Papa Rat

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.

Wow. That does look cool. Never heard of it before.

https://hjweb.jp/article/2021897/ cool look at a rather straight build with minimal hand painting/top coating.

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.

Its wild to imagine how large the text on these giant ships would be. Also this kit has visible rivets which I find hilarious. Rivets the size of baseball stadiums. Lol

Going to slap this together tonight. Should I have any concerns regarding the old decals failing? If so is there any sort of method anyone can share that can increase my odds of them successfully working?

That’s a great idea. It has the laser and small exhaust pipe I could work with, but this make is thruster free. Simple bipedal slab of metal. Clunk clank bang. Hahaha

Thanks for sharing. What a cool build. 👍

I hit it with a light gray/yellow ochre. It really gave some decent definition in what’s a very dark paint scheme. I need to keep practicing. Less is more. really appreciate the suggestion. ✌️

Totally. I think the texture at this scale is not working. Overkill. I like the idea of adding some highlights. It’s so murky, the colors are all the same value at this point. It needs something to pop.

Baby steps in hand painting. I had a lot of fun with this tiny bugger, but went a little off the rails from what I had envisioned. I don’t think I like the end result very much yet I had a great time along the way. tried to get a better pic with a paper background. Lol