Gamera

Looks really good Real G! The cable came out great! I'd think maybe a small vice would be useful there, to hold the part so you could apply the sprue with one hand and cement with the other. 

Crossing my fingers you make it to the finish line in time! 

 

Me too!

As the Joker said "Aaaaand heeeere we go."



Hopefully most of the joint filling work will not suck too bad.  Inspection will be performed tonight after I get home.

Looks good! Sorry for my lack of posting and hope you've got a lot of work done over the weekend! 

Sorry Gamera, more "rip-and-clip" from another forum:

The contest deadline is nigh upon us, but there's still work to do.  And I still have to go to work.   

But progress is being made.



The search for clear red report covers to use for the new clear lenses proved futile.  I guess no one hands in typed reports anymore.  Necessity is the mother of invention, and desperation is the cruel abusive alcoholic stepmom!  I had to resort to an old pack of Squadron 0.015" vac-form sheets, which I never could get to heat up without fogging over.  It has languished for years in the sheet plastic box, gathering dust and scratches.   





I also had an old bottle of Alclad clear red, which still worked thank goodness.

I did have one accident.  Running out of clear gloss spray, I found a new Tamiya rattle can that had a peculiar warning on the label (in Japanese).  I said it was not recommended for use over decals.  Huh.  That seems to make the product kinda useless for modelers.  I used it anyway and found that the solvent is tremendously "hot", soaking all the way into the bottom layer of primer.  How did I learn this?  Mr Clumsy Elbows brushed against a freshly painted part, and a swatch of paint all the way down to the black primer base immediately affixed itself to my arm.      A big, ugly looking rough patch presented itself on the part, so now I have to repair and repaint it tonight.  Arghhhhhhh.

But Star Force, time has run out!  I will need to finish this by tonight if the Tuesday deadline is to be made.  I don't think I'll have time to weather.  But I really need to do it, even after the deadline is past.

I am not 100% sure I slid under the door in time for the contest, but since the deadline was Tuesday (today) I would think it is okay.  So after several blurry nights fraught with errors, the Gelf is sort of done.  I had no time for weathering as the clear coat wasn't even fully cured yet.









NO MORE 2-MONTH CONTESTS!  I just build too darned slow.


And now I have sleep deprivation-induced hallucinations hearing the theme song from "Denjin Zaboga" on an endless loop in my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRFMBd1ENs8

"Denjin Zaboga, GO!!!"

Looks awesome G! Love the blue and yellow scheme, makes me think of the Blue Angels. 

One of the guys in our club gets ribbed about spraying a model with Dullcoat in the parking lot before taking it into the show.... 

Gamera

Looks awesome G! Love the blue and yellow scheme, makes me think of the Blue Angels. 

 

One of the guys in our club gets ribbed about spraying a model with Dullcoat in the parking lot before taking it into the show.... 

 

HEY!!! I resemble that comment.

LOL, I forgot about that photo Real G! 

Ok, ok I guess you do!