i love the yamato series and the kits, i have the andromeda coming to the store today, i'm debating selling it or giving myself an early xmas gift
Thanks Quaralane and HagothQuote from: Vknight401 on Fri Dec, 08, 2017, 08:45:AMi love the yamato series and the kits, i have the andromeda coming to the store today, i'm debating selling it or giving myself an early xmas gift I know what I wold do if it was me....early x-mas gift
So I finished the AndromedaTHe wave motion effect is pretty coolThe engine effects looks decent here, but in person, the blue is too blueThe color is weird. Same lighting (outdoors), only a few minutes apart but different backdrop and the color looks different. Much more blue grey. The base coast is pretty much straight Tamiya Ocean Grey 2 (XF-82) over a Black base with some layers of white and black oils added to weather it a bitAnd here are some group shots for size comparison
Looks really good there
i built the one i kept for myself and just panel lined it, its a simple store display but i still love it
Nice work - as always I don't know what I think of this Andromeda ,, I'm liking her much more here . They're releasing her in the Mecha Collection , so I'm definitely scooping up a few : https://hlj.com/product/BANN19778 . .. .start small work up to the 1/1000
i had to do it, while restocking my hobby shop i bought this for myself to go with my andromeda
Quote from: Vknight401 on Wed Jan, 10, 2018, 11:43:PMi had to do it, while restocking my hobby shop i bought this for myself to go with my andromeda Cool!I am probably going to break down and get one as well. I loved doing the Andromeda, and this is an excuse to build a second one but still have a different display modelOut of curiosity, where is your hobby shop?As for this years plan....I just recently got the last ship I needed to complete the line up from Rainbow Cluster battle (that was one of my favorite episodes)I started on the Lambea carrierfor the lighting, I know very little about creating circuits or getting things to flash etc..So I literally am just using "plug-n-play" style LEDs from here ...https://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/ledlights1.htmlhttps://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/led1.htmlThey are pre-wired with resistors for use with either a 9 volt battery or one of their regulated adaptersThey also have cool effect ones like flickering, flashing all pre-wired and ready to goAll I need to do is just wiring them all together at one connection point and done. Not worrying about putting anything in series.Not very elegant, but it's very easy and quick. Lighting is usually what stalls builds for me, so anything to make it easy and relatively inexpensive is goodAt any rate here is where I am at currently1.8 mm red ones for the engines3mm yellow one and .25 mm fiber optics for the runway lightsOnce I paint it I will clip the fibersOne the top deck I think I might use a flashing yellowThere is no a lot of room for these and you have to file down or cutaway some of the plastic supports so fibers and wires sit flush
the shop i own is in rhode island. now they are releasing the 2nd sister ship the apollonorm with the carrier in march
Quote from: Vknight401 on Thu Jan, 11, 2018, 09:17:PMthe shop i own is in rhode island. now they are releasing the 2nd sister ship the apollonorm with the carrier in marchdarn, I need a somewhat local brick and mortar hobby store near me. The one we had that was within a 20 minute drive close when the owner retired a few years ago, and the nearest thing to a hobby shop is Hobby Lobby which is an just under an hour awayIs the carrier going to be in 1/1000 or is that going to be the 1/2000?Also I think they were releasing a cheaper no electronics version from the direct store (good only for Japan addresses?)