One Year War GB 2011-2012 !Extended time! 30sept 2012

Happy New Year all!

I was on vacation all last week, washing the windows and screens on the house for four whole days!  My arms (and the rest of me) were too tired to build anything.  The mock orange hedges in my yard went crazy with flowers (third time this year - what the heck is going on?), and as a result I had a constant allergy headache to go with the window washing.  Just lovely.

I'm just now catching up on the activity here on the OYW GB.  That Gouf is looking great Bsyamato!  How did you make your own decals?  Do you use an inkjet, laser, or wax emulsion type printer?

Santa brought me an ICM Tu-144 "Concordski", and I got myself an HGUC Dra-C which according to the instructions is a lash-up of Zaku, Gattle fighter-bomber, and other miscellaneous parts.  A really wacky looking mobile suit for sure.  I don't particularly like the hooded "face" nor the built-in arm gun.  I might trim away some of the fairing from the head and make a Zaku-esque "nozzle nose", and use the regular arm included in the kit.  I had no idea what the Dra-C was supposed to be used for (they flashed by only briefly in the 0083 OVA), so I was thinking of making a camera gun similar to the MSV Zaku Recon:   http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10005629

Anyway, I should be getting back to building stuff, so I hope to post progress piccies soon.

Real G hope you get back soon LOL lots of troubles there

About decals i used baremetal decals clear and white sheets for inkjet printer. Sealed with supercale microfilm. I scanned the adhesive sheets from mg's and retouched or redraw in photoshop, printed lots in 1/100 and 1/144.

I'm lucky to have a professional printer for a better resolution

Some mistake i had about because the microfilm liquid is too old, the some silvering comes sometime.

The white decals are the original dry transfers. 

If you want i like to add an msv variant of the dra-c with a oyw looking, if you use a recce zaku the thing can be possible as a Dra-C prototype or old version. You now what is needed to match the GB requirements

is too restrictive but an only MSV GB was a great dream

On the gouf some update and some mistake...

Added the new clear screen on the cockpit door, will guive a clear color after

the cockpit finished i admit not one of my best cockpit painting

replaced the lost finger with 3 differents evergreen tubes and rods

primed with unmixed light blue

so add more pieces to the skeleton and .... break the rear knee cover, glued with CA but a little seam is again visible

some more dirt is needed on the middle cover

now reamains to resolve the joint break of front skirt armour, probably wil use the same sprue plastic to replace.

have nice day

I'm liking the work on the Gouf. Good work on the lost finger scratchbuild, looks like the original. Very nice weathering, if I haven't said that before.

thanx Badlanguage, in reality the new finger is a little narrow than original finger

a shoot of the head, not working too munch ion the gouf today

added the rail details

on the googdates

backpack mods, added a bulkead, a cover for back holes and started to modelling the engines

final base color for the brown, added some red drops to the previous brown 

as seen in picture painted the new finger too 

the other pieces almost finished

that's all for tonight

Although not part of the GB, I thought I'd post some photos of my HGUC Gog to complement Bsyamato's fabulous build.  My model has sat like this for months now, so there really was no progress.     It is my hope that I can embarass myself enough to get off my lazy butt and start working on stuff again.

Digital photography is a funny thing, as this photo shows the truer color of the back pack.  I used RLM-02 instead of the recommended  light blue.  The red ink on the Satellite decal sheet seems to be somewhat translucent.  Also note that the "23" is off white compared to the Zeon insignia and stenciling.  I didn't notice that until just now.

Now here is a problem that I did not anticipate.  I used Tamiya acrylics for most of the model, and found out the hard way that the paint tends to stick between movable parts and scratches off quite easily.  I repainted the shoulder joint area twice, but still got the chipping.  I primed under the Tamiya acrylic with a lacquer (Gunze or Tamiya) so I didn't think there would be any trouble.  Looks like I will have to keep the Testors enamels around.

Anyway, keep up the good work guys, and hope to post some progress photos soon!

Love the scratch work and mods you are doing Bsyamato. Great weathering too, looking forward to its completion.

Thanx Doctor,  waiting also for more of your gundam arts  as you not see nothing about gundams (if i right remember ) you're totally free of preconceptions and your gundam builds are really original

RealG this gogg looks great anyway and i have too the same problem with the shoulder armor even if i use enamel instead of acrylics. Don't remember how, but i resolved this problem on my previous pucca gogg

Unfortunately don't take progression pictures but probably i sanded a few portion of the inside part of the armor ,so the piece had the only rotation contact with the joint rod washers that you show in the above picture.

Even if the MG have a good detail level i feel more free when i mod am hguc, the same gogg, even if are a relative simple kit have lots of possible easy improves. Get back with some updates Real what you used for the monoeye, it seems not the original piece.

some minor updates and some picture i forget to take:

on the gogg change mind about the arms pieces and added some red detail

the zimmad signature on the hands

Gouf details

the backpack i forget to take pictures

the shield id almost done, left onnly the damaged part to be painted to simulate the crack 

the unwanted armor damage

basically i need only to scratch the monoeye to really complete the gouf i admit the rails on the monoeye are not between my best works , two shots before take complete pictures with the nude skeleton 

sorry for the horrible gouf poses but under alcool effects after family reunion to manage pigs meat processing at the end of the process lots of pure south italy typical sausage will be avaible

Bsyamato,

The Gog's monoeye guard is the kit part.  I drilled out a hole, super glued in a clear sprue, and polished the outside to a shiny finish.  I then masked off the eye using the kit's foil sticker and painted the outside glossy black.  I spray painted three coats of Mr. Super Clear, with polishing in between, to get a glossy finish.  Here you can see the surface is not perfect yet, but another coat of Mr Super Clear and some polishing will fix that.

From the underside, you can see the clear disc set in place.  I used thinned Tamiya transparent red to tint the eye that Zeon pink.  The diameter of the eye was larger than any clear sprue I had, so I used a short piece of brass tubing set on a piece of glass as a mold, and squashed in the tip of a heated piece of clear sprue.  I then used a razor saw to cut off what I needed, glued it in place, then sanded it until it was flush with the kit part.

To increase the intensity of the monoeye color, I will probably add some kind of backing, shaped like a car headlight reflector, painted white.

Mmmmmmmm, sausages... 

not only susages, all types of things you can do with pig meat

your gogg eyes really done the impression of complete eye mod!! great.

some update

Recently i brought the revell contacta clear glue to have some specific glue for all clear parts of my kits:

i make a test with the gogg visor and it work!!

On gouf finally going to the end

when doing the monoeye i was ready to heat the red clear plastic and fit in some hole as mould but i noticed that the plasctic asumed a good shape itself when the flame was near to the sprue

then i fixed it with a back rod, added some metal structure ,painted and finished.

remaining working parts

fixed the armor break and after lots of try it work as the original

now need only to fix the metal wires in final way. As rotating part i used a semi-soft plastic sprue

till i started to build gunpla i never trashed a sprue between even some usefull aircraft sprues but few ones.

Also the mg 2.0 zaku and gouf sprues are not here.. too many sprues!

then some anticipation about skeleton final pictures

and the armours parts mounted on the workbench

that's all for the gouf wip, next pictures will be the finished

Very vice work. Great idea for the mono eye too!

Damn clever Real G

bsyamato

Thanx Doctor,  waiting also for more of your gundam arts  as you not see nothing about gundams (if i right remember ) you're totally free of preconceptions and your gundam builds are really original

Thanks,I have watched a few since i started building the kits. But now i feel like a maroon for putting EFSF decals on a Sazabi. :P

i havent touched a new kit since finishing the Gelgoog. I'm still looking for a good deal on a 1/100 Kampfer. In the meantime Ive been attempting to kitbash a mech. (sorry no pics uploaded yet)

LOL i see the sazabi but forget about EFSF markings .

as you like this style type of gundam you can look at the marasai too, unfortunately only 1/144 but the desing is great.

Forget the updates about the gouf backpack cover

heres the detail sequence, the gray  ventilation grills pieces are from mg gelgog unused pieces.

detailing gogg too

more colors on

that's all for the workbench night

Wow, Bsyamato, I am loving the way that Gouf is coming out! Great work on fixing that broken piece.

Can't wait for the finalized pics!

Klik

(P.S. haven't had time to get some better pics of my Zaku--been busy, but plan to make time for pics tomorrow)

For your perusal and general amusement, here is a look at a HGUC Zaku II that got the polished monoeye treatment like the Gog:

I think it delivers a lot of bang for the buck, and is the perfect way for lazy people like me to get that "monoeye look."  Note that the kit's monoeye guard was molded in a very dark grey and was only polished, not painted.  The lazy factor soars like the Minovsky particle count during an attack!  With all that time and money saved, I invested in a set of B-Club resin manipulators, the improvement compared to the kit hands you can see here as well.

Okay, laundry is done and it's leftovers for dinner, so I hope to get some bench time tonight!

bsyamato, I'm loving the Gouf. Great work so far! Can't wait to see the completely finished pics!

Real G, I really like that Zaku. I didn't think I'd like one that looked as clean as that one does, but I do. More pics please?

I'm back, with Pics!

First off, the Zaku (I hope that these will work for you all):

Dangnabit, I didn't notice the poor background until now (I just taped white paper to the wall). Oh well, they'll have to do (for now?).

Plus a bonus image. I took a photo lineup of all the Gundam kits that my brother and I have built up till Christmas, and got this:

Sorry that its a bit blurry, but that is 45 kits, total (counting the diorama, of course--notice that it is the same diorama that my Zaku was standing on). Unfortunatly, my brother doesn't like to paint, so only my kits are fully painted, and only a few at that.

I hope that this is terribly off topic, not being One Year War and all, but I wanted to share this as well. I broke out the GN-X from 00. Don't know if any of you have seen Gundam 00, the latest series (at least in English), but this represents the one of the most advanced 'mobile suits' from the first season. I've almost finished it, and I am mighty proud of how its turning out. Without further preamble, I give you this:

Same cruddy background, I know.

Keep up the Great Work, everyone.

Klik

Klik pictures looks not bad (even if viewing from house with my old gone monitor..... the new lcd going to the trash )

 ,edit the post and add the other previous zaku pictures so you have more pictures for the zaku gallery

that collection is awesome!!! (too many whites for my taste but good LOL ... but a pinky tieren!! ) as for the unpainted ones you even can paint them (during night if your boother don't want so )

See only the first 25 episodes of 00 gundam, don't remember the one you show story i like but out of the tieren few others i like

Thanx for comments about the gouf guys, just did the gloss paint and weathering on the laest pieces then final pictures probably this weekend

On the gogg some glossed parts too and started the monoeye/head detailing but no pictures

Real the green zaku  is great!!! the shading is about perfect  

Badlanguage - I'll see if I have more photos of the Zaku.  I really need to get on with weathering my Gundam kits like Bsyamato.  I think I'm too lazy (read: chicken) to dirty up my models.  The Dom that I'm supposed to be working on really needs to have dust effects, as the hovering system would kick up a storm of debris.

Klik - Great "family portrait" you got there!  We should all do the same and post - it would be interesting to see what everyone else builds.  (I only have two built GMs in my collection, so you know where my allegiance is!    Sheeegu Jion!!!)

BTW, I actually worked on some GB related stuff last night.  It was mostly detail painting, so I'll take some photos when I get a coat of primer on the Dom.

dom need really some dust you're right

i miss the dust and groung effect too lazy me too.. some day (read probably never) need to add the mote legs terrain weathering. The gouf effectively was the first correct weathering ground done (not perfect) triyng to apply some armour type weathering.

The collective Pictures is a good idea, will try to get one when gouf and gogg finished!

Keep on posting guys

great collection Klik.

Who is this guy

That Dom is sweet Bsyamato.

A group pic is a neat idea, although my collection would be pretty small.

great eye DR one of my favourite ms, is the gouf fliyng version, was discussed in the gb in some page but heres my interpretation of this old kit: is an hg unfortunately no hguc or mg are avaible of this good subject.  I'm tempted to use my old custom gouf MG to do a conversion.

heres an old picture of the probably conversion base old gouf custom MG with my char's zaku before to finish it

about the family picture these are old shots of my unfinished kits

the second copy of the great hi-gogg hguc kit

the magnific kampfer hguc

the old... ooold jagd doga kit bad start painted with acrilycs

marasai and gyan ready for future wips but actually freezed, taken no pictures before the dismemberibg

and the guncannon too

All others kits are finished

this afternoon panel lined the backpacks of gogg and gouf, this night decals and so on

Thanks for the info. That is a cool design, I might have to pick one of those up. the 1/144 scale stuff seems to be pretty fairly priced.

Great lineup Bsyamato!

Here are all of the Gundam kits I have that are finished:

Note the heavy Zeon influence!  I didn't notice until I took the photo that I only have stuff from around the One Year War.  I have piles of kits from other series like Zeta and Char's Counterattack, but I haven't gotten around to building any of them.  I think I have more unbuilt Gundam kits than most stores. 

I did a little more detail painting on the Dom's thrusters last night.  Hope to roll out the airbrush and get a coat of primer on this weekend!

a great finished line up Real!! the oldest kits are really rare things! like that no shine colors are there

what's the little gouf between the gelgogg and the zaku, the hguc?

DR if you get the hg fliyng gouf you're lucky ! are out of production from many years main problem of the kit are the hands and elbow and knee not coveredd pieces, then with soft plastic media, hard to paint but not bad as old kit, also a good kitbashing is easy using it with the new hguc custom gouf (at least i think )

Is this not the same thing?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006N14BA

DrShrinker

great collection Klik.

Who is this guy

 

 

as Bsyamato said, its the 'Cheapy' version of the Gouf Flight type from 8th M.S. team, from one of my favorite episodes, "Shuddering Mountain Part II".

It's a 1/144th scale kit, and had very little detail to it (still does), and needed to be almost entirely painted, especially on the legs. However, my brother only painted the parts that really needed it, and did an excellent job.

Maybe I'll get another with the four kits that we got for Christmas:

1/144th Super Custom Zaku F2000 (mine), 1/100th GN-X (mine, seen in a previous post), 1/144th Gundam Exia Repair II (my brother's), and 1/144th Gundam Arios Trans-Am mode (my brother's, from 00's second season).

Unfortunatly, no OYW stuff, and I'm really itching for a GM, Gundam RX-79, or yet another Zaku. Hmmmm Must have a trip to LHS!

Keep up the Great work.

Klik

DrShrinker

Is this not the same thing?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006N14BA

 

yes he is

Here's my family pics. It's a small family at the moment...

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only two but really good! My opinion is that this old zaku is the most detailed (out of thr RG) kit in 1/144 , only the hands and movevents are a real problem. 

Klik the GN-x is an mg?

Thanks, bsyamato! I agree about the old vs. new Zaku. I have an HG Zaku that I'm getting ready to start on, and the old kit is really a lot more detailed! The joints in the old one really gave me problems when I was painting and finishing the model, though. Can't wait to build the HG and compare the two.