Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[ron5864]

That's one intense Star Destroyer Berttt. Excellent work.

Any plans on building the Death Star?

[Valkyrie addict]

Damn! well done Berttt!!!! I will never be able to do something like that, congratz on finally enjoying the pleasure of your hard work.

[HWR MKII]

Yes Macross models for christmas. Wife got me a VF-1S Strike Battroid!

[MechTech]

AWESOME job Berttt!!! The finish and lighting on that are top notch! Ditto to what the others said about movies props. Time to make a home movie Congrats on chalking up an excellent build to your collection! - MT

[Berttt]

Ah and there's the rub. The Venator won't be staying in my collection very long. In few weeks it will be off to it's new home.

The good thing is that I get to move onto the next bench queen.

[derex3592]

Lynn Minmay ladies and gentleman! Lynn Minmay! This little character kits are deceptively easy...the painting was tricky and I didn't want to rush. Misa/Lisa is being more of a pain in the butt....LOL...typical....hopefully I can finish her up next week. Need to make a base for each as well. Enjoy!

[Noyhauser]

Looks pretty sweet derex! The kit didn't look to promising from the start but you did an excellent job.

[derex3592]

Thanks! Again the only real problem I had and continue to have is the horrible delicate nature of acrylic paints when airbrushed. It scratches or chips if you breath on it wrong. And my final clear coat layer sprayed on a little splotchy. Oh well. Still I'm happy with her overall, for a very old kit, it's pretty cool.

[Berttt]

Well done. You don't see many of those old figure kits being built.

[Jefuemon]

About 6 hours of total work time on the Hasegawa VF-25, and I'm basically done with the primary build. Thankfully, not much to be done with seam-line filling and sanding. Just getting ready to start painting Ozma.

[Berttt]

Oooh. Would i be right in saying that this is the first VF-25 build on MW?

[Jefuemon]

Oooh. Would i be right in saying that this is the first VF-25 build on MW?

One of the first, but not THE first.

[Berttt]

Doh. Please accept my apologies.

[MechTech]

Nice Derex! I built the Misa and lost the decals so she looks more like Little Orphan Annie (eyes wise). I recently bought the set of all four from ebay and I'm considering building them someday - MT

[derex3592]

Thanks MechTech!..I have an extra set of eyes for Misa...if I don't screw one up I will mail you the other set.

Final product on Little Miss Macross...

[HWR MKII]

Oooh. Would i be right in saying that this is the first HASEGAWA VF-25 build on MW?

Fixed it for ya

[Berttt]

Haha, yeah I forgot about the Bandai kit. I guess that just represents my interest in it.

Hasegawa all the way.

[Valkyrie addict]

Nice Minmei figure, don't see many of those done.

Finally the Hasegawa VF-25 being done

[Jefuemon]

Finally the Hasegawa VF-25 being done

They're others being done, I think they're just being posted in the Hasegawa VF-25 thread.

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited January 31, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[derex3592]

Finished Misa just now. She looked absolutely perfect before I decided to clearcoat with semi gloss acrylic. It was then I learned that the "permanent" fine point marker I had used to outline the blue areas melted and ran all over the place when the clearcoat hit it. I was furious. Still am. I touch up around the areas as best I could with white paint but the blue lines don't look anywhere near as crisp as they did earlier. I don't care I'm done with figure kits for the rest of my natural life. I'm going to find something to hit. The first pic is before the clear coat.and all the pics are loading wrong. Whatever . FML.

Edited January 6, 2014 by derex3592

[derex3592]

Here is a picture of the offending brand of pen I bought from Hobby Lobby. Just so you guys know not to buy them for detailing models or anything else that you were going to use acrylic clearcoat on. The second picture is pens/markers that are perfectly safe to use and then use an acrylic clearcoat on. Hope this saves someone from making the mistake I made.

[505thAirborne]

So very very true about those Nano-liner pens, pretty crappy (they're not even really that good as a sketch pen on paper). Microns on the other hand are excellent!

[Kylwell]

Yes, Sakura makes a great pen line.

[derex3592]

I don't think Hobby Lobby by me carries anything but black Micron's, but I'm gonna check next time I'm there...they have a royal blue color available along with red and green according to the website... . Definitley will NEVER use anything but the Sakura line ever again.

Edited January 6, 2014 by derex3592

[derex3592]

dammit... ...how little did I know..

[505thAirborne]

dammit... ...how little did I know..

Hahaha!! I was just going to tell you about this set. Its rare the Hobby Lobby by me doesn't have these in stock. For the price its well worth it!

[EXO]

Can't you just get those from Staples or any art store? They're more for drafting than they are for hobbies.

[Kylwell]

Drafting, illustration, marking, etc.

[derex3592]

Amazon works for me. I'm lazy... $11. Done.

[MechTech]

Your Misa still looks better than mine! Guess what, I did the SAME THING, only with Sharpies and rattle can laquer! That AND losing the dumb eye decals. Same thing, she's staying like she is. I wouldn't normally clear coat a figure like that (usually keeping them flat paint), but since it was for my young daughter who would probably play with her and move her around her shelves (and she does), the coat gives the paint extra life. Oh well, back to the work bench... - MT

[derex3592]

You have no idea how good that makes me feel buddy...hahaha. Just to know sometimes it's not just me! If you want my extra set of Misa eyes, pm me and I'll hook u up.

[Jefuemon]

Getting some painting done. Should be finished with that soon.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Jefuemon

[David Hingtgen]

Just going to chime in that---yeah, Sakura Pigma Micron.

Others I use occasionally:

Zig Millenium

Uchida Medallion

Itoya Finepoint

Sakura Microperm

And of course, actual Gundam markers(fine-tipped pen versions)

(basically---buy Japanese!)

[Noyhauser]

So I have a couple of things. I had that F11F-1 tiger, which is nearly complete, but still needs some touchups.

But the main thing I wanted to post is my Ki-61 build for Modelglue!

So I started off by painting the interior with the base colour.. I also masked the canopy and then sprayed the base first, so that you can see it through as if it was painted on the interior:

I needed a instrument panel so I found an older eduard Zoom for the hasegawa ki-61.

And here is the cockpit interior completed. I have been buying photo etch belt buckles, which I add to either paper or tape seat belts.

I shaded the inside with a bit of tamiya oil stain weathering powder to create some depth. I thought this would be the hard part... I was wrong. Upon assembling the fuselage I discovered a whole host of fit issues. The nose was particularly bad, with major gaps and oversized gun panel insert.

This is after puttying the nose.

The underside looked pretty bad as well.

So this was it pre-prime:

Primed with Mr Surfacer finishing black .... great stuff, but.],,,,,,,,

Unfortunately it was too matte in some places,leading to a grainy metal finish.

So I polished it with Tamiya polishing paste.

And this is the result:

Much better I think.

Hope you enjoyed it! more later

Edited January 15, 2014 by Noyhauser