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Titan cables

Started by Seahawk , Mar 19 2012 04:48 PM

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 04:48 PM

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So as my completion of the warhound draws nearer, I have to attach the cables to and from various points. The instructions say these are easy-peasy rubber bits, cut and bend to shape.

This is :D because my cables are resin.

What's the best way to heat up these guys? There are some pretty gnarly angles I have to make for the guns, and hot water just doesn't do it unless I soak it. The problem is, if I soak it, that takes time, and during said time the water cools down. Is some other form of heating better?
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 07:59 PM

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I will go another way. I´ve bought me some stranded hook-up wire. I will make mel cable bundle with small rings of heat shrink tube and the cable end pieces that comes with the Titan. Will take not much more time then the resin version and will look more realistic.



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Posted 19 March 2012 - 08:39 PM

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Ooo great idea. Now I just have to find these things :whistling:. Where did you buy it at?

[edit] Looks like my local hardware store down the street might have what I need. Excellent. This is much more enticing than cutting and crazily bending some resin parts.

Edited by Seahawk, 19 March 2012 - 08:41 PM.

Let's all get it right now:

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LPC Vow: A full-on Warhound Titan. Groip! Completed! Here.

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 08:51 PM

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This is much more enticing than cutting and crazily bending some resin parts.

Exactly my first thought when i say those resin cables. What the f...?! Whos idea was this sh..?!
Another option could be straws with a flexible part. 2-4 of those flexible parts could also work.



Surprise is an insubstantial blade, a sword worthless in war.
It breakes when troops rally. It snaps when commanders holt the line.
But fear never fades.
Fear is a blade that sharpens with use.
So let the enemy know we come. Let their fears defeat them as everything falls dark.
At the world´s sun set.....
As the city is wreathed in its final night.....
Let ten thousand howls promise ten thousand claws.
The Night Lords are coming.
And no soul that stands against us shall see another dawn!

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 12:32 PM

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I bent them using boiling water and it was a pain.... But Replacing them with some sort of flexible alternative is a good idea, especially if you've magnetized it :lol:
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 05:51 PM

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I picked up the materials yesterday...boy these are going to be great to work with!

Plus, at 19 cents a foot, I can afford to waste some in getting it right. Double plus, it's black so I don't even have to paint it.
Let's all get it right now:

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LoS = Line of Sight

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Tactica: Captain Cato Sicarius
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