Iron Man from Moebius

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Iron Man Marc III by Moebius was released in 2008 and is 1: 8 scale. The kit is hard to come by and very expensive.

Bestandsaufnahme. Die Teile scheinen gut verarbeitet zu sein. Mit meinem Vorhaben das Modell zu beleuchten und einiges zu verändern werden wir in den nächsten Schritten sehne wie weit das gelingt.

The ARC reactor is the most important part of Iron Man, I wound it myself and is later illuminated from behind in the armor.

Das Loch ist Passgenau für eine LED-Hülse ausgebohrt worden. Der gewickelte ARC-Reaktor wird später zusammen mit der LED darin platziert.

The helmet and visor also had to be worked on. Once again, as much as necessary and little as possible counted here.

Die Arm Anordnung gefiel mir nicht, daher entschied ich mich Iron Man in einer Angriffshaltung darzustellen.
Dazu musste die Hand, Unterarm und die Schulter verändert werden. Und das am beiden Armen.

After everything has been adjusted, the wiring with the SMD has been drawn in for the hand. Gluing the halves together wasn't a problem. Many places still had to be sanded in order not to see the seam in the glossy paintwork.

Auch für die Hände wurden kleine Plexiglas scheiben geschliffen und farblos Matt lackiert. Diese mussten 100% in das gebohrte Loch passen.

Die SMD wurde direkt hinter die kleine Scheibe gesetzt um möglichst hell durch zu scheinen.

He should also get a flight position. An SMD with an outwardly shining plexiglass was mounted in each of the shoes. The slope of the plexiglass must be exactly right in order not to represent the model too diagonally.

The visor was painted black on the back to prevent it from showing through. The front is in gold and red. A milky plexiglass had to be worked into the eye area so that the SMDs cannot be seen in the background.

The head on the torso wasn't a problem. There was almost no space for the cabling. Here, too, care was taken to ensure that everything inside is opaque.