Cave_Dweller
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Well, I was totally stoked to see this bad boy on the shelves at my local hobby shop, and bought it immediately. It's been in the stash for a while and now that I've got an airbrush, I decided it was time to build it.
This is a very detailed kit, with a large number of very well made (and delicate!) parts. Definitely not for beginners or those lacking in patience. It also has a lot of mold lines on extremely tiny and fragile parts, not easy to clean up.
It came with a large sheet of excellent decals, rubber hoses and fairly thorough instructions. Overall this is one of the highest quality models I've ever attempted.
So, I've slowly been assembling it. Lots of sub-assemblies and I can see now if I want to get the best paint job on it, everything has to be carefully painted in phases, as there are so many little crevices and recessed areas that would be impossible to paint if you just put it all together.
Here's some pics of where I'm at so far. I'm running into some challenges with the mold lines on this one, and I think I need a better putty/filler for the seams. I'm using Citadel liquid greenstuff, but it isn't that easy to work with and despite hours of sanding I can see the seams still aren't properly filled. Any suggestions for a better filler?
Top notch quality on this, even the box is awesome!
The sprues:
Legs:
Body:
Hands and arms, had a moment of panic when I thought I lost the sprue! Turns out the sprues were just so complex I couldn't locate the bits. Maybe not the best idea to work on a model like this after a few beers ;D
Quite detailed sub-assemblies here...these are just the elbows and there was about 8-10 pieces per elbow!
Here's the head, which again is ridiculously complex and detailed. It even comes with two choices for the back part:
The instructions even specify this back part is for "late model" Groberhunds! How cool to have such details.
That's all I have for now. I'm perhaps 60% done with the assembly so far, but there is a lot of seam-filling to do, and many little bits to add on.
Also if anyone can give me any tips on how to shave mold lines off the rubber hoses I'd be grateful. Even with my sharpest knife, the hoses bent to easily to slice the tiny little mold lines off effectively. Scraping the knife over them kind of does the trick, but sort of tears them up as well.
This is a very detailed kit, with a large number of very well made (and delicate!) parts. Definitely not for beginners or those lacking in patience. It also has a lot of mold lines on extremely tiny and fragile parts, not easy to clean up.
It came with a large sheet of excellent decals, rubber hoses and fairly thorough instructions. Overall this is one of the highest quality models I've ever attempted.
So, I've slowly been assembling it. Lots of sub-assemblies and I can see now if I want to get the best paint job on it, everything has to be carefully painted in phases, as there are so many little crevices and recessed areas that would be impossible to paint if you just put it all together.
Here's some pics of where I'm at so far. I'm running into some challenges with the mold lines on this one, and I think I need a better putty/filler for the seams. I'm using Citadel liquid greenstuff, but it isn't that easy to work with and despite hours of sanding I can see the seams still aren't properly filled. Any suggestions for a better filler?
Top notch quality on this, even the box is awesome!
The sprues:
Legs:
Body:
Hands and arms, had a moment of panic when I thought I lost the sprue! Turns out the sprues were just so complex I couldn't locate the bits. Maybe not the best idea to work on a model like this after a few beers ;D
Quite detailed sub-assemblies here...these are just the elbows and there was about 8-10 pieces per elbow!
Here's the head, which again is ridiculously complex and detailed. It even comes with two choices for the back part:
The instructions even specify this back part is for "late model" Groberhunds! How cool to have such details.
That's all I have for now. I'm perhaps 60% done with the assembly so far, but there is a lot of seam-filling to do, and many little bits to add on.
Also if anyone can give me any tips on how to shave mold lines off the rubber hoses I'd be grateful. Even with my sharpest knife, the hoses bent to easily to slice the tiny little mold lines off effectively. Scraping the knife over them kind of does the trick, but sort of tears them up as well.