AndyP Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 What ho fellows Well i finished my Galactica and was going to start on the TOS Battlestar, but then i saw how much resin was involved and decided id rather do something a little more straight forward (almost slicing the end of my finger off didn't help either ) So i decided to start on REX Awesome boxart by Yoji Shinikawa Obligatory spru shot First leg Its all unpainted, im building up the sub assemblies before i decide on the final colour scheme anyone who's built a Bandai Gundam will be familier with how the kits go together, they essentially snap together with no need to glue (they say that, once im ready to paint ill be gluing this properly) so far its very straight forward and fun, the legs all move correctly and extend just like Rex should, Ive already finished the pelvis and starting on the head this evening shouldnt take too long with this cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Watching keenly, those legs are really meaty. Will you preserve the articulation, or glue it into a pose to paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Welp that was fast  finished the sub-assemblies last night   Pelvis    The Head   Rail Gun and Radar    TMD pack - this has the only part which gave any trouble during assembly, the dark grey plug on the bottom refused to fit into the hole without some sanding back,  And fitted together, its now going to get broken down again and given some paint, a few bits here and there will be glued, but ill be retaining all the articulation (except perhaps the foot spikes, they just keep falling off so they might get glued into place  any thoughts on colour? i wanna try to keep true to the game version, but i Do like the new splinter camo they have on the PAK-FA, also my make suggested tiger stripes, but then he is a sadistic sob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppaMoomin Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Black with red detail, a bit like the wermacht locomotives might look fab on this. Really enjoying this build, looks superb and just my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablar Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Absolutely brilliant. May i ask where you got this from? Would very much like to grab myself one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 So yeh, bet you thought id forgotten about this and she was languishing on the bottom of the stash, nope no annoyingly I got it into my head that Digital Camo might be a good look for the REX aaannndd that kinda takes a while to apply all that tape http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy3e/8433252149/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy3e/8433252119/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy3e/8433252043/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy3e/8433252057/'> So still need to touch up a few places, and then apply a wash, but thought id share where we are at the moment, anyway hope you like it, cos like hell im gonna repaint it at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Worth waiting for! Did you use individual lengths of tape, or cut out the masks from big flat bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseGill Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Love the Camo. Id also love to see how you did it too. I have a plan to do something like that on either my Ma.K Lunadiver or Falke J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppaMoomin Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Looks amazing, really worth looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) I'd like to point out that I might be the one to blame for Andy spending many hours masking the whole thing. I may have mentioned that I thought it would look awesome in a digital camo scheme. However, I did not expect my best mate to take me seriously. Although, it is nice to know that I was right and that it does look awesome. Well done buddy! Edited February 4, 2013 by Tinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablar Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 This is going to look gorgeous with the wash applied. Also, may I ask again where you got it from? If it was somewhere online I would very much like to get my hands on one. If you could PM me that would be great . Keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyro-manic Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 hlj.com will have these, as well as other places. Not likely to find them in model shops in this country. http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYKP-221 Looks really sharp, AndyP - nice work so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I like that! The camo looks brill. Thought about a digital scheme for the Sentinel I'm currently doing. Thats as far as I got though, I just thought about it! Regards, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 All finished and posted in RFI http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234937454-metal-gear-rex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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