MOSCATO 1/72 QUEADLUUN-RAU PROJECT

[tekering]

My unprecedented burst of productivity is now focused on the Quincy Rowe, where I'm compelled to use pink primer. 😋

Not being sexist or anything...  Grey primer just isn't practical on grey resin. 😉

[Big s]

  On 11/3/2023 at 8:27 PM, tekering said:

My unprecedented burst of productivity is now focused on the Quincy Rowe, where I'm compelled to use pink primer. 😋

Not being sexist or anything...  Grey primer just isn't practical on grey resin. 😉

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Looks chewable 

[Bolt]

Looks awesome Tek 👍🏼

[Urashiman]

  On 11/3/2023 at 8:27 PM, tekering said:

My unprecedented burst of productivity is now focused on the Quincy Rowe, where I'm compelled to use pink primer. 😋

Not being sexist or anything...  Grey primer just isn't practical on grey resin. 😉

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Almost looks like a 3D rendering, because auf the mirror surface.

[Goodman Models]

Looks great so far!

[tekering]

  On 11/4/2023 at 1:10 PM, Goodman Models said:

Looks great so far!

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Thanks, but I'm not so sure myself... 🤔

As usual, I've been carefully analyzing the anime to confirm the color scheme, and some of the animators interpreted the model sheet line art quite differently from how Moscato did; the "face," in particular.

I don't see an oblong sphere protruding from the carapace, but rather an oval mask inset into it.

Also, the conical section on top isn't (usually) depicted as a closed triangle, but an open vertical channel that runs all the way down to the antennae...

Thus, I carved a similar channel into the "triangle" on top, and hollowed out enough space to mount the face inside the carapace.

This also allows a fair degree of articulation, allowing the eye to move up and down, and side-to-side.

Finally, the hands are usually depicted bent into a fist, rather than the open hands Moscato provided.  Even the iconic line art pose (and all derivative Imai and Bandai packaging art) show the left hand curled into a fist...

...so I went to the hardware store to acquire some springs of the appropriate diameter.

It looked a little better once I coated the springs in cemedine.

With these modifications made, the Quincy Rowe is starting to look more familiar. 

[electric indigo]

The head mod make squite a difference. Great work!

[derex3592]

This is gonna be SO EFFIN COOL!!!!

[Big s]

So that channel may not go back all the way. The old Imai kit didn’t have it go back at all, but I think they made a mistake since looking head on at just artwork gives it a different look, but you can see it go back if you really pay attention to the art.I thought I’d compare it to the movie edition from hasegawa and on that it comes back, but not all the waythen this one of the tv version from the back of the head appears to be a similar thing where the channel may not go all the way back. I couldn’t find another rear picture to show it better from the series on a quick search

[Big s]

Found an overhead picture from the line art and it has a similar design to the groove on the movie version kitso as far as I can find, it looks as if the channel goes back a little and then there’s a stop and a triangular cut by the antenna side rather than at the front

[Goodman Models]

The additional head positioning is great! Wish I had thought of that on my build.

[tekering]

I'm using a variety of weathering techniques for the armor (drybrushing, chipping, distressing the labels), and I've masked off and painted each panel separately, to allow for slight variances in color tone and condition.  I'm quite happy with the exterior detailing so far:

I'm really not sure what to do with the interior, however.  The animation is frustratingly inconsistent concerning the color scheme.

Is it pink and grey?

Black and green?

Those shoulder braces are a different color in every shot! 🤨

Hell, sometimes they're not colored at all. 😒

I guess I'll just have to wing it. 😐

  On 11/10/2023 at 9:26 PM, Big s said:

it looks as if the channel goes back a little and then there’s a stop and a triangular cut by the antenna side rather than at the front

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That's some excellent detective work, sir.  You've proven Imai was wrong, Moscato was wrong, and I was wrong, too.

Hasegawa for the win! 

  On 11/13/2023 at 4:12 AM, Goodman Models said:

The additional head positioning is great! Wish I had thought of that on my build.

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I'm grateful you're following my build, sir, because your phenomenal work is an inspiration.  I'm highly motivated by competition, and you've set the bar extremely high.  

Incidentally, did you know an eBay seller is using your 1:72 Moscato Hobby SDFM Q-Rau image to sell his 1:144 Yellow Submarine DYRL Q-Rau kit?

Edited November 16, 2023 by tekering

[Big s]

  On 11/16/2023 at 7:54 AM, tekering said:

I'm using a variety of weathering techniques for the armor (drybrushing, chipping, distressing the labels), and I've masked off and painted each panel separately, to allow for slight variances in color tone and condition.  I'm quite happy with the exterior detailing so far:

I'm really not sure what to do with the interior, however.  The animation is frustratingly inconsistent concerning the color scheme.

Is it pink and grey?

Black and green?

Those shoulder braces are a different color in every shot! 🤨

Hell, sometimes they're not colored at all. 😒

I guess I'll just have to wing it. 😐

That's some excellent detective work, sir.  You've proven Imai was wrong, Moscato was wrong, and I was wrong, too.

Hasegawa for the win! 

I'm grateful you're following my build, sir, because your phenomenal work is an inspiration.  I'm highly motivated by competition, and you've set the bar extremely high.  

Incidentally, did you know an eBay seller is using your 1:72 Moscato Hobby SDFM Q-Rau image to sell his 1:144 Yellow Submarine DYRL Q-Rau kit?

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For that interior, you may want to go with a medium gray. The interior in the pinkish one seems to be with a nice super bright day and the darker ones are either in space or in a dark hangar bay. You could add a little purple to give the color a little more of a pop and bit closer to the kit up color, but it’s definitely hard to figure out.

[tekering]

Well, the interior detailing will have to wait.  The annual model exhibition is this weekend, and the Q-Rau will be on display with all my other Moscato kits.

 

[Convectuoso]

Awesome. That's the best Q-Rau I've seen.

[Big s]

Looks like a real winner 

[Bolt]

  On 11/24/2023 at 7:55 AM, tekering said:

Well, the interior detailing will have to wait.  The annual model exhibition is this weekend, and the Q-Rau will be on display with all my other Moscato kits.

 

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Beautiful work Ted ! 

[captain america]

Ted, can I say stupendous? Your builds are stupendous! There, I said it. Well done, ol' chap!! 

[derex3592]

Another master class in resin kit building. Absolutely incredible @tekering 😍

[Shawn]

That is brutal...wow!

[tekering]

I'm not finished yet, guys!  I still have the interior to detail, and the figure needs to be painted, too...

In fact, I've added swivels at the elbows, alternate hands and... legs. 🤓

I'm not too keen on the pose, though. 🤔

[Goodman Models]

  On 11/16/2023 at 7:54 AM, tekering said:

I'm using a variety of weathering techniques for the armor (drybrushing, chipping, distressing the labels), and I've masked off and painted each panel separately, to allow for slight variances in color tone and condition.  I'm quite happy with the exterior detailing so far:

I'm really not sure what to do with the interior, however.  The animation is frustratingly inconsistent concerning the color scheme.

Is it pink and grey?

Black and green?

Those shoulder braces are a different color in every shot! 🤨

Hell, sometimes they're not colored at all. 😒

I guess I'll just have to wing it. 😐

That's some excellent detective work, sir.  You've proven Imai was wrong, Moscato was wrong, and I was wrong, too.

Hasegawa for the win! 

I'm grateful you're following my build, sir, because your phenomenal work is an inspiration.  I'm highly motivated by competition, and you've set the bar extremely high.  

Incidentally, did you know an eBay seller is using your 1:72 Moscato Hobby SDFM Q-Rau image to sell his 1:144 Yellow Submarine DYRL Q-Rau kit?

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Oooooh he got my Q-Ray there also.