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OK, I’ve decided to use the Stark Jegan’s backpack. For one, it looks different from the original I copied from and two, they both exist in the same time period, which is nice.
I drilled a few dozen small holes around the kit to enhance the details.
Something I’ve started doing for all my HGUC kits is to raise the waist by 1.5mm. I do this by layering on plaplate.
I think I’m more or less done with the modifications.
OK, I’ve finally Futured this…
I thin my Future 50/50 with Isopropynol Alcohol so it will spray easier. 24 hours to dry and I can do the wash tomorrow.
Kit Info
Manufacturer: Bandai
Scale: 1/144
Media: Injection Plastic
This is the kitbash of the HGUC Jesta and the HGUC GM III. I blatantly ripped this off from Hobby Notoriko’s kitbash. Credit where credit’s due 
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Hobby Notoriko uses one of the shoulder cannons from the HGUC Loto for his Jesta. I’m still debating if I should do the same thing.
Kit Info
Manufacturer: Bandai
Scale: 1/144
Media: Injection Plastic
This is my version of the RGM-79Q GM Quel operated by the Titans of the Earth Federation. It’s my entry into Plamo’s WOOB 07.
I’m combining the upper body and arms of the HGUC GM Quel with the bottom half of the HGUC GM Custom. Why? I find the lower portion of the HGUC GM Quel to be too blocky and it looks disproportionate. It’s a simple matter of swapping parts.
I’m doing some simple modifications to the kit. First up, I added plastic strips at the base of the torso to extend its height by 1.5mm.
I also added some plastic strips inside the torso to extend the neck by about 1.5mm.
I think I’ll swap out the GM Quel thrusters and use a different weapon too.
While I’ve been more careful with my construction for this kit, I still let something slip. I made a mistake attaching the left intake. There is a 1mm step with the intake being lower if I looked at the kit full on.
This drastically affects the look from the top. If I looked carefully, the gap between the intake and the nose section looks shorter on the left. While I think most people might not notice it without it being pointed out, I know it’s there.
Anyway, another round of primer next. Hopefully this one round of putty is enough.
Kit Info
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
Scale: 1/48
Media: Injection Plastic
This one’s been in the backburner for awhile (what else is new?) so it’s time for it to see the light of day again. The plan is OOB with decals from TwoBobs Decals.
Back when the US Navy ran the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School aka ‘TOPGUN’, it operated A-4 Skyhawks in the role of the adversarys, ie. the bad guys. This particular Skyhawk took that role to the extreme by having an actual silhouette of a MiG-17 painted on it.
This project is heavily reliant on the excellent article by David Aungst at Hyperscale, who did all the research required to do up an accurate Top Gun #56. In fact, the TwoBobs decals are also based on this same research. The kit itself is the excellent 1/48 Hasegawa A-4E/F kit.
The cockpit is surprisingly detailed and with the canopy opening being so small, I think it looks more than adequate.
Based on the article, I needed to modify the cone shaped fairings that’s attached all over the airframe. The cone tips need to be cut off first.
Work is actually quite straightforward and I managed to get quite far in assembly. The kit also broke down into very easy subassemblies. The landing gear and landing gear doors were all handbrushed with white and given a wash of black gray.
This is how it looks like right now. I sprayed some primer on the main joints to get an idea how much work will be needed to fix the gaps.
Been snapfitting kits all week along. Four done!
First up is the Bandai HGUC RGM-89De Jegan ECOAS Custom. A nice thing is it can be easily backdated to the normal RGM-89D Jegan D.
Then it’s the Bandai HGUC RGM-96X Jesta. What can I say, this is one of the best RGMs ever designed. It’s right up there with the GM Sniper II and GM Custom in my book. Unfortunately a part on the shield went missing. I’ll figure out what to do about that.
Next up is the Bandai HGUC RGZ-95C ReZel Commander Type. Comes with a BFG that unsurprisingly has a long seamline running down the weapon. Sigh. And while it looks good, it’s kind of fiddly. The joints aren’t loose, but it doesn’t feel solid at all.
And lastly, the Bandai HGUC MSN-06S Sinanju, yet another big ass red mobile suit used by the enemy ace, this time Full Frontal (sounds like a porn actor’s name I know). People really like the Sinanju but I find the design awkward: small feet, white (for some reason) propellant tanks and thruster shrouds and it’s going to a bitch to paint those itty bitty ornamental markings on the chest and arms. Still, it does have a presence although the Sazabi looks more bad ass.
So you see, I’m slacking but not totally…
As expected, Kotobukiya is due to release the Liger Zero Jager in Feb 2012. Priced at 7,000 yen (holy shit), it’s the high speed variant of the Liger Zero (Jager means ‘Hunter’ in German).
I’m still waiting for the Liger Zero Panzer (the heavy armed variant). In the meantime, more pictures on Hobby Search here.
