Brundledonk Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) The forearm armour can open and close to show a little of the frame detail And with the 1/144 real grade Gundam to show the size difference Edited June 17, 2018 by Brundledonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) The to do list is getting much smaller now but there's still a fair bit left to do. The waist amd shoulder armour has detailed parts that fit to the back so I need to get those painted then there still the shield to build and paint along with the bazooka, pulse rifle, and casing for the back pack as well as a couple of figures. hopefully I'll be back on it tomorrow and and get it closer to finished but I'll see what pans out cheers me dears Pete Edited June 17, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) It's been a little while since I updated but the weather turned nice and as hot dry days are somewhat of a rarity up here in the wilds i have been outside and not spent much time down in the cave, but I have made a bit more progress so here we go. backpack parts were all primed with Mr Surfacer and based in gloss black, on the back i painted the detail in steel as a hint of it can be seen once its in place on the outer casing i highlighted with a bit of the Mr Color gloss seablue and then a slightly. lighter mix in the centre of the highlight. the details in the sticky up bits were painted with gold and silver but these are hidden one the covers go on there is some detail on the little side thrusters and this was done in the same gold/steel/silver combo i have been using throughout the build but as i mentioned it all gets covered up Edited July 7, 2018 by Brundledonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 as does the detail on the sticky up bits above the shoulders ( but we know its there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) these are all the parts that go on the back of the waist armour (skirts ?) all primed up. I have seen a technique used on other builds called "reverse washing" and after looking at a few youtube videos thought i should give it a go ( i mean what could go wrong ? ) the idea is you use an acrylic paint to base the part and then an enamel paint over the top. the differing chemistry of the paint means that you can remove the enamel from the raised parts using enamel thinners or lighter fluid giving you super sharp and crispy crisp lines without harming the acrylic layer underneath parts sprayed with my choice of acrylic ( Tamiya titanium silver and gold leaf in this case ) Edited July 7, 2018 by Brundledonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) i had to go out and buy some enamel paint and all i could get was good old Humbrol. i haven't used this since i was a nipper and have never airbrushed with enamel before so was a little bit nervous lol. humbrol satin black stirred to within an inch of its life. Its soooo dark and inky black "And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee" i used Humbrols enamel thinner and mixed in a jar ( i usually mix in the cup ) and gave it a squirt over the part Edited July 7, 2018 by Brundledonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Just done a catch up. Still looking great. Reverse wash? brave move. I hope it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Brundledonk said: gave it a squirt over the part AND?! You can’t just leave us hanging there like that! How is it looking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) Sorry for that guys it wasn't intentional to leave it on a cliffhanger lol, I typed out a big post with the pics attached and something went kaboom with my chromebook and the post went to the other dimension where all the odd socks and loose change end up ( by this I mean I don't fully understand how to work it and pressed a wrong key ) it gave me the right hump, it was late and I couldn't muster the enthusiasm to retype it all out so went off to bed. I'm used to using my iPad for posting ( I'm on it now ) but lately it's taken to crashing whilst using the Flickr app and it makes it a real chore to post pics and takes me longer to post progress than to actually do the work on the kit, so I went with the chromebook but as I dont use it much I'm not familiar with its foibles hence the underlined text and wierd spacing of words in last nights posts. I've been busy with a few chores this morning but am free now so will just make myself a cuppa and have another go. its ironic how useless I am with tech nowadays when as a kid I was always the one called upon to set the video for the family to tape the snooker etc lol, and all through the 90s and into the Millenium I was right into my gadgets but as soon as I hit my mid 40s it would seem that the part of the brain that deals with tech related stuff decided to pack it's bags and retire to Florida. and now I'm at the very edge of 50 I need google to tell me what button to press on the remote control to change channels on the telly Pete Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusArenco Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 27 minutes ago, Brundledonk said: its ironic how useless I am with tech nowadays when as a kid I was always the one called upon to set the video for the family to tape the snooker etc lol, and all through the 90s and into the Millenium I was right into my gadgets but as soon as I hit my mid 40s it would seem that the part of the brain that deals with tech related stuff decided to pack it's bags and retire to Florida. and now I'm at the very edge of 50 I need google to tell me what button to press on the remote control to change channels on the telly That’s something that sounds eerily familiar. As a kid I helped my Uncle build a ZX-80 computer, and was one of the kids at school who showed the teachers what to do with them. Now I struggle to use my mobile, and I also have to use google to sort out various tech problems. Enjoying the build so far. Mart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 I'm back and driving the Chromebook again (with stabilisers and L plates ) I have figured out how to turn on auto correct which should help as I am still not used to typing on a physical keyboard and after years using an iPad it's not instinctive anymore where everything is placed on a regular one. so give me a minute to fire up Flickr and I'll try again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, LotusArenco said: That’s something that sounds eerily familiar. As a kid I helped my Uncle build a ZX-80 computer, and was one of the kids at school who showed the teachers what to do with them. Now I struggle to use my mobile, and I also have to use google to sort out various tech problems. Enjoying the build so far. Mart Thanks Mart, yes it's strange where the ability to do that stuff goes, I was quite heavily into video games for years from spectrum and c64 right up to the ps3 and Xbox 360 and every other machine in-between but these days I can no longer seem to remember what the buttons on the gamepad do lol and a few yrears ago I tried to play FIFA with my son on his xbox one and it didn't end well for the team I was controlling lol. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) right then, so I managed to get the part covered with the humbrol but the finish was a bit grainy and not at all satin, in fact it's the flattest black I have seen. I don't know if this is down to the paint or my inexperience with enamel as I've been using acrylics for so many years that thinning them is second nature and with the enamel I dithered somewhat whilst trying to get the right consistency I used lighter fluid and cotton buds to gently remove the paint from the raised areas and this is what I got Not too bad and I was quite pleased with the results for my first go...................... (and here it is) BUT when I did the piece for the opposite side this is what happened I did exactly the same thing but rubbed back right through the paint underneath and where I'm pointing here to the primer back to bare plastic. what I'm pointing out in this pic is not a paint problem but user error. I put the part down the wrong way after spraying and it picked up some white overspray dust. I am used to spraying with paint thinned with cellulose based thinner which is touch dry almost instantly, enamel on the other hand (Doh !) Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) side by side you can see how they look# not as crispy clean a finish as I'd seen on others builds but it's my first go so I expected something to go wrong Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) unperturbed I went for another go on the part that goes on the back of the rear skirt but this time I thought I'd try and get some insurance so gave it a few coats of old Klear as a barrier. I don't use this for glossing anymore but do dip clear parts in it now and again once the Klear had dried I gave it a quick coat of the Humbrol satin and went at it gently with the lighter fluid and cotton buds reverse washing munches through cotton buds Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) and the result was much better than the other attempts and here's the mad bit, even though I managed to get a result that was half decent and you really can't see much of the back of the skirts once they are in place, I didn't like how they looked against the rest of the Gundam. The black doesn't really fit in with the steel/aluminium scheme of the inner frame. so I repainted the skirt liners in the same colours as the frame base coat of alclad steel then hand brushed with Vallejo modelair silver over the raised bits and finally lightly spraying over that with alclad aluminium to hide the brush marks and seal it in, and a bit of dark wash to add some depth to there recesses Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) a bit of a waste of time but I have learned how to do reverse washing although in all honesty it's not the shortcut to neat sharp lines I thought it would be and I also learned that I'm too invested in acrylics now to start using enamel paint too. I wasn't enamoured with the finish the Humbrol gave me but as I said before I'm inclined to believe this is down to my lack of experience with them than the paint itself. Pete Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) and here they are fitted to the skirt armour and on the Gundam one thing I spotted is that the decal on the back skirt reads RX-17B instead of RX-178 lol but not a lot I can do now as the decal has been well sealed under a few flat coats Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Smeg Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 It’s still looking good and to be honest, your repaint did look better to me but I have seen Tolga doing amazing things with reverse washing so it can look incredible; not sure I’m ready to try it just yet. Oh yes, I’m also about 6 months off 50 (or as I like to call it - nearly 45) I’m still up with the tech but struggle with the painting so I suppose I can’t have it all ways. I miss my 48k speccy... but the load time for jet-pack... I don’t miss that, along with the cover art in the cassette which was apparently from a version of the game that I had not bought 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 24 minutes ago, The Chief Smeg said: It’s still looking good and to be honest, your repaint did look better to me but I have seen Tolga doing amazing things with reverse washing so it can look incredible; not sure I’m ready to try it just yet. Oh yes, I’m also about 6 months off 50 (or as I like to call it - nearly 45) I’m still up with the tech but struggle with the painting so I suppose I can’t have it all ways. I miss my 48k speccy... but the load time for jet-pack... I don’t miss that, along with the cover art in the cassette which was apparently from a version of the game that I had not bought 😁 thank you my friend, I will try the technique again in the future but will do some testing first as in hindsight I don't think it was the wisest move to go straight at the model with it. I will try using water based acrylic as the base and also see if I can get hold of some Tamiya enamel as this was the paint usedd I not the tutorials I watched and it may be that the formulation of that particular paint makes it easier to remove ? I will also have a look for Tolga's work and see if I can pick up some tips hahaha yes the good old days of tape loading (syntax error on line 243 lol) I can remember taking the case of my c64 cassette player so I could access the little screw on the head as tweaking that helped things to load smoothly and before that, spemding a whole evening typing in a game printed in a magazine only to find out there was a misprint somewhere and it wouldn't run Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) with the armour finally out of the way I moved onto the weapons. beam sabres were glued so I could remove the seam. Mr Cement S was used and I made sure I got a good ooze of molten plastic same deal with the magazines fir the beam rifle after a jolly good sanding and a lick of primer the beam sabre handles are looking Jamjullah Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) and at first glance the magazines were looking equally as good but alas on closer inspection it seems like there are seams (i thank you ) out with the filler and some more sanding shenanigans (shesandigans ?) and I think they will be ok after a coat of primer Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) these are all the remaining parts for the kit all cleaned up and some primed ready for paint Hyper Bazooka was painted white over Mr Surfacer but I left a couple of areas unpainted as I like the shade of grey of the primer and a band was sprayed fluorescent orange after some decals, a wash and flat coat Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) same deal on the other end of the barrel the joining part and tip were sprayed gloss black and then very lightly with steel to add a bit of metallic sheen and highlight the main frame painted the same way but with a light wash in the recesses Edited July 8, 2018 by Brundledonk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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