TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[clee-cm]

I know that I have not posted a major in-progress thread in a while, my previous project before was the Tsukasa Bullet  1/6 Heat Blade Resin Figure, I finished that model all the way back in August, but I have not posted any photos of the model on this forum. Sorry everyone, I am not going to post any photos on this forum, I may put some thing up on my weblog in the future, not sure yet.

I went a head and posted a thread for the 1/6 Heat Blade, you can check it out. Click here.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

It has been a while since I did a major scratchbuild project, so after much deliberation I decided to build a TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose for the AoZ Unlimited Competition. I like the whole modular aspect of the Owsla and the Primrose Unit, there are a large number of possible configurations that are possible. I had already started drawing the plans and looking for photos and information in September, and started to build in mid October after a lot of planning, I am constructing the model now.

Before the contest was announced, I had already been playing with the idea of building a Hazel, I spent time drawing out the plans for the various parts of the Hazel. Below is a plan for the parts of the Primrose unit, I have made lots of progress on the Primrose Escape Unit, as of now.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have completed the construction of the basic shapes of the various parts of the Hazel.

I have decided to start with the Primrose unit first, the past month I have made stead progress on the primrose unit, I started out with large 12”x24” sheets of Styrene from Walthers Inc. model railroad. I am using .100 to provide support and rigidity, .040 for the outer surfaces, and .010 thickness for all of the exterior details. So, now I am busy cutting, sanding to shape various pieces of styrene into the different parts of the Primrose Unit, right now,  I am using 150 grit sandpaper, a exacto knife, pliers and a wire cutter for the construction work.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have been glueing and lamenating the various pieces of scrap styrene from the construction process to ad thick ness and support for the individual parts of the model.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

After lots of sanding, filling and covering the floor of my dinning room with white styrene dust, I am done with one the construction of the basic shape of one of the parts.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have finished construction of the rough shapes.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

Here are the various parts of the Primrose Unit, this is my progress so far.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[FichtenFoo]

Looks good so far, but what scale will it be? Can't tell and you didn't say.

[clee-cm]

The model will be 1/35 scale.

Here is a photo that I took early in the photo shoot, it will give you a sense of how big the model is.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[FichtenFoo]

wow... 1/35... VERY cool!

[nico]

Impressive !
Will you build the whole unit or only the bust ?

[clee-cm]

Right now I am planning to build the entire TR-1 Hazel, I have plans created for the thruster pack, and the lower leg armor units.

To be honest, I did not think that I would get this far, but the project is great stress relief. 

[eyewitness]

the progress looks promising, nice work so far!
and lets not 4get:
waaawww, i've been dying to see a 1/35 gundam!

[Ezechiel]

Knowing the scale makes it even more awesome!
Great stuff, keep it coming!

[zerobxu]

To be honest, I did not think that I would get this far, but the project is great stress relief. 

Scratch-building as stress-relief?!? You've just demonstrated a genuine lack of sanity! 

Seriously, it looks great so far!

[clee-cm]

  hehehehe, all of the sanding and filing is great relief after a long day at work...

Thanks for the compliments everyone, they are much appreciated.

[DrDazzle]

And I wonder why I should even bother with my entry.... geeze. You and Ezechiel both are going to ruin me.

[FichtenFoo]

And I wonder why I should even bother with my entry.... geeze. You and Ezechiel both are going to ruin me.

Do it anyway. Remember, it's open judging and not everyone always finishes these monsters. I hope to see it finished, but don't let that stop you.

[clee-cm]

I hope that I finish it to, it is a big project, don't feel intimidated by my entry. I have a lot of detail to add to this monster.

The more contest entrants the better... 

[DrDazzle]

I hope that I finish it to, it is a big project, don't feel intimidated by my entry. I have a lot of detail to add to this monster.

The more contest entrants the better... 

I guess. The GM kit at the core isn't what I am worried about, it is the scratchbuilding (rifle/ launcher and a hi-speed back unit) that worries me, seeing as how I do not know a lot about hard core SB.

[clee-cm]

The best advice I can give you is to take a lot of time to draw out the various components of the model you are going to build, the more planning and thinking you do the easier things will go.

Since many of the Titan and TTT MS used similar weapons, you should be able to take weapons from other kits, as for the thruster pack it really is not that hard to build, I bought one of the AOZ books and looked through the images thoroughly before I did any cutting and sanding.

I am out of town right now, I got 1/2 way through construting the rough shapes for the thruster pack before the Thanksgiving holiday, but when I finish building the thruster pack, I will post some progress pictures.


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If you have not done any scratchbuliding before, try scratchbuilding something that is not so demanding like building different turret on a 1/35 armor kit or something that is not so complex. This is how I got my start in scratch building. Look around the major armor building websites, they are good places to read about scratchbuilding, or you can look through some model building books from Osprey or Verlinden.

[clee-cm]

I am back from my Thanksgiving trip, since then I have progress on the construction of the Hazel's thruster pack. So far so good, but before I left, I started to build the side thruster housing for the Hazel's thruster pack, I still have to build the high speed power unit that mounts on the top.

I have finished cutting the .100 thick styrene, all of the pieces have been cut and glued together.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I also completed the preliminary construction of the front and bottom Primrose thruster vents and the cable cutter blades. One note, I had a look through Ninja Science's Flickr gallery, in the drawings of the Primrose Unit the cutter blades were different for each of the units that were illustrated, so I chose the shape that I liked, and went with it.

I know that the two cutter blades fold under each of the Primrose's wings, but since I am building a static model, I am not planning to have the two blades fold in and out.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

Now that I am back from my holiday, I started construction of the outer plates of the Hazel's thruster pack. I used the scrap pieces of plastic that I had left over from the construction of the primrose unit for the side thruster housings.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

This is a interior shot of one of the thruster housings.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

Here are some more shots of the side thruster units.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have cut out the thruster light housing, and test fitted all of the parts that I have built so far.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I still have a long way to go before I finish the Hazel's thruster pack, I still have to build the Bean Saber storage tubes on each of the thruster units, plus the high speed thruster unit that mounts on top of the thruster pack still has to be built.

[aspexx]

1/35??!! thats gonna be a lot of styrene sheets lol
this is gonna be a monster project for sure!
looking really good so far...makes me want to join the group built..
or even just get back to modelling...
but i'm in midst of exams right now... sigh
anyways seeing your work is very inspiring!

[clee-cm]

1/35??!! thats gonna be a lot of styrene sheets lol
this is gonna be a monster project for sure!
looking really good so far...makes me want to join the group built..
or even just get back to modeling...
but i'm in midst of exams right now... sigh
anyways seeing your work is very inspiring!

   Yes, the Hazel Owsla is going to be 1/35 scale and big, but not to big, so far I am doing very well with the styrene. The most complicated part of the initial construction was the primrose unit, since has a lot of moving parts that transform (I am not going to make a transforming Primrose Unit), I used a lot of styrene to construct this beast. Otherwise, the construction of the rest of the MS is going well.

I bought styrene in 12" x 24" sheets, so I am doing great on styrene, if you ever do any kind of scratch build, buy the styrene in large sheets, this will save you a ton of money. 

The more people who join the build the better, don't let me scare you off. 

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Over the weekend, I constructed the Rear Booster for the Thruster Pack.

Like the other parts of the Hazel, the frame of the Booster Unit is made of .100 styrene laminated together, I repeated the process until I had the completed booster unit.
 

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

After working on and off through out the weekend, I completed the Booster/High Speed Thruster unit for the Hazel Monday evening. I have a basic shape of the booster completed, I still have to construct the thruster nozzles for the Booster and Thruster pack, and the mounting/support arm for the thruster. I used .40 think styrene to cover the frame that I constructed.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I did a test assemble of the Thruster pack parts, the Booster Unit at the top, looks a lot bigger in the photo than it really is. 
 

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[Ezechiel]

Looks really accurate! Such an awesome project!

[FichtenFoo]

So will you attempt to get this casted if it turns out well? I know at least one person that'd likely buy it if it did. *cough*matt*cough*