Completed - Bandai 1/144 RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 "Advanced Hazel"

  I should of really been revising for my exams, but I needed a break so I decided to do the last few decals for the Hazel and hopefully get it done.  Which I have! :D  I'm not too sure on the "stencil" decals but I am happy with the way this has turned out.  Learned a little bit from this one, like the fact that Tamiya AS sprays do not like Humbrol based coats... I think I will be getting this one at a later date and making it again in custom colours or doing some kind of custom job on it (now that I have a few of the Gunpla builder series things).  Picture time...

  Really like this pose for some reason...

  I tried to do the classic "weapon layout" pose, but the knee joints are not that flexiable on the Hazel, plus those legs are bloody huge.  I tried...

  Tried to copy the box art picture... well a little.  Think I have kinda pulled it off, plus I just wanted to show off the logo on the shield. :)

  I also tried to copy that other classic Gundam pose, once again the legs didn't want to play.  It kinda worked... :\

  I have decided to buy this kit at a later date again and do a few custom bits to it.  Hopefully this time the arm will not break and the colour will not wash away with the varnish.

  Let me know what you think...

  PEACE!

  Dazz

WiP 5 - Bandai 1/144 RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 "Advanced Hazel" - Getting there!!!

  Done some work on the Hazel while I was waiting for the painty bits on the Bulldog to dry.  I decided to give Humbrol Clear a go through my new Airbrush, thought I would try the 0.4 nozzle as up until all I have used is the 0.2 nozzle.  Well I am not impressed, think I am going to get a really cheap model off eBay and use it as a test bed for new things.  Or I would use one I have messed up, which is more or less all of them! :P  Anyhow the spraying was the least of my problems, when I was attaching the decals I found out that Humbrol Clear and Tamiya AS sprays do not like each other... bugger it!  It's washed most of the paint off or thinned it out... not much I can do about it now apart from to say it is battle damage :P  Onto the pictures, oh yeah all of the white decals are from a spare RX-0 Unicorn Gundam sheet I have, seeing as the Gundam is white and the decals are white I decided to use them on my Hazel.  Also decided to buy another Hazel and make a custom one, not too sure what yet tho. 

I do apologise for the sucky pose, the decals where still drying when I took these photos.  I think I need to get a few more stencils on the shield and maybe some on the boosters as well.  I really am liking the "Hazel" mascot on the shield.  I think it is kinda wasted on the rear skirt.  I have a few more bits to touch up here and there that the camera has shown me.  But I am getting there :)  Oh yeah here is a picture just because I think it's an epic picture and I can! :D

The front Gundam is the Hazel Custom and the one behind it is the Advanced version, I believe that the grey rabbit is Hazel but the black one I am not too sure about... Bigwig maybe?

PEACE!

Dazz

WiP 3 - Bandai 1/144 RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 "Advanced Hazel"

  I have finally got my hands on a Tamiya Spray can, can you believe that the Royal Mail will not let these go through the postal system?  Apparently they have been destroying entire parcels that contain even one of these... anyhow armed with that knowledge I had to go to my local hobby shop which is an hour away (even more if you hit all of the bloody red lights...).  So anyhow, after my mishap with the actual Tamiya paint, I had to de-cant some of paint which is a first for me.  I managed it without it going everywhere!  WOOHOO!  Once it has been "de-gassed" it sprays really well, however it is a right bastard to clean up after, XF-20A struggles with it... I got some time to get some work done on the Hazel not much but the painting of the purple is done.  I had to take these photos on my phone as my DSLR's battery decided it would be a good time to die.... bloody typical...

  

Once again I apologise for the dodgy photos, here is the majority of the parts painted.  Thank god that purple is sorted.  Just got to do the detail painting now.

This is one of the booster units mostly masked up ready for some painting.  I got to paint yellow on to that dark purple... oh this will be fun...

This is what has taken most of my time today, it is not much but that yellow is a right bastard to paint.  I am happy with the way it has turned out thus far. :)

Hoping to get some more done soon.

PEACE!

Dazz

Random new purchases.

  Well I thought that while i was putting some bits and bobs up here I will post some of the new things I have bought this year... onto the pictures in no particular order!

 

  Got this becuase it was cheap (I think about £2) and it looks cool.  I think it is for the range of Armoured Core mecha you can get.  But I think a Gundam will look just as cool with it!

  One of those things I saw and just thought "WTF?!" So I had to buy it, I think it was about £3 also so very cheap.  I have since built it.  I will post that one up at a later date.

  Just a picture because I could :P

   And a little bit of the instructions for this bad boy, that stand comes with the model.  It has 4 shields in total iirc.  It will be fun building this one.

  I already have the Zeta Version of the Mk II, so I got this one, which as far as I can tell is excatly the same.  Bar the head unit and the backpack/booster.  I got it cause it was cheap and I am going to use this one as a test bed for weathering.

 Got this one cheap and also for the F-14 Tomcat II Group Build on BritModeller, it might be a while before I start it tho.

  Been looking forward to this one for a long time.  I have looked inside the box and it looks great.  I will have to make this one in the summer when I have some free time.

   Everyone's fav F-22 it seems, well I have seen the moulds for this and  I am a little disappointed.  I feel the Trumpeter version is better but I will post pictures up later and you can make your own decision.

   That is it for now!

  PEACE!

  Dazz

WiP 1 - Bandai 1/144 RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 "Advanced Hazel"

  So here are more pictures of the Hazel...

  This is at a stage where I had not gotten very far with it.  That torso took me an while, I can not remember why.  Think I was sleepy at the time, for once...

  Close up of the shield, yes it actually is a shield not a booster.

  Good old beam gun. where would a Gundam be without it's beam gun?!

  I really am not sure on that head unit, to me a Gundam needs it's head not some kinda Tron head gear... I dunno

  A little later in the build I had gotten the chunky legs done.  Good job this thing potters around in space, I can't see it getting very far with those buggers!

  Okay this bit I find very very weird... heels on a Gundam... in space... WTF?  This where separate little things that clip over the Hazels normal feet.

  Now these are boosters, all of the pictures of this Hazel show that it has 3 boosters.  But Bandai in their infinite wisdom or clever marketing skills have decided to only have two in the box. I do plan to make a picture of the one with 3 boosters once I can find a Gundam stand.

  It has arms now... this looks like one hard bastard.  It also reminds me of the Blue Destiny Gundams, I will have to look into that.  I am sure there is a reason as to why...

  "Who fancies a hug then?!" - Sorry I couldn't resist... bit freaky when you look at it tho isn't it?

  Just for size comparisons, I am still stuck as to what colour to do the Hi-Nu... thinking of the GunPla colours of Black and White maybe with a little bit of Gold (I am sure there is a Strike Freedom painted like that)

  This is after I had taken him (can you call it a "her" when it is named after a buck?) completely apart, I had started priming him when typically I ran out of primer.  So I had to wait to get some more. 

  Got the more primer!  I used Tamiya's X16 Purple paint straight from the jar and wacked into my new funky airbrush.  For some reason water drops formed on the actual paint giving me this effect.  I have asked on BM for any ideas, no doubt it was something I have done wrong. We will see I guess...

  At some point I decided to clean my MSZ-006 C1 [Bst] "Hummingbird" Gundam Fix Figueration (bloody cool name eh?).  Here is a picture of it, I will have to get a picture of it outside in natural light for you all to enjoy.  This thing is armed to the teeth, then again it is one of Ray Amauro's mounts (I don't know where it fits in the Gundam timeline tho).  Those legs look really wrong...

  I also cleaned the MSA-0011-3 [Bst] Plan 303E Deep Striker (even cooler name!).  This is the biggest Gundam I own and also my fav, just look at that gun!!!  It is supposed to be the main cannon from an "Irish-Class" destroyer.  This was also to show how big the Deep Striker was and I am sure someone asked for a picture of it...

  I got this the other day, think I paid between £15-£20 for it.  Not bad considering I have seen it going for £50 over here!  I am really looking forward to building this big bugger.  I really need to improve my skills before I attempt this beasty.  Got to find some decals for it also.

  Well that is it for the time being...

  Hopefully I will be back to normal Geek mode now...

  PEACE!

  Dazz

1/144 HG MBF-02+P202QX Strike Rouge IWSP

  Hows that title for a mouthful??  Anyhow, Nat has been out for most of the week so I have either been at work or at home on my own... yeah you can feel sympathy for me if you like. :P  I managed to mask up the parts of the IWSP that needed painting and I managed to mask up the shield too, I got lazy with the shield and used white-tack to fill in the bits that needed doing, big mistake... It was a pain in the arse to get the white-tack out of the recesses without yanking the freshly put on paint.  In the end I just left the white-tack on and painted over it.  My masking skills need to improved also, there was a bit of bleed through nevermind.  I'm almost done on this just need to paint some little bits.  I was also taught a lesson from Nat (she used to be an art student), I was having trouble painting on the white to the red surface, but the gray was okay.  I mentioned it to Nat on the off chance she might know, and she said it's because gray is "closer" to white than red is... I kinda understand.  Anyhow she is a genius and it worked great!!  Piccys below.

  Front view, can't really see what I have done from this angle eh?  You can see my Airacobra and Stuka in the background tho.

 You can see the painting on the IWSP here and the shield, you can also see the bleed through on the front of the shield.  I've also started to use my bridge camera to take photos as my iphone sucks... (shocking!)

  And the other angle, still think I've done well with it. :)

   Peace!

  Dazz

1/144 Qubeley + Strike Rogue WiP

  So I have had these two Gunplas for ages, think the Strike Rogue IWSP is close to 10 years now... I dunno... the Qubeley for the same probably just sitting under the bed.  Anyhow, I decided to finally clean and paint the Strike Rogue it's been annoying me for ages. Also as I am waiting for some paint to do my other models I thought I would work on these two.  Below is as far as I am with the Strike Rogue...

  From above with what I believe are "anti-ship swords" god knows how those swords are anti-ship.  All details on the gun-shield are painted from the usual red.

  Quick poll, if you saw this, would you either A. Laugh at a pink Gundam or B. crap your pants as a massive gatling cannon is smiling at you?

  Above otherside, that shield looks like business.
 

  And the same pose with it's beam-gun and the IWSP pack (unpainted), always loved the look of the IWSP.  I have actually started to paint the necessary parts white tonight, but they are outside drying and no piccies yet.  I've also lost the foil stickers for the badge and "210" thats written on it.  I'm sure I will find somtething soon or order some decals from Japan.  Next up is the Qubeley...

  Now I haven't painted/put any stickers on yet.  Not too sure if I wanna paint it or not, but its a huge bugger, is as wide as it is tall.  Its supposed to be a 1/144 scale too...

  Closer up pic, I need to use a better camera.

  I thought I would compare the size of the Qubeley to other Gundams, the other big bugger is my MSA-0011[Ext] Ex-S Gundam one of my all time favs, one day I may have to post some pictures of the MSA-0011 PLAN 303E Deep Striker, that is a huge bugger, makes the GP-02 look tiny!! It has the main cannon from an Earth Fed cruiser on it's back!  You can also see a lego Dalek and R2-D2 for scale and a very dusty Freedom Gundam from Gundam SEED.

  Random shot from the top.  Just for giggles, once again I welcome suggestions or ideas.

  PEACE!

  Dazz