Managed to finish this double build roughly a month after opening the bags of runners. The build itself was okay and there weren't really that many hiccups along the way. Well, except for the slow progress thanks to my one hour/day build time. I'm also proud of how I actually was able to place paint … Continue reading Dual Builds Complete! HGCC Turn “A” Gundam ✕ HGBF Turn “A” Gundam Shin
Tag: 1/144 Scale
Box Art Extravaganza: June 2021 (and then some)
Bandai Spirits finally released the box arts for the rest of the kits released in June, following the HG Cybaster yesterday. That said, I would just like to nitpick whoever's exporting these images from Photoshop. Please export them in higher quality JPEG! Compression artifacts and noise are all over the place on these images. I've … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza: June 2021 (and then some)
Plastic Crack: HG RX-78-01/02 Gundam Rollout Variants
The Master Archive books are probably one of the best world-building materials in Gundam as they really flesh out mobile suit history and development. They released one for the RX-78-2 Gundam almost a decade ago but the stuff inside is still very relevant, especially with regards to the recently released HG RX-78-02 Gundam Rollout Color. … Continue reading Plastic Crack: HG RX-78-01/02 Gundam Rollout Variants
Totally Beyond My Skills! Plastic Crack: Wave’s “Five Star Stories” Kits
Over the weekend, Wave announced that they'll have a reissue of some 1/144 scale Five Star Stories kits. (Get yours over at HobbyLink Japan) At the same time over at Volks' Hobby Round 24 Online event, they also revealed doing more Five Star Stories kits across multiple brands. I don't know if there's something going … Continue reading Totally Beyond My Skills! Plastic Crack: Wave’s “Five Star Stories” Kits
Lines and Grays! Work-in-Progress #1: Turn “A” Dual Build
I just noticed that whenever I'm doing these dual builds, the first work-in-progress post often happens after building the head and torso. You can check the other ones here but I believe this has been the case for the most part. And that is exactly the case for what I'm calling the "Turn "A" Dual … Continue reading Lines and Grays! Work-in-Progress #1: Turn “A” Dual Build