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So as I said in another thread, the Sentinel Tread is (most likely) the last large-scale mecha I’ll ever purchase (barring some insane holy grail coming out). Other than getting few 3.75” scale figures, I’m basically out of display space at this point. (And IKEA discontinuing the Detolf kinda kills off getting another display case to fill up.) . . . So, bear with me as I get way too damn long-winded and wax far too nostalgic in this thread. It’s my last custom mecha, baby!! I’ve been in this collecting game for over 20 years at this point. And over that period, I’ve made my fair share of customs. From this board alone, I’ve learned way too much about panel-lining, white-backed decals and stickers (RIP ALPS printers), styrene sheets, the power of adhesive putty, and about photography (and using a tripod with those old point-and-shoot digital cameras). I already have two blue Alpha-Beta combos. I already bought a red Sentinel Legioss (because I like the unique color-scheme and that longer rifle was too damn cool). And I wasn’t sure if Sentinel was going to release a red Tread. So when Sentinel finally announced the Tread was going to be up for preorder last November, I knew I had one last custom mech to mess with. Because as cool as the designs are, this color-scheme needs a little “extra” to tie it all together: Pre-Planning and Weaponizing the Beast: Once I knew what the Tread was going to be armed with (originally behind that Japan-only paywall ), I got to pre-planning last November. 1) Blame this model (http://policap-inside.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/06/post.html) for originally giving me the idea, but I wanted to arm the Tread with a Gatling gun. I’ve shown pics before, but here’s what I got, along with a pic of me testing it with the similar sized Toynami Beta (more info in a later post): 2) I REALLY didn’t want to jump through extra hoops to get the extra missiles. Plus, last I checked, the Tread has six hardpoints under the wings, and Sentinel was only offering FOUR missiles. Add in the two hardpoints on the Legioss, and that’s eight total hardpoints to arm. I don’t think Sentinel realized how many extra missiles I have lying around or how petty or ingenious (take your pick) I can be: White ones are from the Yamato 1/60 Version 1 VF-1’s. Grey missiles are from the 1/48 Yamato Stealth (added the greys for a little color variety). And adhesive putty is my friend. More pics and posts to come! TLDR?: Moggy’s customizing the damn Sentinel Tread. That’s why his old Tread avatar had a red background on it.