Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Big s]

4 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Thanks; due to money being very short now, it's the last project. While we're not going to starve, this does mean Thanksgiving and Christmas are pretty much sunk, and future projects are not possible. I just wanted to see this final one through.

Take care folks.

-Robert

Take care and really hope things turn around for you and yours 

[Papa Rat]

@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. 

Edited November 13 by Papa Rat

[electric indigo]

@Thom That's a great looking cockpit, too bad it's mostly invisible in the finished kit.

@Papa Rat Finishing a MH is so satisfying, isn't it?

_

I finally got the Deer Stalker legs finished.

 

[Big s]

6 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

*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.

I haven’t built the lil one, kinda wondering what the instructions show

[Big s]

53 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

@Thom That's a great looking cockpit, too bad it's mostly invisible in the finished kit.

@Papa Rat Finishing a MH is so satisfying, isn't it?

_

I finally got the Deer Stalker legs finished.

 

Gonna stalk some deer with those sexy legs

[pengbuzz]

6 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

@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. 

Thanks; the holidays are gonna suck (no money for thanksgiving or gifts for christmas), but I'll try to be around.

As to your project: I would get some epoxy clay, smoosh it in there and then put the polycap in.

Edited November 13 by pengbuzz

[Thom]

Those are a great pair of mechs @Papa Rat. Love the colors on them.

As the saying goes @electric indigo, 'I know what's in there!' 

Do try to stay around @pengbuzz, if only to give yourself a distraction. And I hope you can still enjoy this season, even if in just a smaller way. 

[Papa Rat]

@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

Edited November 13 by Papa Rat

[electric indigo]

4 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Time to bust my chops brush painting the tiny mermaid logo.

Since I have no brush painting skills to speak of, I airbrushed the much larger mermaid on my ancient V-Siren 😅

But I'm sure you can pull it off. The kits I saw that used the decal didn't look good IMO.

[Papa Rat]

19 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

Since I have no brush painting skills to speak of, I airbrushed the much larger mermaid on my ancient V-Siren 😅

But I'm sure you can pull it off. The kits I saw that used the decal didn't look good IMO.

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. 

[nightmareB4macross]

Fighter Cockpit and Battroid Control Room done!

[Chas]

Holly crap! That is a stunning amount of detail! don't think I've ever seen the like in any toy or model of the VF-1 that's ever been produced. 

Forget the old Club M 1/48. THIS is the Ultimate Detail 1:55 VF-1!

Congratulations on such a wonderful  piece so far!

[Thom]

Just lovely there, @nightmareB4macross

[nightmareB4macross]

One more shot of the cabin.

[Papa Rat]

@nightmareB4macross 

Edited November 14 by Papa Rat

[Papa Rat]

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. 
 

[Big s]

54 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

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. 
 

Makes the shapes show up better. Are you gonna hand paint it or use a decal?

[Papa Rat]

5 minutes ago, Big s said:

Makes the shapes show up better. Are you gonna hand paint it or use a decal?

Hand paint. No fear. Hahahaha 

[Big s]

3 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Hand paint. No fear. Hahahaha 

Honestly, the wash makes a great outline and will definitely simplify things.

and that polycap issue sure is awkward.

[nightmareB4macross]

38 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Hand paint. No fear. Hahahaha 

Try liquid mask. It’s great for those complex and tight spaces. Use a brush and toothpick to apply it.

[Papa Rat]

I went rouge and just went to it. I think for its tiny size it will look just fine.

I am unsure how long it takes for Vallejo to cure, but I need to hit this with some lighter fluid to clean up the wash that I put down before painting so the edges look tighter. I may also add a very thin black wash to edges once I’m done and then gloss it up.

I think it’s looking more natural than the decal. Not necessarily better but I like it. 
 

Edited November 14 by Papa Rat

[nightmareB4macross]

14 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

I went rouge and just went to it. I think for its tiny size it will look just fine.

I am unsure how long it takes for Vallejo to cure, but I need to hit this with some lighter fluid to clean up the wash that I put down before painting so the edges look tighter. I may also add a very thin black wash to edges once I’m done and then gloss it up.

I think it’s looking more natural than the decal. Not necessarily better but I like it. 
 

That came out great.

Those pieces are tiny and your work shines through.

[Papa Rat]

3 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

That came out great.

Those pieces are tiny and your work shines through.

Hey thanks so much. Means a lot. 👍

Do you happen have any experience with Vallejo acrylics?

[nightmareB4macross]

1 minute ago, Papa Rat said:

Hey thanks so much. Means a lot. 👍

Do you happen have any experience with Vallejo acrylics?

I do. What can I help you with?

[Papa Rat]

11 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

I do. What can I help you with?

How long is the cure time? I need to put a solvent AKA lighter fluid on the surface to clean it up and hope it doesn’t dissolve the paint. I might do a test tonight and see what happens. Not sure if they play well together. 

[nightmareB4macross]

I usually let Vallejo paints cure for three days. This allows them to fully dry out and have full adhesion to the surface.

If you are planning to use lighter fluid it could get under the paint when cleaning. Use a toothpick dipped and soaked in lighter fluid. Using a cotton swap dipped in lighter fluid can help. Just brush away the edge first and then work the edge are from the surface you want to preserve.

Some of the lighter fluid get on your paint, don’t worry. Leave it alone and let it dry.

 

[Papa Rat]

5 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

I usually let Vallejo paints cure for three days. This allows them to fully dry out and have full adhesion to the surface.

If you are planning to use lighter fluid it could get under the paint when cleaning. Use a toothpick dipped and soaked in lighter fluid. Using a cotton swap dipped in lighter fluid can help. Just brush away the edge first and then work the edge are from the surface you want to preserve.

Some of the lighter fluid get on your paint, don’t worry. Leave it alone and let it dry.

 

You rock! Thanks a bunch. 

[nightmareB4macross]

1 minute ago, Papa Rat said:

You rock! Thanks a bunch. 

You're welcome.

[SteveTheFish]

Yeah, that mermaid turned out great!

[pengbuzz]

14 hours ago, Thom said:

Do try to stay around @pengbuzz, if only to give yourself a distraction. And I hope you can still enjoy this season, even if in just a smaller way. 

Admittedly: with no thanksgiving, no christmas gifts to look forward to now (money vanished for those) and no projects, it just adds to my depression.  I'm already "small" in all of this, and if I get any smaller, I'll be able to hide under my 1/72 scale models! O.o

Anyways, I'm taking up bandwidth here. Shutting down notifications until after new years.

[electric indigo]

I'm too sexy for my shirt.

[Papa Rat]

4 hours ago, electric indigo said:

I'm too sexy for my shirt.

NSFW

[Papa Rat]

9 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Yeah, that mermaid turned out great!

Hey thanks. 👍

[Thom]

Indeed, great work on the mermaid and using the wash to help outline the shapes. Nice idea @Papa Rat.

5 hours ago, electric indigo said:

I'm too sexy for my shirt.

My goo'ness!!!

 

7 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Admittedly: with no thanksgiving, no christmas gifts to look forward to now (money vanished for those) and no projects, it just adds to my depression.  I'm already "small" in all of this, and if I get any smaller, I'll be able to hide under my 1/72 scale models! O.o

Anyways, I'm taking up bandwidth here. Shutting down notifications until after new years.

The idea is take up more bandwidth, especially if you need the distraction every now and then. As always, best of wishes to you and the Mrs.!

Edited November 14 by Thom

[Big s]

9 hours ago, electric indigo said:

I'm too sexy for my shirt.

Some hot stuff there