GusMac Posted November 21 Share Posted November 21 6 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Cool, I haven't seen that picture of years. It was in an old Medical Physics textbook that we used to recommend to students. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 21 Share Posted November 21 2 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Paul, I believe that’s a part of some museum exposition. Just a bunch of random , creepy antique objects. Really? I kinda thought it looked like you might have seen an item on Ebay had a chuckle, did a search for vintage x-ray equipment on Yahoo images( that's what they are) got bored, then looked at a unrelated image of a T 34 tank. That's what I would have done anyway😀 It kind of looks like a snapshot of a sequence of events. Just a fun way of looking at it. By the way.....does Canada have a lottery? Anyway, thanks for the images, I always enjoy seeing the things you come up with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 23 Author Share Posted November 23 There is not a lot, I have done lately. I like the creative phase of airbrushing and preparing a certain finish, but it comes with unavoidable drying times, which is time consuming. The Neuspotter got red dots, but wait ugly dots, why? Well, the solution to the riddle are the red crosses, which were masked then, using Kabuki tape cut quickly on my Infiny cutting mat. It´s a rescue drone. Next wase the base coloring, sprayed in Tamiya XF khaki. The other parts got different metal shades all from the Extreme metallic range. The exhausts were sprayed with dark exhaust color, the spindly arms with titanium, the drum like anti-grav unit in duraluminum and finally the lower body in gun metal. Cheers Rob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 Today, I finished the basic setting. The main components of the Neuspotter were airbrushed with chalky white color (washable white) and then weathered with a stiff brush, but only slightly, as the rescue drone didn´t suffer that much. This was followed by a DAK wash with pigments, dotted onto the white color. After drying and manipulating a bit with a flat brush, I assembled the main components of the Neuspotter and added some wires and coils to arms and "body". Then I threaded the drone on it´s mount and the angle, it was hovering was like I desired. The backrest of the deceased pilots Kampfanzug was made from two lava stones from my garden. I liked the bubbly appearance, as it looks a bit strange. Next, I have to add the various bits and pieces, like water bottles, weapons, helmet, etc. and design the dio with sand baste and sand. Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Cool Rob! I see those psychedelic times maybe of our youth are returning?imagination is running rampant...Nice! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Oh, what a nice twist to the story. Really imaginative work Doc. . Must be fun to fool around with ideas, without limitation or preconceived notions. Cheers Martin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Cool looking scene, Rob. Unfortunately, it looks like the Neuspotter arrived a few years too late … Emergencies in the MK world look a lot worse than in our modern times, if that was ever possible … Hubert 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Looking cool Rob! An imaginative and well-executed scene. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 21 hours ago, KevinM said: Cool Rob! I see those psychedelic times maybe of our youth are returning?imagination is running rampant...Nice! Thank you Kevin, there is mor youth in it, than you might think. The Neuspotter is a 40th anniversary edition. In my youth, i couldn´t afford these old Nitto kits, with or without psychedelic enhancement . 20 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Oh, what a nice twist to the story. Really imaginative work Doc. . Must be fun to fool around with ideas, without limitation or preconceived notions. Gracia Martin, it is indeed refreshing to not being accused of have forgotten the tiny bolt heads on the rear of the left arm actuator and do some freestyling. Besides, 1/20 is a great scale and should be used by more producers and different subjects (duck because of burning pyre ). 19 hours ago, HubertB said: Cool looking scene, Rob. Unfortunately, it looks like the Neuspotter arrived a few years too late … Emergencies in the MK world look a lot worse than in our modern times, if that was ever possible … Search and rescue always was a difficult business and it still is in a MaK future, Hubert. These drones have lots at their mind, not to collide with each other, don´t run into mountains, watch your spindly arms, etc. Maybe this example was smart enough not to hover into a sandstorm, decisions, decisions... 17 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Looking cool Rob! An imaginative and well-executed scene. Thank you Paul, these type of kits are a great canvas to develop own scenarios, there is more freedom, as there are no limitations through real life. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted Monday at 06:27 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 06:27 PM Almost done with the project. I added lots of details to my main acts, like a syringe made from clear plastic sprue and metal rods and a tiny push disc, dipped into clear green. The mask of the pilot was hanging out of his cockpit by it´s tube made from an old guitar string and many more. The threaded rod, holding the Neuspotter was painted in sand color and surrounded by dry grass from my garden to hide it a bit and simulate a hovering effect. Then I glued the Kampfanzug in place on it´s stone and used AK´s desert sand paste to design the ground. With a wet brush, I formed the typical sand ripples and amassed the sand on the front right side, where the blasting storm came from. Next, I pressed the weapons, the pilots helmet and all the empty squeezed water bottles into the paste and added very fine real sand on top. I used the sunny day to get some really harsh lighted outdoor shots, but will later add some from the photo box, when finished. Cheers Rob 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted Monday at 06:39 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:39 PM 11 minutes ago, DocRob said: Almost done with the project. I added lots of details to my main acts, like a syringe made from clear plastic sprue and metal rods and a tiny push disc, dipped into clear green. The mask of the pilot was hanging out of his cockpit by it´s tube made from an old guitar string and many more. The threaded rod, holding the Neuspotter was painted in sand color and surrounded by dry grass from my garden to hide it a bit and simulate a hovering effect. Then I glued the Kampfanzug in place on it´s stone and used AK´s desert sand paste to design the ground. With a wet brush, I formed the typical sand ripples and amassed the sand on the front right side, where the blasting storm came from. Next, I pressed the weapons, the pilots helmet and all the empty squeezed water bottles into the paste and added very fine real sand on top. I used the sunny day to get some really harsh lighted outdoor shots, but will later add some from the photo box, when finished. Cheers Rob Very nice! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted Monday at 07:42 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:42 PM Nice Rob 👍 ! Personally, I’d add more grass, not just around the threaded rod, to justify that the drone is hovering in the middle a kind of edge, not just THE piece of grass in the neighborhood … Just my Hubert PS: and the plastic bottles should be « sand-blasted » as well, at least the ones exposed to the stream … 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted Monday at 08:23 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:23 PM Wow Rob, just catching up on this build. How creative and fantastic! Well done my friend! I love it! Tells a cool story. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted 23 hours ago Author Share Posted 23 hours ago 14 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Very nice! 12 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Wow Rob, just catching up on this build. How creative and fantastic! Well done my friend! I love it! Tells a cool story. Thank you Paul and Mike. After browsing through my stash, really unamazed by the Sandbox theme, I discovered the Kampfanzug and promptly, I had the picture of the dead pilot in his steel coffin in my mind. A high tech suit, prepared for almost everything but a lasting sandblast in a ruthless desert. The Neuspotter drone was a later addition to the scene, as I wanted to build one since my late teen age, but I found it fitting and adding some sinister twist to the little dio. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted 23 hours ago Author Share Posted 23 hours ago 13 hours ago, HubertB said: Nice Rob 👍 ! Personally, I’d add more grass, not just around the threaded rod, to justify that the drone is hovering in the middle a kind of edge, not just THE piece of grass in the neighborhood … Just my Hubert PS: and the plastic bottles should be « sand-blasted » as well, at least the ones exposed to the stream … Thank you Hubert, I thought about adding more gras to the scenery as well as more small lava stones, but there were so many things cluttered on the ground, like weapons, bottles, helmet, it would have become too busy for my liking. I wanted to generate a feeling of really deserted desert. I may have to do better photos and bury my dio bowl somewhere in beach sand to enhance the desired look. I think about the bottles, but when you find some on a shore, which lasted in the water or on land for a long time, they look almost unharmed. These PET bottles are nearly indestructible and that´s one twist of the story, they last longer than a high tech equipped pilot in his battle suit. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago You should name this piece "covid vaccination"😅 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago That is Cool Rob well done! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 9 hours ago, DocRob said: ... I think about the bottles, but when you find some on a shore, which lasted in the water or on land for a long time, they look almost unharmed. These PET bottles are nearly indestructible and that´s one twist of the story, they last longer than a high tech equipped pilot in his battle suit. Cheers Rob Dang, you're right about PET bottles ! I looked at the shape and color of the bottels and thought "PVC" (which would become hazy from the sand blast. Hubert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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