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[McCaffrey]

Years ago Armorcast Models was making resin Battlemechs. I managed to get one of the Mad Cats. It sits proudly on my shelf, though not one of my friends know what it is. I know you all will.

Enjoy.

Edited by McCaffrey, 03 November 2011 - 05:32 PM.

[CoffiNail]

[Grafix TM]

Nice Battledamage.

[McCaffrey]

Grafix™, on 03 November 2011 - 05:37 PM, said:

Nice Battledamage.

Dremel tool at its best. Was fun to do, although the resin dust is nasty, thank goodness for masks.

Thanks for the kudos.

[CG Anastasius Focht]

Fantastic, love it
Thanks for sharing it with us

[Agent Cooper]

very sweet.

[CrescentHawk]

Thats an awesome timberwolf. Well done sir.

[McCaffrey]

Thanks for the kind words. Amrorcast also made an Atlas. I could shoot myself now for not getting it then, But it was expensive, so I kept putting it off. Then in 2007 they stopped distributing their models. A sad day.

Putting props out to Anastasius Focht thread on his mechs. If you have not seen them, go check them out.

[Zendric]

Cool stuff, bro!

[Colddawg]

wish I could find my two old armorcast Timber Wolf models.
I must say though yours looks very nice. I did not know they made a model with such extensive damage to the left arm.

Edited by Colddawg, 04 November 2011 - 05:19 AM.

[UnseenFury]

Colddawg, on 04 November 2011 - 05:19 AM, said:

wish I could find my two old armorcast Timber Wolf models.
I must say though yours looks very nice. I did not know they made a model with such extensive damage to the left arm.

Read the thread b4 you post. Looks like OP did the damage himself. Amazing work btw.

[McCaffrey]

Yea, the battle damage was done by me. Glad you like it!

While it looks great, I am still not satisfied. Ive wanted to go back and add some spew or some fine wire / wire bundles to show the internal structural damage or busted myomer bundles. But alas, I've not done it.

[Grafix TM]

Almost brings a cringe of the thought of damaging or creating damage to a beautiful model but the end result was nice!

You could possibly use some internal wiring of a Cat 5 wiring and some brillo pad strands to show internal damage.

[C91]

McCaffrey, on 03 November 2011 - 05:45 PM, said:

Was fun to do, although the resin dust is nasty, thank goodness for masks.

know that, still got the same model sitting on my shelves including the Vulture from Armorcast. I modded both a bit (mostly the feet for a dynamic look) and I always use a mask and the vacuum cleaner while using the Dremel.

Both needs to be glued, primed and painted tho' ...

nice work btw! especially because it's not glossy, hate that.

[StonedDead]

I never knew anyone made models of them, I envy you sir. When did these come out? If I had know, my dad and I might have had a lot of fun with these. You know, come to think of it we had some Robotech models, were those by the same company? Wish I had those still too. I played with mine cause they were moveable jointed and stuff and tore them up. Mine earned their battle damage the hard way, lol. Very nice.

[RealityCube]

I have the same one but a friend of mine dropped it and broke the leg... need to repair it somehow but I'm not sure how :/

[Elder5]

Very cool! The Mad Cat has always been my favorite mech, and you did a great job on yours.

[McCaffrey]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

Cyner: I used some very quick set bonding glue. I too had a broken leg and arm from years of moving. The glue worked just fine. The resin stays pretty strong.

Zekester: It was made by a company called Armorcast. If you do a web search, you should see their old site. Be prepared to cry.

[Knt Maverick]

That looks Beautiful...... --I've always wanted to get my hands on some Ral Partha pewter minitures and paint them up.... but.. alas... i never had the cash to enjoy them....---at which point .. i hope this doesn't end up the way my last game love ended.. PerfectWorld.. started out F2P... now P2W... my hopes are high for this game... and i will probably have a "Code Brown" or "Code Yellow" if i were to face off against a Timberwolf during any possibly clan invasion scenario.

[Blackangel]

is that the madcat II that wizkids put out approx 10+ inches tall either as white spiritcats or a generic green ?