, it looks i have to allow Mecha (Gundams, Robots, etc., from Kits) if i want to build my TERMINATOR ROBOTS which is why i started this thing to begin with. so NO FIGURES. sorry for the confusion. pm any questions. thanks.

i would like to include a box art of the kit as well as the usual info in the roster. the plan is to post a pic of the finished build next to the box art in the roster. i realize this could get out of hand but it’s worth a try and i am doing it in BRAILLE SCALE GB.

Obligatory WIP pics to be posted.

Have fun, get crazy and try something different. i certainly am.

THE BADGE

ROSTER

AARON SKINNER - 1/4105 MOEBIUS BATTLESTAR PEGASUS; PARAGRAFIX PE, MADMAN LIGHTING

ARCHANGEL SHOOTER - PEGASUS WotW MARTIAN WAR MACHINE

BECKYHEAD - 1/48 X,FINEMOLDS -WING

CODYJ - MOEBIUS LOST IN SPACE ROBOT

FALCONMOD - 1/20000 ROBOTECH AR11 ZENTRADI SPACESHIP

FLY-N-HI - MPC X-WING FIGHTER WITH LIGHTS

GAMERA - 1/1000 POLAR LIGHTS D-7 tlhIngan may’Duj (Klingon Battlecruiser)

HOGGARTH - REVELL SNAP TILE SLAVE 1

JIBBER - 1/44 POLAR LIGHTS PLANET CRUISER C-57D WITH LIGHTS

KAFZIEL - 1/35 HALCYON ALIENS APC

LEWBUD - 1/30 ACADEMY STARCRAFT TERRAIN MARINE

MACH71 - vacuum form STAR TREK PHASER FINISHED

NUCMEDTECH - BAMBAM 1/4205 COLONIAL BS VALKYRIE and maybe 1/72 STAR WARS HAILFIIRE DROID

P MITCH - HERB DEEKS FLASH GORDON series EMPEROR MING’S ROCKETSHIP

ROB GRONOVIUS - 1/72 BANDAI VF-1A VALKYRIE SUPERFIGHTER

ROB H - MOEBIUS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

ROB SHERMAN - 1/32 MOEBIUS CYLON RAIDER FINISHED

SCHATTENSCHATTEN- ANIGRAND STAR DESTROYER WITH CUSTOM LIGHTING

SENORMODELER - FINE MOLDS MILLENNIUM FALCON

SHIVNIGH - SOMETHING COOL

SILENTBOB33 - AMT/ERTL JEDI STARFIGHTER episode III

SLW 45 - BANDAI ZEON MOBILE SCOUT

STIKPUSHER - AMT 1/537 K’T’Inga buv tlhIngan may’Duj

TIM KIDWELL - 1/48 FINEMOLDS STAR WARS SNOW SPEEDER

WAYNEC - 1/32 T-2 AERIAL HUNTER KILLER

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Count me in! I’ll build an MPC X-wing fighter. I’m gonna use it to try out some new weathering techniques…but also build a quality model.

Here’s the box art:

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no you can not!

Ok, I am in with this for now- since I bought it with this GB in mind…

AMT 1/537 scale K’T’Inga Class Klingon Battle Cruiser

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Are you gonna light that bad boy up Stik?

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I have never done that before…

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Would a Warhammer 40k subject qualify?

What about using alternate markings/paint schemes…ie. RotJ speeder bike w/police markings or X-wing w/Luftwaffe markings?

I once did a Naboo fighter in desert camo, complete with RAF roundels! [H]

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Stik, you could use this

and it can be yours (for $30.00USD+s&h/VAT/title/factory prep/etc.) by going to http://www.jimnohio.com/misc.html

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I didn’t get a box!! Just a sheet instructions and about 6 parts. Still if I pass the requirements count me in for Herb Deeks Evil Emperor Rocketship, which is Mings ship from Flash Gordon from the 1940’s film series

Phil

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i just posted a change to what is going to be allowed. mech and robots per ipms category description are allowed. no figures. thanks for understanding. apologies for the confusion.

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I need to enter another GB like I need another hole in the head but whathehell please put me down with Polar Lights D-7 Klingon Battlecruiser.

She’s 1/1000 scale so I guess that makes me Kha… um Stikpusher’s ‘Mini-Me’…

She comes with 35 parts and is snap-fit so even I can hopefully get this built in a reasonable time frame…[A]

Think I’ll paint over the chrome engine grills- not sure the Klingons of this era were big on pimping out their rides…

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I’ve started my build so I’m gonna start posting some WIP pics.

This one is going to have the landing gear retracted. I attached the gear doors, filled in most of the gaps with CA glue and sanded them smooth:

The pic above also shows the body sections on the laser cannons.

In the pic above you can see that I’ve installed the nose gear doors and sanded them smooth as well. I may or may not re scribe the panel lines that represent the outline of the doors. So far the fit of the parts is not very good. I will be spending alot of time sanding, filling and sanding again.

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I’m also planning on lighting the engines. I’m going to use 4 red LEDs and a 9v battery. I believe I can carve out a space for the battery in the lower fuselage half. I’ll wire the LEDS in series and use a 56 ohm resistor to keep the voltage correct.

Here’s on of the LEDs that I tested to make sure it works:

In order to do this I need to do a little surgery on the kit. First, I cut out an opening on the part that settles inside the engine exhaust so that the light will shine through like it does on film:

Then I had to cut out the opening on the end piece. I did this by drilling several holes around the perimeter of the opening, punched it out and then sanded it smooth with a curved jeweler’s file:

Here they are all cut out:

I also had to cut out the openings on the engines themselves. This time I just used my sprue cutters and cut out several chunks of the part and then sanded it down with the curved jeweler’s file. The part in the center has been cut out:

Then I used a jeweler’s needle file to create the opening at the other end where the wire will come out of. The part on the left has the opening filed out:

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Great start on that X-Wing! I’ve built a couple of them over the years but I’ve never had the skill to try and light anything up. Just wait until you start accurizing the cockpit.

Wayne, I’ve got to sign up for this, but it will probably be a while before I get building. I’ll build Revell’s Jedi Starfighter from Episode III. I’ll get a box pic put up as soon as I’m able.

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voodoo fx has a lighting kit for my T-2 HUNTER-KILLER. and i think they are desgning one for the T-2 TANK… i may do that. as well hung for a sheep as a lamb.

FLY-N-HI great start on the GB. after doing armor, some of these kits don’t have many parts so it’s going to put more emphasis on painting, my weak area, and weathering without overdoing it.

GAMERA i hear that about joining another GB. i’ve never hosted one and now i am running 2.

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Fly-n-Hi: Wow, looks good, I don’t think I’d have the guts to try to light something that small!

Wayne: Nice looking badges- I slightly prefer the one on the left but they all look good.

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Thanks silentbob! I would like to get one of those Jedi Starfighters. I’ve got some ideas for painting one of them in Alclad II and masking off some panels and using Alclad II clear colors. Good luck on yours!

Thanks waynec! And thanks for hosting this GB! I hope the turn out is good.

I didn’t even think about lighting up that Terminator HK. That would be sweet! I say go for it!

Thanks Gamera! This really shouldn’t be too tough. If you wanna see tough…here’s a Polar Lights 1/350 Refit Enterprise I’ve been working on for a few years:

She’s got about 150 LEDs in her!

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Let me ask this again…are alternative markings permitted? For example, can I build a Trade Federation Tank in Heer markings or would it have to have the Federation markings?

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Yes you can do an alternative.

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Yow, Fly-n-Hi that 1/350 Big-E is gorgeous!

Got a little done on the D-7. Funny I’ve heard a lot about how good these new Polar Lights kits are but I’d had a bunch of seam issues. No big problem but I’ve been puttying and sanding the heck out of her.

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Wayne I’d love to participate but it’s like a kid in a candy store, I don’t know what to build. I have a few thoughts but I can’t pass this one up. Could you please put me down and I’ll figure out something.

BTW those badges are awesome, thanks.

Terry