Cotassium

2012-04-10

Gundam Age 2 . Spallow

While I can't say about the anime itself, I do love the design of the mecha in the show. It is also surprising good for "mix and match".

Here is spallow mode of the Age 2, I think it looks good.

HG Reborns Gundam, Trans-Am... no more.

I don't like the Trans-Am color scheme, so repainted the whole thing. Other than that, scratch build the hands, 2 pairs in total.

1:144 HG 00 Raiser pseudo construction

This pseudo construction took me around 4~5 hours, much longer than I originally estimated. Because I took the extra time to sand and smooth the parts. Also painted the eyes, etc. These are all temporary, just enough to give me an idea of where to improve on.

From what I can see so far, the list of improvement are not that long. I'm especially impressed by the articulation.

2010-01-06

1:144 Ex-S Gundam, 1988 edition

This is a old model of Ex-S Gundam by Bandai I bought 22 years ago. Back then, 'System Injection' is the state of the art molding technology :D

However, back then, Bandai didn't care much about the accuracy of the model (to the original design).. and this is what you get:

While it looks ok-ish to a typical viewer, this is actually quite different to the original design by Katoki Hajime in Gundam Sentinel. Over the years, he made several changes to the design of the S-Gundam for HGUC and MG version of the robot. The new design looks quite nice, however I still like the original design much better.

So, here I attempt to recreate the original design with a bit of new flavor I added :P

Scratch build the smart gun supporting arm, you can see it hanging next to the leg.

More coming :)

Posable fingers

This is my attempt in building movable finger/hand without using ball joints.

This is the first version:

1:1200 Revell Queen Mary 2

Here is the completed 1:1200 Queen Mary 2 from Revell.

1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22/24, Part 3

Decal applied.

Phew.. done. This project took about 2.5 days in total. Most of the time waiting for the paint to dry. I think this Revell kit has a bit of room for improvement - various fitting problem give me minor headache. But I really like the decals that come with this kit - Super Abziehbild decal - It is very easy to work with! I love the decal much more than the kit itself!

1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22/24, Part 2

Done basic painting.

1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22/24

This is a 'quick build' project of the 1:32 Revell kit of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22/24.

Work in progress shots. All parts assembled and hold together with masking tapes: