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Max would take Isuzu to school all week long and twice on Sunday...

whatta wanna bet the panel lines hold a wash as fantastically well as the 25's and 29's???

damn, look at the amount of Tampo on that thing! Get a frackin clue Arcadia....just sayin..

Ahhh..yes...the fond memory of those guns....NOT!!! It was an apocolyptic battle to get those guns to sit the way you want them to sit. As these were they first crabs I built, there was a STEEEP learning curve, and the shortning of those posts on the first one almost completely screwed me when it came time to attach the upper shoulder blade parts..so with the 2nd one I decided not to shorten the posts...

This in on Netflix now, think I'll give it a try. I remember the preview looked pretty creepy.

VERY much looking forward to building this next! This will be my first Bandai kit, so I'm expecting this to be fun!

Thank you for the very nice compliment John. I really tried to make these look as anime accurate as possible as well as do your talents some form of justice with my meager skill set. I went off the color pics of about 10 screen grabs I found around the net. As some parts change color from scene to scene I tried to pick what I thought was the animators original intent and not scenes that looked to me like animation errors.

Finished! Expertly sculpted by Mr. John Moscato. Only the Baby Crabs remain...sorry for the sideways pix, don't understand why.

Freakin just laughed myself silly at work watching this..and yes..I agree. I'm sure it will be on the same level of suck that the Red Dawn remake was on

yeh...agreed. That is just to effing cool for school. amazing.

Good tips and advice there Kylwell, thanks for the input. I wish I could get the Mr. Whatever it is stuff where I live, but it's just not around. I grew really tired of paying Tamiya pricing for their Fine Surface primer, I love it, but it's just too $$$ for me to use on resin or large plastic kits.

and on that note I went ahead and picked up the R2 and R5 droids kit on Amazon for $25.

That's pretty cool!

I've never tried brush painting primer. I've always used spray cans. There are those that airbrush their primer, but I'm to lazy for that I guess. Good call about the weathering. I forgot that. Pastel Chalks are my favorite choice for simple look great weathering along with the Tamiya Weathing Kits as long as you use them before they dry out. 1st post edited for content.

It's still my firm belief that the V2 is the single best thing Yamato every produced overall. (after the shoulder pin and rainbow canopy issues were resolved). Never had a single issue with any of mine. The 19's people hated the ankles, the 17's, well, they still draw blood every time you touch it, the 11's the heatshield was and still is a b*tch for some people, the 21 belly plates are hard to align but more importantly it's legs were not good enough to support it standing. A close 2nd for the VF-4 and DYRL SDF-1 but it doesn't really count as it was a very simple transformation and both were not produced more than once.

this...IF...the panel lines are not so EFFING shallow that they can't take a wash...i.e. the Arcadia YF-19.

Hey guys, as I am finishing up another resin kit, I thought I would try to put together a guide for people to follow that have never built a resin kit before. It sure would have helped me in the beginning! Here's what I have so far. Please feel free to share your thoughts! How to build resin kits 1. Cut all flash and extra mold parts off. Leave or saw off ball joints depending on the situation. (sprue cutters, x-acto knife, sandpaper, razor saw.) 2. (WEAR A MASK OR A RESPIRATOR!!!) Sand down all mold lines/pour stubs and unwanted blemished so all areas to be painted are 100% mark free and smooth. Also use Tamiya white putty to fill in any holes, or cracks or whatever else. Sand completely smooth. (sand paper) 3. Drill holes for pegs. (Pegging EVERY single part with either brass rod or the center part of a wood toothpick isn’t a horrible idea) Assemble entire kit with pegs in place and make sure the position of all parts is correct. (The pegs should hold things fairly tight). Glue pegs in place with CA (superglue) 4. Wash all parts in warm water with Dawn dishwashing detergent. Let parts dry overnight. 5. Wear gloves and mask off areas where parts will meet for assembly later. (IMPORTANT!) 6. Use white primer (I use Rust-O-Leum White 2X) to prime all parts. 7. (WEAR A MASK OR A RESPIRATOR!!!) Sand primer smooth and prime again. Repeat this step until everything is 100% blemish free, all putty is perfectly smooth and everything is ready for painting. At this point use increasing grit #'s of sand paper all the way up to 12,000 polishing stuff. The primer should actually be semi-glossy and smooth as glass before you lay down paint. 8. (WEAR A MASK OR A RESPIRATOR!!!) Mask and paint parts as needed. Unmask parts if necessary and let paint dry 48 HOURS. No if’s and’s or but’s!!! DO NOT TOUCH. 9. Polish/buff painted parts with 100% cotton cloth. 10. Assemble parts with MINIMUM amount of CA (superglue) needed. (The pegs should hold things fairly tight) 11. Clearcoat with gloss if needed. 12. Apply decals/weathering as desired (if any). 13. Clearcoat again if needed with gloss or semi-gloss or flat. 14. Display and enjoy!

Data's Day is one of all time favs.

Thanks guys! Unfortunately no finished product today...I had a snowball effect happen to me on the right shoulder upper arm piece. Made a complete mess of it. Having to strip it down to the resin and re-mask and then repaint. Uhhhhggggg. Really wanted to be finished today! I did get the canopy attached and the base painted though! More to come.

He did that in ONE MONTH??!! WTH? Did he eat or sleep? Amazing.

Parting shot for the night...tomorrow..legs, arms, canopy and base.

Final Assembly Day 1..

Got the torso, middle arms and mid section painted today. Need some touch up on those, I have a very hard time masking complex curves with elevation changes. I use the good vinyl tape which helps but I still can't get it perfect. Also figured out how to reinforce the legs with brass rods as suggested by the Cap'n.

Excited about this release..

Got off work early today, so today was put the legs together day! I've got all 3 days of the holiday weekend to try and get Mr. King Crabb finished up! GF is out of town so it's go time!