Papa Rat Posted July 4 Posted July 4 3 hours ago, Thom said: @Papa Rat What a sweet looking Monster! Thanks. 😊 Quote
Rock Posted July 5 Posted July 5 (edited) Pretty happy with how quickly I got the base kit together! I think I can re-break down and process the parts individually. Focus now on blending the individual kit' styles together. MS Mixing recipie: Robot Damashi torso/arms/binders Studio Reckless head/shoulder/skirts HGUC backpack/verniers RG Gp01 legs and feet The base is Bandai's 'new' 1/100 kit base. To adapt to the damashii connection point I simply used on the the included hex/allen bit tools and glued the head to the bases's arm. I really like these cheap action bases. They look really clean and I see tons of used outside of Bandai. Should easily support a 1/72 valk and not too pricey either! Edited July 5 by Rock Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 5 Posted July 5 (edited) 6 hours ago, Rock said: Pretty happy with how quickly I got the base kit together! I think I can re-break down and process the parts individually. Focus now on blending the individual kit' styles together. MS Mixing recipie: Robot Damashi torso/arms/binders Studio Reckless head/shoulder/skirts HGUC backpack/verniers RG Gp01 legs and feet The base is Bandai's 'new' 1/100 kit base. To adapt to the damashii connection point I simply used on the the included hex/allen bit tools and glued the head to the bases's arm. I really like these cheap action bases. They look really clean and I see tons of used outside of Bandai. Should easily support a 1/72 valk and not too pricey either! I’m a total noob on things Gundam but this is looking great! Got to work on the IMAI 1/100 scale Glaug “iron type” Going for a complete build instead of separating out parts based on colors. I’m also going to brush paint most if not all of it in its classic scheme. I never have done that before and think it’s a great opportunity for me to try. I was inspired by the hand painted Hasegawa version I saw on HJweb. Should be fun if not a complete failure. Lol 😂 Edited July 6 by Papa Rat Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 6 Posted July 6 7 hours ago, Papa Rat said: I’m a total noob on things Gundam but this is looking great! Got to work on the IMAI 1/100 scale Glaug “iron type” Going for a complete build instead of separating out parts based on colors. I’m also going to brush paint most if not all of it in its classic scheme. I never have done that before and think it’s a great opportunity for me to try. I was inspired by the hand painted Hasegawa version I saw on HJweb. Should be fun if not a complete failure. Lol 😂 If you're planning to paint that model in classic colors, I strongly recommend you strip the metallic finish off it before the attempt. L.A. Totally Awesome!! cleaner removes chrome safely and effectively; just let it soak overnight in it (available at your local Dollar Tree or dollar store). Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 hour ago, pengbuzz said: If you're planning to paint that model in classic colors, I strongly recommend you strip the metallic finish off it before the attempt. L.A. Totally Awesome!! cleaner removes chrome safely and effectively; just let it soak overnight in it (available at your local Dollar Tree or dollar store). Thanks for the tip. Am I not able to prime right over it? Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 6 Posted July 6 4 hours ago, Papa Rat said: Thanks for the tip. Am I not able to prime right over it? I've tried that, and it never worked well for me. I think you'd be better off priming over clean plastic than a surface like that, as the paint has a much better chance of staying on the model! Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 hour ago, pengbuzz said: I've tried that, and it never worked well for me. I think you'd be better off priming over clean plastic than a surface like that, as the paint has a much better chance of staying on the model! Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Papa Rat said: Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. Sounds good.Iif you have any concerns about the process, you can always test it on a piece of sprue from that kit first. Edited July 6 by pengbuzz Quote
Big s Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Just now, pengbuzz said: Sounds good.Iif you have any concerns about the process, you can always test it on a piece of sprue first. 9 minutes ago, Papa Rat said: Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. Definitely try it first on a sprue. But I remember the chrome coatings usually didn’t do well trying to get paint to stick. I don’t know for sure on this iron coating or if Lacquer primer just sticks, but testing on a sprue is usually a safe test and it will show if you do need to do a strip on the parts Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 6 Posted July 6 5 minutes ago, Big s said: Definitely try it first on a sprue. But I remember the chrome coatings usually didn’t do well trying to get paint to stick. I don’t know for sure on this iron coating or if Lacquer primer just sticks, but testing on a sprue is usually a safe test and it will show if you do need to do a strip on the parts Right; that's why I suggested stripping it, and why I also suggested testing the stripping on sprue. I'd truly be upset with myself if something I recommended ruined a project on someone else! Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) @Big s @pengbuzz thanks. I’ll report back once I track down that LA cleaner. I did some research online and people also use this stuff called purple power? Any experience with that stuff? Edited July 6 by Papa Rat Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 6 Posted July 6 4 hours ago, Papa Rat said: @Big s @pengbuzz thanks. I’ll report back once I track down that LA cleaner. I did some research online and people also use this stuff called purple power? Any experience with that stuff? I've heard of it, but I know LA totally awesome is safe for plastics; not sure about purple power. Quote
Big s Posted July 6 Posted July 6 5 hours ago, Papa Rat said: @Big s @pengbuzz thanks. I’ll report back once I track down that LA cleaner. I did some research online and people also use this stuff called purple power? Any experience with that stuff? 54 minutes ago, pengbuzz said: I've heard of it, but I know LA totally awesome is safe for plastics; not sure about purple power. I think they’re both degreasers for the most part and have heard that both products work about the same, although I can’t say that I’ve used either one. The last time I had a chrome kit was way back in the early HGUC gundam line with that old gold chrome Hyaku Shiki. Resources weren’t as easy to find at how to do the stripping process back then and I ended up doing things the hard way, by lightly sanding the entire surface to make it just gritty enough to take paint. I personally wouldn’t recommend going through that much trouble when much easier methods have been found Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted July 7 Posted July 7 Yes sirs. This is still a work in construction. Devil is in the details. Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 7 Posted July 7 @nightmareB4macross oh yeah, looks great! Keep the updates coming. 👍 Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 7 Posted July 7 1 hour ago, nightmareB4macross said: Yes sirs. This is still a work in construction. Devil is in the details. ^ The definition of epic. Quote
joscasle Posted July 8 Posted July 8 Plamax 1/72 VF-19 Nekki special "FIRE VALKYRIE" Still have to do panel liner and other effects. All painted Quote
Big s Posted July 8 Posted July 8 19 minutes ago, joscasle said: Plamax 1/72 VF-19 Nekki special "FIRE VALKYRIE" Still have to do panel liner and other effects. All painted How do you like the kit. Wondering if it’s as god and fun as their VF-1 battroid kits. Also hoping that eventually they do plus kits Quote
joscasle Posted July 9 Posted July 9 (edited) 12 hours ago, Big s said: How do you like the kit. Wondering if it’s as god and fun as their VF-1 battroid kits. Also hoping that eventually they do plus kits Well, it's a very nice kit and very fun to build. A lot of sprues Edited July 9 by joscasle Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 9 Posted July 9 More progress on the 1/72 shuttle: Stand is pretty much finished now; also finished the thermal blankets on the OEM pods: Still working on the tiles for the bottom; had to fill in part of it because the lines went off on bad angles: Yeah, it's kind of messy; I give up on trying to do any "clean" builds: More mess decals: Finished spacelab: Trying to source parts for a poseable CanadArm; we'll see how that goes. Meantime, finishing work on the Top Gun F-14 (not too happy with it but I'm not redoing the b*****d again. 😠 If it sill looks too dark, I'm painting the friggin' thing like an ice cream truck!!! I also need to photograph the 1/537 former cutaway TOS E, but I've just been unmotivated to do that. Quote
Thom Posted July 9 Posted July 9 Real glad to see the Shuttle being finished up @pengbuzz. It's looking good on its stand. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 9 Posted July 9 I finally got a FDM 3d printer recently and decided to put it to the test. I'm printing out parts for a X-9 Ghost, I'm pretty happy with the results so far. The parts have come out quite smooth without the usual ridges/stair-stepping I would see on older printers. Almost as good as a resin printer, imo, but without having to need a separate ventilated space or having to deal with toxic chemicals and fumes. Can't wait to have this put together and painted. Quote
Big s Posted July 9 Posted July 9 21 minutes ago, MacrossJunkie said: I finally got a FDM 3d printer recently and decided to put it to the test. I'm printing out parts for a X-9 Ghost, I'm pretty happy with the results so far. The parts have come out quite smooth without the usual ridges/stair-stepping I would see on older printers. Almost as good as a resin printer, imo, but without having to need a separate ventilated space or having to deal with toxic chemicals and fumes. Can't wait to have this put together and painted. I’d been hearing that the FDM printers were getting better and glad to see your having good results. Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 10 Posted July 10 (edited) Getting the IMAI Nousjadeul-Ger going. First up is adding more interest in the back thrusters. Taking the void and adding some extra parts from a Hasegawa Valk and some .3mm pla. I think it looks way better. Might round out the edges a bit to look closer to the official line work. Edited July 10 by Papa Rat Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Good Lord!! I step away for a few hours and you guys are all killing it with tons of great builds. Kudos to all!! And here I am still playing with my 1/55 build. I am nearing the home stretch. Quote
F18LEGIOSS2 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 3 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: Good Lord!! I step away for a few hours and you guys are all killing it with tons of great builds. Kudos to all!! And here I am still playing with my 1/55 build. I am nearing the home stretch. I'm speechless...Amazing Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted July 10 Posted July 10 12 minutes ago, F18LEGIOSS2 said: I'm speechless...Amazing Just a little of everything put together. cool part is no screws or tape used to hold anything together. Quote
Thom Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Those are some real good looking builds, @nightmareB4macross, @Papa Rat and @MacrossJunkie, Quote
Papa Rat Posted July 11 Posted July 11 54 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: Just a little of everything put together. cool part is no screws or tape used to hold anything together. This is getting better every time you post! Labor of love for sure. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted July 11 Posted July 11 58 minutes ago, Papa Rat said: This is getting better every time you post! Labor of love for sure. Labor of love. Quote
pengbuzz Posted July 11 Posted July 11 3 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: Labor of love. Just remember one important thing: Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted July 11 Posted July 11 (edited) 22 minutes ago, pengbuzz said: Just remember one important thing: So true. Good thing is I always listen to where they fall. Every little pert I have ever created is what I first started with. phew. Edited July 11 by nightmareB4macross Quote
Big s Posted July 11 Posted July 11 13 hours ago, Papa Rat said: Getting the IMAI Nousjadeul-Ger going. First up is adding more interest in the back thrusters. Taking the void and adding some extra parts from a Hasegawa Valk and some .3mm pla. I think it looks way better. Might round out the edges a bit to look closer to the official line work. 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. 13 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: Good Lord!! I step away for a few hours and you guys are all killing it with tons of great builds. Kudos to all!! And here I am still playing with my 1/55 build. I am nearing the home stretch. That’s a wild mod there for sure. Can’t wait to see it all put together and all function. Quote
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