Slogging along on the Kampfer build. I did a test to see if I could get a movable lit mono eye to work. By drilling out one of the pivot posts for the mono eye holder and gluing a clear sprue stub into the head structure to act as a retainer plus a light conductor, I was able to get indirect light from a LED glued to the top of the clear sprue.…[Read more]
Nice trick with the monoeye. Seems like a really good use of the available space. Though with the clear peg angled the way it is, wouldn’t the amount of light coming out the lens vary depending on the direction the monoeye is pointed? (With the Kampfer’s limited range of monoeye movement it may not matter…)
I’d normally approach something like…[Read more]
As you noted, the Kampfer has really limited eye movement, so the brightness of the light does not change when it is swung to the side. I plan on lighting my Zakus, which may require a different approach as they have a greater range of eye movement. This was my first attempt to light a model so it was all trial and error. I took one…[Read more]
Nutzoids, I haven’t done anything for so long I posted this in the wrong place!
Some progress on the MG Kampfer.
I have started drilling out the armor perforations (aka Izubuchi Holes). The shoulder ball armor will be getting little round inset details using drilled out pin heads. The pin heads are molded plastic, so they have nubs and p…[Read more]
For the Kampfer build, I will be using Bandai’s 0080 Part 2 decal set, and Satellite’s caution data set. The Satellite sheets come in different colors, so I am showing the black one for photo purposes. I’ll actually be using the white sheet. The Bandai HDM resin manipulators have more detail and hold weapons better than the kit’s plastic…[Read more]
Yeah, too busy/lazy to make one up. I’ll get to it…before Jan 1, 2014!
Where are the East Oahu Radical Splinter Faction boys? The D tried to register and log in today. I hope he can find his way in. I noticed the dialogue box intermittently fails to appear. And the Big Orkork? Beeeezy?
I’m pecking away on the Kampfer, just haven’t had…[Read more]
No worries, this guy has two bazookas, plus two shotguns and two panzerfausts, all standard equipment. It comes with a “chain mine” as well, but it is silly looking. A Gatling gun is thus not necessary (and would be Fake Gundam).