The wheels were repainted and resealed. Didn’t mask them. So oversprayed. I did over-flat the tires to the point it whited out a bit, so I semi-glossed them. Think about it. It’s carrier-based. So water is unavoidable. Even the carrier deck is watery sometimes.
The canopy was repainted cuz the blue didn’t match the…[Read more]
Rigged the wires for the LED, doing some last minute paint touchups (mostly to the metallic details and a couple of parts that scratched during reassembly) and then the base…
Its rusting right now. The Tokyo watch says, I am just 7 hours behind. So tomorrow at 5pm is the final blow. But I think, I can enter it today. Those were some long days and nights during the past 2weeks…
Just finished, fairly pleased with my work, first time airbrushing/painting a model, first kit bash, and second time I have assembled a gunpla in general, tried to get the…
All done. An A6M2b from the carrier Zuikaku in 1941. Early war so only lightly weathered. Folded the wing tips up and posed the control surfaces to match…
Now I know where this kit got its name from, Sa-HEL-anthropus, because let me tell you: This is one awesome looking kit, but it is a HELL to pose without parts or the entire…
Nowhere it’s states in the rules you cannot submit new/better photos for your entry… maybe I should submit my entry again, explaining I want to use the newly attaches photographs… but I don’t want to get disqualified if this is not allowed.
Fifth day of progress: Decals and weathering done, so I finally declare this project FINISHED! It was a huge effort to finish on time but I’m pleased with the result :…
i am going to have to officially resign from the competition. i have had more bad luck with this model. i will finish it, however, it will not be in the time required.