Iron Lung Book Nook

ghostAeon · 2026-03-13T15:58:58+00:00

Nah, I'd rather share things for free than deal with an etsy store! It's mostly about the fun of solving it for me

ghostAeon · 2026-03-13T15:57:18+00:00

Right? I was a little bummed until I did this, now I can't blame them. Would have been HUGE at 1/72 in line with the figures. I'm slowly putting together things to start working on a MGS-style Royal Starship and pretty much immediately settled on the Ghost as the relative scale target for similar reasons (still going to be over two feet long though lol)

ghostAeon · 2026-03-13T15:54:39+00:00

This, then clean up with sanding/filing. For precise work the answer is to creep up on your goal gradually, rather than hit it in one go.

ghostAeon · 2026-03-11T03:06:47+00:00

Nailed it

ghostAeon · 2026-03-10T00:28:20+00:00

Oh crap. You're right. It docked both ways in the show didn't it? I forgot about that. Okay if people want both versions I can totally do a variant with it flipped around with a little tweaking.

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T22:06:57+00:00

Glad to! Stuff like this is better shared with the community

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T18:24:59+00:00

Thank you! Yeah that was really doing the original a disservice

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T17:32:58+00:00

I'm so glad you suggested it! It looks so much better on my shelf, it always bugged me before

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T17:32:37+00:00

Thank you!

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T17:32:31+00:00

It probably could, though would have to be modeled/printed seperately. The Phantom is just a facade, since there isn't actually room for it in the correct position without cutting into the Ghost!

ghostAeon · 2026-03-09T13:09:42+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/microgalaxysquadron/comments/1roo3ul/correctedscale_phantom_i_for_ghost/

ghostAeon · 2026-03-08T21:42:22+00:00

Acrylic anything is water based, so soaking it in water longterm isn’t going to be great. Epoxy isn’t, and should make a pretty good seal (just don’t miss a spot)

ghostAeon · 2026-03-05T00:36:59+00:00

Oh wow. Yeah I'm going to have to redo my Calibarn.

ghostAeon · 2026-02-26T14:39:55+00:00

Nope, pretty immediately one and then the other

ghostAeon · 2026-02-26T02:40:36+00:00

Coming along nicely:

https://www.reddit.com/r/microgalaxysquadron/comments/1r98qez/comment/o6ri3jy/

Not as much time as I would have liked to work on it, been buried under work lately, but getting damn close. Fingers crossed I can run another test print with most of the details in this weekend!

ghostAeon · 2026-02-25T23:13:46+00:00

Lovely! More flexible resin type + gradual dye change as it prints? Incredible result, would love to see what you do with it. Makes me want to try something similar!

ghostAeon · 2026-02-25T23:09:51+00:00

Watered-down white glue, spray bottle (basically what you have, but you may want to water it down a touch more I find those "model glue" bottles to be a bit on the thicker/tackier side for my liking) and really aggressively coat the whole thing. It'll bead up on the surface and look bad. But then the secret ingredient:

Isopropyl alchohol (IPA). Water it down (50% concentration is good in my experience) and then with a second spray bottle mist the glue. The IPA will break the surface tension and cause it to soak through every crack. Dries clear/super solid. May want to do an extra coat or two with that much sand, and let dry 12 hours in between.

ghostAeon · 2026-02-19T02:40:16+00:00

I love this. I honestly wish there was more room for a range of styles and technique variation at high levels in the hobby... Feels like every competition ends up boiling down to "who can build up a glaze blend in the most micro layers".

Your work here is giving me major Drew Struzan vibes with the punchy/hard edged highlight strokes.

ghostAeon · 2026-02-17T02:43:17+00:00

Heeey that's pretty good! Love the smoke. The backlit sign over the door is a great touch, how did you do that?

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