Introducing the G-Gundam Ver Tem.

Man it has been a while since I completed a kit or heck even updated my site. I will say that I broke my cardinal rule when building kits. I started I think at final count 4 kits. So I made myself prioritize the kits, and get them done one at a time like I normally do. SO....Here I am with the first of the four kits. I completed the build for my Cousin Jessica. She designed my websites logo, so I figured it only fair I build her a kit. Her requests were as follows: Grey and Purple, with a glossy finish. I did a 2 tone purple, 2 tone grey, with brass frame color scheme. I did 2 coats of gloss clear coat to get a nice shiny finish. I did a lot of firsts on this kit working to try and get a really nice clean look, but of course adding details as I saw fit. Enough talk. Below are the photos.

And one last photo for fun and a little wow factor from the hands. I could not resist using the orange glowing hands!!!

As always thank you for stopping by. I will do my best to update this place a little more often. T.G.

Dual Posting time! G-Gundam WIP 2 and HG Kshatriya WIP 1

Hotel room bound again. No paining this time though. Just two projects of fun. First things first, my G-Gundam build. I have been given free license by my cousin (person I am making this for) to do as I see fit. At first I was going to keep it pretty plain....and then well you know things happened Pla-plate starts flying and next thing I know this is becoming an original build for sure.

The first of 2 legs has been completed. The photos are comparison.

I didn't go too crazy, but I did add some needed details to the leg armor. I have never been a huge fan of big smooth armored places on some of the Gundam I build. Below is the chest, I have a few more details that will need to be done on it, but for the most part its completed. The back is plain as I need to be able to get a good fit for the core fighter.

Its mainly adding details and some scribing. Not a lot of scribing though. I just don't see this one and all paneled up for some reason.

Onto what I have done today! I am normally not a man to build HG's I don't like the amount of work they represent to make them look good and I don't like the small size of the true 1/144 ones...This one is 1/144 of course, but in that its still as large as a 1/100 MG. After snap fitting it and looking into where I wanted to add detail I had the thought as I am hoping to get the shipping notice on my Elynn Hobby Kshatriya that I wanted to do something original. I have seen a lot of builds where the center section is split so you can see the detail inside, but I have not seen one that is cut apart and details are exposed close to the surface. So enters my days efforts thus far. Below is the stock look.

This is post cutting:

And cut out removed...so much clean up.

Cleaned up inner frame put back in as you can almost see there is no detailing inside. 

So to get the gap I want I added some 3mm posts glued them in place after measuring 3-4 times to ensure equal height.

And now I have the gap that I wanted. Nothing huge, but a good place to add detail. The plan as it stands is to back it with pla-plate and then build it up with koto parts and such to get all the mechanical details I feel it needs.

Its going to be a fun project, slow but fun. Only 3 more to cut and build....what have I gotten myself into!?! As always thank you for stopping by. T.G.

MG G-Gundam! WIP 1

The next project(s) has begun!!!!!

I have started modifications on the G-Gundam build for my Cousin, and dragged out of waiting my HG Kshatryia. I love the KSH, but the HG leaves something to be done, but I am feeling up for the challenge. The G-Gundam as is usual for my builds for others the colors have been chosen, but I get to choose placement, Black, Grey, and Purple are my starting point. I have a feeling I will add another color, and maybe do a bright frame to give it a little pop from the black and grey.

As you can see the snap fit is done and this guy is nothing but rounded edges and night mare connections. I guess thats how it gets it mobility. But it is not all that friendly to scribe. I am going with the orange hands as a primary posing, but if I can figure out a way to paint the rubber parts I will do some of them as well. Rubber hands.....not my favorite.

My first fix so far was to make these boring boosters better boosters. Easy enough really. 

Bam, there you have it a pin and a metal booster inner and things are much better.

I also decided that this guys weak little stock boosters just wouldnt work for me! If you look at the picture from the bottom up...where you see the rings the boosters below it are the stock ones, the boosters above it are koto parts. Better a very tight fit though.

Nothing a little sanding cant make better.

Now to fix the rest of the back pack. Its supposed to be a core booster, but when have I ever cared about supposed to be things. Added a pin for placement.

And now you have 3 boosters....this will be the turbo version of the G-Gundam

And started to plate it up.

Its a start nothing amazing yet, but hey its a WIP. Thank you for stopping by. T.G.

RX-93 HWS Gundam Ver. Tem.

What a very long time coming. Completing this build has been a huge challenge in so many ways. My first full conversion kit. And I must say there were a ton of ill-fitting parts, pieces that needed boiled and reset to fit. What a fun time spent in the past 5 months. I have had many stalls due to life, but thats normal. Enough random chat though.

I stayed close to the intended color scheme making it my own in placement of the colors and decals (sorry Kamm I have your decals set aside for another kit that was supposed to be done by now). I added boosters to the shoulders as something this big is going to need them for sure. So in the end this is a very subdued color build for me. But I am happy with the final result. There are a few imperfections in the paint. And of course they were caused by the damn top coat. So Not a lot I can do to repair that now. And to be honest, I am at the point where I just want to be done and start something new. So.....

Introducing the RX-93 Heavy Weapon System (HWS) Gundam Ver. Tem.

Thank you for stopping by. T.G.