So as my initial experiment with adding the thinned Tamiya clear red to indented details on the gold armour pieces worked, I continued to select pieces on all the runners for similar treatment.And with the clear red dry, assembly is reasonably quick, but it does take … Continue Reading ››

Now we can start on assembly, and begin to work with the chromed gold pieces.Where nub marks will not be seen on the final model, nubs are as normal, and all I can really do is trim them carefully. But where they'd be seen Bandai have … Continue Reading ››

I quickly repaired Pikachu, and then sprayed all the Akatsuki parts with Finish Floor polish.I just left all the parts in the paint booth to dry. I didn't do a heavy coat, so the end result will not be super-glossy, but that's just fine for the grey … Continue Reading ››

Next stage of the Akatsuki painting was to lay down some grey on the pieces on the grey runners. I used the FW Acrylics pale grey as as starting point. The FW Acrylics are already thinned and ready to use, and quick too because of their built … Continue Reading ››

Now you can see how I "cheat" when painting a model. I paint as much as possible with the parts on the runners. Yes, it's cheating, but yes, it's quick. And not, it's probably not the right way to do things. But yes, the way most kits are designed, the nub marks are often very … Continue Reading ››

Here you can see some of the boxes of the kits I've been building. I'll have to deal with that problem at some point. Akatsuki is sitting there, just waiting to be built. The appearance of the Akatsuki mech in the Gundam Seed Destiny anime was … Continue Reading ››