Papa Rat

Hand paint. No fear. Hahahaha

Decided to add a light wash to the raised area so I can see what the hell I’m about to paint. It’s go time.

@nightmareB4macross

Wow! What an amazing design and equally beautiful build. Outstanding work! I assume this is a resin kit? I have yet to jump into that world. One day when I have more $$$ Thanks for the vote of confidence of brush painting. I bet I can pull it off too. I am hoping the super glossy topcoat will allow cleaning up any errors I make with acrylics easier. Decals have always been so challenging for me. I have lots of trepidation in their application. I ditched the shoulder decals for the 1:144 KOG I built recently and brush painted them which I think was more satisfying and I felt more in control of the outcome.

@electric indigo yeah it does feel good to finish up a MH except for laying down that decal on an extremely wonky surface with wrap around that’s a 45° angle. It didn’t conform to the curved edge and raised surface in a good way so I’m scrapping it. Time to bust my chops brush painting the tiny mermaid logo. The Deer Stalker leg looks beautiful! Very excited to see this one come together. @Big s yeah the polycap is very shallow and the ball that needs to go in it just sits in it, there is no snap into happening. Very weird. @Thom Thanks so much. Hope when I get a better photo in some natural light that the shimmering paint job comes through better. Again it’s so hard to capture it with my limited photo capabilities. Lol

@pengbuzz I wish you and your better half all the best. Hope to see you around here again soon. ♥️ Here is a quick family portrait before hitting the hay. 💤 Just need to add the mermaid decal and a few brush painted gold emblems and this build is cooked. I’ll grab a better photo in daylight once all the loose ends are tied up. *note to anyone building this… there is no way to attach the head to the polycap. Maybe I’m doing something wrong? I vividly remember the same issue happened with the Prominence build “yellow MH in the pic”. I decided to add a brass rod and some super glue to make it work. Kind of annoying but there isn’t much movement there anyways so it’s whatever.

😳wow! That’s amazing!

Gloss it up! I’m on the final stretch. Lots a small details to dial in and after panel lining I will put a flat finish on the frame parts. Hope to finish this up this 1:144 Neptune in the next couple days. My masking wasn’t a total fail which was nice.

Always great to see updates on your project. What a treat! 👍

Thanks for the link. That’s a great deal. 👍

It’s paint day so finally get my lazy butt cleaning out the spray booth and laying down some fresh paper. No more dust. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the insight. I’m a sucker for the BFG’s hence my obsession with FSS. I am still looking for a fair priced Blassty kit like the fantastic build you had posted awhile back. Yet again, another series I had never heard of. Lol

That looks great so far. I’m not familiar with the DeerStalker but I’m diggin that design. I’ll have to look it up.

I tried a few different combos of items in my private warehouse for shipping to see what the max can be for their cheapest method and it’s still looking like $$$. I can wait on shipping for now when looking at my stash and hope the tariff nonsense changes soon.

@SteveTheFish @Big s The Plamax Bellvine is currently available. Got it in my private warehouse HLJ. Also here is a link to an outstanding brush painted build of it via HJweb https://hjweb.jp/article/2415729/

Since I’m back on a FSS kick, I spent the day prepping the Volks 1:144 V-Siren Neptune. All the pre building went fast and now I’m trying to make some formulas to best match the call outs instead of tracking down some rare/specific colors. Excited to get this one painted. 👍 Also, used ramen containers are great for separating out pieces

The Our Treasure 1:144 SR3 is done. It did come out better than I thought and I can overlook the shoddy paint with dust bits.

Last night I started this HG Sirbine I got for a decent price off of eBay. Wow these Bandai kits are made sooooo well. It’s wild. It’s nice that I can pre-build with no glue so I can work on it around the family and not stink up the place.

@pengbuzzThats some very heavy news. Echoing what Thom said. Just being there for each other in this moment, the silence, the laughter and the tears. All of it. I wish you both the very best! ♥️♥️♥️

Yeah. Blame my best boi for some of the hair, but I love this crazy dingo regardless. Lol

Thanks. Yeah this one needs to be clean and sharp so no washes. Honestly I could have avoided a lot of the dust if I kept my space cleaner. Just me being lazy. Lol Tonight I do a deep clean and probably best to do that between every build moving forward.

So getting this FSS Engage SR3 completed and I find out I had selected the incorrect hand to hold the cannon. Since this is a non articulated kit, the hand was securely glued in place so I had to drill it out and will need to replace it the correct hand. So more priming, painting etc… for such a small piece, but not a big deal. Besides that snafu I just need to add a few decals and call it good enough. The build has been fun, but I really did a sloppy job on keeping the paint clean, dust and lint free which is a let down. Lessons to be learned yet again in this hobby. Excited to make my next build even better. 👍

Almost there. I am absolutely plagued with dust and crap appearing on this builds painted surface. It’s even more evident since it’s going to be so glossy. Total bummer but I’m not going to repaint this. I just want to move it along and make sure to clean the spray booth big time. I have been totally neglecting it. 🥺

More FSS coming together means more ✨✨and gloss. I really enjoy the painting process with layers of transparent with those amazing MR color Crystal colors

Beautiful work!