{"id":1781,"date":"2007-09-14T07:10:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2009-02-12T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T23:27:09","slug":"in-progress-%c2%bb-tallgeese-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-tallgeese-1\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb Tallgeese 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

08.02.07\u00c2\u00bb Sources, Concepts &
\nInitial Building<\/p>\n

The Tallgeese is one of my favorite suits from
\nGundam Wing. Maybe it’s the Romanesque look or that it doesn’t
\nlook like the other Gundams. But I love that stoic look of
\nthis mobile suit. The HG 1\/00 kit suffers from all the usual
\nHG wing kit problems. Loose joints, ugly joints, poorly articulated
\njoints, (basically bad joints) and it could use some added
\ndetail to make it really pop. With this particular kit I could
\nmake one of 3 different versions of the Tallgeese as seen
\nin the series and Endless Waltz movie. Since the original
\nis my favorite, I’ll be doing that one.<\/p>\n

I’ll be making a lot of small changes to the
\nkit such as added detail and joint replacements\/fixes. First
\nI removed the plastic under the collar of the head so that
\nI can tilt the head downward more and show some piston internals
\nunder the back of the head. I also increased the height of
\nthe head crest by about 60% by layering thin strips of styrene
\non top, sanding down the sides then using SGT to fill the
\ngaps. The torso was split and a ball joint was added to improve
\nmid-waist posability. The knee joints were detailed and a
\nfew leftover parts (red) from my Rick Dias killed in the front
\ndetail gap.<\/p>\n

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For the feet I added detail and a thruster to
\nthe sole and added pistons that go from the front of the feet
\nto the lower leg. The pistons are attached in the foot using
\na ring magnet and metal bearing. I also cut out the shoulder
\njoints from the side of the chest and fashioned new ones using
\nthe shoulder joints of an old MG Zaku kit I use for spare
\nparts. I replaced the barrel of the dobergun with brass tubing
\nand added details here and there. It’s still a work in progress
\nbut will have a camera mounted above the new trigger grip
\nand a grenade launcher attached under the barrel.<\/p>\n

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08.05.07 \u00c2\u00bb Binder Mod<\/p>\n

The binders on the back of the shoulders needed
\nsome kind of mod to make them not hit eachother when in a
\ndynamic pose. At first I contemplated making a balljoint or
\nan angled rod into the current polycap. Instead I figured
\nout that I can merely cut the 2 outer parts of the joint cover
\nfrom the back of the shoulder, glue them to the joint box,
\nslice off a small part of that box and in the end I had a
\nvery simple plastic on plastic joint using only what was already
\nthere. (peg and hole) Later I’ll need to thicken the peg,
\npossibly with some CA to strengthen the joint. Here’s some
\npics:<\/p>\n

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09.14.07 \u00c2\u00bb Rest of InProgs<\/p>\n

Here’s the last of the inprogs I promised to
\npost up. The last pics just show what isn’t easy to see once
\nthe kit is done. The forst few show the arm joint mods. I
\nbasically used some rectangular tube with one thin side removed
\nfor the lower arm joint and some detailed rectangular rod
\nfor the upper. A leftover MG kit screw on each joint was screwed
\ninto a pre-drilled hole. This makes the joint nice and tight.
\nI had to remove the upper parts of the forearms earlier in
\norder to be able to add the screw in later. This hides the
\nscrew nicely as well. The top of the joint was later pined
\nand glued into the upper arm (bicep).<\/p>\n

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