Thud4444 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Nice! For some reason, I'm loving the Neo Zeon on the back. Great work on the red it looks wonderful so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 5 hours ago, Hunter Rose said: Its looking great Brian! Cheers, finished it now just need to sort out the display stand for it, looks much better now its all matt as well. Pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Thud4444 said: Nice! For some reason, I'm loving the Neo Zeon on the back. Great work on the red it looks wonderful so far. Thanks, im with you on the Neo Zeon decal. Here is all i have for now, no weathering as such just used washes on the engine and cannon internals and then the shading on the red. Some of the joins are not great but i have learnt so much from doing this i dont mind. I am thinking i should have put a bit of white on the wings? You can not see but the tip of the cannon is white. Edited July 9, 2017 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I think it looks good, I'd take some "I think it's finished" pics and decide about the white then? I guess you could mask and touch in those fin-tips, or do you mean the forward shroud bits? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Will Vale said: I think it looks good, I'd take some "I think it's finished" pics and decide about the white then? I guess you could mask and touch in those fin-tips, or do you mean the forward shroud bits? Will Cheers Will, was thinking just the fin tips. Two more pictures of the finished build. And one with its escort zaku. Not sure about the effects parts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I think you're right, it probably looks more impressive without the effect parts (much like a real Bandai kit!) I'm not sure about the white fin-tips because they're right next to the circular white details (thrusters?) - but yellow to pick up the yellow logo might work. Or a ~5mm red band around the white part of the cannon? Or just draw a line under it, it looks great already Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Well that has well and truly pi#@ed me off, a reaction to the glue i think has caused a bloody great dent in the main shell. I had decided that is wash finished and i would glue the top and bottom shells to the middle part. I couldn't find the two part epoxy so i used the evostick contact glue, somthing i have used before. Used a small pea size blob to bridge any gaps and all was well until the next day and this showed it god dame ugly face. You might have to zoom in but you will see it. I have put it back on the shelf of doom! I could let it all dry out and fill it or i do have another part i could replace it with but i can not face it just now I'm likely to brake somthing. Here yuk! Edited July 11, 2017 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimMather Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 12 hours ago, rockpopandchips said: Well that has well and truly pi#@ed me off, a reaction to the glue i think has caused a bloody great dent in the main shell. I had decided that is wash finished and i would glue the top and bottom shells to the middle part. I couldn't find the two part epoxy so i used the evostick contact glue, somthing i have used before. Used a small pea size blob to bridge any gaps and all was well until the next day and this showed it god dame ugly face. You might have to zoom in but you will see it. I have put it back on the shelf of doom! I could let it all dry out and fill it or i do have another part i could replace it with but i can not face it just now I'm likely to brake somthing. Here yuk! i had this exact issue when modding the fuel tanks on the mk3 gundam. took a week for a big dent to show and came from the inside to out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Made my mined up to replace the upper hull section last night and made a start on the new one. Adding a mono eye LED and have changed the fin shape slightly. I managed to get the broken section of and only snapped one of the fins from the engine, so not to bad really. Edited July 18, 2017 by rockpopandchips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thats a swine! Good on you for cracking on with a replacement and not giving up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Hunter Rose said: Thats a swine! Good on you for cracking on with a replacement and not giving up Its has been bugging the hell out of me since I thought I had finished it, I just couldn't leave it like that so the only thing to do was bite the bullet and get it sorted. I am please i have the chance to add the mono eye as I think it will add the missing Zeon detail that the original was lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimMather Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 good job, so much easier to just replace and start again than trying to fix it, with me i tried to fix it and the dent kept growing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, TimMather said: good job, so much easier to just replace and start again than trying to fix it, with me i tried to fix it and the dent kept growing. Cheesr, yeh the dent did get a bit bigger over about 6 days so wasn't happy with it at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 This is how tge dent ended up looking. And ftom the inside, lots of what look like bubbles. And this is the MK II upper shell as i leave it to dry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Oh my word that looked like you had scratch built a plague ship there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 On 19/07/2017 at 8:27 PM, The Chief Smeg said: Oh my word that looked like you had scratch built a plague ship there! A pain ship not sure about a plague. Did some painting on the mk II shell and looking to fit the LED. Might need a resister for it, its an led i fulled out of somthing at some point so not sure what its rated as, anyway very happy with it so far 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Looking good again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 15 hours ago, The Chief Smeg said: Looking good again Cheers. Wired in a resister and sorted out were to stuff the wires, looks better now. I still need to order some new decals for it so it will probably it like this now for a week or two. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 That LED makes it look sinister. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Awesome! Yeah love the mono eye. Gives it a creepy Maximillian vibe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 That's a good upgrade, excellent way to take advantage of a mini-disaster. I think it helps a lot with the scale too, it looks bigger automatically because the "window" is small. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) Well i was getting sick of this thing sitting on the shelf of doom so i pulled my finger out and finished it of yesterday, i had a miner mishaps with the decals sivering that i sort of fixesd but then ended up with a run in the top coat but im leaving it as it is now, pics to come later. You can just see the silvering on the decals on the back of tge ship. Also ended up using a smaller decal on the top, i think its works better for the scale. Edited September 6, 2017 by rockpopandchips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 All finished and some slightly to dark photos in the RFI section. Thank for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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