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PG Char’s Zaku II part 4
The plastic for these parts has a dark blue tint to it. I like the idea of some blue on the kit as it will contrast nicely with the red/orange/pink tones of the main armour. I painted all these parts...
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1/144 Beargguy
My youngest daughter (after watching Gunpla Builders Beginning G) wanted to build a Beargguy. After all, Beargguy is rather cute, so I ordered the kit for her.She was ever so happy to get started! Here...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 5
Now that the major work and painting on the armour is complete, I began on the internals. There’s going to have to be some touch-up work, but I find it much easier to paint all the small pieces on the...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 6
Being a Perfect Grade, this kit has some really nice detail sections, and given the articulating armour pieces there’s good visibility of them on the final model, making effort here very worthwhile.All...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 7
The weapons were now ready to assemble!The gun was assembled then received another coat of Tamiya gun metal over the nub removal marks. The Heat Hawk had it’s clear plastic part painted with Tamiya...
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New Arrivals
The very nice guy from FedEx just arrived. This is what was in the Hobby Link Japan parcel he had for me:I’ve never build a proper transforming Gundam, hence the Aegis. I remember the early Macross...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 8
With some struggle, I was able to complete the assembly of the Zaku’s arms. The struggle was getting those darn little screws into the model to hold it tight. I do hope I got the right screws in the...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 9
With the major painting complete (just really doing touch-ups, or adding detail as I see where the pieces go when assembled), progress is good, although slower than with other kits due to the...
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PG Char’s Zaku II part 10 – Frame
I completed the frame and did an assembly. This kit has perhaps the most impressive inner frame of PG Gundams that I’ve built so far. There’s an immense amount of detail and good articulation. The only...
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PG Char’s Zaku II
Ok, yes, you’ve guessed it, I’m happy! Although rather tricky to put the armour on, the end result is looking superb. I did some more work on the lighting, adding two soft lights and moving the key...
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RG Strike
Syd – the Gaijin Gunpla, the host of HobbyLinkTV’s GunplaTV has posted an article on one of my recent builds – RG Strike and Launcher Pack.
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Unicorn Full Armor part 1
After completing Valvrave I, I needed a complete change, and it was time to put off the 1/100 MG Unicorn Full Armor no longer!For a 1/100 this is a big kit, with a box packed chock-full of runners and...
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Unicorn Full Armor part 2
Decided to begin work on the boosters as this would allow me to test some of the paint ideas I was going to use for the main model.Here you can see me gluing and sanding the boosters to remove their...
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Unicorn Full Armor part 3
Unicorn has been a tricky build so far, not least because I’m masking and painting practically every white armour piece. I really like how the grey sections break up the armor without being too...
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Unicorn Full Armor
The main assembly and painting of Unicorn Full Armor is complete. This is quite a stunning kit when assembled, but it’s also very fiddly, complex and somewhat frustrating. I think I’m going to have to...
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Geara Doga 1
Geara Doga arrived in the post from HLJ along with RX-78-2 V3.0 and the two new Real Grades. I thought it was going to be a tough decision on what to build, but it was easy! After reading Syd’s review...
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Geara Doga 2
Geara Doga is perhaps the Gundam kit I’ve had the most fun with so far! Why? Because it’s well engineered and goes together really seamlessly, it’s a large kit, and, well….. it just looks great.Here’s...
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Geara Doga
Ok, it has to be said – “Geara Doga is my favourite Gundam model build so far.” Why? Because it looks great, it goes together great, the details are great, the inner frame went together well and those...
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1/100 Kastrysha part 1
To say that the Elyn Kashatryia (Kshatriya) is a rather different kit is an understatement. The kit comes with all pieces separated in trays, and the legs and arms pre-assembled.But pre-assembled legs...
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1/100 Kastrysha part 2
The boxes all the parts come in make a good place to store the parts after painting, but before assembly. The binders have had the full treatment now – primer, pre-shading, painting, Future Finish, oil...
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