Rocinante Released - Page 14

**dhanners** · #**131** 12-14-2018, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blake7

This is bigger than I thought it was. dhanner you built the Tachi did you have trouble with the internal formers? Like a little too big or is it just me and my computer. Anyway built this three times. Third time reduced formers by 95%.

I've built the model in three scales -- Rocinante in the original 1/100th and again in 1/144th, and Tachi in 1/200th. I used formers in all three and had no fit problems. Not sure what your issue could be.

Sometimes, some printers can print correctly in one axis but shrink or stretch the other axis. That's why I love it when designers place both horizontal and vertical calibration scales on their pages. I can tell right away if I've printed it out properly. Make sure you're printing actual size instead of "shrink to fit" but you probably already know that.

As an aside, I personally think 1/144th is the perfect scale for this model. Not too big and not too small. (My display space is limited) If I do Tachi with the corrected markings when they become available, that's the scale I'd do it in.

**Cheesy Wotsit** · #**132** 12-20-2018, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dhanners

I've built the model in three scales -- Rocinante in the original 1/100th and again in 1/144th, and Tachi in 1/200th. I used formers in all three and had no fit problems. Not sure what your issue could be.

Ill second that, built it in original, 130% and 150% scale I did have issue but that was mostly down to my lack of skill. It has some very weird shapes around the mid section of the front part and I found that if you used the wrong paper on the joining pieces (i.e to thick), didn't score or fold them correctly or mis aligned them it lead to problems. I also found that you need to be willing to put a little pressure on making sure the outer shell to stretch it correctly over the formers.

With that lovely updated Tachi logo I guess I'll have to look at replacing my 130% Tachi front end at some point in the future.

**dhanners** · #**133** 12-21-2018, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheesy Wotsit

With that lovely updated Tachi logo I guess I'll have to look at replacing my 130% Tachi front end at some point in the future.

Or, if the printer's orange matches the original, just cut out that panel and glue the other one on. Or glue the new one on as appliqué. When you look at the Rocinante/Tachi, the hull is covered with appliqué panels, which I modeled by printing out duplicate pages, cutting out the panels and gluing them over the hull.

Some parts of hull, like the torpedo housings and propulsion module, even have three layers.

(I should note that since I took these photos, I added EVA rails to the other side of the upper and lower torpedo housings. I originally just had them on one side, but noticed in screen caps that the rails line both sides of the housings.)

**MILKAUTICO** · #**134** 12-22-2018, 10:30 PM

hi can you help me? in what proportion should I print it so that I stay on 1/60 scale?

**dhanners** · #**135** 12-23-2018, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MILKAUTICO

hi can you help me? in what proportion should I print it so that I stay on 1/60 scale?

To enlarge a 1/100th-scale model to 1/60th, you'd print at 166 percent. 100 divided by 60 is 1.66, so you move the decimal point and it is 166 percent.

**MILKAUTICO** · #**136** 12-23-2018, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dhanners

To enlarge a 1/100th-scale model to 1/60th, you'd print at 166 percent. 100 divided by 60 is 1.66, so you move the decimal point and it is 166 percent.

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