On your pictures of your kit-bashed Declaration-class starship I see that the registry number is different than the number on the TOS-era enterprise micro machine. My question is this. How did you change it so that it looks very nice?
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Posted by Joshua Bell (Member # 327) on :
Wow, I log on to check the latest news hereabouts and there's a hologram of Princess Leia repeating "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi..." Or something.
The short answer: Photoshop
That image is heavily doctored - since I was already messing with the background, nacelle glows, the planetscape, etc., I deleted the starship name and tweaked the registry.
I'm not much of a modeller but if I were going to do it in the real world I'd scrape off the existing lettering or paint over it, then draw the new lettering on with a fine-tipped felt marker.
Posted by MIB on :
ohhhh...YOU CHEATER!!!! hehe j/k The reason I'm asking is that I made a super-simple micro machine kitbash using one ENT-B. It is supposed to be a small survey vessel.
I'm still working on posting some pics of my own STAW kit bashes, but due to the lack of a decent digital camera, I have to take real pictures of my models, get them developed, install the scanner to my new computer, scan the pictures in to my computer ect. ect. You know how it goes. Thanks for the very fas responce!
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Posted by TheF0rce (Member # 533) on :
you kitbash your micromachines too? don't you know they will decrease in value once you re-arrange their general parts? LOL
thankfully i have an extra of every ship and would wait till i'm 50 and sell them off for.......1 billion dollars Dr.evil look
Posted by Micromaniac (Member # 546) on :
You know you can make a 2 part rubber mold and copy these in either a resin plastic or a low temp metal that way you dont lose the original micromachine and can build an army , navy , fleet or whatever- I have.
Posted by P0sitr0nic on :
Thanks for the tip Micromaniac.. Now I have visions of a fleet of 100 or so Voyager and Ent-E micromachine replicas, all in clear resin.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
You're talking about making rubber molds! How do you do that?
I'm especially interested as I have made some "master models" of TNG communicators and I would love to use them as templates to make molds and then cast more of them in whatever material seems to be most suitable.
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Posted by MIB on :
TheF0rce, I only kitbashed one of my micro machines. It was my ENT-B micro machine, bet sence I have 3 of them I didn't think it really mattered.
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Posted by Matrix (Member # 376) on :
I'm not worried that mine get damaged/destroyed by me because I have literally hundreds of them but thats besides the point. When I try to do kitbash designs such as Ptlomey, Federation, Belknap and Saladin classes, the glue does not stick! I tried model glue, super glue, melting (big mistake, still have a 'mound' of plastic and plain elmers glue. How do you get them to stick?
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Posted by Micromaniac (Member # 546) on :
Any good hobby shop has rubber mold making kits - I use GE RTV 11 from an electronics/plumbing shop - it is thin so it captures the details well - costs @ $20 per pint - so one the micromachine size you can make around 3-4 molds per can. From there you can use many different resins or low temp metal to make the parts. Many good sites on the web telling how to do - resin casting.Also all the micromachines are put together with superglue and you are right this polyethylene plastic does not bond well with anything.
Posted by MIB on :
Matrix, I use crazy glue. (The type that you make sure not to get on your fingers or you'll find your hand stuck to your face. ) It works for me!
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Couldn't you assemble the pieces and make a rubber mold of them before they fall apart? Then use the mold to make solid ones...
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