Now that the major work and painting on the armour is complete, I began on the internals. There's going to have to be some touch-up work, but I find it much easier to paint all the small pieces on the runner, then tidy up afterwards.The verniers … Continue Reading ››

The plastic for these parts has a dark blue tint to it. I like the idea of some blue on the kit as it will contrast nicely with the red/orange/pink tones of the main armour. I painted all these parts Tamiya gun metal, and then over-coated … Continue Reading ››

Being a Perfect Grade kit, there are many many pieces to paint and finish. But of course, that's part of the appeal of the Perfect Grade kits. To me, other than the impressive size and scale, it's the fine degree of engineering detail that makes them impressive. And after building a number of PG kits, … Continue Reading ››

So after repairing the paint removed by the masking, I've been concetrating on shading and preparing new armour pieces.Here's the first batch of armour pieces. They've been shaded with the airbus, and had some darker (just mixed in a drop of black and added a bit … Continue Reading ››

The 1/60 Perfect Grade Char's Zaku II is a kit I've had my eye on for quite a while. I'm not sure why I picked the Char's colour scheme over the stock green of the grunt suit, perhaps because I have a green Zaku II already and I've also really enjoyed painting with the bolder … Continue Reading ››