Will Vale Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Hi folks, Finished off this quickie project this week - the elapsed time is quite long but the time I actually worked on it is pretty short as it was waiting for the Cosmo Zero. Another enjoyable little kit from Bandai with crisp details which belie the tiny size. (click for more/bigger) The base is another rubberwood coaster with a sheet of clear plastic on top. I painted the bottom with ocean colours in reverse, and then applied tinted gel on the top to get waves. The two layers give a nice impression of depth, albeit one that might be a bit unrealistic for the scale. The gel texture is a bit lumpy and messy in detail but if you look from normal viewing distance I think it does the job. The wave crests are just a bit of white paint, variously sponged, drybrushed and painted on and then wiped with a finger along the wave to break up the shape. I forgot to take a scale cue picture, but the model is just under 100mm long. No problems with cracking plastic on this one - I did give it a good coat of Klear before doing any weathering, maybe that did the trick? Thanks for looking! Will 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Very nice Will, great finish and a very interesting subject, thanks for sharing. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 way cool - it looks a lot bigger than it is. Maybe its a different type of plastic so it won't crack? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 looks great, very nice job on the finish and the water looks great, nice work all around.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Fabulous result, Will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Incredible work on such a tiny ship! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Thanks all! The water was fun to do, as was the detail painting after I psyched myself up for it. Except perhaps for those wretched hexagons on the (elevator?) deck. As far as I can tell the plastic felt like the same usual Bandai - certainly I did have some cracking with the engines on the Ultraman VTOL which is another Mecha Colle offering. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Blimey you got a lot of detail in for such a small model Will, lovely paint! And the base looks very cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Thanks, it helps that the detail is moulded quite deeply. So for the "glowing" markings I filled the recesses with enamels and then cleaned off any spillage. I was tempted to paint the turrets but decided discretion was the better part of valour and ran away Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 a really nice model and diorama build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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