1/6 scale Landspeeder

[Hoody999]

Can't wait to see the first proto paint-up. It's going to be a bit surreal to see this not in its yellow construction colors.

Exactly. I have faith in Pete to do wonders here !

No pressure Pete

P.S did anyone see the speeder parked in the garage in the Mandalorian sneak peek ?

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[ScratchBuilder]

Another great weekend on the Speeder, mainly getting everything prepped or casting the rubber moulds.

Dare I say it?????? I also started setting out the new dash

Thruster moulds are done









The main body took a little longer than expected but I'm all ready for casting which I need to crack on with this week and planning on having the first Speeder ready for Pete by the end of April









I would've finished this yesterday but went to see Captain Marvel before for the "End Game" also GoT is back on tonight

Jas

 

[Hoody999]

Looking great. I've done a couple of 2 piece moulds before. Not easy.

PS. All reasonable excuses. If you'd gone to see "Sharknado 6" I might have had something to say......[emoji23]


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[Brundledonk]

I really do love that pink custard Jay Lol

The body mould must be a beast of a size mate, how much silicone is getting mixed to fill that sucker ?

I think you should fit a CD player and SatNav in the Dash and I’ve never been a fan of the body colour and so will be painting them all periwinkle blue

Pete

 

[Mandible]

Of all the threads to hijack.

 

[ScratchBuilder]

I really do love that pink custard Jay Lol

The body mould must be a beast of a size mate, how much silicone is getting mixed to fill that sucker ?

I think you should fit a CD player and SatNav in the Dash and I’ve never been a fan of the body colour and so will be painting them all periwinkle blue

Pete

I'm hoping around 10kg of Silicone should do it, this is the first time I've used this kind of clay...and it is fantastic stuff.

It is a beast of a size mate (especially when scaled correctly anyways)

Nearly there

Jas

 

[ScratchBuilder]

Looking great. I've done a couple of 2 piece moulds before. Not easy.

PS. All reasonable excuses. If you'd gone to see "Sharknado 6" I might have had something to say......[emoji23]


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The main body was a bit of a head scratcher, but think I've cracked it.

Sharknado is something you just can't un-see!

 

[asgardianboy]

Of all the threads to hijack.

Of all the bigoted lies to say.

Just ignore him. It's the only way.

Please do it. Really. Now.

m.

 

[Hoody999]

The main body was a bit of a head scratcher, but think I've cracked it.

Sharknado is something you just can't un-see!

Yeah working on moulds certainly does make you think in opposites. It's also an expensive mistake if you don't think of everything !

 

[ScratchBuilder]

Yeah working on moulds certainly does make you think in opposites. It's also an expensive mistake if you don't think of everything !

Very true, smaller casts are ok if I balls up as they are fairly inexpensive, but the main body will use up over £200 worth of TRV Rubber.
The huge plus side of a good mould is I can produce perfect replicas every time and up 10 casts per day so in theory should only take a few days to create all of the bodies

 

[ScratchBuilder]

I broke the golden rule last night and ventured next door into the J-Cave after work

Finished the thruster moulds and the first half of the body will be cast tonight, the second half tomorrow or Thursday then some mods on my rotational caster and hopefully Speeder No1 will be cast over the weekend or early next week.

Me & Pete are just planning another meet up possibly on the 28th April so I can hand over the a Speeder for test painting and quite a few other builds (which are a secret at the moment as I don't want these designs or ideas stolen )

More updates in the morning

Jas

 

[Mandible]

So close now that it feels like every minute is taking forever...

Only joking - very exciting times.

 

[davejames]

Man, even just casting up a simple head seems like a major pain and headache to me. I can't imagine going through that whole process for something as big as this!

 

[ScratchBuilder]

More progress chaps:

Top half of the main body mould, cast and setting nicely used 10kg of rubber on just the top half of this bad boy



Top & undamaged thrusters moulds all done and really pleased with the result and ready for slush casting:

 

[dls712]

So cool to see the progression photos.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[j14]

When all the casting is finished you will have some awesome Jelly moulds! Landspeeder Jelly anyone?

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[ScratchBuilder]

So cool to see the progression photos.

Thanks for sharing!

No problem at all, this is as much your build as it is ours buddy.

Jas

 

[ScratchBuilder]

When all the casting is finished you will have some awesome Jelly moulds! Landspeeder Jelly anyone?

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great idea, never thought of that

 

[ScratchBuilder]

For those who don't follow progress on Twitter here is the latest:
First half of the mould has come out great and used up almost 10kg of rubber I can now order some more for the bottom half now the Bank Holiday is over.





Not had chance to unpack and setup my new resin 3d printer yet but can't wait to fire it up and start creating, I have so many jobs for it and will increase my workflow considerably:

A few samples of what it can produce (not my images)







Jas

 

[firefighteruk]

AMAZING skills!!