Lavaman Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 This is mind blowing, bordering on the insane! why you wouldn't just buy one I don't know... How much has the build cost? if you don't mind me asking, and approximately how many hours have you put in? It's a carbon copy! I was seriously thinking to ask you if you'd make me a cable connector piece which i'd lost for my own titan, until i found the thing :) I really hope you paint this up as well as you've made it, for want of better words, it's sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhound Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 This is amazing work! As I painted the originals, I know these puppies well (I have done 5 for FW) and I have to say that your attention to detail is phenomenal! The toes in particular are so tight! If I can be of any assistance, please holler! cheers W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 This is mind blowing, bordering on the insane! why you wouldn't just buy one I don't know... While the FW model is a brilliant work of art it is much too expensive for one of my financial responsibilities. I could build 3+ of these for what a FW model costs although I really couldn't bring myself to repeat the effort. How much has the build cost? if you don't mind me asking, and approximately how many hours have you put in? It's a carbon copy! It's really hard to calculate the cost as a lot of the material I already had on hand, a lot I scrounged and the few packs of plasticard purchased I still have a lot left. Some things surprised me as I hadn't bought plastic glue in quite some time such as the cost of a small vial of Tamiya thin cement. I have figuratively tons of material left for my next project. A Warlord Titan that I saw on the net. As for hours there's a phenomenal amount of time you would have to devote to an original Warhound if the job is to be done right and FW's quality control isn't all it should be plus the are areas where I changed the design to fit what I thought could be improved on (heresy?). Time I have in abundance. I was seriously thinking to ask you if you'd make me a cable connector piece which i'd lost for my own titan, until i found the thing :( Wouldn't have minded at all but I can't vouch for the scale as I've pretty much guessed at everything I've done. My greatest fear is after I've completed this model someone will come along with a real one and mine will look like a monstrosity compared to it. Sizewise that is. I really hope you paint this up as well as you've made it, for want of better words, it's sublime. There's the rub. Are my painting skills up to the task? For that see my next quote for I have many questions for the gentleman below. And your opening statement is correct; I am quite mad you know, Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhound Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Ask away my friend!;-P cheers W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic??ME?? Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 shock pure shock ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 While I'm formulating my painting questions................. "She's got legs and she knows how to use them." "She's got legs and she knows how to move them. " To quote an old song BTW the real lyrics for that song are a bit too racy for this forum. Finally she's standing on her own (well sort of I need to install some junk in the trunk) don't worry, I've got room for half a pound of lead weights. but the joints seem strong enough to bear the weight and then some and she is fully possible within the limits of the design. http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc151/th_52320_DCP_7558_122_151lo.JPGhttp://img206.imagevenue.com/loc71/th_52321_DCP_7559_122_71lo.JPGhttp://img181.imagevenue.com/loc434/th_52322_DCP_7560_122_434lo.JPGhttp://img265.imagevenue.com/loc197/th_52323_DCP_7561_122_197lo.JPG http://img179.imagevenue.com/loc11/th_52324_DCP_7562_122_11lo.JPGhttp://img221.imagevenue.com/loc43/th_52326_DCP_7563_122_43lo.JPGhttp://img265.imagevenue.com/loc408/th_52327_DCP_7565_122_408lo.JPG http://img221.imagevenue.com/loc507/th_52327_DCP_7566_122_507lo.JPG There are flaws in the FW design and the cylinders built to scale length do not allow for the full range of motion as represented by the various poses of the production model. FW employed a fudge factor (artistic license). The main problem is with the waist to hip cylinders. the piston length is too short and when posed at the extreme end of the socket orbit, the opposite piston slides out of the cylinder. The toe cylinders are likewise too short. I could change the length but it would alter the look of the model which I don't want to do so I'll just have to settle for a limited range of motion. Now I can start on the weapons. EB And when did I start referring to her as she? Well just today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 At last the long awaited raison d'etre. I mean walking about towering of the battle field is all well and good but ya just gotta have sump'in to kick some ass and here is the first of those somethings. I started with the megabolter because it looked like it would be the toughest to make and I was right. There's a lot more to this boxy weapon than meet the eye of the casual observer. Angles and step ups and downs telescoping parts and for the life of me I can't determine if those two lumps on the back are moulding vents or actually part of the gun. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7574.jpghttp://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7575.jpghttp://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7578.jpghttp://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7577.jpghttp://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7579.jpghttp://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7580.jpg Anyway here's the first days work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeller Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 The barrels look a bit small but that arm is very cool. Is the opening on top for the ammunition drums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenCrute Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I am flabbergasted. Flabbergasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 The barrels look a bit small but that arm is very cool. Is the opening on top for the ammunition drums? Yeah, I'm thinking that myself now that I've seen the images. It's hard to scale this from just photos as they are usually taken in prspective so I have to build a part instead of just drafting a drawing. I don't have dimension one of any of this model so each piece is pure speculation as far as size. The opening in the top will be covered with sheet plasticard. I just took the picture to show the hollow construction of the interior. I'm trying to build this as light as possible to decrease one of the moment arm factors (distance from the body to the axis). Thanks for the input, Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 awesome, you build amazingly detailed models and quote ZZ Top songs haha Who? Honestly I didn't know who sang the song; I just remembered the "leggs" comercial. How's that for dating yourself. Not much accomplished this week. I do have the bolter body nailed I think and am starting to add the detail. Originally the front housing was too short and the mount arm housing too long. The bolter barrels were too small and the front overhang too short so I redid virtually the whole thing working on the existing frame. It looks pretty alright to me and the proportion to the head and hull looks about right so now on goes the detail this evening http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7582.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7584.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7585.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7586.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/DCP_7588.jpg If anyone has just cause as to why this detailing should not take place; let him speak now or forever hold his peace. E. Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1TH0R3 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Okay, Ive spent the past 10 minutes looking for a word to describe this .... and i still cant find it. Its amazing . Wait this is a scratch built, right? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Okay, Ive spent the past 10 minutes looking for a word to describe this .... and i still cant find it. Its amazing . Wait this is a scratch built, right? :) That's because it requires two words to describe it i.e. Manic obsessive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1TH0R3 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 LOL, Yea i guess , but its still incredible :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I just had to be somewhere else right now, but just bumped onto this thread and couldnt get away. Just one word for you me lad, INSAAAAANITY But in a good way :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Okay, here is the detailing on the bolter thus far. I had to change the proportions a little. Once I get the back cable connecting housing completed; I'll bore the hole for the arm gimbal mount. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/P0002642.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/P0002641.jpg That should be fun.... Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin .44 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Buddy, this titan is amazing!!!! I want to build one and I'll have to use this as my tutorial! Well done and keep it up! I can't wait to see it completed!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Zaku Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Y'know, when they're inside the arm cowling, the barrels don't look so small. Guess it was just an odd picture at first mate. Fantabuliferous work...albeit I think just shelling out for FW might have been cheaper and easier on the sanity ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Brother Sargent Tiberius- Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Are you the Emperor? You make a damn fine titan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Y'know, when they're inside the arm cowling, the barrels don't look so small. Guess it was just an odd picture at first mate. Fantabuliferous work...albeit I think just shelling out for FW might have been cheaper and easier on the sanity :confused: No no you were right; the barrels were too small. These are the next size larger tubing and I use the original diameter tubing for the muzzles. Having build a few FW models I think I would have felt ripped off judging by the quality of the Warhound models I've seen on the net. There are egregious casting mistakes that would have to be corrected. Mismatched pairs of parts, shorted pieces and pieces substituted from an altogether different model. No I think the saner route is the one I chose plus the satisfaction of doing it all myself. Except for designing it, Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 The gimbal is installed. Now to finish the detailing. Don't know why I put off installing the gimball. It really is quite simple. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/BOLTER1.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/BOLTER2.jpg First you cut, chop bore, carve, or blast a hole larger than the rotator sphere. stuff paper, kleenex, or whatever into the void so you don't waste too much epoxy. mix up enough epoxy to fill the hole. smear a light coat of vasoline or wax onto the sphere. Insert the sphere slightly more than half way into the epoxy. a rim of epoxy will push out around the sphere. don't wipe it off or disturb it; you'll just make a mess. Allow the epoxy to set for a few hours. I use epoxy that hardens in 24 hours but after a few hours it is hard enough to handle. I use an exacto chisel to remove the rim of epoxy from the ball. The epoxy at this stage comes away readily from the plasticard with no residue. you can even flick it off with your fingernail. At this point it's good to note that I have threaded an 8-32 screw into the ball. Grabbing the screw with a set of pliers; the ball should come out with a satisfying 'pop'. Voila one fully articulated gimbal, Blackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Live and learn Department: Here's some thing I just found out while I was waiting for the Tamiya glue to dry. I have always cursed them because the brush doesn't reach to the bottom of the bottle. I've been adding marbles to raise the fluid level but I was just holding the collar around the gimbal and waiting for the glue to set and noticed that the brush is an insert and can be slid out to reach the bottom of the vial. Those insidious Orients; wouldn't you think they would have mentioned that on the label instead of the ridiculous admonishment not to drink the stuff. I mean if you have to be warned not to drink plastic glue I'm afraid you won't be long for this world anyway. Of course with that in mind one might argue that if you have to be told to slide the brush out you might be too stupid to build plastic models Blackadder. LOL Thought I'd get that in that before someone else did, EB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Man I am mired in work and have not been able to devote a lot of time to this project. Here's the bolter as it stands today. You will note the lack of detail on the appendage empennage (Look it up.) I can't find any images on what it's supposed to look like. Mayhaps some kind soul would regale us with a timely image of the butt end of the bolter and the ammo caissons as well ??? I hope The hat in hand Blackadder http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/Thesideview.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/Thebarebackside.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Man I am mired in work and have not been able to devote a lot of time to this project. Here's the bolter as it stands today. You will note the lack of detail on the appendage empennage (Look it up.) I can't find any images on what it's supposed to look like. Mayhaps some kind soul would regale us with a timely image of the butt end of the bolter and the ammo caissons as well ??? I hope The hat in hand Blackadder http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/Thesideview.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/The_Blackadder/Thebarebackside.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaldoth Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I think my brain just exploded. :( -Kal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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