Papa Rat

Oof! Overlooked a small scratch so I guess I strip it in some iso, fill, sand, prime, paint gloss black and then paint gold again. Annoying… also trying to mask out the panels on the skirt armor and other bits with masking fluid instead of tape. Hope it works out. Have to put a couple layers of lacquer over it. If this experiment works out I may switch over to this method. I like brush painting and I feel it really gets into the hard to reach areas easier than tape.

That mottled effect is is beautiful.

@tekering the scale looks great! Love it

@derex3592oh no. I’m so sorry to hear that. Not what you want to hear, but are you stripping and repainting?

It’s on! Excited for this. It looks great so far. 😊 I am going to reference your black bird and stealth for a paint scheme I want to try out in a future mech build. I might reach out a bug you about it when the time comes. Thanks for the inspiration!

I have a couple builds on bench right now. I just did a test fit on the Tiger Moth from Castle in the Sky anime. And I’m about to prime up the FSS Schpertor. Very excited!

Wow that is looking amazing!

Hey thanks so much! That means a lot to me. I’m definitely a FSS fan boy. Hahahaha. Oh and happy new year to you too! All of those builds are from the past year and a half. That’s when I started building models. No leg pulling. I hope to build less models this year and make the output more dialed in. I hit the ground running when I started building and don’t want burnout.

I really need to reconsider how I prepurchase kits. I may try elsewhere if shipping is more affordable and just focus on cleaning out my PW and not use it anymore. 🤔

Yes, fingers crossed.

🎉Tthat’s super generous. I broke down and had a big chunk of my PW from HLJ shipped. This is what I had to pay. 😳 And that’s for the “Small Pack” cheap option.

@tekering well it sure came out great and sounds like you have plenty of future plans for it. 👍

Wow. That’s outstanding! Is it for your personal collection or a commission piece?

Good luck on dialing in that red. I’m super excited to see this come together. Also…does PE play well with lacquers? I have never seen PE or handled it before firsthand.

So I was taking a look in my photos from this year and I have over 20 builds! That’s way too many to share. Here are a few I am proud of. In 2026 I want to slow down on my output and make my building more refined and raise the bar for myself on quality not quantity. *looks like I’m a huge FSS fanboy. 😊

😳 you are all set! Wow

@electric indigo ✌️that’s a good looking year no doubt. I like the idea of a recap and might post my output too later today. One of my goals this year is to finally purchase a resin kit and will reach out to you for some sage advice. @ThomLooking good. I’m excited to see how the yellow turns out. I have had great results with clear MR color on clear parts.

Hahaha thanks

Thanks so much for the info. That’s really cool!

Hahahaha

Also has some nice details rarely seen. NSFW

I don’t know what that stuff is but I love it. 😍

@Urashiman those both came out great! @Big s I agree. It’s very regal indeed. In the Manga the Vaiola is not destroyed during the confrontation with the Terror Mirage, but rather captured since it was one of a kind and viewed as important to save intact.

Recently finished up this build “Volks IMS 1/100 Vaiola” for a FSS discord contest happening in Jan. I am not a photographer by any means but did my best to take a few phone camera shots that looked alright. Here are just a few. The build was fun and working on a larger scale went better than I had expected. (=

@wm cheng Wow, that’s outstanding! Thanks for sharing. @Urashiman Thanks. I’m excited to see it finished.