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Greebles?? Who says that? I would agree that "greeblies" is Star Warsian... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dncRHH9f6MI Probably a Canadian says greebles, they say all kinds of weird stuff. :ptl: Oh yes... thank you for that video link! This is solidifying my 'Greeblie' designation. Georg...

LOL... what has happened to us here...?

Ever have the urge to add surface detail that when viewed at a certain angle and lit from a certain angle that if forms the appearance of something that vaguely looks like a 1940s-era pinup -- then call it Betty Greeble? [shrug] aluminium or aluminum... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YKLxWRXo4 t...

Ah thanks guys... I wasn't imagining this. You see I'm in the process of learning hard surface modeling in Blender and many of the tutorials I see about adding surface detail to mechanical shapes, ships etc. use the word Greebles, (which kinda' irritated me). I think it has something to do with most...

Years ago when the OG - Star Wars hit our culture and articles describing the construction of the miniatures were written, I for some reason thought the word used was 'Greeblies'. Now It's 'Greebles'... no 'I' in the word. Has it always been G R E E B L E S and I just read it wrong? I know... earth ...

You have to "pre-heat" and "cook"Lexan/polycarbonate for a while otherwise it will bubble and blister on the inside. I'll admit that it's been years, but I don't remember having to do that. I could be very wrong... (like I said, it has been years). I just remember liking the fin...

I found it! After a bit of digging I saw the name of the stuff I used... Lexan .030 thickness.

https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbi ... 22/p/97972

I'll have to share a pic of the Slave One canopy I made years ago.

A lot of the model airplane guys use PET, I understand; never tried it myself. I'll have to investigate that one. I want something that I can use the same as what I did with the canopy for Slave One. I plan to make some in whatever shape I desire and, as good as the blister pack idea is, I'd find t...

Hi all, years ago I wanted to make a better canopy for my old MPC Slave-One. Someone recommended a clear styrene, (I believe) and it looks great. At the time I had to use a technique where I heat it and pulled it over the master. I now have an old Mattel Vac-form toy I'd like to use for this and wou...

HO model railroad detail parts also make good 'greeblies,' steam engine parts in particular. Found a model train store near work & they have quite allot of fine detail parts for HO scale trains that fill the bill nicely! Thanks much! For anyone near the Burbank, Ca. area that's looking for simi...

Kylwell wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:06 pm Known as "design creep" it happens to everybody to some extent. The "Oh! I can do X" or "What if I..." is near universal.

I think you nailed it!

I started a couple of scratch builds years ago, but I never really had a locked down concept. That was my first lesson... design the darned thing first! I'm now working on a project where I did get the basic major shapes I wanted, that define the overall ship. This has helped tremendously, however t...

naoto wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:16 pm Would something like these be what you're interested in?
http://kitkraft.com/1-_Clear_domes/

Hrm... Gotta pop into the store one of these days -- haven't been there in ages.

Oh man.. I need to stop by there myself!

Thanks for the reminder !

LOL... thankfully, not for very long.

It was called 'Star Crash' here in the U.S. Actually I think the full title was 'Star Crash: The Adventures of Stella Star', kinda says it all doesn't it? Well, gird your loins, take your Dramamine.... Here ya' go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfuNSpP0RA The only reason to see it was the beautif...

Just don't go the Stella Starr route and glue entire sprue trees onto the model! Saw it in the theater and I was going, "Uhh... that's the tree from a Mk. III panzer..." Production values on that film were..... Less than stellar! \:D/ Kev Oh dear Lord no! LOL... I remember seeing previews...

Thanks TazMan200 & SpaceRanger1. There is a model shop near where I work & they sell both model kits & HO Railroad items. So I'm definitely going to see what's available. I definitely want details that aren't readily identifiable... that kind of ruins the illusion for me. Especially afte...

Hi Gang .. I have the 'Leopold & Mortar 'Karl' railway gun kits, but what other tank/ armor kits would you recommend for a good greeblie selection? I'm thinking that modern tank kits would be a good start. I'm particularly interested in smaller, cool detail parts than anything, but I'd love to p...

In looking at it again, I can see that there are pockets where there is no glue, so that the parts are just not effected. I think I did a poor job of distributing the glue properly.

I'm going to try it again with new parts. I'll also sandwich the parts between some thick books for a day, or so.

I've added some plastic to my shapes & I noticed that I must've done something a bit wrong.. there is a slight 'bow' to the shape, it should be flat). I'm guessing it has to do with how I applied the glue, (it's Ambroid-pro weld). Should I use a thicker cement that I can spread evenly, or someth...

Thanks guys! As I thought about it, I'm early enough on the project that it's worth it to recut the parts I have in a thicker plastic.

Originally I was thinking of thickening them up on the inside, but I thought it'd be better to save myself some effort by getting the best start that I can.

Hi Guys. I'm currently scratch building a ship I designed, so that I would be able to cast it in resin. I'm building it in a way that I can cast it with a hollow hull. My main concern is that the sheet plastic I'm using is a bit on the thin side. How thin do you think I can get away with, so that th...

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Thanks for the info... just saved me a buttload of a headache. I guess I should think more along a different way to call out the details I want. It should be easy with larger ship designs, but with smaller, (fighter) craft maybe the scribbing technique you talked about would be the best way to go......

Thanks guys for the response. I take it that it's not something I really need to worry about then? I'm likely jumping the gun here, as I'm just now getting a handle on some of the most basic modeling functions. Right now I'm trying to figure out the best way to create intersecting panel lines..;) A ...

I have a couple of questions for anyone that has used this for RP. What kind of tolerance do you use when creating your model? Also, do you prefer to work in inches, or millimeters.. or does it really matter, (aside from the tolerance numbers?).

Thanks guys!

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Hi Guys, As it turns out, I'm now taking a class in Rhino, which is great! But I just saw a video (curse you You Tube! ) on Solidworks, which seems like a more natural fit for producing kits... any of you ever use it for something like that? I think I'm still gonna commit to Rhino for now, as I'm ge...

Yeah.. it's basically confirming that Rhino & probably T-Splines is the way I ought to go. After telling myself to be patient & forget what I know about LW, I'm finally beginning to grasp Rhino's way of doing things... exciting!!

AbleD

Hey guys.. I've been looking into my options while I'm learning Rhino. It looks like Magics can correct & convert LW files... but just how much is this software? I can't seem to find a price for it on the manufacturer's site. That's a little concerning... (if you have to ask, you can't afford it...

Darn... I wish I were... but still looking forward to it!