I have recently come to a screeching halt on my other project due to the vagaries of mail delivery, so I decided to put the finishing touches on other projects I have had on hold for way too long. This is the 1/48 Dougram Ironfoot. Originally it was painted in a different pattern but I managed to hose the weathering so I had to do a redo with the paint job. Lesson learned, never test a new weathering technique on something you intend to keep. [:-^] I am much happier this time around, so without further ado…the pics:
Lighting may make parts of her look a little shinier than they actually are. Still havent gotten the hang of proper lighting and photography. Next up, finishing the weathering on a Klingon D7 that’s way overdo.
I actually had one of those way… WAY back. How much did it set you back? I’d like to take another shot at one of those now that I’m not a little brat. OK… a big brat. [:D]
Clumsy: I think it only cost me 35.00 US. Got it through a guy who ran marcsmodels.com, but alas, his site closed around the first of the year and never got back up and running. Was a shame, because he had everything battletech, macross, dougram, etc in scales from 1/48 to 1/144.
Phil: Know what you mean. I managed to score a 1/72 Rifleman for 40.00 off of ebay. They normally go for 70 to 80. I havent seen a Warhammer for less than 150.00 in 72nd scale on ebay and those I have found on sale through the net normally go for 200.00. If you want a marauder in 72 try finding a tactical officer pod glaug in the robotech/macross section of ebay. I havent seen one in 72nd, but 1/100 are fairly large. I have one built that I can take some shots of and set it along side the 1/48 Dougrams so you can do a size comparison if you like.
I have seen the Gluag in 72nd (pic of the box, anyway). Have also heard that the 1/100 kit is closer to 72nd but still can’t find either for a good price (that $40 for the Rifleman is a steal). Wish these would get rereleased as they are great kits with lots of possibilities.
Buddy of mine in Colorado said he might be able to hook me up with a couple of kits for decent prices so will wait and see what developes. I do have a Battlemaster in 72nd from the old Revell Robotech kit. Can’t decide whether to build it up as a mech undergoing maintenance or wait to see if I can make a Heavy Lance.
By the way, nice build and I would love to see the pics of any other mechs you have.
Here are the rest of the gang. Forgive the quality of the pics, house is a mess right now as we are preparing to move yet again. I have both the marauder and warhammer (Tomahawk and Gluag) in 1/100. I also have a shadowhawk in 1/48, forget what his dougram name is. I took a side by side of the tomahawk and Gluag to give you an idea of the scale. They are scaled to the animated series so the Marauder actually towers over the Warhammer. Marauder was finished in an ambush scheme while the warhammer was done in a series of blues and greys. The shadowhawk is finished in an olive drab, black, and brown. I still havent gotten around to repairing the damage from the last move on these guys, bits of chipped paint, etc. Hopefully I will have time once we arrive at our next destination. I also have the Shadowhawk in 1/72 but havent gotten around to slapping him together. It will be interesting to see how he scales against the Marauder
Zok: I used silly putty to finish the pattern on the T-bolt/Ironfoot. First time using it and it worked like a dream.
Edited to add Honestly Phil, I think the reason the MAD looks so big are due to the legs. Looking at the old TROs I have laying about, the Lower leg looks shorter in the drawings then they are on the model…could be just me though.
