mslz22 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Thought this may be cool for you guys and gals to check out, see the size difference next to a Yammie 1/48, this is a build up for Chris B. (hope he does not mind me posting) i will post some pics as i go if people are interested. this is the Gsystem 1/48 gerbera with the full weapons set, lots of parts. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 hey, pretty cool. I have a 1/60 scale rx-178 that I like to pose next to my 1/60 yammie stuff... but 1/48 is looking so much sweeter. I would like to see more pics as you complete that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Yes. Keep posting (but only if there are pictures, I don't care about the text ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Please, please PLEASE post more pics - I would love to see this baby in progress - or even just complete. And Chris - I know you'll read this thread eventually - when are you going to take pics of your collection?! I know you have plenty of stuff like this gracing your shelves - share man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 I count 11 Valks in that photo and 1 Gundam. Truly, that is they way life should be, Valks outnumbering Gundams Graham, not generally a Gundam fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 The official yammie count is 16, whew...here is a couple more pics, not all the parts just a nice overview of the parts in various states of detailing. I post shade my panels so most of the detail will come out later on..... the kit comes with 2 guns and 2 sheilds, those other things I think are fueling pods, not sure though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fulcy Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 The long tubes in the last pic, I believe are called Sturm Boosters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Mike, I'm glad you started the thread, thank you! I also appreciate you building this awesome kit for me. I'm a huge Gundam fan. Macross is my first love, but Gundam offers so many different designs, and there are quite a few awesome resin kits available. All I can say is, "Wow!!!" You are doing a great job on this kit. You just got to love that great big rifle. You are my hero! fulcy, Thank you for pointing me to this thread. I'll be looking forward to seeing Mike post updates. I just love to follow along. Yeah, I've had few people mention that I need to post pictures and I will. Life has been hectic due to our moves because of my job, but hopefully things have settled down, and I can unpack all of my stuff without fear of having to repack it again anytime soon. Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechamaniac Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 So, Chris B has not only the cash for G-Sys 1/48 kits, but also the cash to have someone build them for him.... It's good to be the king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rogers Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hey Christopher, hopeyour move went smoothly. Did you ever get a chance to put together the 1/100 Powered GM conversion kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I count 11 Valks in that photo and 1 Gundam. Truly, that is they way life should be, Valks outnumbering Gundams Graham, Well in all fairness, Mike has (11) valkyries displayed, because that is how many it will take to at least give the 1/48 GP04 Gerbera a small workout, and maybe break a sweat. It's amazing that a 1/48 Yamato is only at crotch height to the GP04, but then again that is rather fitting. Mike promises more pictures to come, and this baby is our next project. I got a good deal on it, considering the price of these damn resin kits: 1/48 RX-78-2 GUNDAM (EIYUU-TAN VERSION) No, I'm definitely not rich or anything like that. Just a normal working stiff, who gets up before the sun comes up, and works to put food on the table for me, my wife and (2) kids. I'm just lucky that I have an understanding wife who lets me indulge in the fact that I never want to grow up. Collecting Macross, Gundam and etc. is a lot of fun and then we get to share it with each other. I love the resin kits because of the detail, size and rarity. Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion One Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Wow, those are great kits. Keep the pictures coming, they look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stamen0083 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 1/48 RX-78-2 GUNDAM (EIYUU-TAN VERSION)http://www.mechadream.com/rx78eiyuutann.JPG You're a lucky man, Chris. I envy you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hello, If any of you guys/girls want to buy Gundam and/or Five Star Stories resin kits, I highly recommend my good friend Roy. He is very prompt, courteous, honest, and he is knowledgeable about the items he is selling. Here is the link: Resin Kits Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechamaniac Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hey ChristopherB What are those kits like when completed?. Are they poseable at all?, or do you have to choose one pose, and it's forever locked in that pose?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Mechamaniac, Good guestion, but if you look at the picture above, you can see that the RX-78-2 is in several different poses, and I'm sure that more are possible. Unless they built and painted a separate 1/48 for every picture, they are definitely poseable. From what I've seen, you can either build them in one pose, allow some joints to move, or modify them to be fully poseable. Obviously some kits are intended when designed to be a certain way, but using available after market parts/joint, these awesome resin kits can be made to assume various poses. We are talking resin here, but you can definitely build a resin Gundam kit so that you can pose it at will. It's all you up to you and what you want. A friend of mine told me before he died (Tony of Xerogravity), that he had been commissioned to convert a customer's 1/48 G-System Gundam so that all of the joints were poseable. Who knows what happened to the project though. Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 The one that i am building for Chris here could be a bit poseable but it would be difficult and would require some time to be truely poesable and sturdy at the same time.. for example the knee is not really designed with a ball joint or any joint, just 2 flat pieces of resin that lock in together. parts of the upper arm have a ball joint but the joint does not lock it, it is only a loose fit that seems designed to be glued. You could have some poseablilty by utilizing brass pins instead of gluing the joints but it would be limited and may not be sturdy because of the weight. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 This baby just arrived in the mail: Came with nice color photographs of the completed model from different angles to help with painting, color decals, and 3D exploded assembly drawings just like the Bandai MG models. Top notch, and the cast is perfect. They even included small holes where brass rods can be used to increase sturdiness. Imagine the Gundam FIX Figure Mark II Titans/Barzam, but in 1/72 scale and a ton of detail. G-System makes the best kits I've ever seen. I'm having the RX-78-2 mailed directly to Mike, to save me from having to pay shipping twice. He should have it within a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) For any of you interested in the Eiyuu Tan Gundam, there's one up for auction on Ebay - for a good price too! Edited March 26, 2004 by fulcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 close up of some of the detail on the leg...still not completed leg but detailed. This model is like the enegizer bunny, every time I think I am making some good progress it just keeps going and going..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Looks great Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 close up of the finished sheilds, these alone are the height of a 1/48 yammie in battroid mode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion One Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Great work. What type of paint did you use? It looks like it has a metallic sheen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 the paint is a mix of model master metalic arctic blue and pontiac engine metalic blue, kind of hard to spay because it is actually a bit translucent. close up of the upper arm assembly..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechamaniac Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 What are you doing for the panel lining? Is that a wash?, or did you do some pre-shading etc? Also, how much might a build up job like this cost the average joe?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Hello Mike, Everything is looking great! Don't get mad at me, because I know you were probably going to do it anyway, but the little anchor/arrow thing on the right shield should be painted yellow. I was not sure, so I checked the G-System site and verified, but like I said you probably just haven't had time to do it yet. The color blue you are using is perfect. Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 What are you doing for the panel lining? Is that a wash?, or did you do some pre-shading etc?Also, how much might a build up job like this cost the average joe?? Right now it is a straight oil wash with no pre shading, most of the pics that Chris showed me the panel lines do not have any real "shading" around the panel lines so i made it pretty clean and will give the option to Chris to shade it at this stage. I can't comment on how much Chris and I agreed to for this one, but to give you an idea I will likely have 70-80 hours in to this by the end of the project so I don't know if could do it for less than $400.00, that is really only $5.00 an hour! the thing about this kit is that there was 180 + resin parts that all needed to be individually cleaned up (seam lines), 2 primary colors, a half dozen other colors in different places, 2 sheilds, 2 guns, a ton of details, most of the parts needed to be pinned to make it sturdy.....whew!!!! lots of work........and a huge model to boot, i've never used more paint on a single model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslz22 Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 almost there......handfull of small details and it will be done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF19 Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Droooooll..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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