Blueframe Revise MG - WIP

So yeah, this one is taking me a while due to a little bit of an addiction to Skyrim. So far I have cut and sanded all of the white and blue runners and separated them out into containers, still working on the rest, should be finishing up ready for light assembly and painting by next weekend.

 

Have also pur-chased some water-slide decals, something I am entirely new to.. will be a learning experience I imagine.

Also purrrr-chased an MSG gatling gun, the original intention was to have the blueframe in flight mode, holding this mother, however I may decide to use this as an addition to my mecha 2012 contest entry. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On another note, today is my son's 2nd birthday who appears to be on no way, shape or form interested in Gundam at all... but that will change... :). More WIP soon.

2012 Mecha Contest

Its all been announced and blimey there is a lot of prizes up for grabs. I'll be giving this a bash.. It'll be my first ever entry into a contest involving the building of gundams so should be a lot of fun. Got 6 months to complete something.

I'll either be entering the OOB or the Diorama category undecided as yet. Can't really enter into both as I am at work 5 days a week.. look after my boy on weekends and have commitments for remixes coming up on my music.. phew. Still, plenty of time to plan.

So far I have in mind a Gay Disco RX gundam and a "fallen" gundam.. more ideas needed I think. Here's a vid from youtube explaining the contest a little better. If your up for it or would like to find out more, sign up to the mac forums at: http://boards.themacforums.com. Nice.

1/144 HG Kampfer

Completed, messed up the boosters though! grrrr.. Changed my mind too, working on the Blueframe Astray next. Cant wait. :) Also, Will update this post later on when the light is good.. the contant rain has meant crappy lighting for picture taking.

 

Update: Vid below with some better pix :)

 

1/144 HG Kampfer - WIP part 1

The kit has been cut away from the runners, gates have now been shaved off and sanded. Some parts also now glued and set to remove seam lines. Just need to sand it down a little to remove the glue blobs, and finish them off so they look nice and smooth. As luck would have it.. out of sandpaper, thinner and certain colours of spray so I'm at a dead end until I can order some more bits tomorrow. Gay.

Parts separated, the long, boring, laborious, crappy tasks of Gunpla now out of the way. :) 

Ill be spraying this up next weekend methinks, may do a vid, maybe not. I am also working on building a DIY spray booth with an extractor fan, I'll post up a "how-to" on this very soon. Considering most spray booths are going to cost you £70+ I think this one which is only going to cost around £25 and will probably do a better job is going to be well worth the time and effort in building. More soon.

Coming Soon

Lots of kits to build until I receive the very eagerly-anticipated Gundam Unicorn full armour MG 1/100 :) I am currently working on a Kampfer - detail of this in my next post.

Coming next will be my first MG build is the Gundam Astray Blueframe revise 1/100, can't wait to get started on this. Need to order up some decals too.. will be true to its normal colour scheme, not planning to weather or customise it as it is my first MG build.

 

Next up will be the Jagd Doga, 1/144 HG from the UC Gundam series. Will stick to the original colours too.. 

Theeeeen this Throne Eins HG 1/144 from Gundam 00, making the black parts glossy, the grey/white parts will be aluminium. Think this will look great all shined up. 

 

Definitely not going to need to make any more purchases as yet.. my wallet severely damaged by beam sabers.

Gundam UK and Movember

Hey, this year I will be participating in Movember, and would really appreciate any donations you can make to support men's health, and give to cancer charities. For those of you who have not heard of this, the idea is simple - you grow a moustache throughout the month of November - hence "mo" vember :). You can take a look at my page and progress here:

http://mobro.co/shinchokai

Thank you all for your support! :)

1/144 Virtue

It just looks hard. the 1/144 HG Virtue from the Gundam 00 series.