Good News Everyone! SP-12 on 09.26

Plamo Tsukurou Custom SP-12 will air on September 26th and will feature two HGUC Gundams!
Everybodys favorites from Char's Counter Attack, the Nu Gundam and the Sazabi.

http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/100000023.html

Qubeley finished

I painted a few of the internal parts now in flat German Gray which gives some nice contrasts, but its pretty hard to photograph. Anyways here are some pics.






More pics in this flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40088241@N03/sets/72157621874035231/

I consider this kit done now, took me long enough :)
In the process of building this kit i learned a LOT about resinkits, and my next build will go much more smoothly for sure. All in all this is a fantastic looking kit and the best Qubeley kit out there. Even thou this was my first resin kit I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else as a first kit, there were plenty of tricky parts and pinning a free-pose kit like the Qubeley is a MAJOR pain in the ass.
I am absolutely happy how the Q turned out and its always a joy to look at it :)

Plamo Tsukurou Custom SP-11 airing 7/11/09

Plamo Tsukurou Custom SP-11 will air on July 11 and will feature a Ferrari F1 car and a Yamaha motorcycle.


more info on the Japanese FujiTV website here.

Decals and Funnels

Today I printed out the decal on decal paper. For economy reasons I printed it out on a normal paper sheet first, then i cut out a piece of the decal paper the size of the decal and taped i over the printout. Then I printed again, this way I don't waste huge amounts of decal paper :)
Next the printed decal got misted with a few coats of clear paint it seal it. Done!

Also added some smaller decals here and there, nothing major. Not a big fan of those decal-hell robots.

Next I painted the funnels and put them in the 'beehive'. Now it really payed off that i used neodyne magnets there - would have been a major pain otherwise trying to pin them in there in the fixed pose.




Will make nicer pics when i borrow my parents DSLR :)

Aya Natsume

I bought this half started figurine kit of Aya Natsume from Tenjo Tenge for cheap from somebody on the E2046 forum. Figures aren't really my thing but what the hell, I'll try, even if i probably never finish it :)



I don't really like the skimpy outfit, but the dragon is rather cool. So I have the overly ambitious idea to scratchbuild/model a hakama and gi on her.
Kinda this style:


So if i EVER finish this there is maaaaaaaaybe a minimalistic chance it will be totally awesome. To start off, I'm removing the gothicy shoes of her. Tedious and makes quite a mess:

Nagano Logo

Edited the logo a bit, which was surprisingly easy.

And printed it out on paper to get s feel for the size.
Also reattached the flaps/wings of the Qubeley as they were a tad uneven in height.

Here the Q with the logo attached with some masking tape.

All your base are...

Started building a base. It's made from parts I had laying around and is a bit crude. But it will do for now until I can try to make a fancy one.

Essentially I drilled a hole into a piece of wood and glued an aluminum tube into it. Filled the top with some Milliput epoxy putty and pinned the Qubeley onto it.

All thats left to do now is painting the funnels/bits and adding the 'Nagano decal'. Bawoo on the hobbyfanatics forum was awesome enough to make a clean version of it.
http://www.hobbyfanatics.com/index.php?showtopic=21892

I'll print it out on decal paper (never done that before) and done :D

Standing pose, not very stable - the kit is a bit back heavy:

next to my Master Grade Qubeley: