As it is the 40th anniversary of Gunpla I decided to build the Ver. Ka (and experience the terror of dry rub transfers). But as it is made from the parts of two GMs from 0083 I decided to get another RX-78 and recreate the RX-78-1 from Mobile Suit Variations. View
with the recent release of the Gernsback from Aoshima…. I wanna see Bandai do the Gernsbacks from the anime series: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid….. but better…
Final Submission done.
I wanted to make a comment on the color bits around my kit. I painted the kit fuel drums on bright colors to represent those were civilian drums they…
Thanks! Really happy with the way it turned out.
Being a 1/72 kit it is rather small (hull is about 95mm long) and I wouldn’t be able to put the level of detail on it for me to be confident for the advanced category. I would definitely consider trying doing diorama, or maybe a 1/35 kit next time, although I have never done one.
Weathering done. I applied a dark wash, followed by some chipping and painted some remaining details. Then I sealed everything with a matte varnish and finished it with some metallic dry-brushing.
Details painted and everything coated with and acrylic gloss varnish.
After it had dried I carried on by placing a healthy amount of decals, next step is weathering!
Base color applied. Sadly I forgot to take photos of the pre-shading which was done after the primer, you can see its effect on the subtle differences on the tone of the color. Looking good!
Done with the assembly of the kit. I want it to tell a story, I am going with the setup of “A T-90A on Syria”. As you know on the ongoing (and awful) conflict on Syria, alm…
I have attached an extra machinegun on a welded support, made a big spaced armor plate covering the side armor not protected by ERA, placed some slat armor protecting the back of the turret and got a few track links and logs to work as extra armor. I was extra careful that none of the this modifications hindered any of the huge amount of sensors…[Read more]
Here is my entry, Revell’s 1/72 T-90A.
The latest development of the T-72 family, incorporating some nice active protection systems and following the Russian trend, a h…