With the major painting complete (just really doing touch-ups, or adding detail as I see where the pieces go when assembled), progress is good, although slower than with other kits due to the complexity, the screws and the sheer number of parts on the internal skeleton. These … Continue Reading ››

With some struggle, I was able to complete the assembly of the Zaku's arms. The struggle was getting those darn little screws into the model to hold it tight. I do hope I got the right screws in the right places as I've not been able to find an English translation of the Japanese instructions … Continue Reading ››

The weapons were now ready to assemble!The gun was assembled then received another coat of Tamiya gun metal over the nub removal marks. The Heat Hawk had it's clear plastic part painted with Tamiya clear yellow, and just … Continue Reading ››

Being a Perfect Grade, this kit has some really nice detail sections, and given the articulating armour pieces there's good visibility of them on the final model, making effort here very worthwhile.All the vernier thrusters have really good detail sections representing fuel lines and associated rocketry … Continue Reading ››

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 ››