Cesar Enrique Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 My dear comrades, Long time since my last topic, I had to take a rest after 6 months of hard work on my VF-0S reactive armored with battle damage and so much detail on the armour, many months after that, in December, I had time to work on this beautiful hobby again. I present to you the first, a VF-1A Gerwalk from hasegawa (I love Hasegawa for making this gerwalk series), wich have the particularity that I scratch build the buttons and screens on the cockpit with styrene, and the canopy was built to be removable and can be displayed closed, opened or without it. I must say I love how this came out, and I love the fact that you can display it with the canopy in different “configurations”, I added some round minus molds on the back of the seat (because I like how they look), and add some styrene on the inside of the elbow to cover the seam of the arms. My impression on the gerwalk kit is, it is a very nice and very good looking kit that combines battroid and fighter parts, the only complaint I have after I built 3 of this kits, is that the joints on the knees and shoulders are very loose, it can barely stand in a decent position by itself, the display stand included in the kit, more than a nice touch by Hasegawa, was a necessary add on, if the weapon is heavy for the right arm, and the knee joints are weak to hold right the gerwalk position, imagine how the weight of the super/strike packs in the back pack and the arms will affect the stability of the new gerwalk kits without the display stand. After this thoughts -that no one cares about-, here is my baby, wich I might sell in the near future. Any comments positive or negative are welcome. Canopy Opened Canopy removed and detail of scratch build interior Canopy closed Close ups and details Detail of Elbow and scratch build canopy (process) And the best for the end...that ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefuemon Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 How exactly did you do the cockpit armrest buttons? I know that's the TV version, but Hasegawa still has the DYRL cockpit for that, so they're a nice addition I'll have to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ce25254 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Really great! Personally I'm not a fan of the TV blue but it looks exactly right. I like the non-metallized rifle. What was the color scheme for the other two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbh1973 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Great looking build! Did you use a thin layer of super glue over the polycaps to reinforce the joints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 whoa!!! that looks friggin insanely good! Awesome job! If only the 1/60's came finished like this.. I would certainly pay a premium for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Looks great - and dirty Nice finish and photos too! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyll2 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 that Dirty back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Wow. No, really, wow. Sweet build, excellent finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinjo Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Amazing Work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 My jaw just hit the floor!!! Amazing build!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivorysniper Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 That looks awesome !!!. Great work on the cockpit, btw !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMBounty_Hunter Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Man, this looks so great. Really awesome to see what's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 stunning build, looks fantastic.... superb job on the paint and that weathering looks amazing!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsim Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Enrique Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 How exactly did you do the cockpit armrest buttons? I know that's the TV version, but Hasegawa still has the DYRL cockpit for that, so they're a nice addition I'll have to try. Thank you all for your comments. Scratch buttons on the armrest were done by cutting square and rectangular pieces of a very thin styrene sheet from evergreen, round buttons were done by heating the sprues and stretching them to make thin stripes of styrene, then I drill small holes of .1mm - .3mm on the armrest to insert the sprues with a small drop of cement on the tip, let it dry and with your hobby nipper you cut the excess to leave a small button rising over over the cockpit armrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefuemon Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Thank you all for your comments. Scratch buttons on the armrest were done by cutting square and rectangular pieces of a very thin styrene sheet from evergreen, round buttons were done by heating the sprues and stretching them to make thin stripes of styrene, then I drill small holes of .1mm - .3mm on the armrest to insert the sprues with a small drop of cement on the tip, let it dry and with your hobby nipper you cut the excess to leave a small button rising over over the cockpit armrest. Ah, OK. Sounds easy enough. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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