And I did remove the seams? If you’re referring to the mold lines yea it’s probably still visible after trying to sand them off. It’s quite difficult to get rid of them completely since the parts are molded in a rubbery plastic.
Hammerknight’s interior is now painted! Since the fit is a bit tight, the finished kit will be fixed in the open position as opening it is scratching some of the paint off….
Some more work recently. I’m about quarter the way through with the Carbon Fibre decals from Studio27 and doing some work on the steering wheel. The effect is to get a nice suede look which the drivers back then used for steering grip. Brake ducting finish and added with the engine.
I have a couple of varying cans off undercoat. Thin, Thick etc. The steering wheel I used the thick PPG auto undercoat I just spray a little bit so it dribbles over the nozzle, dry and then go at it full spray. The effect splatters the undercoat thickly. I dip it in a fine grain sand, dry and then TS-29
Another way to do suede is to buy flocking powder from ebay or art supplies, apply glue to where you want it, pour powder on the model over a sheet of paper to catch powder for reuse. With practice, you can flock the entire interior of a model car, bus, truck, train, etc.
For some reason, the Gouf hands are mounted using a peg into a polycap, rather than a ball joint. I want to replace them with some other HG hands, since the Gouf hands are…
Thanks, haha i hope this won’t fall in the advance category, i kinda held back on the mods and just went with really small additional details. I feel like i might fall behind with the people there.
The thing is, i am too stingy to start kitbashing parts from my other kits so i just used plates haha.
Here is my first WIP update. I am cleaning up the nubs and i have the frame painted in gun metal. I am doing some detailing of pipes and pistons on the frame as well. The armor pieces are also being prepped for paint. The Stein is coming together nicely.
Update on Jim + Jim Junior;
Work has been pretty full on with a special project so all hobby activity at a low – but I did find time to have a look at some clear stand pieces…
Hello….this is my entry for the Plamo Modeling competition, an aoshima beemax BMW 318i E30 purchased from hlj.com (invoice number 165154348). I will build this one with…
Added a number of lines, and ended up filling in several of them that looked out of place. I tried to make curved lines on the shoulders and ended up with a mess (in the heat…
I have been researching gunpla on Japanese sites in my ciggarette breaks and one phrase I keep coming across that makes sense is “Learning through trial and error”.
You can only improve by pushing your limits and trying stuff out is fun – I am also going to attempt some techniques that are currently untested yet I feel this is the fun part mwahaha