OK, so I'm not dead

Hey any and all who may follow me,
   Lately I've been absent from posting in the forums or on my blog, and I just wanted to let you guys/gals know that I'm not dead, and I haven't quit the hobby.  I've been working on a project that I can't share yet for reasons I will share when I share the kit itself.  Wow could I have said share again?  Ooops I did.  Anyway the Drehksturm Assault Type kits are still on schedule, in fact my partner in this endeavor has received the first cast, and will be ready to start on it soon.  I will announce more details on it and the partnership when I can.  (I hope I haven't said too much already) I don't want to ruin the surprise.  haha As if there are hundreds of people waiting with bated breath!  Imagine me an egomaniac, (he makes one kit and his head explodes) oh well.  But as soon as I can share the partnership officially and the secret project I will.  But just as a small bit of insight I will say you may be seeing this logo (above) in the future.  Stay tuned mechaholics!

Drehksturm WIP Part XIV

Today I have settled down for the loooong week of pouring plastic.  All the molds are made, so now I just have to clean the excess mold release out by making shit pours, then I can make the good casts.  (Basically when I make a mold the first three resin pourings after the mold is done will be tacky because of the amount of mold release I use to make the mold.)  So here is my dummy cast, or the first cast I've made showing all the good casted parts I've made so far.

Drehksturm WIP Part XVIII

Casting, casting, casting..........so far I have been making good progress.  Oh and before I continue I want to give a heartfelt shout out to my Dad for giving me the pressure pot that makes all this possible.  THANKS DAD FOR THE PRESSURE POT ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL TOOLS I USE! I now have a mountain of molds and more on the way!  Keep in mind that each half of a mold takes 24 hours to cure so I think I'm making good time.  Also all the molds for the entire Assault Type conversion will be done probably in two or three days.  So after that I will just be amassing parts for the boxed kits.  Oh and in case I failed to mention it I am making two different types of kits for the conversion, the Assault Type, which is what I'm molding now which has missiles and guns and a short afterburner for quick burst thrusts and military assaults.  The Recon Type I will be working on after this one is done will be geared for espionage and recon work.  It will have longer thrusters and more cloaking gear like LADAR jammers and Radar jammers, proximity mines, long burn thruster and long swallow tail like deflectors, and custom intakes on the torso to look more elegant and to muffle noise and static generated by the reactor and components.  Long story short, two types one is almost finished, one is still being worked on.  Here are the mold for the Assault Type so far:

Drehksturm WIP Part XVII and 1/2

I'm going to keep this short as I didn't really do much today, I just did a mock up of what the Assault Type Drehksturm is going to look like completed.  I haven't decided on a color scheme for mine yet, although I plan on making three.  Here is the line drawing of it.

Drehksturm WIP Part XVII

I made some more parts in the last couple days to give the Assault Type some more power, including an optional dual missile bay with beam sword attachment (to be used instead of the machine gun collar if one chooses), a smaller more skeletal looking short burst afterburner, and a Triple Cluster Bomb Pod to be mounted on the shoulder armor.  Here are some shots: