Papa Rat

Wow. So many mashups. Love it!

@MechTech @Thom Thanks! It’s been super fun. @Big s Thanks. Yeah there is some nasty stuff going around and honestly the elementary school is like a petri dish. 🤮

Had to stay home from work with my sick kiddo. Sucks having a kid that hacking and sneezing, but I selfishly get to do some painting. Finished this up today. It was so much fun for such a simple build. I suck at hand painting but that didn’t stop me. Hahaha. I love my little SDF-1. Made a tiny bridge out of some 1mm pla. I think it came out great for the scale.

Been dog sitting for some friends the past week+ so I brought this kit with me to help pass some time. Was able to stop by my home today and do a rough and ready paint job on the “pickle” I need to go back in and do some hand painting including some touch ups. Got some glue seepage unfortunately and I also want to get a matte finish on there. The Surfacer 500 took care of most the rivets I wanted to hide which was a half success. All said and done, this was a fun one. Might have to get the rest of the fleet 🤔

I am digging the wild camo colors.

May not be very helpful. I haven't ordered directly from their site, but I have had no issue with them via eBay.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

It’s so tiny. Cute AF. I can’t wait to paint it. I’m going to add the bridge. Got some pla laying around

Well I most definitely lost some brain cells tonight. I should have wore a respirator when brushing on that surfacer. Note to self. Anyway, I am hopeful that this is going to work out easier than expected. Maybe I already said too much. 🤔

Hahahaha. 😂

They are real shallow and can be filled in. There are a ton though so it’s going to take some time. Might just brush in some MR Surfacer 500 and sand it a bit. The official anime art I have seen for the flagship has few if any panel lines so if they fill in during the process I think I’m cool with that too.

Hahahaha. Love it. The rivet marks are very shallow. I do think a light coat of surfacer will fill most of them in so no biggie.

It is odd. Yeah it looks like a quilt or cowboy boot. Hahaha Guess I’m going to putty town. @sketchley Here is a photo

Yeah I think the decals are nice but I may leave them off in the end and have it reflect the anime design even though the overall model proportions need an overhaul.

Whoops. Yeah I was referring to rivets on the model kit not the anime.