I got a bit more done this weekend. I put together all the missiles that came with the Zero kit, painted and gave a panel wash then placed them down in the lower bay. Some may recognize that cluster of tanks in the bottom right as coming from the ancient Revell See-through Apollo 11 command service module! I have been moving this box of spare parts around for over 30 years!
I put together an crane arm from spare parts, mostly Macross Valkyrie parts from the 80's and the landing gear from this kit. God Bless the spare parts box! I set it in place to see how it would look. Good enough for me.
I have been wracking my brain as to how I was going to suspend the aircraft from the crane arm. I settled on glueing small marshmallow shaped magnets to the ends of the arms, and then some flat magnets on the aircraft. They are very strong and hold the weight of the model no problem. They also allow me to remove the plane if I ever need to.
I moved them as far back as I could but it still wasn't at the balancing point of the model, so I hid a piece of steel rod tucked under the aircraft's nose an the right side where you can't see it. To quote Steve Neill, "The Camera will never see it!" This balanced it out nicely.
I held the arm in place with my hand and took a few shots to see how she looked. Not too shabby. I can't do the final install until I get ahold of some hand rails for the decks behind the plane. I'm going to go the the local model railroad shop this Saturday to get some. Once those are in, I can mount the arm and plane in permanently.
Stay tuned!
I got a bit more done this weekend. I put together all the missiles that came with the Zero kit, painted and gave a panel wash then placed them down in the lower bay. Some may recognize that cluster of tanks in the bottom right as coming from the ancient Revell See-through Apollo 11 command service module! I have been moving this box of spare parts around for over 30 years!
I put together an crane arm from spare parts, mostly Macross Valkyrie parts from the 80's and the landing gear from this kit. God Bless the spare parts box! I set it in place to see how it would look. Good enough for me.
I have been wracking my brain as to how I was going to suspend the aircraft from the crane arm. I settled on glueing small marshmallow shaped magnets to the ends of the arms, and then some flat magnets on the aircraft. They are very strong and hold the weight of the model no problem. They also allow me to remove the plane if I ever need to.
