Recent content by tetsujin

Alas, another year, another failed attempt to prep for the model show.. Slain by Skill Issue (5 days to SCGMC)

It's about 8cm tall

Gearing up for the SCGMC model show next month, I reached a point where I kind of had to accept that the more ambitious projects I had in mind for the show just weren't going to be done in time. It's always disappointing to reach that point, and it happens a lot. But even if I can't steal the...

While I appreciate the sentiment when it's offered... No Such Thing as Luck (51 days to SCGMC) Schedule-wise things aren't looking great at this point. I'm going to keep at it for now but I may have to change plans for SCGMC.

After a long period of struggling to make any kind of headway on hobby projects, I'm back to working on my Zaku scratch build. My aim is to wrap it up by November, but it's possible I lost too much time already. We'll see. 50 Shades, but the 1980s version (not quite... 63 days to SCGMC)

Yeah it seems a waste that SSM forum doesn't keep old threads around. That forum's been around for a long time, if they kept their old data, it could be an asset. As for keeping the kit standing: I haven't built one of these with the FAST packs before, so it's a bit different - but when I built...

Every year I try to get together a bunch of projects for SCGMC and other model shows I attend. I haven't really been working on those projects lately, though, and so even with a few months still before the show, I worry a bit with the amount of stuff I want to get done by then... But I've...

Some of it is just cleaning, some of it is the usual ventilation set-up for the spray booth, some of it is the fact that I've got myself a rather large compressor and decided to have it in another area of the house, so I need to run an air hose to it. I've been making some headway on the...

I had hoped to have this project done for the SCGMC model show in a couple weeks, and when there were still 70 days remaining, that was at least a possibility, but... I just haven't gotten back to that pace of steady progress I had going for a while... Little bit of progress, though, I built...

Yeah I try to make it out to SCGMC when I can. This one is my 6th. These days it's the only model show I really travel for. This time it's also gonna be an excuse to bring one of the kids to Disneyland. (I'd actually wanted to bring the whole family along but the scheduling didn't work out.)

Earlier this year I did a 100 day challenge to work on the Zaku Kai scratch build, a project I've had WIP "forever". Now, with 70 days until SCGMC, I'm back at it, looking to finish it up. 100 Days Later (70 days remaining)

For what it's worth I think it looks pretty good. Maybe just a little "incomplete" You've basically got some "large scale" paint scrapes. I think maybe you need to supplement with some "small scale" ones. Like the chips you've got are fairly big areas where the paint has worn away totally. I...

Week 14 (May 15 - May 21) was completely "Data not found". Week 15 (May 22 - May 23) Day 99: Data not found Day 100: Did some work on adding connecting joints to the upper leg, and took some photos to show the current state of the whole project: To Be Continued (day 100)

Week 13 (May 8 - May 14) Day 85: Did more work on the knee joint, got the lower half of the mechanism mostly together and working. Knees vs. Want (Day 85) Day 86: Data not found Day 87: Data not found Day 88: Data not found Day 89: Data not found Day 90: Mostly wrapping up work on the...

Week 12 (May 1 - May 7) Day 78: Data not found Day 79: Data not found Day 80: Data not found Day 81: I built the central portion of the knee joint. This part was a bit challenging for me because of its sparse interior structure Knee Joint Struggles (day 81) Day 82: Data not found Day 83...