#nacchin

[haknamindustries]

First build of the year, Kotobukiya Nacchin Scopedog. I love cats and mechs and Armored Trooper Votoms so this little dude (barely 10 cm tall) is the perfect combination of all of these. He even got a little cat tail but you can't see it in the picture. Also, first time applying water slides. Who would have thought that applying tiny stickers is so relaxing? Next step is a top coat to seal everything in (and hide the the nub marks 😂).

[hobbystationerytagimi]

コトブキヤ　1/35 警視庁07式-Ⅲ型特殊車両 パトなっちん　なっちん　再入荷しました。

https://www.tagimi.net/?pid=172335290

[rotten-velvet]

7. Heartful

The simplest time at the Heartful House...

[darkeangel]

I…really like Robots you guys

[argumentalist]

I built a JGSDF Type 07-III Tank Prototype Nacchin this week.

This was my first kit from Kotobukiya - an adorable little cat-like robot tank thing.

It's a surprisingly thick box with lots of plastic in it. Several runners in just a couple different colors of plastic. A surprisingly large amount of ABS plastic, which meant I had to be somewhat careful about the paints and solvents I used.

The kit included waterslide decals, which are always a nice addition.

I kind of hate applying waterslide decals... They're so finnicky and difficult to get just right. But they always look nice when you're done.

Of course the decals need to be protected once they're applied - they're fragile and easily damaged. In the past I've just brushed-on some topcoat over the decals themselves... But this time around I wanted to try hitting the whole model with a matte topcoat.

This was my first time topcoating an entire gunpla-ish model. And, unfortunately, this kit suffered for my ignorance.

I used some Testors Dullcote on the first pass, and that didn't play nicely with the pour-type Gundam Marker panel-liners I'd used. You can see where that blurred and ran.

I used Mr. Super Clear Matt on the second batch... Which seemed to work better... But it's still not perfect. You can still see some blurring on the panel-liner.

I'm not sure if I need different topcoat, or different panel-liners, or a different process... But what I'm doing right now just isn't working great.

Once everything was topcoated and dried I re-assembled the kit and started to pose it... Only to break a bit in the left arm. The topcoat had tightened all the joints - one of them maybe a little too much.

So I had to carefully glue that tiny little bit back together. And then, just to be safe, I sanded several of the joints to make sure they could move without breaking.

And there it is!

Assembled, decaled, topcoated, broken, fixed, re-assembled, and posed.

I really like the design of this kit. I like the vaguely catlike aesthetic for this chonky tankbot. The tiny little pawlike feet on it. The tail. The different, expressive eyeplates. I just wish it was a little more sturdy and poseable. As it is, I'm afraid to do much with it.

[nervespike]

sugar_cy 

[pigeon-doodles]

Hatoful dump pt.2: au where the CHiLdrEn LiVE and gO To SCHoOL!

[kingkazuaki]

advent

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