Spaceagent-9 2017 build pic threads

Gandolf50 · Jun 29, 2020

spaceagent-9 said:
that is a good idea on the sticky mat! that will hold the foam still while I cut.

??? what sticky mat?? If you use a sticky mat you just might rip the outer skin off!
It depends on the actual part..but I almost always tend to hold the blade still only drawing it an inch or so as I TURN the foam-core or any curved paper cut...and real slow! I rarely hold the card still and try to draw the knife down the whole cut...

micahrogers · Jun 29, 2020

I think he might have misunderstood my mention of a self healing cutting mat. it's not sticky, unless I spill coffee of glue on it.

spaceagent-9 · Jun 29, 2020

Ok, I know what you're talking about now. is this one?

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...mp=y&msclkid=ebf83ee29a2a12754ef16018d2459def

micahrogers · Jun 29, 2020

Mine is 18 inches by 24 inches, but yes.

spaceagent-9 · Jun 30, 2020

Just been scribing in those parts on the black foam board. Used a ballpoint pen and identified each piece on the BFB with it. Taking a whack at Ultraman Hayatta space jet enlargement. I couldn't sleep last night. So that long V piece is about 11 inches long.

spaceagent-9 · Jul 2, 2020

Trying to catch up on things...

And also a Hayatta's jet from Ultraman lit up, about a foot long when finished. working on a two footer also.

spaceagent-9 · Jul 7, 2020

I have to set up my hobby desk for my new self-healing cutting mat. Meanwhile, this...

spaceagent-9 · Jul 10, 2020

Happy Ultraman day!!!

I'm going with Hayatta's jet --white nose cone-paper, windows.... blue aft thruster. Romulan bird of prey tos-- green marbles, yellow ecandle portholes-red hyperplasma torpedo. Spindrift 24''Gary Pilsworth author, my modifications-- red twinkler leds aft thruster [ hopefully with micro computer fan and sound to simulate beta wave shunt from ''Manhunt''] red led teardrops flashing in unison and amber dome led, yellow windows.

I now have the self healing cutting mat and a very sharp pizza cutter type fabric blade. I need to clear my hobby table, so I can start on the black foam board inner supports for the saucer of Ron Caudillo's recolor enlarged 1701 tos.

spaceagent-9 · Jul 11, 2020

Well, yet again I have had to face the fact that the small details become huge problems anytime you enlarge a model. I should have used poster paper with stencils from 8x11'' prints, to stop the warps and dents. also the aft thruster assembly needs an entire hard frame added to it at this size. Learning the scratch building skills for foam board and matte' board that I was working for tho. Like an itch,...i just keep on scratchin'! That's a joke for model kit bashers and builders.

spaceagent-9 · Jul 11, 2020

First run at this is a little bumpy, need to use white poster paper, maybe CRICUT templates for the enlargement, but at least the lighting is right.

Revell-Fan · Jul 12, 2020

This scale is screaming for an interior, pal!

spaceagent-9 · Jul 12, 2020

I can go even bigger!!! but I don't have any kind of pics or drawings of one for that. In the show it mostly just shows Hayatta talking into a mic and some kind of steering wheel.

Gandolf50 · Jul 13, 2020

Quick search...

spaceagent-9 · Jul 14, 2020

I will bash from those pics!!!
Thanks bro!!

THE DC · Jul 20, 2020

spaceagent-9 said:
I will bash from those pics!!!
Thanks bro!!

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Very nice work!

Excellent, in fact!

spaceagent-9 · Jul 28, 2020

Well before I melt from the heat, here is some work pics. I modified GP's Spindrift ,21 inches nose to tail. I made the tail section 1 piece, rounded the hull seam, threw in a viewport divider, made it taller and steeper on the dorsal hull. Pulled in the tear drops and rescreened those, I really learned from his model,[[ and extremely grateful for his work ]] I'm almost ready to draw my own. Just have to work out the linear angles of the bottom hull.

spaceagent-9 · Jul 31, 2020

I'm still having problems cutting the foam board supports for Ron's large 1701Tos recolor. The blades simply aren't sharp enough or I dont have the skill to use them. I will try again tomorrow with an Exacto knife.

Revell-Fan · Aug 1, 2020

Never give up, never surrender..!

mijob · Aug 1, 2020

yust adapt and you will find a solution

spaceagent-9 · Aug 1, 2020

Well here is my first try,
I had to use the pocket knife to cut a groove around the circle,
then use the exacto saw [the exacto blade with the plastic pressure grasper broke on the first try.]
Then i cut the edges roughly with the clippers, not perfect but it will work for a support piece.

I also found these neat shark PMs and perhaps a UFO moonbase hex-globe? I would have to snip it but I might try.

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