05-01-2014, 09:07 PM
(05-01-2014, 04:20 AM)LeeS Wrote: Hey,
No worries!
Going to get fresh rubber and resin next week so I can get you sorted.
I've already molded the LunarLander and can spare 1 Leggs container
L
Ermmm... thanks! However, I already have all the parts and have been doing molding and casting these past 2 weeks or so. Classic case of me not exactly grasping what you had written!
A factor that I have been dealing with is: use the genuine styrene parts, or use copies that I have made for the model?
When possible, I normally use the styrene. The Lunar Lander is an example: I got a case of these from Starship Modeler for a great price (near cost!) so I don't need resin copies of it. The Leopold, the Morser Karl, and the 88mm Flak kits are being selectively dissected for the parts that I need multiples of, and the Airfix Hovercraft as well.
It's not even so much that I am making copies of those parts for building Cowboy's ship, but for building several others from this film as well. The Akir Weather Satellite, Cayman's ship, the Malmori Sonic Tank, and the Malmori Drone fighter all use parts from the Leopold, the Morser Karl, and the 88mm Flak kits, and before I commit the styrene parts to Cowboy's model, I am making copies to bag, label, and set aside so that when I do tackle doing the other models, I have many of the parts prepped and ready to go!
Additionally, I am racing the clock to have Cowboy's ship done by the end of May for the Wonderfest show. No big deal, as we have enough parts ID'd to do the build, right? Ah, but it's Spring in East Tennessee! Getting the garden sorted and keeping the house and property properly attended to, a week of mandatory vacation - use it or lose it - (with my very patient wife!) means being out of town. Thirty days *might* be enough time!
