That's fantastic! Great job to the both of you! On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:00 AM, WILLIAM PERRY <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK…showing my slowness for test building (all apologies to Malik Drako), I > finally finished the test build of Malik Drako's Necron Death Scythe (OK, I > still have to paint it….). > > First off, let me apologize for the scarceness of build pics. I had shot > and stored a bunch of pics on my phone, but when I allowed a OS upgrade > (NEVER again!), it wiped the pics. So what I have from the test build are > what I happened to send Malik (except for the assembled model). > > So, what are my feelings? This is a great model, detailed and accurate to > the plastic kit; but if you hate rolling cylinders, it will drive you > batty. You have guns and barrels, upper and lower spine parts that have to > be cut, rolled to exact size, and in some cases, cut again to take out > "notches." I personally had a lot of problems with the tesla destuctors > until Malik sent me some cg screen grabs explaining it (I'm emailing him an > instruction diagram for his model). I also re-rolled and replaced the > cylinders in the upper holes by the cockpit at the end as I had done a poor > job originally and misunderstood the rolling instructions for the part. I > have suggested to MD that he provide a cross section diagram for all the > rolled parts so the builder can use it as a guide by placing the cylinder > next to or over it to help in judging their success in rolling the parts. > > It is a fairly sturdy model, with only the gun assemblies and transporter > being a bit fragile due to the detailing. > > This is a layered kit and takes a few cereal boxes to complete. From the > few pics you see, you can see a scratch built cockpit and pilot. These were > not part of the kit and I abandoned it as it was an addition and I was > supposed to be doing a test build. The only other add on I did was the > intake framing and vents, though I may add a few half beads I have laying > around for the lenses on the nose. > > For those who can't see the pics, I have posted a mirror thread over at > papermodelers.com and zealot.com under the same subject title. > > > Hope you like it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Ne Desit Virtus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
