Tron Light cycle Trio

[Casper]

One of my all time favourites and a classic 1980,s movie
watched the remastered version on Disney+ the other night, superb.
influenced by the late great Syd Mead RIP he died on my birthday 30/12/2019



so much better than Legacy imo


I fancied joining in the fun but didn't know what to do something with not much work and mostly painting
So I looked on Thingiverse for something to print and found a simple two part cycle
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:914369

[Casper]

Printed in grey PLA, standard settings on a Artillery sidewinder

[Casper]

Not a bad finish. I glued the two half's together using superglue and spent and hour or so sanding them down. They look worsted than they are in the photos and cleaned up ok with 600 grit then a wet sand. Not going to go too mad, just need a smooth surface for paint.

[Casper]

The great Syd Mead.

[Casper]

[Casper]

[Casper]

even look cool without paint

[Casper]

UK Movie poster
I remember cueing up outside the pictures as we called it admiring the artwork on the posters from the 70,s and 80,s

[Casper]

A coat of flat Black for the front one. Not bad for 20 minutes sanding

[Casper]

Bit of filler

[Casper]

And thats it for now folks
Flat Black base coat

[Twokidsnosleep]

The great Syd Mead.

I only got as far as that photo
Look at that cool Lincoln in the drawing..awesome contrast to the super modern bikes and stuff
A gorgeous aesthetic to the artwork

What a great project, happy to have you along

[Casper]

[aur0ra145]

This is an exceptionally cool build!

[BigWall]

Very cool subject! I remember how advanced that movie was when it came out!

[MrBowcat]

Awesome film. I didn't realise there was a remastered version, might have to watch that this afternoon (oh the joys of working from home )

Nice 3D prints, are you going to light them or just paint?

[Casper]

Awesome film. I didn't realise there was a remastered version, might have to watch that this afternoon (oh the joys of working from home )

Nice 3D prints, are you going to light them or just paint?

Hi MrB
I really enjoyed watching it, took me right back happy days
It was filmed in black and white and the suits were also black and white then the film reels were sent to Korea to have all the colouring done to look like the game, brilliant.
I've been thinking about lights and may try something small
If your my age or you would remember the first video games. I worked in a chippy with my best pal Bob doing the potatoes twice a day fior his Dad for pocket money and when closed we had access to the games for free so we got very good at it my favourite was Space Invaders, I felt a bit like Flynn going round the clock on in the arcade
"its all in the wrists"
The bike chase was the hardest part for me, cornering last second. The tanks were pretty noisy and the spider things well
great sounds

[ForbesHutton]

And now we see where they stole.... I mean borrowed, the basic concept for the Matrix movies.

[RangerNeil]

This looks to be a fascinating build!! Looking forwards to seeing how they turn out!

[Casper]

This looks to be a fascinating build!! Looking forwards to seeing how they turn out!

Hope it turns out like I see it, nothing too fancy, just a bit of fun

[Twokidsnosleep]

I really enjoyed the second Tron movie
Tron Legacy
Jeff Bridges is good at being kinda bad and the CGI is amped up a lot better than the first one IMHO

[Casper]

I really enjoyed the second Tron movie
Tron Legacy
Jeff Bridges is good at being kinda bad and the CGI is amped up a lot better than the first one IMHO

I watched legacy the other night, its pretty good but call me old fashioned I love the old one
The film was inspired by the game Pong
Pac-Man in the scene with villain Sark. You can hear the game’s wacka-wacka in the background

[chops1sc]

Almost embarrassed to say that I have never watched Tron. Might do that this summer.

Looking good so far!

[Casper]

Almost embarrassed to say that I have never watched Tron. Might do that this summer.

Looking good so far!

[Casper]

Managed to get some colour on two of the bikes. I don't have Tamiya yellow for the third light-cycle so that's on order.
I used Tamiya neutral grey, orange and red
need your sunglasses

[Twokidsnosleep]

Orange mate, orange
It rhymes with….nothing

[chops1sc]

Orange mate, orange
It rhymes with….nothing

No it doesn't!

[digger303]

Orange mate, orange
It rhymes with….nothing

Only one word in the English world
sporange........ a very rare alternative form of sporangium (a botanical term for a part of a fern or similar plant).

[Casper]

Orange mate, orange
It rhymes with….nothing

No it doesn't!

No it doesn't

[Casper]

Orange mate, orange
It rhymes with….nothing

Only one word in the English world
sporange........ a very rare alternative form of sporangium (a botanical term for a part of a fern or similar plant).

Blorenge (a mountain in Wales)

[BigWall]

Misconceptions are falling like flies here!

[Parker]

Loving this build.
Love Tron.

[ForeverPlasticKits]

Wonderful, these bikes are simple and very true from the movie, well done!

Tron and Tron Legacy are both very good movies.

[Casper]

My Black plastic and clear plastic sheets turned up along with some Tamiya Yellow. The 2mm clear turned out to be too thick so a thinner 1mm plastic was cut into three strips and the circles for the rear wheels cut out. I will be gluing them together hopefully when I figure out what glue to use




mark

[Casper]

I thought I would try Zap PT56 Canopy glue to stick the clear plastic to the bike, it takes about an hour to go off and holds really well A small bead around each side just to make sure. It cleans up easy with a damp cotton bud.

[Casper]

[BigWall]

Dude! It's so cool!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome!!!!
Re-watched Legacy the other night too