Work in progress posts
Some painting here, some photoetching there…I need to admit that behind all positive aspects of this kit, photoetched parts are week link… maybe it’s something me, in fact all photoetched details I need to wash in deboner, and remove ugly glue residues that sticks to metal parts…. Anyhow – there is still somethign to impove…
All wings parts prepared. I was trying to hide as much as I can of Kosmos parts and connections. It finalized with cables outside and connectors partly hidden.I found this way way better than just gluing the pcbs to the backpack and wing armor. Quickly towards assembly!!!The thing has a presence! Let’s turn it on!!!Initial…
I’m not fan, or even I hate repeatitive tasks! “Wings” parts painting went pretty well. First time I used Kaleido paints from Ghaaleri – will put quick review soon. I didn’t liked the idea to attach KOSMOS connector boards on top of the backpack.Some cutting and I successfully hided main connector withim backpack “wings-hub”. Now…
New Years Eve 2025, a bit of time for building or I shall say soldering 🙂 Ok lets do it! Some hours later 😉 It looks like I made it! Now to fix “magsafe” connector to the butt 🙂 I used resign glue to put it in right place. Time for testing. LIGHTS – ON!…
Yes! Finally I can look at Gundam design standing on his own legs! I think I overshoot number of cables….. Next step…. Connections…. Fingers crossed
Last two LEDs were installed in Gundam’s body. All torso cables were connected together and mounted at back. I decided to use magnetic connector for Gundam LEDs. Instalation place was quite obvious 😉 I removed one of the grills from the back of the model and fit the connector in. It was exhausting… One arm…
Armor parts on the legs went fine. I added two green LEDs per leg and fit the cables in.It was a bit tricky to run all the cables through tights inner frame, some thinking and surgery and somehow I fit all wiring in.Green lights looks nice! Ok it looks like, the next step will be…
I aligned all the cables on the model body and put painted armor plates in.Looks good! Colors and subtle shading went fine. Next step – legs and arms armor. In meantime I found that “somehow” I lost one piece of forearms cover… it is my first time… I never ever lost any model part before.It…
I decided to add a bit details to flat surfaces of the model and use riveting tool for 1/72 scale airplanes.I think it did the job well to improve general appearance of the model. Then time has come for painting of the armor parts. I used Tamiya LP paints, medium gray for initial shades. Then…
I started to work on adding lights to arms and body. There is one red LED on the forearms, cabling need to be hidden inside the joint. After some time I found a way to keep articulation on and to not destroy the wiring. The idea is to add a loop for the cabling that…