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Great Ball of Steel with big hard shaft

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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Great Ball of Steel with big hard shaft
Posted by Swanny on Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:20 PM
What? What did you think I was talking about?
This is the Gundam Mobile Pod Ball kit that I have been working on and off with for about two years. It began as my first exercise in Alclad and at last it is done. The box claims it is 1/100 scale but looking at the figures and cockpit it appears much more like 1/72 to me.
Here are a couple of in-progress shots from some time ago ...


And here she is all ready to go ....



  • Member since
    February 2009
Posted by Sian on Saturday, June 6, 2009 6:10 PM

Absolutely gorgeous metallics.

I guess you got what you wanted out of the Alclad there, hm?

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    March 2006
Posted by TD4438 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 7:28 PM
I have no idea what it is but it's cool and well done!

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Saturday, June 6, 2009 7:38 PM

 TD4438 wrote:
I have no idea what it is but it's cool and well done!

Whatever it is it looks more than capable of grabbing hold of something and then .... well, you can just imagine what happens then. Shock [:O]

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, June 6, 2009 11:59 PM

I like it, very much infact, but there are some problems I can see.

First, the decal on the side is silvering.  I dunno how to fix it with those dry transfers...

On the arms, on the joints, you didnt Aclad the insides of the circles on the outer part of the joint, on the forarms, and you can see bare plastic.

Those are the ones I notice right off the bat.

As to what this is.  Its as you said, a Mobile Pod 'Ball' its a Space construction vehichle modified with a Cannon for combat (See militia/draft/using whatever you have avaliable)They were actuially quite weak and mainly cannon fodder

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/rb-79.htm

 

  • Member since
    March 2006
  • From: Boyertown, PA, USA
Posted by Dubau on Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:15 AM

Out did your salf again Thumbs Up [tup]

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Sunday, June 7, 2009 7:58 PM
Okay, I did miss a few small spots which have been touched up. Those I'll blame on the wife cause she was bugging me to go somewhere when I was wrapping this up. The rub-on stickers really suck, they have been removed and replaced with various Navy water slide decals. So here is the new and improved Navy SeeBee armed construction pod ball.




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