The Airfix Tiger experienced a paint malfunction and needed to be set aside for a bit.
Instead of doing nothing I broke out one of my last ARII manufactured Veritechs.
These were pretty much the only available articulated Veritech available to me in my youth. They were relatively cheap and the polycap construction was decent. Translation: i bought a lot of them.
However, the mold quality and detail is mediocre at best, but construction is dirt simple.
Basically two sprues like this one. That’s it.
The time spent on this will be on fixing fit & finish. Still haven’t decided how much I’ll attempt to fix versus simply cleaning up.
Example of mediocre molding. Check out the antennae. Shapes and thickness are vary.
I don’t know if Arii is still around. I bought these kits decades ago when they were first released.
They are a fun easy build. The detail isn’t there like the newer Hasegawa and Bandai kits but they go together real fast and look decent enough. There’s a reason they were what I used when I started back into modeling.
This ine makes me think search and rescue or fire department. May see what decals I can come up with to make evoke that idea.
If I recall correctly, there was an episode where she was pressed into a rescue role, carrying survivors (one of which looks remarkably like a baby penguin) in the battroid’s hands.
Thinking I may be able to turn these into fire foam tanks on the back and run those to a modified pod for dispensing it. Perhaps inverting the rocket Nozzles to form a more rounded ended to enhance the perception of a pressurized cylinder inside the outer housing.
The main pieces are glued together but in the process of cleaning up the seams I managed to “enhance” the build with many gouges.
Managed to remove that thumb wart.
Primed those pieces so I could more easily tell where the hidden seams and gouges were.
And then for the first time ever decided to putty the seams and gaps from assembly. This is only my second attempt at puttying since resuming. My first attempts long ago went, poorly.
Used the square end of a hobby knife as a putty blade to help with shaping since I don’t have any specialty tools for it.
Once it finishes curing, will sand and shape. This is a real nail biter for me but, my goal is to attempt at least one new thing per build. Otherwise it’s too easy to stick with what’s familiar and that means no new skills.
Apply closer to twice as much as you think you’ll need. Shrinkage is real.
Press firmly and smoothly while applying. Air pockets suck.
Feather the edges as much as you can when applying. It’s harder to sand them into being.
Take your time sanding. The goal isn’t to to get back to the plastic.
When using the squared end of the hobby knife as a putty blade be sure to finish dulling the other end. Bleeding on your model is not considered a weathering technique. Unless you were trying to make it look like it had dried blood on it. Then, it is.
Yes I got myself. But, barely deep enough to get a drop of blood.
The Macross series had a lot of kits run from it by several companies back then, including Relvell who called them Robotech. When the Battletech games came out many of the original designs were taken from that series as well as a few others.
The Commander’s pod was , and probably still is a very saught after kit as well as the Defender, but probably the most wanted kit is the Monster. It came out in two scales, 1/200th and 1/160th. Why they did this I don’t know, I was too busy buying kits in Okinawa at the time.
This is what I did to my 1/100th scale Monster:
I used deacls from the Battletech board game for the Word of Bqlake and had a crew chief blocking it out for a mission.
Thanks. I heard at Modelpalooza that the old kits, or at least most of them are going to be produced again soon. If they are, I’ll have to watch my disability card account.
My kid showed me a model of the SDF Super Fortress that stood just over 8 feet hagh. This thing had sections of the interior showing that included the city and some other areas. On top of that it would change into its ship configuration. The pictures were impressive.
Quick progress update on the model. Did a second round of putty and sanding last night. Second round helped soften the edges more.
Working from home does have some benefits. Took part of my lunch hour to prime the parts.
Next up is some color.
Question for the group.
I can add gloss medium to the paint to turn my flats to gloss. Because of the articulation of the joints I am concerned about trying to paint flat and then apply a complete gloss coat. Seems like it could be inviting incomplete coverage as well as frozen joints. Appreciate any sharing of experiences.
Been collecting images of Search & Rescue and Fire Department emblems to make decals with. It’s got me thinking of using a Destroid Spartan as a companion vehicle to create a Heavy Rescue team.
