First problem encountered with this resin add-on, thanks to resin shrinkage, the forearm covers no longer snapped into place properly, and the thruster flaps didn’t close a…
bought the resin parts years ago direct from the caster.
test fitter one of the arms too and it looks like theres been some shrinkage, so will DEFINITELY need a fair bit of work to make them fit -_-
Evening spent test fitting the resin parts on my Sazabi.
The fit isnt the best, will take some sanding to sit well.
But I’ll be damned if that isnt impressive looking.
bought the resin parts years ago direct from the caster.
test fitter one of the arms too and it looks like theres been some shrinkage, so will DEFINITELY need a fair bit of work to make them fit -_-
Unfortunately, that is a result of the injection molding process, where the injected plastic meets in the mold, those ripples will be right the way through the plastic, so sanding wont help.
The only real way to fix it is to paint the whole piece.
yeah I deleted those comments because they weren’t helpful or productive, apologies for that 🙂
I entered in intermediate in the last comp and got bumped to advanced just like you 😛
Yeah that soft lighting is very pro man. I didn’t know that resins shrink. Great job at blending them together.
Okay the pictures have posted in reverse order. Ah well.
Yeah that happened to me as well when I posted my tank diorama a few days ago!