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Tanker - Builder

Member since
June 2014
From: New Braunfels , Texas

Posted by Tanker - Builder on Sunday, July 24, 2016 9:59 AM

Hmmm;

Price is right . I'll have to try one . I do have the odd looking Yamato from some program . Weird though. T.B.

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NucMedTech

Member since
September 2006
From: Central Texas

Posted by NucMedTech on Sunday, July 10, 2016 9:45 PM

Tank-Builder,

They are pretty nice kits. I got this one at Barnes and Nobles, believe it or not. It was 50% of so under 10 bucks. Thought at that price why not give it a try?

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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Tanker - Builder

Member since
June 2014
From: New Braunfels , Texas

Posted by Tanker - Builder on Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:16 PM

Hmmm;

I may have to build one of these to see what all the interest is about ! Like your work by the way . T.B.

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NucMedTech

Member since
September 2006
From: Central Texas

Posted by NucMedTech on Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:17 PM

Thanks guys!

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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Ti4019

Member since
October 2009
From: South La

Posted by Ti4019 on Friday, July 8, 2016 8:32 AM

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh first Gundam. I don't think we remember our first plane or our first tank but we remember our first Gundam. Mine was a Serpent Custom from Endless Waltz. There's a bunch of looselyrelated- and non-related storylines divided into " centuries"or as independent stories.

Great kits and they are a marvel of engineering.

If you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong! Build to please yourself and they will flame you every time!

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Friday, July 8, 2016 7:47 AM

I don't know much about Gundams but looks pretty darn good to me! Nice work on the battle damage and the missing arm. Yes

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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NucMedTech

Member since
September 2006
From: Central Texas

My first Gundam - Gundam Fenice

Posted by NucMedTech on Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:21 PM

Hello fellow modelers,
This, as said, is my first gundam and it was built entirely at work (during my lunch breaks). So it is all brush painted using Vallejo paints. This is the gundam Fenice, now I have only seen gundam wing and endless waltz so I am not to familiar with the story line. As I understand, this is a model that a kid makes that is entered into a tournament and some how "comes to life" and fights, if that makes any sense. Anyway, I say this to defend what you are about to see. I wanted my model to have a battle worn look and damage to it (as best as I can achieve), so I made a more realistic weathering effect on this. It was also good practice to hopefully achieve the battle worn effect. I will stop rambling now and show my attempt at a well used gundam, oh btw, all images were taken from my ipod.