I’ve been a little behind on updates on this model, as I have had to deal with a bunch of issues with my printer which have been documented on other threads.
I did however print a few more parts, as can be seen in the photo below. so far, I have all the parts for the legs, all the leg armor, the pelvis armor, the hanging banner, the main body bottom, front and back section, the chest armor, exhaust pipes, head, cowling helmet and face mask
Still remaining to do are the body side walls, top cover, arms, shoulder pads, chainsword, thermal cannon and a few miscellaneous pieces.
I’ve also worked out an issue I had with the ball joints.
The foot i supposed to provide the socket for the lower leg, but unfortunately i’s just too loose. Yes, I can put the model in a pose but if I pick it up, it simply comes apart, the socket for both the leg and the shock absorbers are simply too loose. Making them tighter, prevents any sooth movements, or even inserting the ball in the socket.
The solution, Magnets… I drilled out the bottom of the socket and glued in a couple of back to back 6mm diameter Neodymium disk magnets, then I cracked the ball on the leg, which is hollow, cleaned up the couple of internal supports, and put a 7mm diameter Neodymium sphere magnet.
Since the ball magnet is free floating, it allows the leg to be position at any angle, and it stays there, it doesn’t try to snap into one position as it would have if the magnet would have been glued or fixed in place. It simply rolls around inside the ball while being attracted by the socket magnets. The solution works perfectly.
I’ll post another followup once I get my printer going again.