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HEAD
- The head of this model is practically stuck. On
the contrary the mobile suit should have a very
movable head. It's nothing that a small b-joint
can't correct. I added a small transparent visor in
front of the monoeye, too.
BODY - The whole structure of this model is very
big and imposing, but there are some problems for
the mobility of both legs and arms. In fact the
joints for both of them are too short, leaving the
limbs too close to the body to move correctly. I
had to increase the length of the joints for the
arms and legs, giving the model an extra-large look
that, in my opinion, fits it right. In particular
for the legs, I opened two new holes in the lower
part of the body and used two large b-joints for
the movement. I also had to open all the holes of
the many verniers and then close them from the
inside with some plasticard, to give the verniers
the necessary depth.
ARMS - I increased the length of the shoulder joint
of about 5 mm, using large sprue glued to the
existing peg. I had to increase the length of the
shoulder cover too, using some plasticard and putty
glued down on the inner part of the soft vinyl
part. Another funny problem for the arms is the
diameter of the first part of them, rendered with a
soft vinyl part: it's really too short and it can't
fit with the hard plastic parts at its extremities.
So I cut longitudinally the piece and added
plasticard to increase the diameter of about 1/3.
The joint between arm and forearm was then changed
with a small b-joint.
LEGS
- Besides the b-joint housing in the upper thighs,
some other b-joints were used to ensure the
movement of the feet, which have a quite complex
piston system. Some of the soft vinyl parts were
reduced and modified to fit over their plastic
counterparts.
PAINTING - If you are in love with enamels, you
must be very careful when you paint a soft vinyl
model. Remember to never use the enamel directly on
the soft vinyl if you don't want very unpleasant
surprises, like paints that never dry and other
weird chemical reactions. Use a high quality primer
(I used a low quality primer on another soft vinyl
model and it didn't dry up too), like Tamiya and
when it dries up paint with the enamels. Or, more
simply, use water based or oil based paints.
Anyway I used the Tamiya primer for this model and
the usual Humbrol enamels. The colours are Pale
Stone (HUMBROL HM 121) for the main camouflage, a
mix of Gun Metal (HUMBROL HM 53) and Metallic Black
(HUMBROL HM 201) for the details and the inner
structure and Green Mist (HUMBROL HM 50) for the
insides of nozzles and verniers.
Lewismaster
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