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Ares update: all paneling done. Just need to do final detail painting and the it’ll be ready for decals. I dry fit the Nacelles on to see how it looks all together, I couldn’t help myself. ;)

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A little Antiques Roadshow on my workbench.

I purchased this lighter around 25 years ago from an antique store in the Middle East. I never made much of it, except that I liked to have an ugly old zippo.

After years of research and much Googling, I was surprised to find out it is an antique S.T. Dupont made to honor returning soldiers from the French Foreign Legion in the Indochina War in the 1950s. The military insignia for each unit was made by Drago, which exclusively made all the regular military insignias as well. My lighter is for the 2nd Muogo Battlion. And after lots of clean up and repair this week, I was surprised that I had the valuable silver-plated version! I had always thought it was just cheap brass.5a61e0be8b611_2018-01-1915_57_46.thumb.jpg.737c9cfa78af8e9bbae4881cddae4b73.jpg

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On 1/17/2018 at 7:53 PM, Dobber said:

Ares update: all paneling done. Just need to do final detail painting and the it’ll be ready for decals. I dry fit the Nacelles on to see how it looks all together, I couldn’t help myself. ;)

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I like that Ares. Nice work on a cool design.

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On the work bench today between getting the Tuono ready for the Aprilia Hampton Downs Trackday... a new Carrier deck, a VF-1D, VF-1J and a VT-1

And over twenty present day Squadron markings to start wrapping my VF-1s in

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So I got my butt into gear and starting building...

Another Carrier deck...

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Another coupe of VF-1Js and VF-1Ds and a VT-1...

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Then found I needed some French blue for the VF-213 machine and some Insignia Red for the Navy Trainer scheme and the Diamondbacks CAG plane... some how... its a trap I think... but somehow the other half agreed to letting me buy more paint (I have a Shite load of it already) so off we went. 

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The sense of impending doom only increased when she smiled and acted all happy...

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I ended up spending $140 at Modelair (thankfully open on a Sunday!) and spent nearly 1 hour in the shop nosing through all their stuff... she didn't complain once and even had a good look herself AND found the paints I was after... 

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Once home she left me to build, complaint free, we had dinner and she then asked to watch Topgun with me.... 

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She's off to Rome then home to Germany in 2 weeks for a visit and even offered to grab any modelling stuff I want there. Guessing whaty she wants will be huge in return!

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Basic construction finally done!... there is a two arm with the cape option, (the cape is cloth which is nice) or a four arm with lightsabers option.. really cool kit btw! The neck parts are VERY fiddly to get together right, other than that, great little kit. Weathering and hand painting lightsaber hits (joy) up next! Stay tuned! 

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16 hours ago, electric indigo said:

I got close to finishing my GITS Lotus:

Wait, is this a GITS kit, or your own custom scheme?

12 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Holy F*CK there is some epic stuff in that gallery!!! Did ya'll see the one of the Y-Wing mid blow up in the Death Star Trench?! :o:o

Oh yes, that's my kind of model show. 

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6 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Holy F*CK there is some epic stuff in that gallery!!! Did ya'll see the one of the Y-Wing mid blow up in the Death Star

Yep!

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9 hours ago, arbit said:

Wait, is this a kit, or your own custom?

I modded it from the recent Fujimi kit. A detailed report is over at GE http://gundameclipse.net/topic/8081495/1/

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Go to this post on Dorbou's blog for the rest of the Doro-off galleries and prepare to have your head blown off:

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Like the 2 Queadlunns too and the Gundam sniper thing taking aim mid street.

Meanwhile...

Made a quick acrylic template for a 1/72 Elevator on a Nimitz Class Carrier...

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and the VF1 Production line is back in full swing

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3 x VF-1, 1 VF-1D likely to become a Scorpions VF-1EA and a VT-1 Trainer.

 

Note... just finished cutting out a 1/144 Elevator deck piece too for the GiMix and F-Toys Valks

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Okay folks...emerging from out under my rock to show everyone what I've been toiling on:

Our intrepid hero when we last saw him...

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I did some work on the hips and thighs; essentially, I replaced them with a new system that allows the hips to spread out a bit and rotate the thighs so the feet aren't "dead ahead". Also lengthened the thighs a bit to bring it more in parity with the animation version:

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I also took the opportunity to rework blazing sword a bit: I sanded down the chrome peeling on the blade, lengthened the handle and scratched up the wrist guard for the hilt (complete with crest):

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Little bit of a closer look:

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Working on the blade now...this pic is before I redid it yet again and baked some chrome paint onto it:

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The spinning laser blade was a bit of a disaster; the chrome on it (as you can see) looked like someone had tried to sand it off. The sticker in the middle just looks bad...as in really dumb:

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So, we just nuked all the chrome with easy-off:

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Then made a new plate for the middle:

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Did some chrome paint on it and painted the middie in prep for more work:

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Did out a proper cross center for it:

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(Painted that)

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And some detail work:

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How it looks now (with red center added, just need a clear gem to glue onto it):

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And where the project stands now (Sword isn't as shiny with chrome paint on it, but shinier than plain silver):

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Stay tuned folks...

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16 hours ago, Nyankodevice said:

pretty much done, crappy pic though :wacko:

and a litte fun build in the works

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Really nice paint on the Regult. Somehow I don't think that was out of the box.

I see a valk crushed in your tank's wake.

On 1/23/2018 at 2:41 PM, electric indigo said:

I modded it from the recent Fujimi kit. A detailed report is over at GE http://gundameclipse.net/topic/8081495/1/

Nice work refashioning the auto. I was daydreaming about kitbashing a BTTF DeLorean with a Super VF-1.  It would be a VF-1 body and bring over all the details and engines from the Delorean.

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Yeah, it's a concept similar to Blade Runner's retro-fitting, where less things are created anew, but new stuff is added layer after layer onto old stuff. For the Lotus, I think the concept was let's rip out the engine and put in a Mr. Fusion, and make the thing bulletproof.

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Calling The General done. Did some panel lining and detailing today and then some light weathering that doesn't show up terribly well in the pics... Almost had another disaster with the Tamiya panel line wash... I learned the hard way on the AT-AT NOT to use it all over some joints... however... the hands that hold the lightsabers also didn't like that sh*t and 3 of them split apart on me...   thank goodness for Ambroid Pro Weld... be careful with this stuff guys, especially on these Bandai kits! Now just have to decide 2 arms with cape or 4 arms with lightsabers for the final display... enjoy the pics! Edit.. final location for display. 

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