Papa Rat

@GMK Thanks for all the pics. 👍

Yeah and the top of the head has the whole reproductive motifs intact and detailed. 😳 Painting will go quick considering is mostly just two metallic colors. The small detail painting is sparse but will take some steady hands.

Volks 1:144 KOG D Mirage test fit is moving fast. Just need to get the arms/shoulders, and bow trimmed/built. There are few seams that I will actually need to fix which is amazing and speeds things up considerably. I’m not concerned about all of the hidden seams/details on the frame that the armor will cover up in final assembly. The fit is great! The IMS line has come a long ways. The smaller scale packs in detail and is perfect for my limited space. The scale feels a little larger than their others in the line but not too bad. Here’s a pic of the KOG No.7 in the line with Batsh which was No.1 in the line.

Thanks

Wow. It’s looking great. Getting closer!!!

All done. Had another junky stand laying around from Amazon that worked great for this little build. Bummed on those old messed up decals but not surprised at how chunky they went down. Work with what you got. Hahaha Next up is Volks 1:144 scale KOG. Super excited for this one. 🤩

Best of luck to you. Hope you have a full recovery. ♥️

Thanks! I’m loving the print and it’s a very relaxing project to experiment with transparent layers, pushing and pulling shadows etc… Yeah I’m stuck in vintage model land. I might have a problem. Thanks for sharing the journey you have been on. The end results so far are great! Any updates to share on the USS Cygnus?

Yeah it’s interesting. I want to try other underpainting variations and see how they look.

Hey thanks so much! Yeah the decals broke at the recessed area so I went in with paint to touch it up after. I did however do what you are planning on a similar kit and it worked out way better. I just used the decal as a guide and cut out a couple thin circles of .3mm and glued them down before priming etc… decal went down without disaster 👍 Not sure why I didn’t do it this time. Amnesia I guess. Lol

Almost finished with this little bugger. Besides the absolutely awful disintegrating old decals this Arii 1/100 scale VF-1S looks alright. I think that added parts like the simple sprue scraps drilled out for verniers and that reddish purple undertone came through in an interesting way. I still need to do some tiny paint details but I am ready to move along.

Not this time. I’m just trying some color layering experiments and basing it off of the OG VF-1S yellow/black/white scheme for the most part. More to come soon.

@nightmareB4macross Looks amazing. I like that raised texture a lot. I haven’t seen that part represented that way before. Very cool.

The larger one retails for a lot of $$$$. I keep looking for it but I’m happy for the 100 scake

Oh yeah!!!!! Been looking forward to rhis! Thanks for the heads up. 😊