WIP : 1/144 HGUC MSN-003 Nemo
Decals (what little there are) are now on. After the decals have cured, I’ll coat them with another layer of Future then I’ll proceed with panel lining. I’m still thinking of what panel coloring to use for the blue sections. We’ll see. Most importantly, my first finished kit of 2016 is in sight!...
WIP : 1/72 Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie Pt. 3
Since I can’t leave it well enough alone, I decided that I needed to fix the brown color. The new color (on the left below) is Model Color 977 Desert Yellow. Much better. The second main color is white and I realized that I’d forgotten how hard it is to get a very ‘white’ color …...
WIP : 1/144 HGUC MSN-003 Nemo
So while waiting for the paint on the other projects to cure, I decided I needed to finish up this partially painted kit. I’m following the default color scheme quite closely but to add some interest, I decided to add some splinter camouflage to the blue color. The darker blue is Model Master Acryl Blue …...
WIP : 1/72 Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie Pt. 2
My kit is very old. I got it when it was first released in 2000 in fact. Consequently, the decal sheet has gone very brittle and yellow. I ended up replacing my decals with a set from Samueldecal, which are ALPS printed. The Samueldecal decal is very soft compared to Hasegawa’s but it works fine. …...
WIP : 1/72 Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie Pt. 1
Kit Info Manufacturer: Hasegawa Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Plastic Nothing new lately as I’ve been bogged down by the F-14 project: landing gear breaking, kit falling onto the table nose first and endless seamlines and gaps to fix. To distract me a bit, I’ve been plugging slowly on the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1A kit on the...
Completed : Bandai HGUC Revive 1/144 RX-77-2 Guncannon
Kit Info Manufacturer: Bandai Scale: 1/144 Media: Injection Plastic The Subject The RX-77-2 Guncannon is the 2nd mobile suit (following the RX-75 Guntank) designed under the Earth Federation’s ‘Project V’ during the One Year War. The Guncannon is the first Federation suit that took on a humanoid look. Like its...
WIP : Guncannon complete!
Took me longer than I would have liked but I’m finally done with this one. As usual, it’s not perfect, but I like how it turned out. Gallery up soon....
Remembering : Robotech
In the early 1980s, my older brother who was studying in the US would record me video cassettes worth of cartoons. If I remembered correctly there were 21 cassettes at 8 hours each. Yup. That made for a lot of 30 minute cartoons. Among them was a little gem called Robotech. Robotech is an 85-episode …...
Preview: 1/72 Hasegawa VF-25F/S Messiah
Kit Info Manufacturer: Hasegawa Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Price: 2,720 JPY at Hobby Search The Subject The VF-25 Messiah is one of the latest variable fighters used by humans in 2059. It was developed as a replacement for the VF-171, the standard variable fighter in the New UN Spacy. Production prototypes were fielded by SMS …...
Preview: 1/72 Hasegawa ASF-X Shinden II
Kit Info Manufacturer: Hasegawa Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Parts: 130 The Subject In 2008, Taiga Heavy Industries was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense to begin developing the ASF-X. By 2016, there were 4 prototypes built for testing: two each CTOL and STOVL variants. Unique to the Shinden II were the forward swept wings and...
