As a kid watching the Buck Rodgers tv show of the late 70's early 80's this loveable little robot had a unique charm.
I had the Mego action figures of Mr Rodger's and Twiki when they were first released, Buck survives, but only in pieces and Twiki has been lost to the world!
Its quite sad to morn the loss of a tiny piece of articulated plastic, but where he resides now is anyone's guess! My brother has searched through all my childhood toys, but alas nothing has been found...
Thus time for a new tweak, erm new Twiki to arise, purchased from a fellow modeller - I now have a new kid on the block in the form of a 3d resin print.
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The long lost Mego figure, sadly a very expensive 'collectible' rather than a toy...
Comprising of relatively few parts, the build of this little model shouldn't take too long, I say little he's just under eight inches in height, possibly 5th/6th scale.
The black parts which join certain parts are made of a slightly more flexible material, looking quite possibly of PLA as they have whisps of plastic strands to remove.
Overall the the parts are brilliantly rendered, however some parts require a small amount of clean-up to remove marks left by supports.
One end of the wrist point had some blob-age going on, hopefully not a part of the suit, but this was made to disappear.
Although you won't see the soles, they were very slightly bumpy, so they were sanded smooth and the feet sit a lot better.
The worst join on the whole kit is the seam at the back of the head and neck, plus those splines or whatever they are would not sit flush to the underside of his helmet/dome.
It took a bit of fiddling with files and sanding sticks, but this was the best result for me. Unless you pick him up this area will be for the most part hidden from view.
After no more than an hours work Twiki is prepped for primer - sadly the rainy British weather has put paid to any further work today.
THUS FAR IT HAS BEEN RATHER FUN TO WORK ON THIS LITTLE CHAP - FILLER AND PRIMER AWAIT!
THANKS FOR WATCHING AND WILL UPDATE WHEN THE WEATHER IMPROVES
I had the Mego action figures of Mr Rodger's and Twiki when they were first released, Buck survives, but only in pieces and Twiki has been lost to the world!
Its quite sad to morn the loss of a tiny piece of articulated plastic, but where he resides now is anyone's guess! My brother has searched through all my childhood toys, but alas nothing has been found...
Thus time for a new tweak, erm new Twiki to arise, purchased from a fellow modeller - I now have a new kid on the block in the form of a 3d resin print.
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The long lost Mego figure, sadly a very expensive 'collectible' rather than a toy...
Comprising of relatively few parts, the build of this little model shouldn't take too long, I say little he's just under eight inches in height, possibly 5th/6th scale.
The black parts which join certain parts are made of a slightly more flexible material, looking quite possibly of PLA as they have whisps of plastic strands to remove.
Overall the the parts are brilliantly rendered, however some parts require a small amount of clean-up to remove marks left by supports.
One end of the wrist point had some blob-age going on, hopefully not a part of the suit, but this was made to disappear.
Although you won't see the soles, they were very slightly bumpy, so they were sanded smooth and the feet sit a lot better.
The worst join on the whole kit is the seam at the back of the head and neck, plus those splines or whatever they are would not sit flush to the underside of his helmet/dome.
It took a bit of fiddling with files and sanding sticks, but this was the best result for me. Unless you pick him up this area will be for the most part hidden from view.
After no more than an hours work Twiki is prepped for primer - sadly the rainy British weather has put paid to any further work today.
THUS FAR IT HAS BEEN RATHER FUN TO WORK ON THIS LITTLE CHAP - FILLER AND PRIMER AWAIT!
THANKS FOR WATCHING AND WILL UPDATE WHEN THE WEATHER IMPROVES
