Time now to do some work on the front of the body. The lens
are meant to be amber, these were painted with Crystal Orange as in part 2 of
the blog. Satin Black was used for the
grills & the lens pushed into those. I found that the grill were very hard
to push into place & had to get a file to the inside of parts A13 & A14
to make them fit better.
At this stage I pushed in the shoulder joints to the body
& they go in with a clicking sound as the ball joints sits in the
body. The lower body covers (A7 &
A9) were sprayed Satin Black then put in place.
The body is coming together nicely & the top ½ needs
some attention. The shoulder armour, lower access hatch (B29) & all the top
armour pieces were done in White primer & the fixing bracket for the hatch
in Plate Mail. The shoulder armour went
together over the lights with a poly-cap in place inside & then pushed onto
the remaining ball joint in the shoulder. The upper hatch was done in Satin
Black then fitted to the arms that come out by the HUD. The top armour & neck gaiter just plug
into position.
Let’s start to put this bad boy together.
The elbow armour was sprayed white then then the gaiter for
the arm pushed over the arms & then this unit & the elbow armour fit
into the shoulder joint on the main body. The head just clicks into place on
the top & the waist then fits at the bottom.
The gaiter for the waist can be pushed into place with a
cocktail stick or the blade of a small flat screwdriver. The painted shoulder
pads were pushed into place, and then the gold crest fits to the front.
The armour for the upper part of the legs were painted &
fitted to the earlier made units & are pushed into place on the lower leg
through the gaiter for the knees.
One of the final parts is to make the weapons &
shield. The shield is a simple 2 part
unit painted black & white.
The pistol was painted in satin black, then to give some
detail the grip was painted with mix of dark brown & matt black & the
chamber in plate mail primer & then fitted. The night stick was in satin
black & “Ammo Of Mig” rubber (AMIG-033). The shotgun was done in Aluminium,
Gun metal & the pump action section satin black.
A large majority of Japanese kits use rub down transfers
& stickers instead of water slide decals that I am more used to, so still
perfecting the art of doing it right. This kit comes with 2 types, so decided
to lay them out & see which would look best on the kit.
The trick with rub down transfers is to use some low tack
masking tape to hold it in place while you rub so the transfer doesn’t move
& split.
Just a simple case of fitting the legs, shield &
deciding what weapon to have & the Ingram is done.
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