Health issues have kept me busy this year, and also my music project
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I'm still working on GP01 doing cutouts and articulation on the outer armour pieces, but I don't like the temperature in my craft room in the summer, so we'll probably see more updates in the fall.
Continuing on from my weathered builds, I've decided to experiment with some chipping medium to see what effect it produces and if it works well with the paints I use. Due to easy local availability, I bought a 35ml jar of Vallejo Chipping Medium.
I took some …
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Yes, as you've guessed I've been busy, but not with building models 🙁 I started building model kits when I was young and haven't really stopped, but there have been periods where I've had breaks when I moved country and life has been busy with kids and work.
So let's see how I go as we …
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I'm very much liking the
Amazon portable photo studio light box. It's working really well for me and I can set it up quickly.
Megami Device is a cute little kit. But that's half the problem - it's tiny!
Stood next to the Bandai Stormtrooper it's just not that big, and whereas Stormy came in nice gloss injected white plastic, Megami is normal boring white plastic.
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Life is busy! But that's a good thing. It just means I don't have much time for painting or assembling models. I'm working on a kit for a friend, and that's going to take a while, but I'm sure it's going to look good. Then I really want to get the Macross Delta kits of …
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GunHed is progressing well. Since last time, I put down a black oil wash into all the crevices and panel lines. Once that was dry, I tidied it up with a cotton bud pulling off the oil where it wasn't wanted. To protect it, I put on another layer of Future Finish varnish.
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I've just upgraded my hosting, which necessitated a move of the web site to a new server. If you have any issues, please message me so I can fix things. At a quick glance all seems to be operating ok though....