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Bandai Yamato 2205 Deusula III Mecha Collection 1 plastic model build April 5th, 2022

I used the Mr. Color Yamato 2199 Darold paint set for this, since the Deusula III is basically a beefed-up version of the Darold. This is the first mecha collection kit for the new Yamato 2205 show.

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Bandai Macross Delta Mecha Collection Draken III plastic model build January 25th, 2018

Since these Macross Delta Mecha Colle kits only come with stickers instead of decals, and especially since they don’t even include stickers for the underside of these fighter jets, I didn’t put a lot of effort into this kit. I did the assembly during my lunch break at my desk at work. Easy.

I used my Tamiya panel liner to bring out the details, then wiped the excess off with a cotton swab dipped in enamel thinner.. I didn’t paint the model, but one way of cheating is to just airbrush a clear coat onto the bare, colored plastic. I sprayed a semigloss clear coat.

Next it was time to begin on the stickers. These are very thin stickers and quite nice, as far as stickers go. They go on easily, and they can be lifted up easily if you need to reposition them.

As you can see, no stickers are provided for the underside. That’s unfortunate. I would have gladly paid a bit extra for it to come with more stickers.

And here you have it with the stand. Bandai has a 1:72 scale transformable kit of the Draken III, but I’m more interested in Hasegawa’s non-transforming Draken III in the same scale.

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Bandai Yamato 2199 Murasame mecha collection plamo build June 14th, 2018

I finally finished this little kit.I know a guy who has an Alps printer with the ability to print white ink, but it was an old printer and he had problems with it. That was a while back. For a while I was hoping I could somehow find a way to get these stickers printed as decals, but I gave up. I’d completed the painting a few years ago, but it remained unassembled in its box until now.

I did the panel lines with black Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color. What I did was use the stupid stickers after all, and I went over them with a flat clear coat and it helped to make them look less sticker-y. Here is the final result.

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Bandai Yamato 2202 Mecha Collection 01 Andromeda plamo picture gallery March 19th, 2018

Here’s a quick build of the new Andromeda kit that is the first in the Yamato 2202 Mecha Collection series. I actually did not use GSI Creos’s Yamato 2202 paints for the Andromeda, but rather I mixed some paints on my own to create a close approximation. I wasn’t aware that there were new 2202 paints that were released last summer.

I did not attempt to make any custom decals, but instead I opted to just use the stickers that come with this kit. Fortunately, they are fairly matte, so there isn’t much of a shine. If they were super glossy, then it would look like crap.

This was a fun, quick build. I do not have the new 2202 1:1000 scale Andromeda from 2202, but I do own the old legacy Bandai kit which I would like to light up instead.