not so much a build but more an attempt at a restoration/resurrection of a kit made back in 1987. gunna ditch the fibre optics and the awful silver paint
yup its an old AMT kit. I’ve ripped out all the optics and having a go at making some replacement decals. the old halogen bulbs are definitely going in the bin, i have no idea how they didnt melt the kit or burn a house down. trying to drill out the windows but they are tiny, narrow and im only getting about 10 window to a snapped drill bit at…[Read more]
Initial test build completed. Now it’s time for disassemble and trying seam line removal for the first time. Then I’ll need to decide on a paint scheme followed by my first attempt with an airbrush.
Gonna start on my first kit bash. Gonna put the shoulders from the Kimaris onto the High Mobility Zaku II. We will see if I can just do the shoulders only or will I have to swap out the entire arm units too. This is gonna be fun.
Thanks all for all the viewings and feedback. it’s definitely a long journey for me. it paid off in the end. It’s a big surprise I got bumped to the Advanced catagory and came 2nd. Thanks HLJ for organizing this great event. It’s an eye opening experience to see the outstanding works from talent all over the world.
looks like i got bumped up too. considering that i had little experience with painting and LEDs i dont know whether to be pissed or happy that it made the cut
Yes you did. saw u entry in the advanced group. .. I love your led mods on the macross ship so much. so well executed. As u say.. not easy to pull it off with this small scale. I would love to get this kit too.. so much details!.. fun to see it coming to life
cheers mate, the only thing i can recommend if anyone is going to try something similar is to have a good supply of tiny drill bits and use epoxy glue for the fibre optics. model glue and super glue eats the stuff, and you wont know until you go to test the lights
Congratulations to all winners!!! Had a lot of fun, was my first time participating.:) Ready for next year.
Un salut a tout les partiicipants francophones.Bon boulot les gars.
Congratulations to the winners, to participants and my friends and big up to my winning friends
\(^_^)/ @zenkuro pépouze :p bravo chéri-chéricoco @Java
@ Sergio solo
Well done !!!!
Et à toi aussi mon petit Rémy! La prochaine fois on fera mieux 😉
Will there be a video to explain the choice of judges and a ranking of the losers? History to see where we are in the competition because I know that I am not the only one to claim a ranking … You think it would be possible?
We’ll have a video a little later — we decided not to delay the results just to be able to post them with the video, so we went ahead and got the winners up first. I expect Ryan and Todd will have more to say when they film.
is it the AMT kit. I once built several,from their series for a friend and never finished tbe 1701D. Looing forward to yours.
yup its an old AMT kit. I’ve ripped out all the optics and having a go at making some replacement decals. the old halogen bulbs are definitely going in the bin, i have no idea how they didnt melt the kit or burn a house down. trying to drill out the windows but they are tiny, narrow and im only getting about 10 window to a snapped drill bit at…[Read more]