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HGUC Zaku II Revive

July 3, 2021 at 11:50 | Posted in 1/144 scale | 3 Comments
Tags: HGUC Zaku 2 Revive, Project Remake, weathering, zaku II

Introduction:
The first Zaku kit I congenital was the HGUC Zaku Two Garma Zabi kit, which I custom painted to light-green. It was also my first attempt at custom modification and applying weathering effects. The results were non pretty, to put information technology mildly.

I've built plenty of Zaku variants since and so, with various color schemes and unlike levels of weathering. I wanted to revisit the plain, greenish, mass produced type Zaku II by repainting the latest HGUC Char Zaku Ii Revive kit.

Materials & methods:
The simply thing I inverse was the shoulder spikes and hands. I used the pointier MSG spikes on the shoulders and some resin hands I bought from the C3 hobby show. Painting was relatively simple:

• Breast: Gundam Color MS Deep Green
• The rest of the body: Gundam Color MS Green
• Backpack: Intermediate blue
• Feet, knees: Nazca Mecha Surfacer Super Heavy
• Heat hawk: Gaianotes Eva Imperial; Mr Color Orangish-Yellowish

After painting, I practical decals and panel lines, followed by very light weathering in the form of smearing and chipping furnishings using enamel paints. This time I decided to cease using Semi-gloss topcoat instead of the usual flat topcoat.

Results:

Discussion:
Equally 1 would wait, this latest HGUC Zaku Ii Revive is superior in terms of proportions and range of movement compared to the outset generation kit. For me, the most significant improvements are the rotating elbow joints and the trunk movement.
The only obvious seamlines are on the forearms and weapons. This kit doesn't use polycaps, and the wrists joints are a bit stiff because of that. The actual wrist role tends to detach from the forearms when changing hands. I had to permanently glue the left hand considering I broke the peg when changing hands.
Another minor gripe is that the front skirt armors tend to come up off, especially during a kneeling pose. The kit comes with a soft, rubbery office for the brim armors as an culling, but I decided not to use it.
Overall, this was a relatively unproblematic Remake, but sometimes simple is all-time.

RG White Ogre Zaku

July 5, 2012 at 10:47 | Posted in 1/144 scale | seven Comments
Tags: ホワイトオーガー, Char's Zaku, Real Course, RG, weathering, White Ogre Zaku, zaku Ii

Introduction

What I like almost the Zaku is the many color variations and one of my favorites is the White Ogre. The idea of custom painting my RG Zaku in white has been in my head for a while only the final element which makes a White Ogre Zaku has eluded me. I'g talking about the lizard decal on the right shoulder armor of the Zaku. Yes, it may be a small affair, but one that differentiates the White Ogre from merely another Zaku with a white paintjob. When I plant someone selling 1/144 scale White Ogre decals on Yahoo Auctions, I was finally able to get alee with the projection.

Materials and methods

The Zaku used was the RG Char'southward Zaku II. I could have used the RG MS-06F Zaku but I was saving that for another project. If you're a stickler for details, you may argue that the White Ogre was a ground type Zaku, hence no leg thrusters similar the one on Char's Zaku. I could take covered those leg thrusters simply I didn't. So basically this means that there's no modifications to the kit other than the color scheme.

Since the kit was originally in various shades of salmon pink and maroon, I sprayed a layer of black surfacer on all parts except the inner frame, which was sprayed with Tamiya Gunmetal. For the power cable parts, I removed them from the runner and onto a toothpick for easier painting. For all the armor parts, I sprayed multiple layers of Mr. Colour apartment white to become the desired shade of white.

Some other main feature of the White Ogre Zaku is the weathering, and for that I first applied the wash method using brown + yellow Tamiya enamels. This simulates the dirt/rust kind of weathering effect. Next, to simulate paint scratch damage effects, I used a toothpick (the pointy terminate) dipped in grey enamel paint and "drew" the paint scratches on the parts painted white. I repeated the same method using silvery paint for the black parts (chest, knees and elbows). The placement of these paint scratches are important, so I used images of a weathered MG White Ogre Zaku for reference.

After all the paints have dried, I applied the water-slide decals. I used copious amounts of Mr Mark Setter to make sure the decals stick and to preclude silvering. I also scratched the decals a niggling fleck using my hobby bract to have a consistent battle damaged expect. As a last weathering step, I practical sand-colored weathering pastels (Tamiya), mostly on the pes and equally always, I finished off with a layer of flat topcoat.

Results

Discussion

This is the 2d RG kit that I built, after the RG Strike. The weapons that come up with the kit are the standard machine gun, bazooka and a heat hawk; the rest that yous see are from System Weapons 002. Edifice the kit was a cakewalk, despite the many small parts and the same can exist said for the painting process. As expected from an RG kit, the joints have great movement but it still tin't lucifer the MG Zaku 2.0 in that respect.

Most of the bug I had with this kit was during photography. Every time I tried to make some action poses, the front skirt armors tend to come off. During the many times I popped them back in, I accidentally snapped them in half. Fortunately it was easily remedied using some plastic cement.

Admittedly, applying the White Ogre color scheme on a RG Zaku was inappreciably a novel idea, but I think I managed to execute information technology quite well, particularly the weathering. Overall, it was fairly smooth sailing and an enjoyable build. Now that I take a clearer idea of the RG Zaku anatomy, hopefully modifying the side by side i for a future projection wouldn't be too much of a nightmare.

Zaku Minelayer

September 28, 2008 at 21:54 | Posted in Master Form | 3 Comments
Tags: battle impairment, Main Grade, minelayer, weathering, zaku Ii, zaku minelayer

Introduction:

The 2nd MG I bought since arriving in Japan. Later seeing all those tempting photos of the MG Zaku Ver 2.0 in hobby magazines, I knew I had to get ane. But instead of getting the patently MS-06J/F types, I opted for the minelayer version. Part of the reason was the minelayer backpack could be fitted on the MG Gelgoog also, and as an added bonus, I got a free bazooka when I bought it from Toys R' United states.

Materials & Methods:

Like the MG Gelgoog, this was a straight build with no modifications other than the weathering effects. This time though, I decided to paint the whole kit. I bought some spray cans with different shades of light-green and paw painted some white parts on the head. Painting the minelayer backpack was more than of a hassle because it required a lot of masking to separate the nighttime light-green and steel colored parts. Battle harm was carved out using my penknife, painted with silver and finally added a dab of black weathering pastel (Tamiya) around the damaged area. Weathering and console lining was done using flat brown+black enamel wash.

Results:

Here'due south some pics of the inner frame for starters…

And now for the principal grade…

Discussion

Unfortunately I plant some parts became breakable and some even cracked after I practical the enamel wash. I'm not sure of the exact reason for this because I used the aforementioned method on the Gelgoog and no cracks appeared. Other than that I had no major problems with this kit and quite pleased with the results. Thanks to Mr Marking Setter, the waterslide decals I used came off nicely, with minimal silvering furnishings. Perhaps, just maybe, I'll purchase another Zaku II (or it'southward 195734848729 variants) in the future.

Supplementary Figures:

And finally here's some extra pics I took for fun…

(Yeah, I know I've been watching too many samurai movies lately)

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