side panel update #2 sorry for the downtime, i had serveral things to do at work, at home .... so i had no much time to write here and make pics but i'm back again and here are the pics for now i have drilled serveral things for the side panel, e.g. some circles for the corner and the motor in the middle ... furthermore i filled the gap bitween the shock rifle and the panel with acryl stay tuned
sidepanel video, ready 2 paint i made a short video of the sidepanel if i buy new black watercolor and paintcleaner today, i will start painting by the end of this week here is the promised video http://rapidshare.com/files/18670751/sidepanel1.1.avi.html cu
if you mean what tool i used for the structure, i have discribed at my painting tutorial --> i used mostly this old chiller i can't find out what the word bondo means .... so i if you wanna know something else, ask me again
thx jokkos, I see! i used this fast dry scraper moltofil manufacturer homepage http://www.molto.de/detail_info.html?pid=3
sidepanel update #3 - paintjob - 1/2 the last 3 days i spent time 4 the paintjob here are the resulting pics, till now .... i did the basepaint again with the watercolor in 2 layers, black and magenta i tryed to cover all the white gaps i paint the acryl with my revell email color (black and silver on this corner) at this corner i paint the area between the wires with the revell silver color the accentuating is done by the watercolor in white and a bit of magenta painting the wires and the gaps between the wires
sidepanel update #4 - paintjob: some details - i added some details to the sidepanel, with my white and black eddings
sidepanel update #5 - paintjob: clear varnish and shock rilfe mountingtest - hi this week i put clear varnish(revell email clear) on the sidepanel i did it 2 time with a smal brush, to cover all the ups and downs of my structure after the drying, i made a mount test with the shock rifle test in the darkness, with the shock rifle light ... hope u enjoy
side pannel update #6 finished these are the final pics of the left panel i added the last details on the corners remember the drawing i think it's not so bad the signs on the up right and down left corner are done by an blue edding Permanent Marker 3000, a steady hand and many patience i added some more structure under the cables final wallpaper have fun and enjoy
sidepanel update #7 - Paint and UT3 Logo - hi last week i made holidays but this week i did the logo and the paintjob of the other sidepanel i cut the "3" for the logo, this is the 1st fitting test now i sanded the acryl, in order that the color stick and painted the acryl with my email color in red and black during drying the color, i cut the "U" of the logo -> the new version is bigger than the old one now it fits i also cut and mount the half-circles of the sidepanel this is my superglue the mounting ... it's done so, the color was well dried after painting the sidepanel analog to the other, i put the logo together, replaced the old smal "U" with the big one and made the first test So far, so good. cu
i like the whole build which is astounding because im not a fan of polyurathane sculpting. good luck to you!