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A super quick build of this teeny tiny disco deathstar from Bandai. An amazing build for what is essentially a ball! I used SMS paints chameleon blue/purple over a Vallejo gloss black primer. I was wondering if I should put a gloss coat over it.. but wasn't sure if I'd stuff up the chameleon effect. (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ3GKFdsczo/?igshid=1jcthhkq2oc8y

On special request from my 5yo - the MG 1/100 Z'Gok that's been sitting in my backlog for years.. he saw the Z'Gok in Gundam Unicorn and wanted me to make it for his bedroom. So.. in my quickest build of an MG ever - 5 hours later a built, decalled, spot painted and gloss/matt coated kit! It looks very beefy and came together without a hitch! Surprising considering that this kit was released in 2003! Big props to #smspaints for some incredibly easy-to-use silver and gunmetal as well as gloss coat. So far I haven't been succesful in avoiding scratched paint yet.. even if primed :( maybe I need to wait longer for the primer to dry. (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJtH2m6sDqK/?igshid=1kw8g4q9t65ko

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1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair - finally finished this amazing warbird! Purchased second hand in decent condition but unfortunately the decals had been exposed to heat and crumbled upon application :( such a pain - had to buy some new ones which made this bargain kit pretty pricey in the end.. oh well just part of the journey! My first time doing a US ww2 aircraft and trying this colour scheme using blue tack to mask each shade of blue. As per usual with Tamiya the fit was perfect! Also applied an oil wash of abteilung watered down. No other weathering yet. not confident enough.. soon...

1/48 Tamiya Vought F4au-1A Corsair. Purchased second hand so I had a lot of trouble with the decals which seem to have been exposed to a lot of heat and crumbled in water. Bought some new decals which were better and now it looks pretty good! https://www.instagram.com/p/CHe2HKYMX77/?igshid=119bjyw807zoe

1/35 Core Fighter. Mission Complete! This was the GFT version purchased from Tokyo years ago.. finally got the courage to work through it. At first I wanted to do a custom build but ended up doing a bit of a roughed up standard.. much like the box art.

What can I say - build quality was brilliant - can't ask for much more from Bandai for an MG style build. Plenty of waterslide decals, 4 people to paint if you want to - I'm keeping the rest for later, and some beautifully sharp panel lines.

#gunpla #gundam

Build 2 of Covid-19 Isolation month 5. This lovely airfix 1/72 Junkers Stuka. I made one of these as a kid and wanted to see how it would turn out given my more advanced skills (I hope). A fairly simple build with no issues. This was my first attempt at painting a ww2 plane with camouflage paint on the upper side.

I didn't paint all the struts on the canopy - I was doing manual masking and it was a bit of a pain so I thought that this will do for the scale (lazy :)). Might try one of those 3rd party canopy masks in future.

#airfix

Build 2 of Covid-19 Isolation month 5. This lovely airfix 1/72 Junkers Stuka. I made one of these as a kid and wanted to see how it would turn out given my more advanced skills (I hope). A fairly simple build with no issues. This was my first attempt at painting a ww2 plane with camouflage paint on the upper side.

I didn't paint all the struts on the canopy - I was doing manual masking and it was a bit of a pain so I thought that this will do for the scale (lazy :)). Might try one of those 3rd party canopy masks in future.

#airfix

Such a pity to come this far with this awesome MG Geara Doga and then discover that you lost the polycap runner :(((( hopefully I can get it on order from Japan.. or find it somewhere at home. That's what happens when you leave it on the desk untouched for 4 months :(

#gundam #gunpla

Special delivery! Finished my painted build of the mighty PG 1/60 Skygrasper and Aile Striker. I'm really enjoying aircraft at the moment! Next up is the PG Strike Gundam which attaches to this (or the other way around).

This is a big boy.. it won't fit in my current lightbox.

#gundam #gunpla

It's been years since I've painted a WW2 plane - picked up a 1/48 Tamiya Mitsubishi Interceptor Raiden on the cheap and thought I'd practice some painting on it. Quite happy with the results! I tried a new oil paint wash using Abteilung 502+rapid thinner - gives the plane a nice worn look with a deeper uneven green.

Lazy photo of the finished 1/6 scale Bandai Shadow Storm Trooper! As easy as an HG but bigger.. here he is standing next to the 1/6 Bandai Storm trooper!

Something big is coming!

Gatchapon Dom head brought back from Japan. Totally looks like a toy out of the box so I wanted to give it a more rugged colour and texture. Didn't take and comes out ok. Pretty happy for a quick few hours job.

#gundam #gunpla #dom #gatchapon

Bandai Star Wars 1/12 scale R2-Q2. Partly spray painted by can (due to laziness). It comes with a lot of extra parts to shoot out from his chest and head but I couldn't be bothered tinkering with fragile parts.

Haven't painted in ages so I quickly did some work on this spare 1/12 stormtrooper helmet from a bandai hansolo kit. I wanted to give it a war paint feel, possibly showered with blood of his enemies the way a Predator would do it.

#starwars #stormtrooper #bandai

Exceed Head Zaku. Just playing with airbrushing..

Bandai HG Gipsy Avenger deluxe (comes with stand and LED for his chest.) Fun little build with some great panel lines for detailing.

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