Time to start posting again - but unsure as to what, given that most of my time seems to be caught up in the Twitterverse or scrabbling about at home.
Was thinking of using this as a reviews thing but then all the venom that that would no doubt create would cause me issues.
Then I thought, what about your building projects, what about that? Of course that is an idea but it's not exactly what Beyond the Launchpad was set up to be.
I'm giving myself a window until the new year to start thinking what next. Any ideas - well, you know where to comment...
Friday, 6 December 2013
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Savenger!?!
Sometimes, when I'm not building Gundam, I set about modifying 'toys' and such to make them look cooler.
This weekend I have progressed with several projects, some nearer completion than others, but I thought I'd give you a peek at something more or less complete - a 1/6 scale Jawa I purchased last weekend at the Maidstone Vintage Toy Fair.
When purchased I thought I'd just got a lump of plastic to display only. Wrong. It seemed it was one of the 1997 Special Edition releases, which did have a neat little gimmick of light up eyes, however, the contacts on the on/off button were not in a great shape and worse still the button was a contact switch - so the light came on only when the switch was pressed... Time for some Martin magic.
Hidden in the back of the Jawa, an on/off switch (the silver thing in the illustration above) which, following some slight modification of the switch opening at the back of the Jawa and a now hollow chest area, fits like a beauty and is virtually unnoticable. A little soldering work to connect wiring and presto, secured new button. I had hoped to get a button on/off switch which would have been completely hidden but no luck in finding a small enough component. Oh well...
Following resetting the Jawa in one piece a quick photo of him with his vision 'restored'. Something to impress guests to SafeHaven in the future, or to freak them out...
This weekend I have progressed with several projects, some nearer completion than others, but I thought I'd give you a peek at something more or less complete - a 1/6 scale Jawa I purchased last weekend at the Maidstone Vintage Toy Fair.
When purchased I thought I'd just got a lump of plastic to display only. Wrong. It seemed it was one of the 1997 Special Edition releases, which did have a neat little gimmick of light up eyes, however, the contacts on the on/off button were not in a great shape and worse still the button was a contact switch - so the light came on only when the switch was pressed... Time for some Martin magic.
(turn me on!)
Following resetting the Jawa in one piece a quick photo of him with his vision 'restored'. Something to impress guests to SafeHaven in the future, or to freak them out...
(Wanna buy an Astromech?)
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