Getting somewhere

Oh boy, oh boy! Finally getting somewhere.
Some parts are finished and washing/panel lining is also done on some parts.


Looks so sexy! The pics don't really do it justice. Also have to start thinking how to build a base for the Qubeley.

Also in case you didn't notice, I linked Plame Tsukurou SP-10 on the videos page.

Primer, Gloss & Qubeley

Bought some "generic" white Modell Primer from a local Fantasy shop called Fantasy-In. Looking at the fine-print it shows that it actually is made by Vallejo Colors. Well it is crap, just like that other white Graupner primer that I bought last time. Waaay too rough and flakey.
Also bought a can of gray Vallejo primer there which is decent, not as fine as the Tamiya gray primer, but alright. But for white primer, the Tamiya one is the only usable i found so far; expensive but really nice. <3

As for the glossy clear coat, I bought a can of floor sealer on PolyUrethane basis from a hardware store. It is water based, thins with alcohol and airbrushes fantastic. Also it gives a hell of a glossy finish, thick and fat with great self leveling without creating drops.

"Renovo Treppen- und Parkettlack" from the German Hagebaumarkt chain. Since it doesn't use solvents it won't eat trough acrylic colors and it's much better than the German Future equivalent (Erdal Glänzer) which is too watery and "droppy" imo.

painting the Qubeley

Started painting the Qubeley. I read about adding a drop of blue to the white color to make it 'whiter' and I tried that and failed miserably. More like a TINY FRACTION of a drop of blue... else it will be pretty blueish. Painted the whole thing with straight white now, except for a few parts as I ran out of white since i wasted a perfectly good glass of white on that blue drop :/
Anyways I am going for that original Nagano color scheme:

And started painting the purple parts. Tried to do it with masking and airbrush first, but all the curved details are batshit insane to mask and i went with handpainting instead which worked rather good. Only have a little bit of cleanup to do when i get my new white paint which was convineantly sold out at the two hobby stores here and I had to mail order it - Vallejo color recently became pretty popular with the stores here for whatever reason and they have plenty in stock of those, but Tamiya was out of stock. :(

Tenjo Tenge - 天上天下 Pinky:st:

A little off-topic but I am a huge fan of the Tenjo Tenge manga from Oh! Great. So I saw those chibi Pinky Street Tenjo Tenge figures some time ago and couldn't resist. Imported them from Yahoo! Japan :D. This was the first time that I used a proxy bidding service to buy something from Yahoo! Japan auctions and it worked fairly well, will use it again.

They sure are some cute little bastards:



Emi, Aya, Maya

The boxes also came with some high quality artwork prints/postcards, pretty cool :)

Plamo Tsukurou CUSTOM SP-10 coming end of the month

Just a little heads up, Plamo Tsukurou Custom SP-10 will air 03.27 and will feature two military ships.
Some preview pictures are on the FujiTV website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/cs/program/7215_056.html

Working on the Q again

So I started working on the Qubeley again. Not much to see except some primed parts.
Still finding lots and lots of little bubble holes. So annoying. :/


Letting some parts dry from the warmth on my amp :)

Plamo Tsukurou CUSTOM SP-9 coming

currently encoding and preparing to upload SP-9. It features an open Airbus A380 and the Writght Flyer I.


Also the Qubeley is a bit on hiatus as its too cold to airbrush currently. Have to airbrush with open window and with these cold temperatures at the moment I freeze and the paint gets a weird texture.