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Given that its been 70 years since Operation Chastise I thought I'd see what happened to the talked about remake the Peter Jackson was supposed to be producing. As you might expect its all been put on hold while he fiddles about with Hobbits and dwarfs but he assures Empire magazine that its a goer once Middle Earth is put to bed.
Can't wait to see how this remake turns out. It's about time we get to see the British doing something right in a war movie. The film production have constructed 10 large scale Lancasters for the new movie, I think I read somewhere they're 1/6 scale RC so that should be an amazing sight.
Here's a link to Empires page
http://www.empireonl...y.asp?NID=36033
Seems a bit of a shame that most comments on the film sites refer to the bloody dogs name change?
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Rancor Rebuild
28 April 2013 - 02:02 PM
Needed something else to distract me from my RC projects so I thought I'd start a thread on this to help keep me motivated.
Being a chap of a certain age (39 at the last count) I'm a bit of a Star Wars fan and have had many models and toys over the years. I bought this vinyl Rancor kit way back in my Warhammer years and painted him like a large miniature, if that makes sense. Since then he's been displayed, neglected and stuck in the loft, gradually loosing bits over the years. He did survive the big Sci-fi sale from a few years ago as I'm fond of the little guy. I've now decided to rebuild him properly and give him a better paint job that he deserves.
It'll take a while so this is the before pic, how he's come out of storage.
Originally he was superglued together and the gaps filled with milliput... and there's a lot of gaps! This time I'm using Araldite and green stuff for a stronger build. I'm planning to set him in the garden as the best gnome in England.
I'll keep you posted.
Being a chap of a certain age (39 at the last count) I'm a bit of a Star Wars fan and have had many models and toys over the years. I bought this vinyl Rancor kit way back in my Warhammer years and painted him like a large miniature, if that makes sense. Since then he's been displayed, neglected and stuck in the loft, gradually loosing bits over the years. He did survive the big Sci-fi sale from a few years ago as I'm fond of the little guy. I've now decided to rebuild him properly and give him a better paint job that he deserves.
It'll take a while so this is the before pic, how he's come out of storage.
Originally he was superglued together and the gaps filled with milliput... and there's a lot of gaps! This time I'm using Araldite and green stuff for a stronger build. I'm planning to set him in the garden as the best gnome in England.
I'll keep you posted.
DT02 Rough Rider
07 April 2013 - 10:49 AM
This was originally an idea to cheaply replace my HB2010 body if it ever gets badly damaged, but with the recent Modelzone discount bargains I couldn't resist grabbing a Violet Racer and building this from scratch.
Its been a few years since my last DT02 build but the VR chassis went together quickly with just the usual bearings and pinion swaps.
One thing I did notice was the suspension arm pins that rust so easily were already looking pretty dirty BNIP! The price of cheap manufacturing?
Anyway I even remembered to grind down the right hand rear arm so it doesn't catch on the gear case and limit the travel.
A quick visit to the Kamtec eBay store and their Rough Rider lexan body was in my hands.
A few hours with the dremel and scissors and I had it sitting pretty good just by using the VR body mounts
I had wanted it to sit a little lower so I made a simple alum plate to bring the rear mount down apx 5mm.
Screwed to the body mount and bolted through the original holes in the shock tower it does the job nicely.
That's the antenna wrapped around the mount until I get the tube fitted. Now its sits just how I wanted it.
Just needed a little area removed to clear the gear case. The body already fits the tub just right so should help prevent it filling with debris. This should be a low and lightweight fast runner
Another cheap and easy mod that gives the DT02 quite a different look. Given their love for the chassis I'm surprised Tamiya haven't done this themselves?
Just need to clean up the lexan, fit the "Mickey Mouse ears" roof lights and get it painted.
Its been a few years since my last DT02 build but the VR chassis went together quickly with just the usual bearings and pinion swaps.
One thing I did notice was the suspension arm pins that rust so easily were already looking pretty dirty BNIP! The price of cheap manufacturing?
Anyway I even remembered to grind down the right hand rear arm so it doesn't catch on the gear case and limit the travel.
A quick visit to the Kamtec eBay store and their Rough Rider lexan body was in my hands.
A few hours with the dremel and scissors and I had it sitting pretty good just by using the VR body mounts
I had wanted it to sit a little lower so I made a simple alum plate to bring the rear mount down apx 5mm.
Screwed to the body mount and bolted through the original holes in the shock tower it does the job nicely.
That's the antenna wrapped around the mount until I get the tube fitted. Now its sits just how I wanted it.
Just needed a little area removed to clear the gear case. The body already fits the tub just right so should help prevent it filling with debris. This should be a low and lightweight fast runner
Another cheap and easy mod that gives the DT02 quite a different look. Given their love for the chassis I'm surprised Tamiya haven't done this themselves?
Just need to clean up the lexan, fit the "Mickey Mouse ears" roof lights and get it painted.
