Big s
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Made a bit of progress on the hasegawa regult. Drilled out holes to attach the clear sensors and set them in place
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the bridge in the movie versus show is a huge size difference. I think the idea in the movie version is to make the overall ship seem bigger by making the head smaller
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I liked the starcom gimmick with the magnetic feet. My brother and I were always in my moms way while she was cooking because we would have a war in the kitchen sticking those guys against the fridge
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Nice cell shading
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The colors vary quite a bit here and there, but even the hasegawa pro built kit for the box has a more gray white and lighter blue than the decals, so I don’t think it’s too important to match the decal colors at all. C87ECE8F-C8E3-49A3-9A24-A87920D15C90.jp2
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I am currently building it and as mentioned there are a lot of seam lines. I don’t think it’s necessarily Hasegawa’s fault, but more of the way things are designed. The majority of the nubs are undergated, so you won’t be damaging the surface during cleanup. But you wanna get those nubs sanded pretty well for a better fit. I couldn’t find it mentioned in the instructions, but someone here mentioned that if you want to use the included smaller sensors, then you have to drill out the ones molded in the body to replace them. as far as the decal issue mentioned above, when looking at a lot of images the Zentraedi seem to use a brighter white and even a darker blue on their writing and emblems, so you shouldn’t have to match the blue and white to the actual model.
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Oh it definitely was old. I’ve used plenty of it in the past, but getting refunds on open products can be a pain as pengbuzz mentioned. In my case, I was able to get a resuply, but it was a waiting game to get the new batch in. The local hobby shop was out, so I ordered from amazon, I had to ship it back and I think overall I just should’ve waited for the hobby shop to get it in stock. and it is pretty good. I definitely like miliput better than most putties, but I do still feel like around edges that a second or even third application are needed.
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Nice weathering. I imagine these getting pretty scorched from dropping out of high atmosphere and constant battle. I don’t think Zentraedi were well known for basic maintenance or cleanup of mecha. Hopefully they at least showered after
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Nice job on the shading. It’s more subtle than most people go with and gives more of a weathered look. Can’t wait to see the finished pictures
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Keep up the good work and happy belated birthday
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Those look so good painted up that if you’re hand wasn’t there for scale, I would have thought they were larger action figures.
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I’m not gonna trash the food trucks. There are quite a few really creative and good ones here in so cal. They’ve come a long way since the roach coaches of the past and some are better than a lot of good restaurants.
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Looks nice and filthy. She’s dirty in a good way
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Honestly, some of the undergating gets in the way. Like the nub on some parts will be right next to a peg. But overall the plastic is softer than Bandai, so they do clean up fairly easy for such wide gates. I’ve gotten spoiled by Bandai lately with the super thin gates
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Good to know. I have that issue sometimes with other epoxies. I ordered some milliput, and the lighter color part was crumbly and the yellowish part turned dark and oily. It didn’t mix well.
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Nice
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Tamiya stuff is usually easy to find, but their polyester putty is the hard one to get these days. The permatex plastic welder that pengbuzz recommended was at the local hardware store, so I’m gonna see how that one goes on a couple of projects.
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I haven’t seen those in a long time
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Did Michael J Fox try out for the X Men
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I should rewatch that one. It’s been far too long
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Speaking of figuarts, remember that Bretai they teased. And the Char and the Faye. I just hope some things pop up this year
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the painting really makes those pieces stand out
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1/48 SOUTHERN CROSS BIOROID PART II
Big s replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Lots of cool bits and pieces. i bitch about having to fix little things on plastic kits that I work on, and you make an entire model from scratch in record time with great detail. It’s really amazing to see especially in this day and age where so many are using 3D printing. I really love seeing those sculpted parts and how you get them so precise even on mirrored parts -
Thom, I hope that you can get that creativity rolling and something really great comes from it and someone eventually makes a terrible movie adaptation that people will say “the book was better”
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The epoxies are probably the fastest, but I’ve had the best luck with polyester putty from tamiya. That one does take about a day though. I personally don’t like the normal tamiya putties since they don’t seem to stick as well to the surface and have shrinking issues and can take a while to dry for sanding.