Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Papa Rat]

34 minutes ago, Big s said:

What are your plans on the pilot? Are you putting him inside? 
The upper panel with the head can pop off, and actually be displayed in an open position, but the panel just sits with friction. I had wondered about maybe some type of pin hinge to allow opening, but never did it.

The pilot is charming, but I’m building the power suit in a closed position. I might return to the pilot later as a companion build to stand alongside the suit. 

[joscasle]

Finish!!!

Really good kit. Lots of movement with out using poly caps. I think is better than the plamax vf-1, not nicer but a better kit.

 

 

[joscasle]

The other kit I finish recently was the Bandai 1/72 Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade, about a year working on it. Hope you like it

[tekering]

15 minutes ago, joscasle said:

I think is better than the plamax vf-1, not nicer but a better kit.

I think you've proven as much.  I'm not a Macross 7 fan, but I'm certainly one of yours! 

12 minutes ago, joscasle said:

The other kit I finish recently was the Bandai 1/72 Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade, about a year working on it. Hope you like it

That's stunning work.  Did that engine lighting come with the kit?

[joscasle]

4 minutes ago, tekering said:

I think you've proven as much.  I'm not a Macross 7 fan, but I'm certainly one of yours! 

That's stunning work.  Did that engine lighting come with the kit?

Thanks. Yes it came with the kit

[Big s]

52 minutes ago, joscasle said:

Finish!!!

Really good kit. Lots of movement with out using poly caps. I think is better than the plamax vf-1, not nicer but a better kit.

Nice to see it finished and glad to hear that it’s pretty fun after being built. Also it’s a cool improvement that it doesn’t need polycaps. Gives me hope for further kits down the line.

 

49 minutes ago, joscasle said:

The other kit I finish recently was the Bandai 1/72 Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade, about a year working on it. Hope you like it

this one looks really great, lots of cool weathering and the light up looks right and not out of place. I’d love to see how it looks in low light 

[pengbuzz]

Just need to let the base dry; I applied Realistic Water™ by Woodland Scenics:

 

May do some refining work on panel lines (nose is a bit lacking on them), but I can do nothing more with the color. It is what it is, and I'm not fighting with this anymore.

My reference (courtesy "crackerjazz" on RPF):

[Papa Rat]

@joscasleThose look great!

@pengbuzz love it! Oh and thanks for the recommendation on LA Awesome! It only took about 20 mins of soaking and the chrome came off without any scrubbing at all. Now rinsed off and drying. Much appreciated 👍
 

Edited Friday at 10:36 PM by Papa Rat

[Thom]

@joscasle What a hunk of... lovely plastic! A classic ship done right.

@pengbuzz You have a real nice kitty right there!

@Papa Rat That's just after the chrome stripping? Dang, I like that color combo just as is!

 

[pengbuzz]

30 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

@joscasleThose look great!

@pengbuzz love it! Oh and thanks for the recommendation on LA Awesome! It only took about 20 mins of soaking and the chrome came off without any scrubbing at all. Now rinsed off and drying. Much appreciated 👍
 

Glad it worked for you!

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

That's just after the chrome stripping? Dang, I like that color combo just as is!

Yeah. It was a fun surprise seeing there was any color separation at all on this kit. Maybe it’s the same colors as the non “iron type”  not sure. 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Yeah. It was a fun surprise seeing there was any color separation at all on this kit. Maybe it’s the same colors as the non “iron type”  not sure. 

I remember it being grey and white, but it’s been a while 

[woodsider]

Used Purple Power to strip my Bandai C-3P0. Super easy and reusable. My Imai Glaug got the same colors. My Bandai repop got the white parts.

[Papa Rat]

27 minutes ago, woodsider said:

Used Purple Power to strip my Bandai C-3P0. Super easy and reusable. My Imai Glaug got the same colors. My Bandai repop got the white parts.

Cool. Thanks. I was tempted to get purple power but chose LA Totally Awesome based of early recommendations and the name. Reminds me of something from Wayne’s world! Lol

Wonder if IMAI was like, “well we have a bunch of this color so let’s use it.” Hahaha. 
 

@Big s Grey and white makes sense to me. 
 

So I am in phase two of putty, glueing, and sanding on this little fella. I think I need to shorted the cannon stand a couple mm. It looks a bit high off the shoulders but most of this is going to just be a straight build. Having fun so far. 
 

Edited Saturday at 03:07 AM by Papa Rat

[Big s]

14 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Cool. Thanks. I was tempted to get purple power but chose LA Totally Awesome based of early recommendations and the name. Reminds me of something from Wayne’s world! Lol

Wonder if IMAI was like, “well we have a bunch of this color so let’s use it.” Hahaha. 
 

@Big s Grey and white makes sense to me. 
 

So I am in phase two of putty, glueing, and sanding on this little fella. I think I need to shorted the cannon stand a couple mm. It looks a bit high off the shoulders but most of this is going to just be a straight build. Having fun so far. 
 

Have you decided on which version to paint it as?

[Papa Rat]

12 minutes ago, Big s said:

Have you decided on which version to paint it as?

I have seen 3 versions. Green, purple, and that light blue version. I’m leaning towards the purple. 

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I have seen 3 versions. Green, purple, and that light blue version. I’m leaning towards the purple. 

I remember the gray being a bit darker in the purple one, but it’s one of those things where the colors seem to change depending on the screen shot or the source. The wiki site is closer to the ones I remember, but I’d have to see it again in the show. I remember the box was really off from the ones in the show. 
here’s a screenshot of the purple one and it has the dark gray and also gray feet 

Edited Saturday at 06:32 AM by Big s

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, Big s said:

I remember the gray being a bit darker in the purple one, but it’s one of those things where the colors seem to change depending on the screen shot or the source. The wiki site is closer to the ones I remember, but I’d have to see it again in the show. I remember the box was really off from the ones in the show. 
here’s a screenshot of the purple one and it has the dark gray and also gray feet 

Thanks for all the great source material. I am liking that deep eggplant purple and dark gray. ♥️

[sketchley]

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Thanks for all the great source material. I am liking that deep eggplant purple and dark gray. ♥️

Whatever colour scheme you choose, make sure to darken the colours.  Mine ended up looking too much like Christmas...   

 

[Big s]

4 hours ago, sketchley said:

Whatever colour scheme you choose, make sure to darken the colours.  Mine ended up looking too much like Christmas...

very festive, you should find a way to hang him from the tree around the holidays. You can have a very merry Macrossmas

[Papa Rat]

5 hours ago, sketchley said:

Whatever colour scheme you choose, make sure to darken the colours.  Mine ended up looking too much like Christmas...   

 

Noted. Hahahaha. I think it came out great but I see what you mean by it having some Christmas vibes. 
Thanks so much for sharing.

Mine will probably look like either Barney the Dinosaur or a strange eggplant.  Haha

Edited Saturday at 03:18 PM by Papa Rat

[Big s]

With all the talk about the Nousjadeul Ger, I was wondering if there’s any info on the pack in the right hip? The left hip has what looks like a simple armor piece, while the right looks very different like there’s a purpose 

[F18LEGIOSS2]

Quick test assembly for my beloved legioss gakken mod with extended knees, feet, and a much better cockpit ! 

Edited yesterday at 12:09 PM by F18LEGIOSS2

[jenius]

Wow nice mod!

[Papa Rat]

@F18LEGIOSS2 nice!

[Papa Rat]

Ready for panel liner and wash. Then final assembly with a few small pieces on the back of the legs. 
The photos look blue but it’s a deep purple scheme. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Papa Rat

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Ready for panel liner and wash. Then final assembly with a few small pieces on the back of the legs. 
The photos look blue but it’s a deep purple scheme. 

Love the color

[Gabe Q]

4 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Ready for panel liner and wash. Then final assembly with a few small pieces on the back of the legs. 
The photos look blue but it’s a deep purple scheme. 

You really knocked it out of the park! It looks great! Great job on those difficult seams. 

[Papa Rat]

Did panel lines and a dark wash and will call it good for now. Want to add some chipping and basic weathering later. 
 

I’m happy with how this little buddy turned out. 
 

@Big s @Gabe Q Hey, thanks! 👍

[pengbuzz]

7 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Ready for panel liner and wash. Then final assembly with a few small pieces on the back of the legs. 
The photos look blue but it’s a deep purple scheme. 

Looking really sharp there, Papa Rat!

A minor suggestion: perhaps a very light drybrushing with gunmetal lightened with a bit of silver on the grey parts, to give it that "slightly worn" combat-used look?

Edited 8 hours ago by pengbuzz

[Big s]

3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Did panel lines and a dark wash and will call it good for now. Want to add some chipping and basic weathering later. 
 

I’m happy with how this little buddy turned out. 
 

@Big s @Gabe Q Hey, thanks! 👍

Looks even better 

[pengbuzz]

UPDATE- Top Gun F-14A  and TOS NCC-1701:

First up: Maverick's F-14 Tomcat; the MODEX numbers kept changing between "104" and "203" in the first half of the film, so I just chose one. I also chose the specific weathering pattern that depicted Maverick's plane when he went up against Jester the first time (the "white panel" on the center back). At this point, I just wanted it done!

 

The white piece and hole are inset plastic plate and tube for the stand post; once I get more plastic welder, this will be reglued into place and the groove for the Sparrow missiles re-carved:

On its' stand; used the last of my Realistic Water to try to make it look like the ocean:

 

1/ 537 TOS-E:

Scale difference between the 1/650 version (original AMT model) and the 1/537 "cutaway" version:

 

On stand:

 

Comparison with the 1/537 Refit (sorry about the backdrop; it's all I have right now!):

 

(sorry about the blurriness; my hand lately is not steady due to the nerve damage):

 

Final pic of all three: two are Enterprise, and one launched from an Enterprise:

Thanks for watching; see everyone next project!

[Thom]

That is a great looking line-up @pengbuzz! Glad you were able to get those finished up.

[Papa Rat]

@pengbuzz

Echoing what Thom said, that’s an amazing line-up! 👍

Also, thanks for the suggestion on dry brushing.  I hope to get to that tonight. 😊