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1/35 Nu Gundam Head part 3

Gallery December 7, 2013 GN 2 Comments

For the head armour, I pre-shaded the pieces, masked some detail sections that had Vallejo aluminium sprayed on them, and then did a top coat of Createx pearl white. The pearl white makes for a nice metallic finish that's no overpowering, and also blends the pre-shading very nicely. SAM_0490

Work In Progress

1/35 Nu Gundam Head part 2

Gallery December 2, 2013 GN 3 Comments

One thing you really notice when starting to work with a kit is the plastic itself. This kit has that strange plastic odour when you sand it, similar to how the big Kastrysha smelled, but the plastic is certainly different from that kit. It's harder and not as flexible. … Continue Reading ››

RG, Work In Progress

RG Destiny part 2

Gallery November 29, 2013 GN 5 Comments

Destiny came together pretty quickly. It's a very nice RG kit and has some really nice touches. I like the special hands with their palm guns. I like the light blue detail on the chest section, I like the use of colour, especially how the blue extends down the arms. But most of all, it's … Continue Reading ››

RG, Work In Progress

RG Destiny

Gallery November 28, 2013 GN 2 Comments

I've had RG Destiny for some while, but was waiting on the "Wings of Light" arriving before I started building it. The wings arrived, and quite nice they look too, and you also get a nice clear grey stand.

I don't have early photos of the kit, … Continue Reading ››

Work In Progress

1/35 Nu Gundam Head

Gallery November 28, 2013 GN 2 Comments

So I found this interesting kit from the Chinese company Hobby Crazy on Ebay. It comes with LED lights and looks like it's going to be a fun build. But not yet.... I have RG Destiny to complete.

Thoughts

Alligator Clips

Gallery November 13, 2013 GN Leave a comment

I was getting pretty fed up of getting dirt or dust on model pieces, trying to hold them with my pliers while painting, or how to balance them to dry safely so I've invested in a large back of small alligator clips. I used some small wood skewers from the kitchen to attach to the … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, Misc

1/1 HoiHoi-San

Gallery October 19, 2013 GN 1 Comment

HoiHoi-San is the tiny and unbelievably cute anime robot bug killer, and also a 1/1 scale model kit from Kotobukiya. It's not a kit where painting is a necessity because all the parts of the main model come correctly pre-coloured, and really the only parts you need to paint are the weapons. I decided … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds

Macross VF-1

Gallery September 28, 2013 GN 2 Comments

After really enjoying watching the original Macross series with the children, I decided I wanted to build the VF-1, the star mech of the show. I remember building a VF-1 way-back-when the original model kits came out in the early 80s, but of course, they didn't transform. The new Bandai kits do transform, but at … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, RG

1/144 RG GP-01 Zephyranthes & Full Burnen

Gallery September 28, 2013 GN 1 Comment

These two new RG kits are excellent. I completed them just before I started on Kastrysha but have only just got their photos taken. They build pretty much like the rest of the RG kits I've done, with the major difference being the Core Fighter and thus the centre section … Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds

1/100 Kastrysha, Review, hints and tips

Gallery September 23, 2013 GN 4 Comments

Let's start off with a big shot of these three Unicorn mechs together!

Given the size of this kit, and stability with the binders, I decided to do a bit of experimentation on the stand for display. I've taken three standard 1/100 display bases together (see later … Continue Reading ››

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