"Fliege" P.K.A.-Space type 1/20 scale

Hey Joe. You know you're crazy right?

Der "Fliege" is out of production, unfortunately. I talk more about it earlier in the thread...

I appreciate the thought, though. Try to stay out of trouble, alright?

See you next episode - CJ

Thanks Buddho. That's quite an endorsement, coming from a National Champion. 

Seriously though, I appreciate it.

-CJ

Altered_Sight:

Nice build.  It does sort of have an 80's desk lamp vibe

It really does, doesn't it?

A_S:

But seriously, you pulled of the post shading quite nicely, it's subtle but noticeable.

Thank you. I've seen and enjoyed your work hereabouts, and I'm flattered.

A_S:

I wish I could find these kits for $12.00 now, I really do hope hasegawa does re-release them... fingers crossed.

Yeah, me too, but I think the days of $12.00 models are behind us.

I do think this series has enough of a following that we will continue to see releases into the near future. Plus, I still have a couple that I haven't finished yet, so I'm good for a little while at least...

Nice build.  It does sort of have an 80's desk lamp vibe   But seriously, you pulled of the post shading quite nicely, it's subtle but noticeable. 

I wish I could find these kits for $12.00 now, I really do hope hasegawa does re-release them... fingers crossed.

matthew9:

Excellent effect you did with the paint.

Thank you M9, kind of you to notice.

When I was building it, I looked at a lot of old NASA photos. I noticed how everything photographed in a vacuum had a sort of aura, a luminous kind of glow.

I knew there was no air in space to cause any diffusion of the light, so I assumed it had something to do w/ the cameras. Maybe the cameras had to be pressurised, and moisture was fogging the lens? Maybe cosmic radiation was messing w/ the film?

That aura was the effect I was trying to achieve. I don't think it worked, but I am otherwise pleased w/ the results.

Thank you again for your kind comments.

Thanks SG. I was much pleased w/ the shadows and highlights too. Discovered the technique completely by accident.

I'll try to address your questions in order.

When I bought this kit, I paid about $12 for it on HLJ. Unfortunately, this kit has since gone out of production. If you can find one on evil-bay, they cost upwards of $80. There is hope that Wave or Hasegawa will be re-releasing this kit, or a variation of it in the near future, but I'm not holding my breath.

The pilot figure is a torso only, although the kit came w/ a full size pilot as well. You may have noticed that there is not really room for the pilots inside the Ma.K.s. This is a fact that we MaK enthusiasts blithely ignore...

Everybody notices how clean it is, for good and bad. I have two reasons for building it that way:

1) I imagined that something this top heavy, and w/ such small engines, could not be deployed on planetary surfaces; rather it would be used in close range ship-to-ship boarding actions, or to attack space stations, etc. Therefore, it would probably spend 99% of the time in a locker or hanger, like the EVA pods in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hard to get dirty like that.

2) I painted the model in 2000 or so, and back then I had no idea how to do weathering on it.  

I like the base too. I think the smooth, solid black gives a nice contrast to the lumpy, shadowed figure.

Thanks again - JC

WOO First to comment!  Awesome as usual.  I like that the shading isn't overdone on him.  I haven't tried that yet but I've also never airbrushed a kit yet.  I like the base but I know what those people mean.  Nothing wrong with it though.  I have a couple of questions though.  How moch do these kits cost?  And I'm curious about the pilot.  You know how much I like them in your suits.  They definately give a sense of scale to the work.  No one knows how tall a Gundam is by looking at the model.  I was curious if the pilot is like a full figure or just a head that sits in there?  As always you did an amazing job.  I think this is the cleanest Ma.K kit I've seen too.  Lucky guy doesn't have to go tramping around in the desert.