1/48 Patlabor Ingram part 2

Gallery November 10, 2014 GN 1 Comment

Now that all the parts are painted and have a protective top coat, it's time for panel lines and assembly. I'm deliberately not putting on the clear red shoulder and gold badge pieces yet as I don't want them to end up getting flat coated.

The feet … Continue Reading ››

Tips & Tricks

Masking

November 9, 2014 GN 4 Comments

Masking your pieces for airbrushing multiple colours in different areas is a key technique. I generally use Tamiya masking tape because it's not apt to pull the paint off when you remove it, and it comes in very convenient sizes. I'll sometimes use liquid masking fluid, but only when necessary as it's tricky and a … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Patlabor Ingram

Gallery November 8, 2014 GN Leave a comment

Many years ago I remember building some of the original Patlabor kits, Helldiver and Phantom Labor. They were great kits with fun flexible rubber sections. Now with the imminent arrival of the new live action Patlabor TV series, we have the release of 1/48 Patlabor Ingram AV.

Tips & Tricks

Future Finish

November 1, 2014 GN 15 Comments

Future Finish (FF) is household floor care liquid that I use a lot of in my model painting. Here's the current bottle design as you can buy in Canada today.

Yup, my bottle is a bit dirty with overspray from the airbrush! Future Finish has a number of … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, Misc

RX-105 Xi photos

Gallery October 28, 2014 GN 8 Comments

The RX-105 comes out much bigger than your typical 1/144 kit, much more like the size of a typical 1/100. That means there's enough scale to get in some pretty decent detail.

There's a lot of water slide decals you can put on the kit. I put all … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, Misc

LBX Hyper Ifreet

Gallery October 27, 2014 GN 2 Comments

LBX Hyper Ifreet has got to be the kit that I've had the most fun with in ages. It's a lovely kit, well designed, great looking, not too small, good articulation and an amazingly fun build.

And effects parts! The fists of fire look great, although they're … Continue Reading ››

Legend BB FA Knight Gundam photos

Gallery October 24, 2014 GN Leave a comment

This is my first SD Gundam kit and I really enjoyed it. The colours of the paint didn't come out exactly as intended, but I'm not unhappy as the end result looks great.

There's a fair bit of masking to do on the kit, but it went … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, Misc

Black Lotus photos

Gallery October 24, 2014 GN Leave a comment

Under normal light, we can see the details of this kit more clearly. Although not really designed to be painted, I'm pleased I added the purple details. The smoked plastic works well for this kit, but this does make it tricky to paint, for example where I avoided the stickers on the head "horns".Continue Reading ››

Misc

LBX Hyper Ifreet

Gallery October 22, 2014 GN 2 Comments

My kids had built a few LBX kits and had a lot of fun with them. I'd originally bought LBX Lucifer for myself just based on how it looks, but it got handed over to my eldest one rainy day to give her something to challenge her. She did a super job, and I was … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

New Arrivals

Aside October 15, 2014 GN Leave a comment

It's always nice when a big parcel arrives in the post. Today, to add to my ever increasing backlog arrived:

Silver Crow from Accel World: This will go nicely with the Black Lotus kit I made up the other week.
Patlabor Helldiver: I'd made this kit over 20yrs … Continue Reading ››

GN Particles

1/48 Patlabor Ingram part 2

Masking

1/48 Patlabor Ingram

Future Finish

RX-105 Xi photos

LBX Hyper Ifreet

Legend BB FA Knight Gundam photos

Black Lotus photos

LBX Hyper Ifreet

New Arrivals

Adventures in Plamo