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Hi,
I saw this kit at a local hobby shoptoday.
It seems to be for some sort of futuristic Robot Transport VTOL from some Japanese Anime that I am not familiar with. In general giant robots anime isn't something I follow much, but the aircraft looked interesting and not overaly expensive, so I bought it. Although the craft has a recess in its underside where the top of a giant robot could be carried, I think that I may try and fill it in and make the model into more of a generic all-round VTOL type transport/gunship.
The kit actually appears to be a Snap-Fit kit in a couple colors, plus a smokey clear for the canopy, but I ended up gluing it together to make sure nothing gets knocked off. It went together really well, and there is a bit of clever engineering in how some of the parts are put together to give them extra rigidity (especially the vertical tails ). Here is where I am so far.
I went for an Earthy colored base coat in part because it was what I had readily available, but also because I think it might help give the finished build a bit more of an other worldly look than just going with the base drab green recommended in the instructions. I'm still not very ggod at spray painting but I may try and do a little masking and spraying with a lighter color to give it a more camoflage final look.
Pat
Interesting kit and build, Pat. I think I'll be looking for this kit. Could be an interesting "what-if."
OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...
That's a cool one I haven't seen before.
But I could see it looking pretty natural in, say, USMC colors....
Greg
George Lewis:
The lines of the model give it a striking look. Like where you're going with the color scheme!
On The Bench:
TBD
Thanks for the responses. Here is an image of the bottom showing the recess for the robot. I am thinking of maybe plating it over, but haven't fully decided how yet.
PS. Sorry for the shadows. I didn't realize how darl they were til after I posted the image.
Wow, it does remind me of the dropship from 'Aliens'. Maybe you could fit a small APC in the robot recess like the Alien dropship carried???
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Gamera Wow, it does remind me of the dropship from 'Aliens'. Maybe you could fit a small APC in the robot recess like the Alien dropship carried???
That might not be a bad idea. I may have to see what kind of 1/72 vehicles they have at my local hobby store
Things are moving along (slowly).
Starting in on camouflage
Also working on sealing up the bottom
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