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First post, a project I completed last summer, Bandai 1/144 MSV GM Cannon. Fun build, love working on old kits. Lots of customizing. Happy with the outcome!

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January 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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More older work. Completed the 1/20 Amuro Ray figure in 2022, Bright Noah in the late 1980s. I need to do more figures...

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March 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Imai 1/12 Misa Hayase figure seam repair. Black CA glue applied, followed by sanding (various tools shown).

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January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I dig this look. 😅

Hat was a gift from many years ago. It became a prop over my work bench but recently cleaned and thought I should finally wear it.

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March 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Imai 1/12 Misa Hayase ready for primer. Sorry for the dismemberment imagery...😅

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February 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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More older work, the Meng 1/72 ZTQ-15 light tank. Definitely a fun little build, recommended. No, I don't do armor or planes in "traditional" finishes.

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AK Real Colors paints. HiQ water slides. Oil and enamel weathering. Just about 100% stock. The stowage busell rails were replaced with thinner Evergreen strip for accuracy. Antenna whips padded from stretched sprue. Love those decals. Turret handles made of super fragile .15mm bent wire.
January 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Looking for large sheets of styrene cheap? Yard signs work great! Using this one to wrap the foam base for the Gee Bee "Batman 1935".

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February 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Dora Wings 1/48 Gee Bee "Batman 1935" dio WIP: propeller is done! Which means the plane itself is complete! Woohoo!

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The dio assembly. Painting the dio base is all that's left which I'll be doing with my older daughter. The prop CA glued to the engine shaft. From this angle, I dig the prop! The painted prop after satin topcoat (VMS) and prior to Tamiya grey pin wash around the center section and hub. The paints airbrushed to create the effect. They were super-thinned via MLT and sprayed at relatively low pressure.
March 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Vespid Models 1/72 T-90 MBT repair and modification. See ALT description in photo for details.

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I broke one of the wheel pegs. Drilled out a 1mm hole in the strut, pushed in and cemented a piece Evergree rod, and cut to length. I replaced the original too-short 4 struts supporting whatever that plate in the front is with longer .62mm Evergreen rod pieces so that they fit from hinge to hinge.
February 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The Dora Wings 1/48 Gee Bee "Batman 1935" diorama is slowly coming together!

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I'm so totally digging how this looks!!! Bore out a square hole under the port wing and stuffed in a 3.2mm Evergreen square styrene tube. Cemented in place via CA glue. After the backgroynd is painted, the tube will be painted to blend in and hide. Carefully cut a similar hole in the backdrop after testing out the angle I wanted, and punched through the styrene and foam. Happy to report the MG-08 gun sights are still attached!!!
March 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Bandai 1/144 MSV GM Cannon from 1983, more customizing. The head work was some of my favorite on this project.

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The new ears muffs to mimic the box art. Top part was a cut resin bead glued to a shaped piece of styrene. The original yucky part and the new lovely ears muff. Making the base part took some effort. Used 5 increasing widths of chisels to carve the openings to the needed size. Did have a few failures before nailing two matching pieces. Some of the reshaping, scribing, and added details to the head. Worth every iota of energy spent.
January 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Some of the additional work done on the Bandai 1/144 MSV GM Cannon.

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The original cannon mount was goofy so completely reshaped including the vent below. The cannon attachment to the shoulder was redone adding a more accurate pinion. Torso and hips were originally two halves. I cut and separated so as to extend the hips section. Visor was originally molded into the head. I cut out, shaped a piece of clear blue Evergreen styrene, glued in place, greebled details to place behind the visor, and painted the interior a metallic finish.
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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July 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Current project, Dora Wings 1/48 Gee Bee early version "Batman 1935". Almost done, just some last bit of weathering left...plus a base of course.

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Oil weathering and panel lining. Also used for post shading. Because Spandau MG08s make total sense for Batman of the 30s flying around in a racer 😂. Machine guns were from a Master Model PE set. The sites are a 3rd party PE addition as are the ammo belts. The base and stocks are scratchbuilt from styrene the greebled. Batman figure is a Japanese WWII pilot with ears made from shaped styrene strip. Figure hand painted with water based acrylics. Engine is stock except the thin fuel lines which are .3mm lead wires bent to shape. Base paints were airbrushed AK Real Colors and Tamiya lacquers. Various Vallejo acrylics were handbrushed. Tamiya enamel used as a wash.
January 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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March 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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March 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Even more construction photos of the 1983 Bandai 1/144 MSV GM Cannon.

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The original antenna whips on right, the ones I made on the left. Stretched sprue, a .5mm rod piece for the base, and .2mm round lead wire wrapped above the rod. Antenna whips installed. Extensive scribing throughout the head. Mohawk extended. Fins on back reshaped and greebled. Added drilled tubing for improved Vulcans. Scribed details in arms. Thickened the shoulder armor by adding pla plate. Extended hip height via mutiple layed of Evergreen styrene sheet. Thickened cod piece (now now...😅) by wrapping ebtire area in styrene sheet. Made new V mark from shaped styrene strips.
January 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM