Papa Rat

@Chas Thanks. It was a fun one. I need to get the sister kit. Could be nice pair of bookends to the Gerwalk once it’s finished. You are so right about it being easier to just burnish/sand off misaligned or wonky details and just remake them. It will be so much cleaner in the end. I also started putting .3mm pieces of pla in hard to reach places to cover up seams inside heels or elbow armor recesses etc... It’s magic and so simple. The SDF-1 is looking great! Excited to see it take shape. 😊 Is the decal sheet enormous?

@SteveTheFish It’s the IMAI Orguss Gerwalk

Deciding to just file off some small details and rebuild them post seam removal. Like the ribs on the back of the “knee”. Adding to panels that sort of just round into the shin that had no defined edge. Smaller panels on feet and other areas. Maybe it’s extra work but feels like it will look better in the end.

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Hey thanks. I’m trying to do some fun airbrush highlights with the last couple builds I have completed. I have a lot to learn. I was fortunate and inherited an iwata from my work since they no longer used it. I did prime the kit with a cheap can of rusto and it had a bad reaction to a few colors and had to strip and repaint. I think I will stick with Mr surfacer moving forward. I do however like how easy and fast a rattle can is. Here’s a pic of the kit after I hit it with a rattle can topcoat Mr Super Clear UV Matt. I think the finish really brings it all together in a nice way and hides some of my sloppiness.

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Well I think it’s done but I want to go back in for some weathering and a matte topcoat. Had a lot of fun with this one. Paint was sloppy in spots, but I just pushed on. Some Orguss M.Lover, ♥️♥️♥️

So true. Those are some great examples

@nightmareB4macross I need to hunt down some official art and see what’s missing and if I want to add anything. There isn’t a blaster so maybe I take that on somehow. @Big s They have some wonky parts which is totally manageable, but I agree they were ahead of their time for sure. I really like the scale and proportions of this Gerwalk. Going to be lots of masking/painting fun.

Test fitting the IMAI Gerwalk while finishing up the M.Lover Lieea. I don’t know why but I love these old kits soooo much. The detailing and fit is interesting I suppose, but they are so endearing. The price is right and it’s fun putting lipstick on a pig. Not sure if that’s the right expression?

Love the updates! Your project is looking great. 👍

That’s hot!

Oh yeah!!!!

Looking good!

Thanks for the encouragement. I’m having a blast. Every interaction I have had on this forum so far has been positive and lead me to find confidence in trying new ways of building etc… big thanks all around!

Hey thanks @Big s that’s nice to hear. My 1 year anniversary of building models is coming up on the 17th. I have made some progress along the way, but I’m still very much a noob compared to most everyone here. I’m here to soak up all the sage advice I can get. I figure I just need to keep building a bunch and challenging myself. Oh and have fun.

Oh boy. I’m up for the challenge. Thanks for the heads up. 👍

That’s a great idea. I haven’t made it before and would love to give a go. 👍

This is the one arriving next tuesday I didn’t know there was an ARII version I kept seeing this and the Bandai

@MechTech Thanks for the pointers. I finally have a monster kit on the way and I hear it eats up the putty.

More brush painted goodness vie HJWEB

Thanks. There was some trepidation in sawing it in half but it was not a big deal. A first for me.

The milliput looked like crap and I would say it was unsuccessful. So I figured addition by subtraction will work better. I don’t own a micro saw or whatever so I used a big old hacksaw to cut off the rear. You make do with what you got. It was a mess but I rebuilt it with a few pieces of .5 mm pla to make up for all the material I lost in sawing, reattached both halves and I think it worked out great. In doing so I created a panel line that I was going to scribe in anyways.

Seen on HJWEB Hand brushed lacquers over dark base coat.

Thanks for the reference material. Very cool. The head on the runner is exactly like the one that came in that VF-1D fighter.