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1/100 MG Kampfer **High Gloss**

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Friday, June 5, 2009 11:04 PM
if you find my WIP post about it, youll see why I havent

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Friday, June 5, 2009 10:10 PM
Man Smeagol - that Zaku head looks freaken fantastic - I wish you would finish it!
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Posted by smeagol the vile on Friday, June 5, 2009 9:51 PM

Pro Tip : Buy atleast one set of snake chains, mesh chains, and ugly tube.  They are some insainley indispensable materials for making mods to parts, especially to like Zakus and such, and they look WONDERFUL.  See below

 

 

 

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Posted by SkullGundam on Friday, June 5, 2009 9:39 PM
I agree, I asked him a question once.  It was a stupid one that I found the answer to ten minutes later by actually looking at the site.  He had already emailed me back.  Still haven't bought anything because I'm not ready to do any kits that detailed yet, but I will be going there for the parts.

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Posted by Mercedesman on Friday, June 5, 2009 4:17 PM

thanks!  Smeagol is right - there are sets for the Kampfer (whichis what I am using) but the baffles fit other mecha as well - there really four sizes to look at and depending on the type of finish you want you can mix and match them.

 

I wish they had sets for Sinanju and other new kits too.  I highly recommend mechaskunk - Fulcy is great to deal with - he gets back to you right away and is always super helpful!

 

 

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Posted by Dave The Chef on Friday, June 5, 2009 3:11 PM
I agree - this is looking bloody fantastic!
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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Friday, June 5, 2009 3:04 PM

the verniers they sell on mechaskunk are specificly designed for the Kaempfer.  They may fit on other kits but they werent designed to be universal.

by the way, looks freaking amazing.

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Friday, June 5, 2009 10:56 AM

No problem - lucky for you ALL of the parts I used on this build were from one source:

 

www.mechaskunk.com

 

Hope that helps ;)

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  • From: Louisville, KY.
Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, June 5, 2009 1:52 AM

Oh man, that is looking nice.

Would it be too much to ask for a list of the specific parts you used to detail this kit? I'd love to use some of those verniers on mine, and the spikes on the shoulders are awesome too.

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Posted by Mercedesman on Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:25 PM
update time - worked on the legs those seamlines on the back of the upper legs were a royal BIATCH
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Posted by Mercedesman on Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:25 PM

update time - worked on the legs

 

 

those seamlines on the back of the upper legs were a royal BIATCH

 

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:24 PM
I had that rifle, I didn't really like it much, you did a nice job with it though.

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:44 PM

parts are coming along nicely now

also added a nice big resin gun lol

 

thanks for looking!

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Posted by Dave The Chef on Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:37 PM
My fiance works for Toyota and this looks like something I'd see in her showroom - great work. BTW don't worry about the camera work it's fine.
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Posted by Mercedesman on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:40 PM

more mecha madness

some of the photos are terrible - please forgive me I was under heavy influence of Grey Goose

near completed torso:

one thruster

three thrusters ;)

with covers

beads and decals added too

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Posted by Sian on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:29 AM

Foot Vernier M, hmm? I love those things.

 the amount of work you put into the gloss shows. You should show it off on the automotive forum. Cool [8D]

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Posted by Mercedesman on Monday, May 25, 2009 5:10 PM
a small update - just to prove that I am plugging along. I am working on the torso.

Small verniers are from Model Up







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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:45 PM
right now I am waitng for inspritation on fixing the left upper leg, thats all thats left really

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:08 AM

yours looks nice - is that an MG?

 

As for the snake chain - thats what I thought I was going to do - but I got the wrong size from mechaskunk - too thin - designed for an HG 1/144 kit - so I didnt use it.  

 

For energy cable I have a woven metallic braid material I am going to use on it already.  But your metal mesh looks nice - are you going to paint it?

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:35 AM

the first pic, see the decal with the circle, put a bit more decal softener onto that, you can see a tiny bit of an edge.

You know what I did, for the neck piece you have there, I cut those molded wires out of the side and put in the mecha skunk snake chain.  I also replaced the chain around the waste with ugly tube surrounded by wire mech chain

 

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Friday, May 22, 2009 9:01 PM

Here is another quick update - I have been having so much fun building this one that progress comes fast hehe

 

The other shoulder - different, smaller thrusters, screws and decals all from mechaskunk -Thanks Rob!  (I just saw a spec of dust int he first photo  :( Going to need to polish it out.

 

 

Now moving on to arms - started to drill out holes in the armor 

 

also started to add gunpla pla plate bits and koto detail 

got done with the under-neck part - same treatment. I was going to replace the hoses with snake chain, but the chain I orderedfrom mechaskunk was not big enough - I didnt realize the size 

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  • From: Louisville, KY.
Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, May 22, 2009 4:22 AM

Oh, very nice! I like the way the markings came out.

My Kampfer build stalled a while back, I very much appreciate the insight into aftermarket parts.

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:29 PM
That looks EXTREMLY good!

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:20 PM
quick update - shoulder is done - the spikes are g-option metal items (they look MUCH better than the kit spikes). The thrusters are a mixture of model up and mechaskunk items - painted clear orange. Decals are mechaskunk warning labels.







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Posted by Mercedesman on Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:51 PM
30% dark blue and 30% mica - decanted from a spray can and 40% thinner.  I apply it over a dark blue base - which deepens the color I think (or at least I hope lol)
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Posted by Dave The Chef on Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:48 PM
You've got the colour nailed! What ratio of those two paints did you use?
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Posted by Mercedesman on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:59 PM
the upper legs are going to be quite a challenge - you are right.  They have a lot of visible seamline - that only becomes visible when you put on the armor around the completed parts - i going to have to mask everything very very carefully there.
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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:56 PM
I have one of these, its sitting 95% complete, just have to finish the upper left leg and its finished, but the seams are hell, and I dunno if I have the right color of paint for it anymore... its such an amazing kit though, yours look quite good gloss.

 

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Posted by Mercedesman on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:06 PM

Everything is super easy.

 

The eye is basically an MV type lens commonly used my model railroad builders to simulate non-working lights.  Its a plastic lens, that is shaped in a dome - very realistic when backed by the chrome or metal paint/part.  The metal eye socket is perfectly shaped for this particular size lens - they sell two different standard mecha sizes.  Once assembled together the entire eye assembly simply superglued instead of the kit part - no problems.

As for the metal spikes there are MANY options and styles of these, short, medium, long, detachable base or molded base.  Lookat G-Option, Model Up or Mechaskunk parts for examples -simply drilled an appropriate sized hole and insert the spike.

 I will updated this tomorrow and show you the spikes close up

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