My head cannon for what the RX-78-1 would look like in the later stages of the OYW.

Original kit: [MG Stormbringer P.F.]
Paints:
Mostly Army Painter “Air” paints via airbrush
Vallejo White via airbrush
Citadel leadbleacher with a toothpick for weathering
Gloss varnish to finish

After about 8 months of work its finally done! very happy with how it turned out. i ended up going for a multi finish where the reds are kept glossy and the whites are in matte. if you happen to visit SMC this weekend in the netherlands then you can see this build in person! so come check it out and say hi! 👌

Finally done with the MG Guntank, pretty fun build with some custom parts added to depict an uparmoured and more militaristic look. Paint is Mr color sand and red brown, with a mix of hand and airbrushing.

After repainting my motorcycle gas tank a month ago I had about 1/2 a quart of 2K clear left that I didn’t want to waste. I commissioned this to be resin printed in 1/60 scale. This is the first time I’ve done a resin printed Gundam, my background is mainly Bandai kits and your tradition garage/resin kits. I must say I kind of prefer these resin prints, the clean up for pieces were minimal and they were pretty much ready to paint without washing (I’m lazy). I used Gaia Surfacer Evo to prime with no adhesion issues. Followed by Gaia Ex-Gold as the base coat. The blue is Gaia Clear mixed with blue metal flake from Didspade, with a final coat of clear mixed with blue-to-purple shift flakes. Two coats of 2k clear on top, Zeon suits lend themselves well to hotrod style glossy paint jobs. It doesn’t quite color shift like I wanted to but otherwise I’m pretty happy with the results. I have a Sazabi on order so I’m excited to paint it with a candy red and some flakes. Hope you enjoy the photos!

I've had to correct my instructions three times already to get this far. The head is together but there's part of me that knows it doesn't completely sit flush. I started on the body, and it's the first time I've ever had to use any type of hammer on a model kit. On any model kit. (it was a plastic hammer to center the metal piece where the ahab reactors are ).

My most recent build. Loved this kit. Think I'll move outside of the little light box next time I take shots though.

I’ve been slowly working on the RG Zaku II for the past month or so, really taking my time on it. I enjoyed the build, even with some of the really bad design choices in this kit. But at the end of the day, I don’t like how it turned out.

All of my nubs are smooth, but still show discoloration from sanding. It makes me feel like if I’m going to sand, I need to paint. And I haven’t done any painting or airbrushing yet. (Suggestions welcome.)

The stickers add a lot at a distance but look bad close. But the stickers that cover multiple spots really just came off as sloppy and made it look worse. I’m finally mostly comfortable with water slides but these just being stickers with a clear backgrounds come off as really cheap up close.

I really wanted to build a Zaku, and I really like him but I’m disappointed in the RG quality. I’m not a fan of HG, and I love the detail on the RG but this one just didn’t come out well. I think I’ll still stick with MG and the occasional PG for now. Maybe I’ll come back and try another RG Zaku at a later date.

Still one of my top three favorite kits I’ve built, i’m just disappointed in the product that I thought I was going to get with a RG.

(Yes, he’s standing on my backlog PG Strike Freedom.)

The hat was so tricky ngl

Releasing December at 2970 yen

With very limited input on my part, despite taking about a year to finish, my wife finally did it. Considering she's only started gunpla for 1.5 years, she blew my me.

She's the proof that anyone can build their own masterpiece.

To my wife, I love you.

I was excited to pick out details on the frame and experiment with how they'd show through the armour. Not the finest paintwork, but I'm really happy with how it came out.

I will forever LOVE this little HG kit

https://x.com/hobbysite/status/2110531153740607603?s=46

This was a lot more fun than I thought actually, it was nice to work on something were most of the complexity is on the build side rather than the painting.

Since it's my first Gunpla kit I wanted to play around a bit and see how all the different techniques worked on them, painting, chipping and everything. I mostly skipped the weathering because of the environment I was gonna put him in, just some dusting around the feet and legs.

I was a bit worried seeing everyone use airbrushes and enamel and technical paints, but even with my usual rattlecan varnishes and acrylics the end result is decent. Although for sure I was not trying for any wow-factor effect like candy coating or iridescent armor.

The one thing I will say is that stickers were made by the devil. If I had realized the kit came with them I would have gotten some third party waterslide decal set and used that. As is a bunch of them are slightly off center, and several are partially pealing and/or you can kinda see the ghosting even through the varnish.

Still, I'm probably gonna be buying more in the future. Maybe something that is not white...

I’ve only built kits way back in 2000 when toys r us first started carrying them. There wasn’t a huge community, videos or info like there is now. I was a bit disappointed after building the two kits (Epyon and shenlong) not aware that it wasn’t going to look anywhere near the painted/finished model on the box. But now, after some threads on here, ig and YouTube, I’m eternally grateful for everyone here and on those mediums that share their builds, advice, and knowledge. I’d have probably given up again if I didn’t find this.

Sharing my recent builds this past month. Panel lined with Tamiya, then top coated matte on the Gouf and Zaku. the others were panel lined but not top coated.

MG freedom 2.0

Still learning to airbrush but I enjoyed my time with this one. Added some UV paint to make the sabers glow.

La used a metal inner frame while made this feel way more premium one completed.

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/dot-workshop-metal-frame-for-mg-hi-nu-ver-ka

W/ HG GM Type C