Gundam GB 2005 - To March 1, 2006

Yeah, the PG GP01 brings parts for both modes. I also picked up the extra parts for both modes on eBay a while back. Some guys were selling the extra parts as "bash" kits.

I'd love to do a 1/144 Dendrobium and Meteor, but even with a house I don't think I'd have the room to display it properly. I'm still trying to make room for all my Master Grade and Perfect Grade kits and I have no idea where I'm going to put my 1/8 Corvette when that's done.

archangel571 wrote:

huh?  i thought the full vernier parts came with the perfect grade gp01 didn't it?  man I wish I had grabbed the dendrobium when it was only at like 150 or so.

A Mejias wrote:

Mustangs102: Dude! You have a 1/144 Dendrobium? That thing is GINORMOUS! AFAIK, it (like the Perfect Grade RX-78 GP01F/b) has been out of production for a while. I saw one on eBay a few months ago go for almost $500 plus the outrageous shipping. And a PG GP01F/b went for $350. I'd like to do the 1/400 Meteor and the 1/550 Dendrobium for the smaller size. I got lucky and my brother found me a PG GP01F/b when he went to Japan earlier this year. It was a bit discounted plus the Yen was really cheap at that time so it came out to about $150. He had seen a 1/144 Dendrobium on an earlier trip, but I passed on it. Now I wish he had gotten it to sell on eBay. But I have to be selective with what I ask him to bring because of size and customs issues.

huh?  i thought the full vernier parts came with the perfect grade gp01 didn't it?  man I wish I had grabbed the dendrobium when it was only at like 150 or so.

Mustangs102: Dude! You have a 1/144 Dendrobium? That thing is GINORMOUS! AFAIK, it (like the Perfect Grade RX-78 GP01F/b) has been out of production for a while. I saw one on eBay a few months ago go for almost $500 plus the outrageous shipping. And a PG GP01F/b went for $350.

I'd like to do the 1/400 Meteor and the 1/550 Dendrobium for the smaller size. I got lucky and my brother found me a PG GP01F/b when he went to Japan earlier this year. It was a bit discounted plus the Yen was really cheap at that time so it came out to about $150. He had seen a 1/144 Dendrobium on an earlier trip, but I passed on it. Now I wish he had gotten it to sell on eBay. But I have to be selective with what I ask him to bring because of size and customs issues.

A Mejias wrote:

I'm tempted to just set up a cardboard box and open a window and start pushing paint through my airbrush!

Arg! I've not finished my Turn A Gundam(s) for this GB because my spray area and booth are still not ready. So, I worked on a couple of other kits.
- I finished the Master Grade RX-78 GP01 I started before the GB. I wanted to try out some new tools and pen techniques so no paint just panel lined and some detailing with markers.
- I finished a Master Grade Qubeley Mk-II (the red and yellow one) for later painting. I'm thinking an oreage-red candy paint job.
- I did 3 SD Gundam kits I picked up during the famous Amazon sale just for fun. I'm debating whether to paint/marker or use the stickers. I never liked SD, but they've grown on me. So I picked up a few more on eBay. CUTE!
- This past weekend I finished the 1/60 scale "Real Detail" Strike Gundam. Not much detail on this kit and the proportions are a bit odd, so it's a bit disappointing. It does seem sturdy and has a lot of modding potential. Maybe a good project far in the future. They also make a version of this kit with all the weapons packs.

Let me know if you all want to see photos.

I'm tempted to just set up a cardboard box and open a window and start pushing paint through my airbrush!

Hey mustange, I was thinking the same thing about starting up other build. If you go ahead and start other one I will join up for sure. I have a boat load of kits to pick from, in fact I would build a few for the build.

Mindless wrote:

Yeah sure. No one is keeping track of the GB right now I believe, we just post our work here.

Well i know it has been a long time since i posted here i lost my isp because of finances but now have a laptop that has a wi-fi connecdtion so until i can afford to get a new isp i will just keep pirating off this connection as little as possible as to not get caught.

well i guess i should get on with my model progress i really havent done much i am just working still on saving up money to complete the ZZZ but i had a bit of a accident with it this evening. you see i have a bunch of stuff cause i am a pacrat so i stored it on top of the my comps monitor and then stood up and hit it with my head and it went flying off the back and crashing on the floor luckily i built the thing in such a weird way it just kind of fell apart and get this NOTHING BROKE!!!!! it was surprising to me also........well anyways i only really have made a little bit of progress on the tallgeese and that is only painting the hands and being entirely stumped on how to paint the shoulder armour without painting the shoulders since they have to beassembled and glued together on the shoudlers not seperate so that is a puzzle for a nother day. i have to get going to work. ttyl i will try and post some pics once i find my digital camera, and i will try to post as often as posible to. ttyl

Mindless wrote:

My guess is that the GuAIZ has TONS of layers of paint on it. Am I right? But still, it looks very impressive... Looks very good. Currently I'm (well, me and my dad) working on a new hobby room and a spray booth for the airbrush. My models have shipped from HLJ about 2 weeks ago so I should have the models sometime this week or the next. We'll see what happens.

Mindless:

not really that much paint on the GuAIZ, just a rattlecan primer layer & then 2 thin coats of the main colors...

best of luck on the hobby room & sorry 4 the delayed response, school is killing me... viva la spring break !!!

Moonwoka:

that MS looks great, i'll have 2 check out ur link !

frosty

He couldn't get it this trip. :(   But he said he goes back in 2 weeks. I'll have to give him a list of some Master Grade kits just in case. I'm not sure if the Perfect Grade GP-01 is permanently discontinued or if it's going to be produced seasonally. I've seen many other BanDai Gundam kits marked as discontinued only to reappear months later in mass quantities. I really wish BanDai made PG water slide decals!!!

My GB Progress:
I hope the weather will continue to get warmer. I think I'll be able to get back to work my Turn A Gundam kits next week. Still a lot of gluing, puttying, and sanding to do.

I bought a couple of more glass display cabinets at Ikea. Not sure exactly where I'll put them. Either next to the current ones or in the corner.

My brother called me from Japan last night and said that the store near the hotel had one Perfect Grade GP-01/Fb left, but that it might be too big to bring on the plane. As far as I know they are discontinued, so I begged. I’ll find out next week…

Very nice! I really like that Mobile Suit design.

When you have access to a better camera reshoot and post them to show off your good work.

Well, here they are. Since I'm not really adept in photography, pictures are rather noisy and some of them blurry. Anyway, they are considerably better than made with phone camera.

Link remains the same: http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/GiNN/images_ginn144.htm and contains 18 pictures. Here's some of them:

From what I can see it looks good! I look forward to seeing better photos!

moonwoka wrote:

Well, try this link: http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/images_ginn144.htm A Mejias, I used dry pastels. When I think of it now, maybe I should have used trimmed brush... Anyway, it is all sealed with coat of lacquer now

Well, try this link:

http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/GiNN/images_ginn144.htm

A Mejias, I used dry pastels. When I think of it now, maybe I should have used trimmed brush... Anyway, it is all sealed with coat of lacquer now

Moonwaka: Your images are not viewable. Did you try a kneaded eraser or som "fun-tac" to pick up the excess pastels? Did you use the dry pastels or the oil pastels?

Ok, I made it! Barely, though. I really messed up things with weathering - tried pastels for the first time and forgot, that paint is matt, so instead of subtle weathering, my GiNN became dirtier than dozen coal miners put together. And removing pastel from that matt surface was not easy at all. Oh, well, I made damn dirty GiNN. Since I don't have camera of my own, I made several pictures with my Nokia - the evidence, that I completed my first Gundam universe model. My first sci-fi model in fact. And my first GB on time...

http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/Images/Sci-Fi/GiNN_2.jpg

http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/Images/Sci-Fi/GiNN_3.jpg

http://moonwoka.netfirms.com/modeling/Images/Sci-Fi/GiNN_4.jpg

Pardon for fuzzy photos, I'll try to update them as soon as possible. All in all it was enjoyable build, because kit is well engineered and well molded. "The only issue is that the butt of the machine gun's design manages to come in contact with the arms hence making it look like the rifle is pointed down when posed" (shamelessly copied from mahq.net GiNN's preview). It can be seen in photos. I am also quite pleased with painting as this is my first airbrush project.

P.S. I didn't add missile pods, since they are quite cumbersome and would only spoil aesthetics of GiNN's design.

Mindless: I think the cold weather is slowing everyone down. Brrr! There is no way I'll have my kits painted by the March 1st deadline. I still have a lot of sanding and filling to do and I've barely started that due to busy schedual. I'll keep working on them and posting images even after the deadline though.

Which one of your kit came in?

Mindless wrote:

Not much posting in the thread nowdays. Makes me sad. Anyway. I should get at least one of my models tomorrow (they were shipped as two packages), so then I will be very happy. Should also have the new hobby room done by next weekend or something.