causasus beetle

**dondecap** · #1 11-08-2011, 01:20 PM

hi people,
new build causasus beetle.............

6 page pdf.........
regards

**dondecap** · #2 11-08-2011, 05:40 PM

hi people,
well.......4 legs complete, two left to do.....3 layer laminate for each leg piece...........

this is going to be a big beetle

regards

**Vermin_King** · #3 11-08-2011, 07:07 PM

I wonder how big they are in real life

**legion** · #4 11-09-2011, 04:34 AM

Looks like a 1:1 model!

**dondecap** · #5 11-09-2011, 05:03 AM

hi people.
looks like may be 'larger' than life.................
here are the top of the 'carapaces?'...........

having trouble with photobucket today...........won't copy the img insert code.......any one else? had to copy img location and put in manualy..............

regards

**dondecap** · #6 11-09-2011, 07:36 AM

hi people,
update pic..................

regards

**dondecap** · #7 11-09-2011, 08:55 AM

hipeople.
getting there.................

regards

**Vermin_King** · #8 11-09-2011, 12:54 PM

This actually has more color than I expected from the first pic. This should be very nice.

**dondecap** · #9 11-09-2011, 01:46 PM

hi Vermin_King
the color is very good.....................
taking a while to do as I am using normal copy paper.....80g.... just pushing the boundaries...

regards

**Vermin_King** · #10 11-09-2011, 04:34 PM

That might be a little thin for the legs. You'll have to let us know how that holds up. I have an almost endless supply of marketing material for work that goes out of date. Heavier than copy/printer paper, and with the thick printing on the one side, it is very solid for doing moderate builds. I made a spindly-legged mech a couple months ago, and laminated a couple sheets of black construction paper between the front and back halves to give more strength. That might have been a helpful suggestion before you did the legs. Oops. Where is this model from?