WIP : Tamiya 1/48 Wildcat Pt. 2 – Painting
Tamiya lives up to its reputation of having kits that require minimal seamline fixing and I’m onto the painting stage quicker than usual. First up, I did a base coat of Tamiya XF-1 Black thinned with lacquer thinner. This is now I preferred primer since I haven’t been able to figure out acrylic-based primers yet. …...
WIP : Tamiya 1/48 Wildcat Pt. 1 – Construction
My next kit is hopefully a straightforward build of the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat. This was the workhorse of the USN and USMC during the first half of the Pacific campaign. When I opened the box, I realized that I had already assembled most of the parts into subassemblies previously. This includes having already painted …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 6 – Basing
Work on the base begins with gluing the cork pieces together with a hot glue gun. Then I layer the surface with Vallejo Thick Mud – Light Brown. While it’s drying I pressed in a mix of small rocks from Woodland Scenics and my garden. I cut an Evergreen plastic tube in 5mm long pieces …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 5 – Basing
In between painting the Shinden, I started preparing the ruins that will be part of the base. The biggest piece of the base is a cover for the 2 figures to be placed behind. Right from the beginning I imagined this to be a slightly curved piece of metal plate, perhaps a broken piece of …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 4 – Weathering
Work continues to finish up this kit beginning with decals over a gloss coat. The markings are from my spares box. After another glossing over, I did an oil wash with lamp black color. I went easy on this wash so it only added some depth to the panel lines. Next, to tie the camo …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 3 – Painting the Shinden
Painting the Shinden is next. First is priming with black. Then I highlighted with white. Like the figures, I sprayed based on the direction of the the main light source being above. As usual, it’s at this point that still more seamlines turned up which require fixing. While I go through the tedious process of …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 2 – Painting the figures
Time to get more figure painting practice in. The figures were put together with all the accessories except the helmets attached. Starting with the medic, I first primed the figure black. Then I added highlights with white. This assumes the main light source (ie. The Sun) is up above. The base colors are handpainted on. …...
WIP : Bandai 1/35 TA Shinden Pt. 1 – Construction
My next build is a shelf queen that I’ve assembled and kept in its box for perhaps close to a decade. This is Bandai’s 1/35 take on the Shinden from the anime Gasaraki. I’ve never watched it but I really like the designs of the Tactical Armors. In the story, the Shinden is a mass …...
WIP : Max Factory 1/72 Soltic Roundfacer Pt. 3 – Finishing
As usual, I went easy with the markings. The kit decals are a mixed bag: they slide off the backings quite quickly but they have a satin sheen and some of the white ones tore easily. They also didn’t react much with Mark Softer. I began weathering with panel lining with lamp black oil paint. …...
WIP : Max Factory 1/72 Soltic Roundfacer Pt. 2 – Painting
Painting begins with a base coat of black. For this build, I tried Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black thinned with Mr. Color lacquer thinner for the base coat. Having not have much luck with using acrylic-based primers (I find them hard to use), using this new combo was very easy. I thinned the paint 1:1 and …...
