DocRob Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 16 hours ago, HubertB said: Getting progressively there, Rob. For the transparency, I would try either good’ol CA fog, or alternatively, stippling the blasted side with a hard brush dipped either in lacquer thinner or extra thin glue. I assume it is polystyrene ? 11 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Rob, try flat clear paint on the clear parts. If you use acrylic, if you don't like it you can strip it off. Otherwise, the suit is looking amazing. 11 hours ago, PanzerWomble said: Flat clear , maybe with 3% earth brown to give a faded frosty look . I do similar on vehicle windscreens for that minging look You'll only get one chance though . Muchas gracias for the suggestions, Hubert, Carl and PW. The clear parts are indeed polysyrene. I thought about using CA as well, but fear a not very controllable application. I will try thinner and matte clear on some spare parts. One side window should look blinded, the opened windshield only on the side, which calls for a faded effect. All will be followed by dust and sand deposits. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 After evaluating different methods on clear spare parts, I decided to use Tamiya Extra Thin for my sand blasted windows. I used the supplied brush nearly dry and applied the cement very carefully. This is only preliminary, to check the effect and more effects will be added, especially for the front window. Cheers Rob 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 Looking great Rob! It looks like it went through hell....as for the driver R.I.P... Poor devil. BTW my Maschinen Krieger Camel Arrived today! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 57 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: Looking great Rob! It looks like it went through hell....as for the driver R.I.P... Poor devil. BTW my Maschinen Krieger Camel Arrived today! Thank you Paul, indeed, he hadn´t the easiest of times. Good to hear, that your Camel arrived. I ordered my Neuspotter and other items from Plaza Japan in the beginning of October and it still is a no show. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Rob, the sand effect is very cool and I'll have to keep that in mind. But despite the problems with the hairspray, I think your plan B looks AWESOME. The Metal looks perfectly worn. Also like what you did with the clear window - not sure I would have thought about using Tamiya Extra Thin like that but perfect effect. I was wondering if the glass would have been penetrated? Regardless, the total effect is terrific. You have a real talent. Love the look. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 15 Author Share Posted November 15 Thank you Chris, I´m blushing. I´m also lucky, that second effort worked better than the hairspray, which never failed me before. Suggestions for the window treatment came through some of our knowledgeful regulars and I tested the different methods on spare parts. The effect, I´m after is a sandblast through a storm, therefore the undoubtedly very robust windows of the Kampfanzug wouldn´t be penetrated, just blinded. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted Friday at 08:01 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 08:01 PM Let me introduce you to this sinister looking drone. The Neuspotter is also based on a design Kow Yokoyama for the MaschinenKrieger universe. The kit was first issued by Nitto 40 years ago and my Wave boxing marks the 40th anniversary. Still it looks cooler and somehow more frightening than modern drones. I started with the sensor unit, which besides the strange colored plastic features coil springs, vinyl tube and different wire diameters for the numerous antennas. The age of the mouldings is visible, but everything fits as it should. I will quick build the Neuspotter and then decide, if I add him in my scenery. To get a better idea about how the Neuspotter looks, I add this illustration, which comes with the kit. Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted Saturday at 11:52 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 11:52 AM The huge Neuspotter drone is nearly finished. Not shown on the pic are the antigrav unit and the exhaust nozzles, which will be added after painting. If I use the Neuspotter in my dio, I have to find a way to let it hover. I guess, I will use slide fit brass tubes for that, epoxied to the base and the drone. Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted Saturday at 05:53 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:53 PM Definitely a mean looking drone there Rob. The red plastic is an interesting choice too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted Saturday at 07:09 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:09 PM If the front window was opened before the sand blasting took place, wouldn’t the inside wear effects of this (possibly on the opposite side to take into account the aerodynamic effect )? Mean looking drone. Reminds me of the drones in « The Empire strikes back » Hubert 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted Saturday at 10:10 PM Share Posted Saturday at 10:10 PM Cool! Lot's of possibilities there. How about a derelict drone, half buried, suggesting the figures had a final battle in which both were destroyed? BTW My other Ma.K kit came today, It's over in What did you get thread. It's the P.K.A Ausf HO from Wave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted Sunday at 09:16 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 09:16 AM 15 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Definitely a mean looking drone there Rob. The red plastic is an interesting choice too. It looks somehow sinister with it´s long spindly probing arms. The plastic is a redish brown, maybe because one of the suggested paint schemes looks like red primer and when the kit hit the marked first, 40 years ago, not everybody painted the kits. The original kit had a tiny bulb included for lightening the front section, as well as the arms were mostly made from metal rods instead of plastic with mine. 13 hours ago, HubertB said: If the front window was opened before the sand blasting took place, wouldn’t the inside wear effects of this (possibly on the opposite side to take into account the aerodynamic effect )? Mean looking drone. Reminds me of the drones in « The Empire strikes back » Hmmh, aerodynamics, so many questions. When was the front window opened and by whom? Was it the then still living pilot or the drone? Was it one storm causing the sandblast or continuous wear? Was all that happening on earth or on some deserted planet with different conditions? Let´s wait, how the story unfolds, Hubert There are really some similarities to the drones used in the Empire Strikes Back, but the Neuspotter was a bit large for being used for interrogations in tiny cells inside the death star. 10 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Cool! Lot's of possibilities there. How about a derelict drone, half buried, suggesting the figures had a final battle in which both were destroyed? BTW My other Ma.K kit came today, It's over in What did you get thread. It's the P.K.A Ausf HO from Wave. No Paul, there is another story behind it. The Neuspotter has no weapon systems, it would have needed a Krachenvogel for your scenario. BTW, I love the use of pseudo German names for many of the MaK subjects. These are no real words, but build from German parts of words. I always have to smile when I read them. Good find on the P.K.A., you will enjoy the build. My teenage favorite was always the Hornisse, a Kampfanzug with a hover jet attached. It was re-released by Wave some years ago and I definitely have to find one. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted Monday at 06:33 AM Share Posted Monday at 06:33 AM These are not real words, but built from German parts of words. I thinks that's known as Ersatzbabble ? My name is the same . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted Monday at 08:45 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 08:45 AM 2 hours ago, PanzerWomble said: My name is the same . So you are also a Kow Yokoyama design, PW, hopefully in 1/1 scale . Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted Monday at 10:49 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:49 AM I’m more of a plus size model these days 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago My base will be "framed" by a plastic tub, which I sprayed in sand color. For the hovering drone, I added a threaded rod, epoxied onto the base and a nut also epoxied into the lower part of the Neuspotter. I hope, I can cover the rod with some dried grass later. I used it, because it allows to adjust the height of the drone over the surface as well as the angle, because the nut is not glued in in a right angle. The bowl was then filled with plaster of paris. Meanwhile, I primed the parts of the Neuspotter in black and white, black for the pure metal parts, like arms and exhausts and white for the rest. Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago I missed the dust effects Rob came out really great thinking like others you found away to bypass plan A with plan B being all the better! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Nice idea for the base Rob. Should look great as the drone is an imposing size. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago 18 hours ago, KevinM said: I missed the dust effects Rob came out really great thinking like others you found away to bypass plan A with plan B being all the better! Thank you Kevin, I´m not the plan B kind, as usually my plan a is profound and if not, I often bin the project, because, it will not be like I desired. With the Kampfanzug, I thought, I give it a chance. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago 16 hours ago, GusMac said: Nice idea for the base Rob. Should look great as the drone is an imposing size. Thank you Gus, I wanted to use mostly natural products for the base and searched the garden for fitting volcanic stones, which add to the strange sensation of the setting. I wanted to use beach sand, but our only sand colored beach is not accessible at the moment and the sand might have been too coarse anyway, as it´s only ground clam shells. I have a bag of fine sand here for decoration and a Mig paste for desert sand. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Nice work Doc, very imaginative. Few motivational pictures to go with the theme 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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