Crazydudes Creation Lab.

[CrazyDude]

Hi All.

Come up to the lab and see what's on the Slab, I can see you shiver with .....

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Antici..pation.

In this thread I will be posting my WIP's.

I model slightly different and tend to work from 5 to 15 kits at a time.

I assemble them after that I rent a model studio where I do the painting and airbrushing en masse.

Got a bit burned out on macross kits so the current batch only has 2 macros kits in it.

Finishing the last 3 kits before next painting run.

More to come soon.

[CrazyDude]

Break in the wedding now can post what I forgot yesterday.

First EVA-01 Frame, I don't like the designs from the new movies.

Kit(set of 3) for when I get back tomorrow.

All my kits end up with bases(picture frames, etc) and fixed posed mostly due to the frequency of quakes here.

3/11 took quiet a toll on my display shelf including resin kits that can't be replaced.

After that it is still RG Strike and 1/72 Dougram, and prepping the 1/72 VF-1A Strike.

Edited March 8, 2014 by CrazyDude

[PetarB]

Is that a VF-11 Battroid I see down here?

[CrazyDude]

Yep, it is, Bandai 1/144 kits.

[Jefuemon]

First EVA-01 Frame, I don't like the designs from the new movies.

Built one of those many years ago. Gave the launch frame to Asuka, though.

[MechTech]

That EVA-01 kit is nice, I have one myself. - MT

[CrazyDude]

Back home, I sooo hate Japanese weddings.

Here are 2 quick pics, getting back at the models after lunch.

Gundam Build Fighter Fenice nice because it is asymmetric.

Trio of Legioss, Gryphon and Dougram.

[EXO]

That's the new Wave Legioss? What scale is it again? 1/72?

[CrazyDude]

Yes, it is 1/72. Typical wave quality.

[CrazyDude]

Yahoo, time if the poor pics is over.

Was a bit of a struggle but got my new SD-Card Reader to work on my Nexus 7, so I can use my rerepaired camera now.

[CrazyDude]

Valkyrie I am working on, will get an eggplane duplicate.

[CrazyDude]

The Boys are back in Town. Yes, that is a RG Strike head there.

Still paint and detail missing, converting sticker sheets to waterslide decals.

Next step is to get them boys their wheels. Figures are around 1/12 scale, don't have my Stick figure/bike handy to confirm.

[Valkyrie addict]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. I love WIPs

[CrazyDude]

The boys found their wheels. Thy come with dayglo stickers those areas will be painted instead. These kits and all other in these batch will have some milder in details replaced with made parts, more on that later.

Lonely Chasers.

Double Chaser.

Feel free to ask for pics of any item. I often stray a bit from the instruction and also add/remove details.

Now to finish the RG Freedom Gundam and prep the resin 1/48 Scopedog B.

Edited March 10, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Finalised and ordered the next batch of kits and stuff I need to finish the current one.

Total of 8 macross kits in it, mostly smaller items. Lots of 1/100 and SD items.

After this batch no kit buying for 2-3 month as I need to replace my double suspension mountain bike, helmet and gloves.

Edited March 10, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

RG strike Freedom Gundam.

Group shot.

Mo-Craft 1/48 VOTOMS Scopedog B.

I like those little resin kits, pity you can hardly find them now as they had some rare variants.

Starting to clean the parts, another shot before I start drilling the holes for the pins.

One reason why I like kits is because they are much cheaper than the toys.

[CrazyDude]

Clean up of the Votoms kit has started. Still waiting for the Votoms colour to finish 2 Scopedogs and a Rapidly Dog.

For this step of the build I am using 3M sanding foam pads, Hasegawa jewel/needle files, Wave sanding sticks(great stuff) and a Tamiya pin-vise with a 1mm drill bit.

I really like resin as a medium.

[CrazyDude]

Got a quick Macros kit question.

How big is the 1/8000 Macross Fortress kit when finished?

https://secure.hlj.com/product/BAN953442

Edited March 13, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Doing some lengthy modification/improvement around the ankles of the Scopedog, so no updates right now. Votoms colours also have not yet arrived.

Started 1 of 4 1/250 gundam dios, also got a 1/144 one planned(One Year War)?

Plans on the 1/8000 Macross SDF-1 Dio are also being finalised.

[modelglue]

Love it. Haha.

You've got a ton of energy to put towards your hobby. It will be neat to see all these together.

[CrazyDude]

Being on medical disability gives me spare-time and a chance to work up some of the ideas I got.

Lot of the kits I do are older kits like the 1/250 Gundam Dio's which cost me a few hundred yen each or bought at sales via HLJ, etc.

Edited March 17, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Ordered this today:

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN959022

And the 3 Mecha College Yamato items.

[CrazyDude]

My next order from HLJ should be here on the 2nd or 3rd, lots of materials and quiet a few kits.

Ordered these items today:

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN959022

https://secure.hlj.com/product/BAN959023

In addition my Wave 1/35 Rabidly Dog has arrived in my PW, this is Chirico's custom version of Ypsilons Strike Dog.

Also got the 3 Yamato Mecha Colle items on order.

Edited March 18, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Letting the Cat out of the Bag.

These are my plans for the 1/8000 SDF-1, first amputate the legs. Oowie.

Rest will be imbedded in a base to depict the below scene, I will be using clear epoxy to represent the water.

[CrazyDude]

Bit of a break for me.

Today I am off to China(expenses paid) to enter 2 competitions, will be back on the 1st.

Taking PC along.

[EXO]

Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.

[CrazyDude]

Finished this mornings training session, sweaty like hell.

1st Competition(Push Hands) is this afternoon, 1st time on Instructor level so expect to lose.

Currently at Chen Village training/studying with my teachers teachers, on Friday 2 days at Zhaobao Village.

Final day of trip is a visit to Shaolin Temple.

[CrazyDude]

Brought a kit, pin-vise and needle files along.

Here is the ankle mod for the 1/48 Resin Scopedog, still in process.

[CrazyDude]

Today went as expected but got further than I thought, tomorrow is sparring hands and weapons day 1 of 2.

[CrazyDude]

Did better 4th place Sword(Jian) & Double Sword, 3rd place Hooked Swords, tomorrow are Staff, Spear and Kwan Dao.

[CrazyDude]

June is going to be an expensive month, just pre-ordered the Max Factory 1/72 Soltic from Dougram.

Lots of back and pre-ordered stuff also coming into stock.

[CrazyDude]

Competition is moving along nicely, I am learning a LOT. Bit tough as we don't use a ranking system, so your opponent can be less or more experienced no weight classes either.

Looking forward to next week, tomorrow I will put together an order from my PW going to keep it under 28500Yen for everything.

Order will arrive on the 2nd, COD payment.

Item photos will be split as follows Votoms, Macross, Gundam, Idol Master, Scale Models and Materials.

Edited March 28, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Placed my order from the PW, actually 2 forgot to add 3 items on the 1st one.

Bout $290 but that is still at current tax-rate.

PW now dropped to 15 items from 48.

First Builds will be D-Style Patlabor kits after that hopefully onto SDF-1 in Lake.

Edited March 28, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Back from China, decided to skip the Shaolin Trip and come back a day early.

Found a few old Macross kits during trip.

Thee old combining hangar kits and the 4 diorama kits(tile with 1 Valkyrie and a few ground vehicles), both those sets can be combined to make a larger display.

In the afternoon I am back at the workbench, working on a 1/250 Gundam Dio kit.

Edited March 30, 2014 by CrazyDude

[CrazyDude]

Diorama 1/250 & Wave 1/12 Powered Suit Phase 1(also got the Phase 2 kit). The Z'Gok will be mounted in a wire(supplied) for a leaping attack.

Lots of sanding to do on the Lot.

Edited March 31, 2014 by CrazyDude