Zaku III WIP 1

It's been a while since my last post and I've been working on the Zaku III quite a bit. No real reason for not posting, just didn't think I had enough things to mention. Now I've built up a bunch of pictures and thought it was finally time to show them. This is what it currently looks like, notice the changes? The rifle is from Kotobuikya. I also replaced the hideous stock hands which I'll get pictures for in a later post.

Zaku III Prebuild

Since I most of my current projects can't really be worked on until after they get painted, I might as well work on something while I wait to get paint. This Zaku III is being made for a local Gunpla contest in my town. It's Zaku themed and I chose this simply because it was one of my favourite designs from Gundam ZZ.

New "Spray Booth"

I live in Vancouver and it gets pretty cold here and I found that whenever I spray painted, the paint would always crack from the cold temperature before I could get it inside my house. So I decided to create a booth that could keep my parts from getting cold and cracking.

Gundam X Divider WIP 1

One of my current projects. This model was given to me last year when I went with my best-friend to a new years party. He went to a different school and I only knew one person other than him. When we went to the host's house I found out the host really liked building gundam models. He wasn't much of a modeler though. I got this model by telling him it would "break" if he tried to make it since it was so old. :P Ironically enough, some of it's pegs broke when I was working on it a few minutes ago. ^_^; I'm planning on finishing this model and giving it back to him to inspire him to start making models more seriously.

Dirfinge Prebuild

This is the 1/60 Dirfinge by Kotobukiya. It's the first Koto kit I've thus far made and may be the only one I ever make. The model was pretty simple to build, this model is part of Kotobukiya's line of kits with full frames called frame arms. The frame is made up of abs plastic otherwise known as indestructible plastic. The frame isn't too solid since it uses polycaps for every joint, abs + pe = bad joints. The actual armour parts that make it actually look like the mecha it's portraying is connected through small plugs in the frame. Pros to this are the armor parts are separated into sub assemblies for easy painting. Cons are that the armour parts tend to fall off very frequently. I don't have many ideas on what to do with this kit due to the frame limiting my options. I'll most likely won't be doing mods on this and just focus on painting and weathering.