This is another kit I bought a while back and never got around to building. It was my intention to do the green armour similar to how I painted MG Geara Doga but with recent experimentation with oil paint effects, the path I'm taking is going to … Continue Reading ›› 1/100 MG Turn X Concept-X 6-1-2 Gundam
This is another kit I bought a while back and never got around to building. It was my intention to do the green armour similar to how I painted MG Geara Doga but with recent experimentation with oil paint effects, the path I'm taking is going to … Continue Reading ›› 
The red pieces needed to go candy red. First step was to use Tamiya gunmetal as a base coat. This … 
The box is lovely with nice use of gloss varnish on the pictures.
I started with the heads. I used Alclad flat … 
My new innovation in model building is using plastic sushi trays to sort parts. It's working well.
Here are all the black and gunmetal pieces that I've … 
I was unsure about the colour scheme, but I could see that the dark grey was really going to work well once I got these first sections assembled.
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I started with the red pieces, and I used my now classic combination of Createx pearl red with a top coat of Tamiya clear red. I always … 
I'd recently bought some very large sheets of styrene, so I was all set to go. I did a quick mock-up in Sketchup, but rapidly ditched the … 
I wanted to keep the oil "live" as long as possible to allow for adjustments. Once you … 
The oil paints I have are ancient. They still work great though, even if I do have to use a … 
For the actual chipping I started …