HGUC MS-06 ZAKU II

[ScaleModelDisciple]

Here is my first entry:


It seems like a simple enough kit, but maybe i'll try to do something special with it like put it in a diorama.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Looks like a cool kit.

8)

 

[amateurmodeler]

alright more gundam stuff!!!

 

[schweinhund227]

So what happened to the WiP Pictures...??? any progress on this at all ???

give us a sign of life dude !


NORM.

 

[ScaleModelDisciple]

OK, i finally have some time to upload some pics (now that i'm finished).
Unfortunately i didn't get to start on this kit until nearly a week before the contest end.

This was a standard build with hardly any modification.
But, i did add rivets to the shield. I used size 21 sewing pins. I drilled holes with a pin vise and cut the heads off of the pins, with very little shaft left, and inserted them into the holes.


The shield with places for rivets marked with a pen.



Pic showing some of the rivets in place.



Here is the final effect, before painting.

 

[ScaleModelDisciple]

I was in such a hurry to get this done, i didn't get to make a YouTube video, like i had planned. Sorry. But here are a few more photos of the ZAKU just after getting a paint job.

I stippled some MS500 on some of the armor to give it a rough cast look. You can see this effect in the following photos.

 

[ScaleModelDisciple]

I also wanted to add something to the backpack/engine thingy on the back of the ZAKU. Unfortunately, i ran out of time before i could add thrusters, but i did add a fine wire mesh to it, just to make it not look so plain.
I cut the wire mesh from a faucet aerator.


Thanks for looking!

 

[Quaralane]

Looks like you got some good work done for only a week.

 

[ScaleModelDisciple]

Oops, i forgot to add the pic of the shield after painting. Here it is:

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Good lookin' Zaku!

 

[Grendels]

Nice work on this!!! Love the detailing!!