RWB Progress 11/9/15

I started gluing on the body panels. Man.. this conversion kit kinda sucks. I mean, the details are nice, but the fit is horrible. It's going to take A LOT of work to make it smooth. I had to break some bits off to get the angles right. It's possible it was made for a different Porsche kit than i'm using, or maybe I didn't cut the base model in the right spots.. I dunno.  Anyway, i'm confident it'll look ok in the end, it's just going to take more work to get there than I wanted.

The Stig - Complete

You can see the full set of the completed 'The Stig' figure here:

http://www.bhop73.com/galleries/fig_gal.php?model=stig

Rear Bumper

Removed the rear bumper and rear right fender. It's going to take some work getting things lined up properly, probably a lot of putty in my future.. :(

RWB Step one.. sawing...

This is my first conversion kit that requires sawing off body panels to fit replacement parts. I'll be honest here, i'm kinda just "winging it". I already can see that i'll have to do some repairs/filling and more cutting to make things fit right. It's kind of a pain, to be honest. I guess i've been spoiled by the way modern model manufacturers make everything so easy.

Here it is before anything has been done.

..and now, the side panels.

The front bumper.

Sawing off the fender, just like Nakai! Unfortunately, I still have 3 more fenders to go.. and the rear bumper, and the engine cover/wing. Not a bad start though!

Catching Up

Man.. a lot has happened since my last post. I guess I dropped the ball on the blog.. whoops.

The Fiat is done.

http://bhop73.com/galleries/car_gal.php?model=abarth

I've also finished the Panzer III M 1/72

http://bhop73.com/galleries/mil_gal.php?model=pz3

And... i've been painting this figure. “Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that if he caught fire he’d burn for 1000 days. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”

After he's done, which should be soon.., he's all white after all, I have another car I'm planning.. it should be pretty sweet. I'll be sure to update once I get started.

Portable Spray Booth

Recently I bought this cheap portable spray booth from amazon..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZH7RSM/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I finally got to use it.  It's not very big, but it seems to do the job as long as you're just painting small-ish parts.  The fan's not very loud, it sucks pretty good and the detachable hose that sticks out the window takes most of the fumes away as it should.  It comes with a little lazy susan, so I used it to stick some stuff to that I needed to paint.  When you're done, it folds up into a little box for storage (the hose doesn't fit inside unfortunately).

Overall, i'd recommend it if you've got a limited work space like I do.

Nissan 180sx Type-X

Been a while, but i'm still building.  Off and on.. but here is what i've been working on.  Fujimi's 180sx Type-X.  I didn't really do much in the way of modifications.. really, i'm just putting different wheels on it, adding brakes, racing seats, and exhaust.  I chose this grey color that i've been seeing in the car scene.  I think it looks pretty good on this car.  Anyway.. here it is so far.

HGUC Marasai

Ok, i'm a Gundam nerd. I build model kits and Gundam models are part of my model stash. So, i've been working on this Marasai mobile suit kit. It's HGUC, 1/144 scale. So far i've only snapped it to test fit and see what kind of modifications or improvements to make.

That was weeks ago.. lately i've been actually doing some work on it. Motivation is hard to come by, but honestly, I think the reason i'm motivated is because I want to clear my workbench to work on my 1/16 Jagdpanther..

In this pic, you can see the work i've done on the kit if you're familiar with Gundam kits. Mostly just sanding seams (hguc kits have a lot) and adding small details like under armor fills and such.. more progress to come.