Papa Rat

Got most of the painting and assembly done. Need a few details refined and some touch ups before my decals and further weathering. I’m happy with how it’s coming together. I wish my phone took better photos. The colors are way less vibrant in person. 🤔

Life is super busy right now, but I was able to put in some time on this monster the past two days. Baby steps. Hope to finish this up by the weekend if I can find time.

Hahaha.

@pengbuzz thanks @Big s Yeah the test fit has plenty of issues with alignment but not surprised. I’m going to stick with the classic gray/red scheme when the time comes.

Came home from a short vacation to this funny little kit I got from Wise Guys eBay store. It’s the IMAI 1/100 Glaug “iron type” It looks like the runners are all painted with a thin metallic wash which I haven’t seen before. Oh, and It also included a lunar display base. Very cool. Excited to get this going. Juggling multiple builds right now. 🤪

As seen on HJWeb

Very cool! Congratulations on such a cool project.

Love those “Tribe” builds on HJWeb ♥️

Nice! I’m excited to give it a go. 😊 Thanks for sharing.

Hahaha. Nailed it!

The answer is simple. It goes in the monster room in your apartment or house. 😂

Cool. I’ll try searching here instead of google

Sounds good. I love the color scheme and general design. Looking forward to it! Maybe I lengthen the arms?

Not sure where to post this but I decided to grab one of these old IMAI Nousjadeul-ger kits. It will be on my bench after the Monster and VE-1 are done. Does anyone here have any experience with this build? Been searching online for images of a completed build and surprisingly came up empty handed. Just curious.

Another beautiful hand painted Glaug HJWEB

Hahahaha

I’d still like to have the experience of the model show at least once since I’m so curious about it. At the end of the day building is for me since it’s fun, personal and challenging. It’s not to be better than someone else. I like the idea of sharing the work I do/have done with others who are interested. 😊

Nice thing about the ceramic blade is that it has either 4 or 5 flat sides depending if it has a curve. Sort of like an ink knife or mud knife for drywall. Make sense? It can’t cut your skin but at the correct angle it shaves off plastic with ease and never gets dull. I guess it can be a bit fragile and break if dropped?

So this is a PSA from my bench. Get yourself a ceramic “blade” tool. I wasn’t sure about it but once I started using one I was changed forever. lol not only good for mold lines, it’s also great for smoothing/scraping without cutting if that makes sense?

Beautiful

@MechTech thanks for the tip. I’ll give it a try.

First round of primer to check my work. Going to have to do more putty work in spots, but the nose is not looking too bad. Also noticing lots of sink marks that need attention.

My first 1:72 aircraft, the VE-1 is bigger than I thought. The test fitting is good. Lots of seam removal needed and lots of very delicate parts. I love the design so much. Such a chunky little buddy. It has sooooo much more detail than any of the old kits I have been working on. It’s going to look awesome once it’s painted.

I agree that the Queadluun Rau is a great kit for the $$$ Heres a pic of my build from Last year

Absolutely!