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@Gabe QThat sucks. 😞

Yeah, good looking bunch right there. I sort of want to do the more colorful version inspired by the old kit box art. I forget the name of that scheme.

@derex3592 That’s awesome! I need to build my Glaug soon. Instead I went straight for the TV Q-Rau and it’s an amazing kit too. It’s soooooo easy to “snap” together. I know I built the DYRL version but must have amnesia since I don’t remember it being so simple. Anyway, you are in for a treat when you get to yours. 👍 Test fit in about 3 hours. Started it before bed last night and finished it up a minute ago before I head off to have a ton of fun at the dentist. 🫠 Now I need to disassemble it and get to work on seams which there are many. For $140 I need to get this looking A+++ going all in on this one.

@derex3592Congrats. Now just make the $255 look like a $ million.

I so wish I was able to find the vinyl or plastic versions of anything BGC. Your build is inspiring me. Hanami time. My wife and I were in Japan for Hanami 8 years ago. Such a beautiful time. 🌸

@Big s Thanks. @joscasle Thanks. You have a great trio going there. Looking great!Any thoughts on the Strike? I have it in my stash and look forward to building it. Oh and that ghost in the shell stand alone. I have always wanted that kit. Do you have any more pics?

Yeah that blue is really nice. I’m so excited to see this one completed. Bubblegum Crisis was one of the first Anime I saw back in the 90’s along with Akira and Appleseed to name a few. Need to have a rewatch

@slide @derex3592 Thanks. She’s a dirty bird that’s for sure. Oh and Derex3592, the ship is looking outstanding! Also when you go to test fit the Gundam RX make sure and trim down the pegs so you can separate the parts easier for paint etc… it was recommended to me and seeing as the fit on those kits are super precise you will save yourself a lot of headaches if you reduce the pegs by half their length. I built a Bandai LGaim recently and shortened the pegs, cut them at an angle and it really helps for disassembling @Return To Kit Formlooking great!

Plamax VF-1 Alaska scheme. Just using an unfinished Hasegawa stand for photo purposes. I would like to get a brass rod and make my own stand later. This was a fun one, but think it’s a bit sloppy. 🤷 don’t mind the dog hair 😂

What a good score!

Getting closer. Need to clean up the oil wash a bit, enamels for lights etc… and lastly decals. So far so good.

Hahahaha. No way 🫠

It’s here!!! After a total of $140 spent, I can finally add this to my to build list for summer. I will have to give it a full 75% effort. Hahaha The Q-Rau golden ratio. 😂

The base is a mix of MR Color 66 bright green and 56 IJN green. 4-1. Then put in some highlights using same color mix with a little white added. Then I sprayed straight IJN green through poly fill to get some random texture areas. In hindsight I think the texture is a bit too heavy handed but I’ll work with it.

Oh Yeah! It’s a great kit. Hope to get the small stuff finished brush painted and cured by the weekend. I finished up the airbrush portion of the build. Got to do touch ups and panels etc…

@slide so clean and organized. My bench is a pigpen 😂

👀 That’s bananas

Wow. That’s looking great! It’s hard to judge the scale of that but I imagine it’s tiny tiny.

Not sure if a thread is needed or is already out there, but wanted to share this. I saw this on a discord channel and thought others in here would like to know. Please move to appropriate thread if one already exists.

Amazing! 😂

Cool. I‘m glad it’s not completely lost. I plan on doing a wash and panel lines later. Hopefully it brings it all together nicely and doesn’t overpower the surface variation too much. This is a fun super simple little build so far.

Got the main color down on the VF-1 Alaska. Tried out some pre shading in a black metallic over a gray primer, followed by an off white, then went in with the poly fill scraps like my previous build and filtered a very light gray in areas. It’s so subtle and difficult to photograph on my phone. Maybe you can see it in the final two images? Anyway, I’m not sure if it’s effective. Maybe higher contrast would be better? Anyway. I’ll mask off tomorrow and get the green down. This one’s coming together quick. It has so very few pieces and the masking on this color-way is very minimal. edit* wow there is a bunch of dust and crap on the surfaces I will need to buff that out. It always finds a way to get stuck on my painted pieces. I’m cursed

Oh wow that’s a great deal! Hobby lobby? I’ll have to see if those exist out here in the PNW.

@joscasle @Big s thanks

Just putting this out to the group. When painting a VF-1 are you thinking white, gray or something in between for main body color? What’s your go to?