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Panel Lining

September 17, 2013 GN Leave a comment

There's no doubt that panel lining really adds to the look of a kit. I must have used every method (thinned enamels and acrylics) and type of pen and paint to do this over the years. I've always liked the Pilot DR drawing pen as they come in a good range of sizes, and their … Continue Reading ››

Work In Progress

1/100 Kastrysha part 4

Gallery September 16, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The shoulders and arms went together reasonably well.

At this point I re-connected the battery pack and did a test of the 4 shoulder points where the binders will attach. I wanted to still sure I was electrically sound. All was good. SAM_0212

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1/100 Kastrysha part 3

Gallery September 12, 2013 GN Leave a comment

Kastrysha progresses slowly...

Here's some more of the component pieces painted and the arms fully assembled. That arms look great but dealing with the power pipes was very tricky to get them into the tiny holes in the sleeves. The instructions sort-of show the pipes just ending at … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Kastrysha part 2

Gallery September 9, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The boxes all the parts come in make a good place to store the parts after painting, but before assembly. The binders have had the full treatment now - primer, pre-shading, painting, Future Finish, oil paint panel lines and dry brushing with Tamiya Weathering Master set.

Work In Progress

1/100 Kastrysha part 1

Gallery September 4, 2013 GN Leave a comment

To say that the Elyn Kashatryia (Kshatriya) is a rather different kit is an understatement. The kit comes with all pieces separated in trays, and the legs and arms pre-assembled.

But pre-assembled legs is not good for painting, with the hydraulic piston parts being the major issue. Above … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

Elyn Kastrysha

August 26, 2013 GN Leave a comment

So, an Elyn Kashatryia just arrived from HobbyMate in Singapore. I've had a quick look and it's going to be an interesting build for sure.... Not a perfect kit by the looks of it (a bit fragile, nub marks, moulding marks etc.) but well done packaging, art-work, manual printing in full colour, bag (yes, … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, MG

Geara Doga

Gallery August 20, 2013 GN 2 Comments

Ok, it has to be said - "Geara Doga is my favourite Gundam model build so far." Why? Because it looks great, it goes together great, the details are great, the inner frame went together well and those thrusters look great. It's an all-round great kit, reasonably priced, a decent size. Oh, did I mention … Continue Reading ››

MG, Work In Progress

Geara Doga 2

Gallery August 19, 2013 GN 4 Comments

Geara Doga is perhaps the Gundam kit I've had the most fun with so far! Why? Because it's well engineered and goes together really seamlessly, it's a large kit, and, well..... it just looks great.

Here's the shield, and I've done the Tamiya Weathering Master kits around … Continue Reading ››

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Geara Doga 1

Gallery August 17, 2013 GN Leave a comment

Geara Doga arrived in the post from HLJ along with RX-78-2 V3.0 and the two new Real Grades. I thought it was going to be a tough decision on what to build, but it was easy! After reading Syd's review at Gaijin Gunpla and reading that this was a large kit, and opening the … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, MG

Unicorn Full Armor

Gallery August 10, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The main assembly and painting of Unicorn Full Armor is complete. This is quite a stunning kit when assembled, but it's also very fiddly, complex and somewhat frustrating. I think I'm going to have to save up a good deal of patience before I tackle the stickers or doing the transform.Continue Reading ››

GN Particles

All posts by GN

Panel Lining

1/100 Kastrysha part 4

1/100 Kastrysha part 3

1/100 Kastrysha part 2

1/100 Kastrysha part 1

Elyn Kastrysha

Geara Doga

Geara Doga 2

Geara Doga 1

Unicorn Full Armor

Adventures in Plamo