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Post by Tilly on Dec 25, 2003 10:26:26 GMT -5
I like to take my time with Zoids, and make them nice and presentable. I rarely find them actually difficult, but my sluggishness drags me down. Oh well. The building is the most enjoyable part for me. Dark Spiner took me six hours.... Ah, so I'm not the only person who gets all obsessive/picky and takes forever to build Zoids...I'm always carefully polishing the bits where you cut them off a sprue, and it drove me crazy the few times I had one break off and leave one of those white marks you can't get rid of without cutting it out, which would look worse...that happened to my Redler. Right on the front of its 'nose', too. I polished it like mad on some fabric, but it still shows...argh.
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Post by RavenRaptor on Dec 25, 2003 18:24:50 GMT -5
Ah, so I'm not the only person who gets all obsessive/picky and takes forever to build Zoids...I'm always carefully polishing the bits where you cut them off a sprue, and it drove me crazy the few times I had one break off and leave one of those white marks you can't get rid of without cutting it out, which would look worse...that happened to my Redler. Right on the front of its 'nose', too. I polished it like mad on some fabric, but it still shows...argh. Yeah.... Bf took me 8 hours because i cut, cleaned, filed down and shined up ALL AND EVERY peice.... then the head kept exploding when i tried to put all those peices together, it was at 9 @ nite, and i was only 12 and tired the time..... But i am slow, i am a perfectionist when it comes to big zoids... So many peices, u can't afford to just slap it together and expect it to work, when it doesn't, u have to take the whole thing apart... I just made sure it was gonna work the first time throu.. Yup... but that was to only one i was slow on.. I mean, it took me 45 minutes to do all of what i did to the BF to the deathstinger. But it was in the morning... ;D ;D (For x-mas i got a red horn and a guysack! No one cares, but still... at least i do.... ;D ;D) -Raven Raptor
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Post by Dranxis on Dec 25, 2003 19:58:11 GMT -5
I have a Red Horn and a Guysack! They're fun! ;D Yeah, I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to zoids as well..... I took apart and rebuilt my Gojulas several times because, while walking, he would only turn his head to the left, and not the right. Turns out I have a faulty motor; the connecter in the neck that turns his head from left to right can't sustain the weight of his head while walking, therefore his head only goes to the left. Because of this I'm buying another one. Same with my Gordos and Dimetrodon....
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Post by RavenRaptor on Dec 25, 2003 21:28:50 GMT -5
Yeah! u care! U probab;y don't, but still, u replied... But still! They are fun! Whoo hoo! -Raven Raptor
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Post by Kouga on Dec 26, 2003 14:34:18 GMT -5
Man the Berserk Fury only took me an hour to build..
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Post by steelx on Dec 26, 2003 17:56:56 GMT -5
it took me a hour too
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Post by Kouga on Dec 26, 2003 19:16:33 GMT -5
Berserk Fury is probably the hardest to build....even though it isn't really hard. But hey that's me...I've only BUILT LEVEL FIVE MODEL CARS WHERE YOU PUT THE TINY PISTONS AND SUCH IN...and to think I've only done it for hmm....FIVE YEARS!!
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Post by Scrudge on Dec 26, 2003 19:29:42 GMT -5
I dont actually have any of those over here in the Uk but my hardest one was Genosaurer. (Out of a Command Wolf Irvine, Dibison and Genosaurer)
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Post by SturmTyrann on Dec 26, 2003 20:14:14 GMT -5
Berserk Fuhrer was hard bust not the hardest model i ever built. I took me about 1.5 hours, hardest model i ever built was a Supermarine Spitfire. i had to paint and build EVERYTHING that took me about 11 hours. I love good ol' WWII fighter and bombers
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Post by LordGale on Dec 30, 2003 23:45:35 GMT -5
I cut every piece out and carefully sand them, but it doesn't take that long. I save stuff like removing mold seams for later, when I begin my customizing process.
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Post by RavenRaptor on Dec 30, 2003 23:52:51 GMT -5
ok ok ok ok!!! i get it, i am a really slow stupid perfectionist at zoids building, it was at nite, i was tired, i had little light, no coffe, i was 12! and had to cut clean polish and seperate every littel frigging peice, then it took me about 3 tries before i got anything right... geeze, i feel really small now, want to make me feel smaller? -Raven Raptor
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Post by Mirage Frost on Dec 31, 2003 0:30:47 GMT -5
I like to take my time with Zoids, and make them nice and presentable. The building is the most enjoyable part for me. this is what building models are all about, that and you have a nice display piece when finished... anyways, longest for me was Ultra, because of size, I have yet to meet a hard zoid... ;D
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Post by Wolfy on Dec 31, 2003 0:53:10 GMT -5
ok ok ok ok!!! i get it, i am a really slow stupid perfectionist at zoids building, it was at nite, i was tired, i had little light, no coffe, i was 12! and had to cut clean polish and seperate every littel frigging peice, then it took me about 3 tries before i got anything right... geeze, i feel really small now, want to make me feel smaller? -Raven Raptor YEAH! YOUR SMALL! like an ant. tiny... puny! Holy Shizz, your shrinking! so small, where the hell did you go? *Squish* DAMN... Pheno's gonna kill me.. i just squished another Forum member...
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Post by Saix on Dec 31, 2003 1:02:59 GMT -5
Yes, I must also add that the Berserk Fury is the hardest, what really got me was the CPC parts, at first when i put it into CPC mode, the mouth wouldnt even open, so i had to take it apart, and mess with the parts (12AM) and fix it, then i turned it on and a spark flew from its back! scared the bejeezus outta me, so i rebuilt the whole thing and now it works, but I dont even use it. (P.S) I'm a new member, call me Saix, and my favorite Zoid is Lightning Saix, hands down! ;D
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Post by Tilly on Dec 31, 2003 1:32:34 GMT -5
The openy-closey bits on mine were too tight, so I had to take the tail apart and remedy that. The head was also a bit fiddly...but it wasn't so much hard as time-consuming, because of all the parts I had to trim.
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