It is a fun small build, I did not add the battery box as I doubt I will use it at all.
It took like 15 mins, at most 20 mins to complete the build.
It is a fun small build, I did not add the battery box as I doubt I will use it at all.
It took like 15 mins, at most 20 mins to complete the build.
Looking at the provided decals, I found that it does not match the cockpit IP at all ...
Given it has limited visibility to the interior of the cockpit after closing the canopy, I take the decals as is.
Highlight the cockpit with some enamels black, red, blue, silver ... followed by dark grey wash with AK paint.
Time to build the cockpit.
This kit has been idle for very long time, and here is a quick spraying to conclude. Not counting the build time, I really spent approx. 30 mins to complete the paint job. I applied color directly, without surfacer. No matte clear, no weathering, not even panel lining ... and yes, I still cannot find where is the canopy (I assumed it is called this way) transparent part, and I damaged its left palm.
Maybe I will fix it again in future. Take it as a case close for now.
2 passes of washing, first with a mixture of black and grey 502, 2nd is with 502 fading white
More to go
Decals done, and prepared the rest of the small parts (quite a number of parts for such a small kit), painted and installed.
Complete the basic build. Let paints dry for couple of days, before the wash.
First ever try on AFV modelling, started with a small one
One simple sprue but still come with a piece of PE.
1/5 GP bike has its own charm, RG Evo is the brand to go for.
My friend delivered this me over the last Xmas ! and obviously, with the EP version too
Why not both ?
The GP bike comes with engine - an OS engine not sure if it is .12 or .15, and with a trimmed down heat sink to fit inside the chassis, a special pipe set too.
Back to the canopy work
Bandai provided two type of canopy, both are in close position. One is without the frame so no need to mask, the other one is typical - I pick the typical one as the frame for the other type seems too thick ...
But, somehow Bandai did not provide a user-friendly canopy this time, there are 4 gates connecting to it (while there are 3 on the frameless one) and there are two gates which will be visible after installation.
The gate is so big and visible, and turns a bit white too - I started from #400 sand paper and end with #10,000. The result is :Applied Mr Color c074 on landing gear bays and cockpit and c319 on the air intake cone
Modo MX-02 for the panel in front of the cockpit
The last step is to make the light on the right landing gear well cover.
Found an injection pin associated with the Bandai 1/72 A-Wing, which seems to be a good fit in size.
Installed the light and completed the build !