I noticed that everyone who sees the PGM will immediately comment on the feet. It’s always the first thing they notice it seems. This foot fetish is weird. But the comment is always: How come your PGM feet look like duck feet? So to shut everyone up, I decided to further modify the feet. And this SHOULD be the last version of the feet. I gotta admit it does seem to be more accurate to Katoki’s design.
I’ve also changed the grenade rack. Scratchbuilt a new one. The old one didn’t fit the overall look of the PGM. I’m gonna keep it though, who knows I might be able to use it for something else down the line. The new rack only fits 3 frag rounds but does look much better, in my opinion anyway.
I started priming the kit today. Man… the fumes from the primer really smell bad. Urk. I think I need a proper spray booth. But that’s a different project. Anyhow, to minimize the fumes, I decided to only prime the areas that I’ve modifed with putty or plastic plates. This is just so that I can do further fixes to the kit before starting to paint. Now I have to wait again for the kit to dry.
I couldn’t leave well enough alone so I modified a few more things.
Skirts
First up, I extended the skirts. I got this idea from a friend’s trashed GM Kai. It’s 2mm extension with pla-plate. The front skirts are now as long as the er… crotch.
Neck
I also extended 2mm of the neck. Usually folks who modify the neck add pistons and stuff. I doubt I’ll do it.
Antennae
Cut off the plastic part and added a brass rod.
Feet
Based on what I discussed with a couple of friends, I decided to modify the feet further. They look a lot less than Aladdin shoes now! I basically chopped off the black section in the picture below.
Grenade rack
The grenades themselves are AFV Club brass 1/35 WWII German army tank shells. The rack is all scratchbuilt with plasitc plate. There’ll also be a base for this. The hollow sections will be filled with epoxy.
Shield
There was a small indent on it. Filled it up with plastic plate and putty.
The end results is as follows. Next up is sanding and priming. I have a feeling I’ll then need to putty some more. Oh well…
I’ve stopped working on this for 3 months (I got married and was busy with a host of other stuff) but I’m all set to start painting this thing. Here’s how it looks now:
Two more things need to be done:
- Need to fix up the antennae. The plastic one’s kinda lame.
- I have this idea of a grenade rack to fit onto the left hip of the PGM. I need to get some hollow plastic pipes and sheets and scratchbuild the darn thing. I also bought a box of 1/35 tank shells to use as grenades.
