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1/100 Akatsuki part 7

Gallery May 26, 2013 GN Leave a comment

Akatsuki is going together very smoothly. One thing though: don't attempt to assemble it in bright sunlight of you'll find it hard to see what you're doing!

Still with the backpacks to complete, I've taken some intermediate photos showing the mech, and when it comes to finished … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Akatsuki part 6

Gallery May 25, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

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1/100 Akatsuki part 5

Gallery May 24, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

Completed Builds, MG

1/100 MG RX78-2 V1.5 and Zaku II

Gallery May 23, 2013 GN Leave a comment

About 10 years ago I bought the RX78-2 V1.15 MG, and shortly after received the Zaku II for my birthday. They are both hand painted, some acrylics for weathering and some of the small details on the RX78-2, and oil paints for the shading on the Zaku II. I'm eagerly awaiting the new RX-78-2 V3.0, which … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Akatsuki part 4

Gallery May 23, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

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1/100 Akatsuki part 3

Gallery May 20, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

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1/100 Akatsuki part 2

Gallery May 19, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

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1/100 Akatsuki – Beginning

Gallery May 19, 2013 GN Leave a comment

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 ››

Completed Builds, MG

MG Sinanju 1/100

Gallery May 19, 2013 GN Leave a comment

I eagerly awaited the arrival of this kit after watching the mech in action in the Gundam Unicorn anime. This was my first MG kit since the RX78 V1.5 and Zaku II I'd built way-back-when, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect, or what I'd be able to achieve... TGN_0161

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Tag Archives: 1/100

1/100 Akatsuki part 7

1/100 Akatsuki part 6

1/100 Akatsuki part 5

1/100 MG RX78-2 V1.5 and Zaku II

1/100 Akatsuki part 4

1/100 Akatsuki part 3

1/100 Akatsuki part 2

1/100 Akatsuki – Beginning

MG Sinanju 1/100

Adventures in Plamo