Right, when I last left you all I was concentrating on the top panel.
Whilst I was wrestling with forming the top plate, I thought I'd tackle the shroud which surrounds the front plate.
On the whole this a well thought out and stunningly engineered model, but the attachment point for the top part of the surround left a little bit to be desired.
So I doubled up a bit of scrap stock, folded it into two and placed it a stocks thickness below the line of attachment. This meant I could glue underneath and seat the top part to a ledge so to speak, thus getting a much better 'seated' and 'straight' look
After a few choice words, the top plate was finally seated, not the best of jobs, but it got there just..!
A few greeblies adorned the area and were duly attached - apart from the data/programming cards, which are removable , so you can programme your Drone to do the washing up. cleaning the car or taking out the recycling!
These were the first parts to receive some paint, to which I think the results are not too bad.
My usual builds go without painting anything, but Rhavven Blaack suggested on another build to add some on the edges, and I think he's right, whilst some areas are going to be left, as these were quite beaten up in the film, just that little splash here and there goes a long way. Painted on the left.
With the top plate finished the next part was to start on the side pods - these were cut and formed, but due to sharing the work space with my partner, some missing photos and a hurried & cluttered couple of pictures show the parts which are to be used...sorry!
The whiter parts are mutiples and duplicates which when bonded together give the frames for the side pods a great deal of rigidity.
Basic frames constructed, parts for the outers were sourced, cut and formed ready for the next battle!
The watchers, ready for the next battle gained another 'viewer'
Thanks for viewing as always...and we'll see you here next weekend with more...
Whilst I was wrestling with forming the top plate, I thought I'd tackle the shroud which surrounds the front plate.
On the whole this a well thought out and stunningly engineered model, but the attachment point for the top part of the surround left a little bit to be desired.
So I doubled up a bit of scrap stock, folded it into two and placed it a stocks thickness below the line of attachment. This meant I could glue underneath and seat the top part to a ledge so to speak, thus getting a much better 'seated' and 'straight' look
After a few choice words, the top plate was finally seated, not the best of jobs, but it got there just..!
A few greeblies adorned the area and were duly attached - apart from the data/programming cards, which are removable , so you can programme your Drone to do the washing up. cleaning the car or taking out the recycling!
These were the first parts to receive some paint, to which I think the results are not too bad.
My usual builds go without painting anything, but Rhavven Blaack suggested on another build to add some on the edges, and I think he's right, whilst some areas are going to be left, as these were quite beaten up in the film, just that little splash here and there goes a long way. Painted on the left.
With the top plate finished the next part was to start on the side pods - these were cut and formed, but due to sharing the work space with my partner, some missing photos and a hurried & cluttered couple of pictures show the parts which are to be used...sorry!
The whiter parts are mutiples and duplicates which when bonded together give the frames for the side pods a great deal of rigidity.
Basic frames constructed, parts for the outers were sourced, cut and formed ready for the next battle!
The watchers, ready for the next battle gained another 'viewer'
Thanks for viewing as always...and we'll see you here next weekend with more...
