Deadman Disciple
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Moving swiftly on with my next project, this is the 2nd kit I bought from the toy fair.
The Kazon Raider from Revell/Monogram, this was a bargain at £10 & it was still sealed from 1995 & the guy I bought if from has really looked after it.
All the sprues were still bagged & in really good condition.
I started off with the 2 main hull halves, then the spine & waited for the glue to dry, then came the 2 main rear wings.
Then using my files, I sanded away all the seam lines, did a bit of filling & got ready for primer.
I actually screwed up with the placement of the rear wings, as I had a massive gap to contend with, but then I realised id put the top parts of the wings in the wrong spot & glued them into the correct position on the side of the main hull & the gap that I previously had disappeared.
Once id primered, I then started to paint on the base coat of Humbrol 26 (Khaki Brown) on by hand, each side & underneath, which has gone down really well.
I bought a new primer to try Holts Simoniz which at £3.99 is half the price of Halfords at £7.99, because the guys over at Britmodeller forums had said its a great alternative, so I used that to primer the outer hull parts.
Once dry I painted the inside of the parts so I could glue them to the main hull for painting on the outside later & the paint went down great with no reactions.
Only problem is with the electrical tape I used to hold them down once glued, upon removal the tape lifted a little of the primer off the parts even though they had been dry for 24 hours, but with a little light sanding around the rough edges, ive re-done them.
On the other side, ive decided to use normal household masking tape & hopefully no lifting will re-occur.
Cheers,
Wayne.
Moving swiftly on with my next project, this is the 2nd kit I bought from the toy fair.
The Kazon Raider from Revell/Monogram, this was a bargain at £10 & it was still sealed from 1995 & the guy I bought if from has really looked after it.
All the sprues were still bagged & in really good condition.
I started off with the 2 main hull halves, then the spine & waited for the glue to dry, then came the 2 main rear wings.
Then using my files, I sanded away all the seam lines, did a bit of filling & got ready for primer.
I actually screwed up with the placement of the rear wings, as I had a massive gap to contend with, but then I realised id put the top parts of the wings in the wrong spot & glued them into the correct position on the side of the main hull & the gap that I previously had disappeared.
Once id primered, I then started to paint on the base coat of Humbrol 26 (Khaki Brown) on by hand, each side & underneath, which has gone down really well.
I bought a new primer to try Holts Simoniz which at £3.99 is half the price of Halfords at £7.99, because the guys over at Britmodeller forums had said its a great alternative, so I used that to primer the outer hull parts.
Once dry I painted the inside of the parts so I could glue them to the main hull for painting on the outside later & the paint went down great with no reactions.
Only problem is with the electrical tape I used to hold them down once glued, upon removal the tape lifted a little of the primer off the parts even though they had been dry for 24 hours, but with a little light sanding around the rough edges, ive re-done them.
On the other side, ive decided to use normal household masking tape & hopefully no lifting will re-occur.
Cheers,
Wayne.