Newbie VF-0S

[macroadster]

This is what I used to make 20 years ago..

Edited December 17, 2004 by macroadster

[macroadster]

After 20 years without any modeling...oops, what am I going to do...

[Vince]

have some fun?

[Less than Super Ostrich]

fun stuff... i remember buyin the gear was one of the fun parts of getting back into the hobby. and it never ends. never ever ends.

[newca]

Good luck~

At least you are back to modeling life, while I'm still just don't stop collecting plastic parts without opening the box/bag...

[Kylwell]

I've just got to plug this. I did a biuld-up review for Starship Modeler. Hope it helps.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/rm_vf0s.htm

[Myersjessee]

Nice review Kvwell! Good luck Macroadster...I did a similar thing...didn't build models for about 16 years...then went got all new stuff and started up...its a riot! Enjoy! Read through all the great build ups and reviews...there is tons of new supplies out there and great advice in the threads.

CHEERS!

[macroadster]

Thanks for all of the replies. Here is how I got started:

First piece to pratice my model building skill. I decided to drill down the holes of the air breaker piece.

[macroadster]

I was pretty happy with the result of the drilling. It wasn't as hard as I expected.

[macroadster]

After a little confident drilling, I started to paint the chrome silver into Roy's helmet. This is where I started to hold my breath. I remember I was a lousy painter for the models 20 years ago..

[macroadster]

The tiny Strip Styrene make up the custom safty handles. The pieces are .01x.02". I just dip it into chrome yellow acryl.

[macroadster]

The black strips complete the appearance of the safty handle. Clear green on top of the silver chrome really makes the helmet glass shine. The first coating of Roy's jacket was also done using Russian armor green. Then I called it the night for them to dry up.

Edited December 18, 2004 by macroadster

[macroadster]

Roy Focker waiting for his plane to arrive. After completing the decal on Roy, I have to stop here for the next day.

[GunnerX]

Wow! Brand new euipment!

Very nice, keep it up!

[macroadster]

I am not sure what I was doing here. I mixed the Russian Armor green with semi-gloss black to create the cockpit color for plane. There are various parts that looked more green in the anime, so I painted those parts as well.

[macroadster]

Dry fitting the cockpit. Every piece fits perfectly. The cockpit is so small that I had a hard time trying to glue the safty handle to the seat.

[macroadster]

Here is the shot of the console with a excellent decal provided by Hase. It really makes the cockpit shines.

[macroadster]

I was very happy on how the cockpit turn out on the third day. The chrome silver really brings out the projector lamp on the console.

[macroadster]

The plane started to take form. I was happy that I got over the cockpit details and move on to the larger parts of the plane.

[macroadster]

Wow! Brand new euipment!

Very nice, keep it up!

I am painting the plane with brush only. The brushes start to get really hard to clean now and there are brush strokes trailing all over the place. Your VF-0S is amazing. I hope mine would be half as good as yours.

[macroadster]

Steel color paint from Model Master has some strange yellowish flavor to it. I wasn't sure that it is the best color to represent those engines. It's alright for now, since the part will be covered by other parts.

[macroadster]

There are some gaps between the two pieces that makes up the nose of the plane. I taped the entire nose and plan to fill the gaps with eproxy putter, then sand off the difference later.

[macroadster]

I tried to use eproxy putter to fill out the gaps for the air intake section, but I found out the hard way that eproxy isn't really for the small filling area. Polyster putter would probably do a better job.

[macroadster]

There is a little fine seam on the canopy. I used the 2000 grit sand stick to sand out the seam. As you might notice, the canopy became less clear after the sanding.

[macroadster]

Now you see it, now you don't. The canopy is clear once again. I thought of a new idea that I used the clear plastic detailer for my Z3 rear window on the canopy, and the result was amazing.

[macroadster]

The great plastic detailer from Megular. It works on almost all kind of plastic. You can purchase it from z3solutions.com.

[macroadster]

Adding a few styrene strips to the foot. It's a technique from mw_cheng to make the exhaust. Time to call it the day for the glues to dry so I can sand off the uneven strips later.

[macroadster]

The steel color didn't work It doesn't want to stick on smooth plastic. I couldn't paint the gun correct for two nights. I was frustrated, and I finally read about prime the plastic to make silver and steel color to stick on the plastic. I am glad that it worked well on the feet.

[macroadster]

The interior of the engines are painted black and the room for landing structs are painted in camouflage gray. It worked out pretty well.

[macroadster]

Again, my foolish attempt to use eproxy putter to fill in the gaps between the arm section. I will sand out the uneven surface later.

[macroadster]

Talk about detail. Hase keeps their kit in the highest standard. The little corner was required to be removed and a clear piece will go into that corner.

[macroadster]

The major pieces are completed. It will take some time for them to dry up. I was really excited with building this kit. It was nothing like what I would have done 20 years ago.

[Ido]

Thanks for sharing, is interesting see how a newbie can approach a model differently from a master like WM Cheng. Keep up!

[macroadster]

Finally after washing and paint the gun n times. I finally got to a point that I am happy with the color of the gun. This shot is taken after I did the weathering with charcoal.

[macroadster]

The panel lines are created with my charcoal solution. It really bring out the panel lines.