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Little update, intakes are still a work in progress, cockpit tub is 90% complete, minus seats. Oh, the other Eagle? Its going to be built along side Chihaya, not intended to be the final submission but it will complement…[Read more]
Just some minor updates. I didn’t like the dark purple on the outer armor, so I changed that to a flat black. I think it turned out well, especially the shot lance tip.
I also bought more paint and a new fine-tip brush to detail the inner frame. 🙂
I assembled the frame today, to see how everything fits before I start detailing it. Minor nub marks here and there, but they will be painted over regardless. I think I’ll actually just paint it by hand from now on. Surprisingly, Bandai’s included a lot of more alternate parts than I anticipated. For example, there are optional parts for the waist…[Read more]
Oh, I forgot to mention: although I do spray on the runners, I remove as many of the gates as I can without the part flopping off the runner. This way, I’ll avoid too many gate marks. 🙂
Most of it is just a recolored X1. However, there are several parts unique to the kit (to make it look like the actual X2 from the manga + Katoki Hajime’s input). These are the shot lance, the head crest, and skirt armor to name a few.
Nice red colour!