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Post by tragichero on Nov 21, 2009 14:04:48 GMT -5
Nice picture Nyonk.May I know where you brought the base or is it custom made?
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Post by locidm on Nov 21, 2009 19:24:33 GMT -5
Thanks Nyonk for the pics! the base is awesome! how did you get / make it? Please share. I still haven't figured out how to display it once it arrives. I think it's going to be taller than the shelf where I put my other bigs like godmars, iron gear, and danguard. I didn't realize this until I re-visited this thread few days ago and saw that comparison pic between ingram 1 and Danguard. Is ingram 1 really 3" taller? BTW, love your cabinet. it's excellent.
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Post by Nyonk on Nov 21, 2009 22:04:32 GMT -5
HOW ITS MADE
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Post by chogokinsnake on Nov 22, 2009 1:23:36 GMT -5
Instead of paper, you use plastic card with adding light. It really works great. Wonderful job! I just order my 1/24 Patlabour, after seeing your post last night (found one in a reasonable price). Looking froward to hold mine in hand!
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Post by Nyonk on Nov 22, 2009 2:21:55 GMT -5
not just lights.. its blinking ehehhehe
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Post by locidm on Nov 22, 2009 4:14:48 GMT -5
Nice work Nyonk! I am very impressed and am tempted to build the hangar too. how did you use the plaplate? Can you print directly to that stuff or did you glue the paper onto the plaplate before cutting? can you fold the plaplate like you do paper? Lastly, where did you buy the plaplate?
i have tried building simple paper model previously but don't like paper's lack of integrity, so your plaplate method sounds like a great solution to that problem. Thanks for the help man.
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Post by Nyonk on Nov 22, 2009 4:35:46 GMT -5
try to find those plate at stores that sell architech accesories and macquette/house model material ask around..
i print the pattern directly to the plate using a flatbed printer and special ink that bonds to plastic material, for better result you better spray a glossy or doff paint first.. and then spray it again when finish printing, cut with cutter knife and tune with artknife and sandpaper.
for assembly, i use HERIN, widely use for liguify some glue. the stuff is clear transparent liquid like thinner, you can use cottonbud to apply it to the plate and it will bond quickly and clean.
anyway, you can fold the plate, its only 1mm thick, but i think it will look bad, i dunnoo, never try that before.
hope i can help
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Post by locidm on Nov 22, 2009 13:23:19 GMT -5
Thanks nyonk. I don't have access to a flatbed printer with special ink, so that could be my biggest obstacle. Let me figure out if there's a way around that. worst case I'll just have to stick with paper. THanks for your help.
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Post by baroun85 on Nov 22, 2009 16:58:36 GMT -5
i wanna ask if its made by metal or what?
what does die cast mean?is it same metal?
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Post by Nyonk on Nov 22, 2009 21:07:27 GMT -5
only inner skeleton, feet and stunbaton are diecast/made from metal. body parts are plastic, but you know what amaze me? it has no screw holes anywhere in its body.
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Post by baroun85 on Nov 22, 2009 21:21:46 GMT -5
thanks does die cast mean metal ?
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Post by Nyonk on Nov 22, 2009 23:32:22 GMT -5
actually, diecasting is the process of shaping zinc of aluminium alloy into something. that alloy is melted in a 400° for zinc alloy and 600° for aluminium alloy, then the liquified alloy is forged into the moulding, similar with plastic injection process. i dont know why people start calling diecast for metal parts, some also call diecast to refer car toys like tomica. maybe, just maybe.. the result of diecasting is called diecast? ? i'm not sure, but it doesnt matter anyway.
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Post by chogokinabdul on Nov 23, 2009 5:06:19 GMT -5
hmmm ... so what is the wheight of this figure? is it over the 1400 grams?
you know SOC Ideon is weights 1400 grams!
I am really tempted with this figure
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Post by baroun85 on Nov 23, 2009 8:28:35 GMT -5
thanks man now i get it
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Post by locidm on Dec 1, 2009 14:52:29 GMT -5
It took a long time but my Ingram finally arrived yesterday.
It is BIG. So big that it doesn't go with anything else I have. Even Godmars dwarfs next to it. But I love it. The details are great with gimmicks after gimmicks. The blinky lights are so awesome that I will make it part of my christmass tree this year.
I seem to remember reading about a locking waist joint, does anybody know what that's about? The waist joints are funky and I haven't figured out if it really locks or not.
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Post by moleman on Dec 1, 2009 15:07:23 GMT -5
The waist joint is a very unique type of beast as it is comprised of a ratchet joint on top that's connected to a double ball joint. The ball joint allows it to swivel around 360 degrees and tilt up and down and side to side. The ratchet allows you too move the Ingram's waist section up or down to make it look a little more proportionally accurate. However, moving the waist upwards will result in the ball joint part wanting to always fall forward. I hope you don't have that problem. Yamato actually recognized this problem (too late as usual) and provided a guide to dissemble and tighten the ball joint (which I had to do) and now the joint is as tight as a drum. Hopefully yours is tight enough so you don't have to go through the disassembly hell I went through.
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Post by locidm on Dec 1, 2009 15:18:50 GMT -5
Thanks moleman! I thought that the waist joint was special with at least 2 joints. It makes sense now that you talk about it that it is in fact a ratchet joint with a double ball joints. As far as I remember with the time I had with it last night, it stays upright even with the ratchet joint up, and it does help it look much more proportional. I will check again tonight.
In fact, there were quite a few adjustment one has to make to make the figure look proportionally correct, no wonder the pictures I see are always so diverse in terms of proportion.
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Post by Elgladiador on Dec 1, 2009 18:20:55 GMT -5
The waist joint is a very unique type of beast as it is comprised of a ratchet joint on top that's connected to a double ball joint. The ball joint allows it to swivel around 360 degrees and tilt up and down and side to side. The ratchet allows you too move the Ingram's waist section up or down to make it look a little more proportionally accurate. However, moving the waist upwards will result in the ball joint part wanting to always fall forward. I hope you don't have that problem. Yamato actually recognized this problem (too late as usual) and provided a guide to dissemble and tighten the ball joint (which I had to do) and now the joint is as tight as a drum. Hopefully yours is tight enough so you don't have to go through the disassembly hell I went through. where i can find this guide? i have 2 of these ingram, 1 on display another sealed, but i want to fix my open one.
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Post by moleman on Dec 1, 2009 19:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by locidm on Dec 3, 2009 2:04:30 GMT -5
The blinky lights are so awesome that I will make it part of my christmass tree this year. Guess what's at the Christmass tree top this year...
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