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Well you might get a couple out of this lot. Please feel free to ignore the clutter in the background! In use bits boxes. First off, we now have a bowsprit. I had one and thought, well, why not? The big thrust generator has gone. Replaced by this smaller box thing. I realised that the crew couldn't get past the big bulky thing to the bow. I considered building stairs and a gantry. But decided on what you see here. The thrust genny will reappear sometime in the future. probably on a space ship or something along those lines. You can maybe make out some etch fencing around the sides here at the front. Falling overboard could mean a very long drop! And moving further aft we have winglets. They give a little extra lift at speed. Probably good for stability too. And, part of the underneath hinges down to act as airbrakes. The Meng nuts and bolts are prominent on the green panel.. At the end here are two tubes to release steam pressure from the bladders that drop the airbrakes. And at the stern we have these steerable thrusters. They were Ludo counters. now mounted in lids for my eyedrops! The fairings are from an old space shuttle toy. I do have a few more pics, I'll add them soon. I also have a new propulsion device to be fitted. Pictures in the next installment, soon. Many thanks for looking. Still waiting here for the Postie to deliver the bourbon biscuits BTW. Cheers, Pete Thanks for looking

Primer on.... Next up WWI British khaki/brown

i already begun. 🥰 I think kaiyodo will publish that holding shield EVA-00 too, since both figures came from same pre-painted figure. but in this moment there is no info about it. at least let kaiyodo publish EVA-05 & EVA-13 in 2026 first 🤭

This is the latest release from Kaiyodo´s Neon Genesis Evangelion ARTPLA Line. Spoilers ahead: This kit looks a bit different from the other Evangelion Artpla kits, esp. the Eva-01 (Berserk) and the Eva-02 (BOTGF) kits with their organic elements the were revealed in the progress of the TV-Show. Operation Yashima took place pretty early in the show, while the Eva´s were still mainly seen as giant Robots. To complete the Operation Yashima scene, it would be great if Kaiyodo would offer a suitably scaled Eva-00 Artpla Kit with the giant shield. Not sure if this will ever happen.....

grouted nice details & proportion, but floor spirit steals one tiny yellow part at neck 😭

couple of points here. I'd love to have one of these - if anyone would volunteer to print one I'd happily pay for the resin, postage, etc. Oh, and I never though I'd see Austrian air force decals on an UFO! Now the raptor as pilot and abductor makes me wonder if you've read one of the best sci book series I've read in my life, Harry Turtledove's Worldwar, about an alien invasion of Earth where the aliens are, well, evolved dinosaurs! The whole build and dio are terrific, and I'll be looking out for it at shows to come, including SMW - I think it's a corker!!

Thank you all for having a look and commenting! Bill

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Thank you! The dome required a lot of sanding and polishing to get it smooth enough. However, it’s worth noting that the dome was still opaque at this point. I then sprayed Tamiya Smoke from a rattle can followed by Auto Laquer to give it a high gloss finish. i don’t think you could ever get a completely clear finish with resin, unless someone knows a trick to do it!

what a totally cracking idea and walk through - brilliant and inventive Aren't we humans great !

Ready for primer.... Bigs and bobs just dry fitted.....

For a sparkle, especially in this scale, I'd try spraying a very thin layer of a metallic white or metallic clearcoat over the matt white. Test on something like a plastic spoon first, but this may give a sufficient subtle result for the scale relatively easily. Jo

BTW, I apologise for the lack of progress recently - my builds seem cursed with 'real life' interruptions. Anyone who has followed any previous builds of mine will be aware.

well done to you anyway - Mr Mole looks very nice

4.3kyen is reasonable price for this size of PB HG.

I am. But I have nothing handy to make one. Alex

Hi Pete You've reminded me - I did catch that documentary about T2 and the green quick fix. Annoyingly, this kit has all the colour boundaries printed as raised contoured surfaces as opposed to a smooth upper/lower hull pair of sections. Although the contours are perfect and symmetrical, the raised edges create lips that need a very tight tuck of masking tape and has lead me to work upwards from the lowest sections while painting as opposed to starting with the yellow and working down as one of my fellow club members suggested to do - as he had on his old Doyusha kit of the same. And I'm sure that there shall be areas where the masking tape has moved or shrunk in the summer heat leaving some bleed but I've tried my best to seal it all in with Humbrol Gloss cote - still a lot more masking to do for the yellow and dark blue upper areas but I'll get there in the end. Hopefully for our UK Nationals later in November.

But when they made the original there was no Tamiya tape or anything like that. What a nightmare they must have had. In fact, thinking about the tools, techniques, glues and materials that we have now makes the originals even more fabulous. There's a film on the tube about Thunderbirds. During filming Thunderbird 2 was damaged on one side. The model makers had an hour to fix it. They used green plasticene, and the Director tried not to film that side that afternoon.

Then I'll keep on looking forward to a nice surprise of an end result

I've watched Guys on the tube do that. But it's not how my brain works. I also like that I'm not tied by copying someone else's design. I just have a basic idea and then see what the bits boxes spit out! On that note, This one is swerving a little into the anime' lane. There are lots of weird flying things in there to crib from. Thanks for looking.

This fish is proving a masking nightmare - both shades of blue down now, yellow to go next. Then the P & S porthole area dark blue - what a masking journey

very nice model - the 2 versions look great aside one-another.

Looks great to me, were you not tempted to add it to a base about to start having a mole down a hole?

This is going to be a build that will be so much fun to watch come together, I love these anti-gravity ship ideas that are becoming more popular and very inventive. What a great way to kit bash and scratch build up. Do you have any sketches of how you hope this vessel may turn out to look like? Quite brilliant, indeed..

You can find the man himself on Bluesky, if you want to ask him any questions... 😜 best, M.