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Alright. since I was informed by my friend Crapmunky, (then re-reading the rules) that we can only enter one kit as our final entry, I decided to change gears and direction entirely. So now I will be attempting to do a ‘kitbash’ with some custom mods to create something I once saw a long while back, someone had turned the nobell gundam into a ‘lady rx-78’ as i like to call it. this is going to be my first kitbash, as well as my first time modding. the rest should be a breeze 😉

anyway, the first thing I did was I went ahead and cut out the parts to the torso, and began modifying the way the upper waist attaches to the upper torso. there’s a peg that locks everything in place, as well as another elongated one, I can easily slide the piece in using the small peg, and with a little plastic cement keep it in place. my only concern is scratching paint, but I think if I’m careful, it shouldn’t be an issue. another thing to note is i’ll have to scratch build and/or sculpt parts for the chest vents and the cockpit, so there’s some planning to do with that.

next up, i removed the seam that went along the middle of the chest. and the last bit of progress i made was on the first part i’m taking from the rx-78-2; the backpack. it’s much too big to fit on the back of the nobell as is, so I had to scribe a deep line in it, then cut it in half, next i’ll have to sand the pieces down so it’s a better fit on the horizon line, then cut and modify it so it’s not too tall…

so far i’ve bitten off much more than i can chew. but I think if i’m patient i’ll be able to pull this off 😉