Work in progress posts
Yes – the time has come to make something clean and shiny.I builded Sazabi RG some time ago – just clean OOB build. I didn’t panel-lined it and not applied any sticker/decal on it – as I’m usually doing with my 1/144 Gunplas. As I’m huge fan of Sazabi machine – I planned to put…
Backpack, weapon, shield and final thoughts. Shield – I forgot to fit it at the beginning. I had to trim a few things and use rotary tools to move holes to fit parts properly. Very happy how it looks, that spikes in metal color gives a nice contrast to green. Weapons – very straight forward,…
Update on legs/hands. This part was very tricky, there was a huge fitting issue with side parts for legs. With the help of a file and a little glue the problem was solved. Still need to find a better replacement for Gorilla Glue Gel as it is bonding parts below second, it does not give…
It’s been a while but I have gathered a lot for you girls and boys. For starters I just love the way the Gundam kits are in the anime and try to stay as close as possible to the source when painting. It couldn’t bee different this time around. I choose the color scheme to…
Some A-A cannons get painted and Modellers World Industrial Dirt wash was applied. In meantime I repainted blast-bags on main and secondary guns. I wasn’t satisfied with previous look – now its way better! Now, the time has come to add equipment to Bismarck’s admirals tower. Small rangefinders, spotlights and 20mm Flakvierlings in place. Now…
Bismarck had 7 of 150cm wide searchlights. I used photoetching to improve general appearance of those. Around 20 photoetched details on each…. After painting it started to look right – oh gosh – I love details! Placed on the ship it looks quite realistic!
Small 20mm guns are completed. Now its time to move towards 37mm twin SK C/30 anti-aircraft cannons. There were 8 of those on Bismarck.Lionroad set provides resin and photoetched parts to build SK C/30 – I decided to replace barrels with dedicated metal sets from Master. Quite complex little cannon 🙂 and completed 8 pcs…
Belt is finished. Took a while to do this as there was a lot of work with resin and masking. Decided to do reverse colors compared to chest, darker green with lime green details. Legs I will do lime green as a main color with darker green. I’m happy with grenades, they look decent. It…
Shoulders – Wip update As you can see from the previous work in progress post I’ve decided to paint this model green, but to make a nice contrast I painted one shoulder orange with grey bits. Overall this project will be painted in shades of green with bits of gold, silver/chrome and greys. That’s why…
After snap build comes time to disassemble everything, prime it to look for imperfections and get ready for base colors. I always snap-build my kits before painting to plan all of my work. This gives me a better understanding of the model and what needs some special care like parts that will come in contact…