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.
Because of the volume of entries we’ve received for the 2017 Modeling Competition, the announcement of the winners has been delayed until Wednesday, May 24th (Japan time). Thank you for all the great entries, and sorry for the wait!
well nearly done my 3rd painted kit and i wanted a shiny sazabi. thought about doing this kit for the plamo comp, but glossy sazabis are pretty common on the net so i tried something different………now for 200 friggin decals
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]