1/100 Kastrysha part 6

Gallery September 22, 2013 GN Leave a comment

Now that practically all the sub-assemblies for the binders are done, it's time to start putting things together.

Getting the insides of the binders in place, while maintaining electrical continuity was tricky, but by now I didn't expect it to be simple! The chromed piece that the … Continue Reading ››

Work In Progress

1/100 Kastrysha part 5

Gallery September 19, 2013 GN 2 Comments

Detail work on the binders progresses well. I must admit I do enjoy the painting of the small detail sections, even if, as you can see below, they do get covered up!

The details, as per usual, were done with Tamiya clear red, orange, yellow and blue. … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

Panel Lining

September 17, 2013 GN Leave a comment

There's no doubt that panel lining really adds to the look of a kit. I must have used every method (thinned enamels and acrylics) and type of pen and paint to do this over the years. I've always liked the Pilot DR drawing pen as they come in a good range of sizes, and their … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Kastrysha part 4

Gallery September 16, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The shoulders and arms went together reasonably well.

At this point I re-connected the battery pack and did a test of the 4 shoulder points where the binders will attach. I wanted to still sure I was electrically sound. All was good. SAM_0212

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1/100 Kastrysha part 3

Gallery September 12, 2013 GN Leave a comment

Kastrysha progresses slowly...

Here's some more of the component pieces painted and the arms fully assembled. That arms look great but dealing with the power pipes was very tricky to get them into the tiny holes in the sleeves. The instructions sort-of show the pipes just ending at … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Kastrysha part 2

Gallery September 9, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The boxes all the parts come in make a good place to store the parts after painting, but before assembly. The binders have had the full treatment now - primer, pre-shading, painting, Future Finish, oil paint panel lines and dry brushing with Tamiya Weathering Master set.

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1/100 Kastrysha part 1

Gallery September 4, 2013 GN Leave a comment

To say that the Elyn Kashatryia (Kshatriya) is a rather different kit is an understatement. The kit comes with all pieces separated in trays, and the legs and arms pre-assembled.

But pre-assembled legs is not good for painting, with the hydraulic piston parts being the major issue. Above … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

Elyn Kastrysha

August 26, 2013 GN Leave a comment

So, an Elyn Kashatryia just arrived from HobbyMate in Singapore. I've had a quick look and it's going to be an interesting build for sure.... Not a perfect kit by the looks of it (a bit fragile, nub marks, moulding marks etc.) but well done packaging, art-work, manual printing in full colour, bag (yes, … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, MG

Geara Doga

Gallery August 20, 2013 GN 2 Comments

Ok, it has to be said - "Geara Doga is my favourite Gundam model build so far." Why? Because it looks great, it goes together great, the details are great, the inner frame went together well and those thrusters look great. It's an all-round great kit, reasonably priced, a decent size. Oh, did I mention … Continue Reading ››

MG, Work In Progress

Geara Doga 2

Gallery August 19, 2013 GN 4 Comments

Geara Doga is perhaps the Gundam kit I've had the most fun with so far! Why? Because it's well engineered and goes together really seamlessly, it's a large kit, and, well..... it just looks great.

Here's the shield, and I've done the Tamiya Weathering Master kits around … Continue Reading ››

GN Particles

1/100 Kastrysha part 6

1/100 Kastrysha part 5

Panel Lining

1/100 Kastrysha part 4

1/100 Kastrysha part 3

1/100 Kastrysha part 2

1/100 Kastrysha part 1

Elyn Kastrysha

Geara Doga

Geara Doga 2

Adventures in Plamo