Macross - Destroid Defender 1/72

[Guest]

I’d put it on the inside, I think. That will give more of a feeling of thickness, I’m guessing

[Snowman]

I’d put it on the inside, I think. That will give more of a feeling of thickness, I’m guessing

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

[Guest]

I don’t suppose you can glue in the windows either way round? If so, you could experiment with one to see which looks better.

[Snowman]

I dragged myself out to the garage (a mild 6 deg C) and threw down an undercoat on the kits. As such not looking too bad, other than a couple of joint lines that will require some attention, as was expected.

Thanks for watching.

[Snowman]

I don’t suppose you can glue in the windows either way round? If so, you could experiment with one to see which looks better.

Hi ya, that would have been a nice idea, but unfortunately not possible as the they have the armoured banding moulded into the glass part. See below.

[Guest]

That’s what I was kind of hoping they wouldn’t have Looks like you’ll just have to choose one or the other and run with it?

[Jim R]

Hi Gavin
I'm not into this genre but they do look fun. I know Steve enjoyed his foray into sci-fi. Despite the fit issues you have got it together nicely. Great idea to display with the armoured car for scale. I look forward to the painting/weathering. Great scope there and hopefully the book will give you some ideas.
Jim

[Snowman]

Hi Gavin
I'm not into this genre but they do look fun. I know Steve enjoyed his foray into sci-fi. Despite the fit issues you have got it together nicely. Great idea to display with the armoured car for scale. I look forward to the painting/weathering. Great scope there and hopefully the book will give you some ideas.
Jim

Thanks for the words of support, much appreciated.

Anyway, we move on to a spot of pre-shading.
This will hopefully allow me to add a bet of depth to the paint job.

Thanks for looking!

[Snowman]

The mission continues and the garage is pretty darn cold at the moment, but I can't lose momentum.

The first round of colour goes on.


Thanks for watching.:thumb2:

[Snowman]

Well, I finally threw down the last colour modulation and I am happy with the results.



On closer inspection, a bit rough so I may have to give that a bit more attention. Was probably rushing it a bit with the cold.:thinking:

Anyhow, thanks for looking.

[Snowman]

It was a bit warmer today, no hard frost on the ground, so I ventured out to the garage and did a bit more painting and assembly.
I think the kits are starting to come together quite nicely. Did a 50/50 smoke and clear green treatment on the inside of the windows and I quite like what I see.




The only problem with super close ups, there is no hiding any blemishes, but a distance the effect looks more believable.

Anyway, things are getting together and are looking pretty good.

Thanks for looking!

[Snowman]

Seasons greetings all!

I finally managed to get the decals on, one or two mistakes but overall I am very pleased with the finish. Next round I will seal the decals before I start the weathering process.



Thanks for looking.

[Guest]

That’s looking very good so far

Quick question: how tall is the model? I have Bandai’s 1:100 Warhammer Attack Tomahawk, but I suppose this model would be a fair amount larger than that, so posing them together won’t work?

[Snowman]

That’s looking very good so far :smiling3:

Quick question: how tall is the model? I have Bandai’s 1:100 Warhammer Attack Tomahawk, but I suppose this model would be a fair amount larger than that, so posing them together won’t work?

You are quite correct there Jakko, this one is 1/72 which will be bigger than than the 1/100 kit. This 1/72 scale kit stands about 15cm (150mm) tall to the top of the radar.

On the flipside, you could do a perspective diorama with the smaller kit in the "distant" back ground?

[Guest]

I could, except I won’t be building a diorama with it I intend to build the model I have as a BattleTech WHM-3R Warhammer by means of nothing more than a paint job as this particular one:

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If the Destroid Defender were about the same size, I could call it an RFL-3N Rifleman and pose the two together, but alas