12-22-2009, 06:42 AM
I believe the Maxi-Brute story no matter what anyone says! Remember,there were a lot of things that had to be added after moulding the fuselage. The scribe lines,and greeblies along the sides of the fuselage were all added later. There were parts that needed to be shaved,and removed as well as modified to add certain details. I won't go to much into this,as I won't derail this thread again. This is why some of the things on the Maxi-Brute model aren't easily explained,but they are in accordance with keeping the original ILM lineage.
What you're doing is no different than what happened at the original ILM modelshop back in '75 - '76. What you're wearing might not be the same,but you definately have that ILM mojo going on. Don't stop what you're doing that way you're doing it! This is the only way to figuring out what skills you have,and to what degree. This is how it usually happens,except when you have a deadline to finish by,you have a lot of heat on you to get it done! On the plus side,you have a bunch of experienced modelers that are professionals to bounch ideas off of.
Back at ILM,there were some models that had problems with slight part warpage,and others that needed to be modified to different degrees to match each other,as no two ILM guys always worked on all the exact same details for every model. The original buck made was destroyed by cracking resin that wasn't properly mixed inside the mould that caused it to expand slightly,so a new mould was made,and the bottom mould was modified slightly to accomodate the new armature motors. There was always something to go wrong,so you have to think on your feet!
Just keep going. If there's any part that you need help on,don't hesitate to ask.
What you're doing is no different than what happened at the original ILM modelshop back in '75 - '76. What you're wearing might not be the same,but you definately have that ILM mojo going on. Don't stop what you're doing that way you're doing it! This is the only way to figuring out what skills you have,and to what degree. This is how it usually happens,except when you have a deadline to finish by,you have a lot of heat on you to get it done! On the plus side,you have a bunch of experienced modelers that are professionals to bounch ideas off of.
Back at ILM,there were some models that had problems with slight part warpage,and others that needed to be modified to different degrees to match each other,as no two ILM guys always worked on all the exact same details for every model. The original buck made was destroyed by cracking resin that wasn't properly mixed inside the mould that caused it to expand slightly,so a new mould was made,and the bottom mould was modified slightly to accomodate the new armature motors. There was always something to go wrong,so you have to think on your feet!
Just keep going. If there's any part that you need help on,don't hesitate to ask.