HOT TOYS TUMBLER - Color codes and replacing broken parts

[weltmaster]

Hi all!



And so 2 weeks ago I jumped on a "cheap" used Tumbler, finally
However, the first owner was a complete idiot, clearly he was not meant to own 1/6 detailed pieces and treated the Tumbler as a childs toy.
Full of dust, hard time cleaning it.

And we have the classic failures, broken flap parts and even a missing parts.
More specific, I am missing one flap piston and one antenna.
And using an abundant amount of superglue and in a wrong way.
And 1 of the steering controls also broke.

I am in the process of 3D scanning a flap piston and will be offering the 3D scan for sale, as well as sending finished pistons.
Same for the antenna's.

As for now, I wont display the damn thing untill those little details are finished, and for these things, its all in the details!

I would like to know if somebody has any knowledge about the used colors on the Hot Toys Tumbler?
Wich kind of black for the body and wich kind gold/orange for the flap mechanics are used?
Or wich existing scale paint matches the one used on this scale model?


Colors my google searches seem accurate for the golden parts are:
- Tamiya Acrylic Mini XF-6 Copper
- ALC110 ALCLAD COPPER
- Vallejo Mecha Color Copper
- 171 Humbrol

But its still a gamble as long as I cant see the paint results in hand.
Meanwhile I await the 3D scan results.

Thx in advance!

 

[weltmaster]

171 Humbrol proved to light, I bought 805 Koper from "Amsterdam Acryl"

But with a tad of black from left over Tamiya acrylic paint.

Its not perfect, but it blends in fairly well with the rest.

Anyway, I finally got the 3D printed pieces back from the printer, it took him 20 times or more to get it right.
The pistons were printed in 3 parts: 2 halves of the body and the shaft itself.
The piston printed here, is the longer one, so you will have to cut the body shorter if you need the shorter one and full up the side where the shaft slides in and out...

I also lost an Antenna, and they managed to print the head, but not the shaft because its too thin.
So I sued a toothpick instead

Some pictures.

here everything is attached to the flaps:

I have all the parts in a 3D files (.stl extensions), so you dont have to scan anything, just print it on a 3D printer.
I did have to sand the halves and the opening for the shaft so it would slide smoothly.

You can do a better job sanding the actual piston, because you can see on mine, the finish isnt very smooth, but again, in the bigger picture, it blends in well.

I will post picture of everything installed on the Tumbler somewhere begin March....

I ask 5$ for the 3D files, send me PM if interested.

 

[weltmaster]

Anyway, long overdue, lets post some pics of the shortened piston.

I'll post pictures on the Tumbler somewhere next March....For sure I have to glue and perhaps sand and paint some more, because the original owner ****ed up big time with the side flaps, as you can see on the first post.
That ****ing idiot!

At least I am glad how the top wings turned out!

 

[Che-Che2837]

Looks good so far![emoji1360]

 

[weltmaster]

thx!!

 

[weltmaster]

pictures of the fixed parts on my displayed Tumbler next week, so stay tuned!

 

[Che-Che2837]

[emoji1360][emoji1360] cool brotha!

 

[weltmaster]

the finished product finally displayed!

 

[Che-Che2837]

[emoji1376][emoji1376][emoji1376] wow that came out great! Nice job on fixing the flaps on the tumbler, cool display too!

 

[weltmaster]

ergotron, used for something else