Edit: This thread is old and It took me a while to find it. Wanted to find the pictures I took back then but only one is showing. Is there anyway to retrieve the rest of the photos that were uploaded when the post was created? Probably not but I thought I would give it a shot.
Thanks.
This is my first model build in about 15 years. My picture taking skills at the Macro level suck, so please bear with me.
Bought me an Iwata airbrush to try to get a more detailed look, and to speed up the entire process.
Mostly used polyscale paints. Alclad II for the feet and lasers and main cannon.
I am trying to go for a weathered and beat up look, its somewhat hard to see in the photos. I always weather to much for most peoples taste, but I dig the old beat up look.
One thing about this kit that really sucked was that the decals were all old and yellow and if you look close most of them were not even close to the right size! I had to trim them up and I screwed up a couple. The long red
arm decals were different width's and the shoulder triangles were not even the same shape as the raised triangle piece on the shoulder, I tried to make them fit but it came out kinda janky, the decals were a total let down.
If anyone has any good hints at realistic battle damage I am all ears.
Any feedback would be apprecieted. I am currently working on a Hasagawa VF-1A. I might start taking pics of the build process if I can find the time.
Kinda Ungangly, but here he is!
Done! Cannot see much detail tho:
!! Not a bad build for a cheap BanDai 1/72 kit!!
Oh and here is the back: