Tag Archives: Gundam

PG Char’s Zaku II part 4

Gallery June 7, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The plastic for these parts has a dark blue tint to it. I like the idea of some blue on the kit as it will contrast nicely with the red/orange/pink tones of the main armour. I painted all these parts Tamiya gun metal, and then over-coated … Continue Reading ››

PG, Work In Progress

PG Char’s Zaku II part 3

Gallery June 4, 2013 GN 3 Comments

Being a Perfect Grade kit, there are many many pieces to paint and finish. But of course, that's part of the appeal of the Perfect Grade kits. To me, other than the impressive size and scale, it's the fine degree of engineering detail that makes them impressive. And after building a number of PG kits, … Continue Reading ››

PG, Work In Progress

PG Char’s Zaku II part 2

Gallery June 1, 2013 GN 2 Comments

So after repairing the paint removed by the masking, I've been concetrating on shading and preparing new armour pieces.

Here's the first batch of armour pieces. They've been shaded with the airbus, and had some darker (just mixed in a drop of black and added a bit … Continue Reading ››

PG, Work In Progress

PG Char’s Zaku II part 1

Gallery May 30, 2013 GN Leave a comment

The 1/60 Perfect Grade Char's Zaku II is a kit I've had my eye on for quite a while. I'm not sure why I picked the Char's colour scheme over the stock green of the grunt suit, perhaps because I have a green Zaku II already and I've also really enjoyed painting with the bolder … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

Paints and Postage

May 27, 2013 GN Leave a comment

I'm going to do a little more work on Akatsuki before I declare the model complete, but as there was little painting to do on the kit, it got me thinking that if I just did plain out-of-the-box builds, I'd go through kits so quickly that Gunpla would become a hideously expensive … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds

1/100 Akatsuki

Gallery May 26, 2013 GN 1 Comment

The completed Akatsuki is rather stunning, if also rather hard to photograph well, not least that I need to get some cotton gloves to wear while posing it. The reflective gold armour looks great, but instantly picks up any oil from your hands and shows up fingerprints from the slightest touch.Continue Reading ››

Work In Progress

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 ››

Work In Progress

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 ››

Work In Progress

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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Tag Archives: Gundam

PG Char’s Zaku II part 4

PG Char’s Zaku II part 3

PG Char’s Zaku II part 2

PG Char’s Zaku II part 1

Paints and Postage

1/100 Akatsuki

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

Adventures in Plamo