1/100 NG Regen Duel Gundam

With around 2 weeks build time on and off, the "No Grade" Regen Duel Gundam is completed, and looking markedly colourful :)

Messed up a couple of bits, namely along the front ankle skirt on the right leg (caused by not waiting an adequate amount of time for the topcoat to dry.. gaaah!). Stickers were a little dodgy, and don't show all that well.

Despite this, I like it. Was an awesome practice model and gained a little more valuable skill especially in the pre-shading airbrush department. I still need to work on my panel lining though.. I tend to rush this too much and should really take my time to get it right. Some pics below, and a vid at the very bottom showing some of the build in double-time :)

Blueframe Astray Revise 1/100 MG

After.. 8 weeks of working/tormenting on the Gundam Astry Blueframe Revise 1/100 Master grade, it is finally done. For my first MG, I don't think it turned out that bad, and impressed myself on how well the decalling went considering I have never done it before.

A few things went wrong.. if you have been reading my previous posts you will remember the tiny plastic clasps that held the fingers and thumb in place on each hand had disintegrated, hence now Blueframe has no ability to hold any weapons hence the constant flight mode.

The panel lining for this was a little all over the place. I have been experimenting with various washes for a while and though I got to grips with it when panel-lining the head part, turned out a little "dirty" looking as the panel lines did not suck through the paint too well, and turned out a little lighter than I wished for.  I will persevere on getting that golden thinner-to-paint radio correct. The rest of the models panel lines were done with a gundam marker.

Some decals peeled off a little and went dry, replaced these on the worst instances with thin stickers provided with the Blueframe in box.

Gave it all a nice glossy coat for a change, normally I prefer the matt finish but because the experimental panel lining did not go to plan, a matt finish would really show up the dirty bits unless you were standing a good 10 feet away from it..  

That's about it really.. not 8 weeks of solid work as most of that was spent waiting for my old supplier to send me the paints I had bought. Anyways, down to what it looks like. A real labour of love this :) A little vid at the bottom too.

Bring on the full armour unicorn!

Blueframe Revise MG - WIP part 4

Its been a while, but have been back in action now I have changed my paint stockist. My former stockist although cheap did have an awful habit of selling me sprays that were not in stock.. and waited for me to pay for them before telling me this.. and then ignored my mails querying as to when they would be in stock.. shame on you. My new stockist, although expensive compared to others more than makes up for it in service, bravo to Wonderlandmodels.com. You guys are excellent. The former stockist gets no link, you are shit and frankly do not deserve a link.

Back to the work at hand. Assembly now completed (which I might add is considerably more complex than a HG, and much more fascinating) and the first (maybe) clear coat has been applied. As I sit here in the stifling toxic Tamiya fumes I contemplate on how the decalling is going to go.. This'll be in WIP 4 I think as soon as the Xmas time has ended. On that note, have a good one all, merry Christmas chaps and chap-esses.

The sodding hand that sodding well broke and is now sodding well glued.. GAH.