A little something after a long while.

1st I would like to say I hope all my blogger friends have been well.

I have had a little bit of time off from work due to a pending medical procedure, and I got right back to the hobby.

I would like to share this WIP of a Zaku Kit-bash using two other kits, an astrea and astray blue frame.

Tonz of inspirations from all over have been used in this build, the soul concept idea is for a more streamlined mecha-tomically correct plastic model.

Sooo, For reference sake and hopefully to inspire another out there one day...image dump.

Gundam Age WIP "Genoace Ver Clu"

Another update on this build, after watching a few movie's and some net surfing I found my muse.

I have wanted to do a Tron Legacy version of a robot kit since the movie and Disney cartoon came out, but just haven't had the mojo too do so.

This has been a longer than usual venture than most 1/144 kits that I have done, due to not having a initial concept in mind and working out the paint and application issue's. If I had more of a reason other than fun, I guess I could have done a MG kit with all kinda LED's an what not...but pfft what for lol.
So I have otherwise had to figure the best way of applying a Florescent acrylic paint which actually when dried shows up opaque with out black light, I have had to use a mixture of citadel along with pre-applying a coat of model master's orange all by hand brushing...(which kinda sucks)... water based upon a alcohol based has a few drying time challenges I must say.

(Too the up-an-comers....this is not as easy as it looks....do your paint testing if you ever decide to try it this way.)

mostly for process reference.

Custom 1/144 Genoace WIP. (no clue as to what im doing)

Been working on another 1/144 kit over this last week, The Genoace custom from Gundam Age series...crap anime imo..but some decent mecha designs.

I'm not really sure what the end result will be, I'm just gonna let the parts and paint fall were they may on this one. I hope that my mojo will kick in near the end, and some kind of snazzy paint scheme will come over me for this......we shall see I guess.

What I have so far. (mostly subtle modifications)

MSG Koto Parts.
A few xtra panel lines.
Styrene Bits and Plates.

AQU-ERO-VETTE...More Like Pain In The Butt Vette.

Dropping these preliminary shots of the Areovette before I do the final assembly, mainly because I have had to re due this dam thing FOUR TIMES already . I over buffed the first time and the paint came off, I had some kinda weird chemical reaction which caused pot holes the next go round. 

For the finale I got hit with a frosty clear coat right before this final run, I was finally able to produce what you now see..(still a few small flaws) 
Not that bad considering I did not melt the dam thing four times over stripping it with a 60/40 lacquer Thinner/alcohol mix , I'm still tempted to buff a bit more but might just call it a wrap..(cant strip it a 5th time, cause i would pass out from the fumes)

I will explain the paints used and what not in the final post with better pictures tomorrow.

Aerovette Awesomeness, Rebuild From 2001.

I was hanging out in my garage this afternoon, and took notice of a old Revell Aerovette kit I ruined way back in 2001. figured I would strip the two tone crap paint job I tried to achieve way back and redue this baby.

Did a quick rattle can job on the internals and hand painted the small details, did a gloss black base for the body with plans on using one of the duo tone paints I have collecting dust in my stash.

Included a shot of the real thing, this car was always a dream machine for me when I was a kid.

The Actual Monster.

10,000.00 A.Z. (After Zeon) war long forgotten..WIP

Been real busy with many things as of late, Sssoooo..this is taking me a bit longer than hoped. After I took care of some business today, I jumped right back on this project.
Wasted a few hours casting more structure's, I think it was because it was a bit colder today than yesterday dang it. I was able to lay down some ground work and fiddle about with the layout of it, also picked up a few Prieser N scale animals so as to set the tone for this diorama. I still have a long way to travel with this because of all the foliage and weathering that I have envisioned, I was inspired recently to try and simulate a scene from the Will Smith Movie "I AM LEGEND" (reference picture @ the bottom)

And for those who don't know what Zeon is, Its the faction that fought against the united earth federation in the Gundam series..I think..lol...Hence the Title.

Here's what I got to show so far...concept mostly.

                                                             
                     Here are the reference shots that I'm shooting to capture the essence of in this diorama