Work in progress posts
Planning and thinking how to connect all circuits into body of Kshatriya took me a while, then some not so gentle drilling was required 🙂 The idea is to split electrical circuits in two lower and upper body and provide external connection via cables behind hip joints. Nasty drill holes will not be visible, they’re…
To rebuild the grills I used 0,3mm pla plates from GreenStuffWorld and some photo-etched mesh. It added extra details and looks well when lights are on.
The goal is to drive all cables through the thighs. I used some spare springs from other Zaku model to secure cables at back of leg joints.Additional red CRLED was added for ambient light. I drilled 3mm wide whole throughout each thigh part, to put there 4 wires (red ambient, blue side thrusters, orange engine…
Another layers of paints applied – this time is green-black and some metalic details. Somehow the designers have omitted machine guns on chest… I figured it out this way – its Kshatriya!
Additional magnets added to secure rear armor and LEDs with wiring. Bottom three orange leds (in each exhaust) and red ambient added. Butt part secured and generally it looks good!
As I was planning to make side leg armor removable, I figured out how to connect leg thrusters and made solid connection that will handle disconnecting and connecting. I used small electronic connectors that I glued in place. Inside cables are going directly to Blue, blinking (candle effect) CRLEDs. Leds installed and operational! Three more…
1h of masking and 15 minutes of painting… A bit lighter shade of green applied together with some gray for armor parts Parts combined together – it starting to look just right!!!
First shade of green applied – its from Tamiya LP range – I mixed some green colors to get base for my Kshatriya.In my opinion it looks fine! Preshade did the job – it subtle but visible enough. Additional decal set arrived – this one looks way better than original one…
As my Kshatriya will be painted in many shades of military green, I did quite heavy preshade this time with Tamiya LP Black. Inner parts were covered by Tamiya LP Dark Iron – I love this color – picture will not show it – but it looks generally like old iron part 🙂
All parts were cleared with warm water mixed with dishwasher, then I left it for overnight drying. As you can see – there are no binders/wings parts. I decided to split project in half and start with painting mobile suit without wings first. Sooo many clamps! Ready for primer. Gray MR Surfacer 15000 applied –…