TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[clee-cm]

Thanks, Ezechiel:

Yes, I am building the whole Hazel TR-1, I did check the dimensions and proportions before I started construction. The thing is much bigger than I expected, when I drew up the plans, I forgot to factor in the extra equipment that are attached to the Hazel's feet.

[clee-cm]

Ever since the last update, I have been hard at work on the lower legs, I am going to have to order more styrene for the other leg, the feet and the head. This is the progress that I have made so far on my Hazel, I have finished glueing together the pieces of the left lower leg, I still have to glue the support struts onto the rear exhaust fins for the rear thrusters.

I added a photo of a 1/35 German Soldier to give a sense of scale.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

Below are a few shots of the leg generators, I have left the center cover plate open, I still need to ad some detail to the small openings on the front side of each generator unit.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

This is what I have done so far, I spent most of the week working on the long box in the center, all of the other pieces will attach to it.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

Now, I have to go back and work on the knee, I still have to ad the front and rear thruster ports and create the thruster fins that sit below each of the thruster nozzles in the front and back.

[FichtenFoo]

Looks good so far. This link should help you with your styrene supply:

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=76&Page=1

[clee-cm]

I am adding a few pictures to this thread, I have been working on the torso and the tail of the Hazel, so far I am making great progress. My next task is to go back and work on the arms, I completely forgot about this part of the project. I also started work on the rear thruster tail fins, started to drill the holes, and build the mounts for the leg thrusters.

Here are a few photos.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I most recently finished work on the tail thruster, I drilled out the mounting holes for the 6 tail thrusters.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[clee-cm]

I am posting some more progress photos, between both updates, I have been working on the arms, drilling the holes that I need to insert the pins and the mounting port that is located on each of the lower arms. To create the hole on each of the arms, I used a ruler and pencil to draw the outline of the port, and then I used a electric drill to drill all of the holes, I cut out the plastic with a modeling knife and filed the sides smooth.

Later, I laminated pieces of styrene scraps to thicken the side walls of the 2 elbow sockets, then the pieces are all test fitted.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have started work on the two wrist socket guards and connectors, I finished one of them and test fitted the pieces.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[Funaka]

Really looking forward to the first assembly of all the pieces and a size comparison to something like an MG kit. Keep up the good work!

[clee-cm]

Hi Funaka, thanks for the compliment.

  I am also looking forward to my first test assemble of the pieces, then I will take some size comparison photos. Right now, a educated guess says that the Hazel will be roughly 23 inches tall, when you include the heels, larger abdomen, and different head unit.  So far so good, I can't believe I have been working on this project since October. I have made more progress than I thought I would, I have completed the torso, back pack, high speed power unit, tail, left leg, and the two arms.

I am still working on the arms, I have been drilling the holes that I need to insert the pins in the arms. The good thing is that everything fits, all of the holes line up.

[clee-cm]

My current project is the Hazel's head, which compared to the rest of the body is going much faster than I expected. I started out by cutting the basic shape of the head, and used the scrap pieces of styrene from the construction of the other parts for the various support struts on the head. I have the basic shape of the head completed, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, my next project is to begin work on the face and the machine gun intake ducts for the head. I still need to build the ammo loading doors on the side of the head.

As of now, I have finished constructing the two Antennas on the head.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have also been working on the warning and alert decals that will go on to the Hazel. I thought about using aircraft decals, but decided against it, since most of the text is ledgible at 1/32 scale. I don't want to put a warning for the ailerons on to the handles and locking bolts for the Mobile Suit's various panels and access doors. But my biggest problem has been finding a large enough TTT Bunny logo for the Hazel at 1/35 scale, so I bought one of the AOZ books and scanned the logo on the back. I had to create from scratch the other TTT Logos, and the other related Hazel related decals. For the Omecha logo, I used the Greek letter Theta and turned it on it's side, then stretched it out, I used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create the needed artwork.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

I have also been going back to the other parts of the Hazel and adding detail and retest fit all of the parts.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[mtomczek]

WOW! This is looking fantastic. If you were to actually get this cast, I would snatch it up instantly.

Can wait to see it once you start refining and puttying the pieces. Keep it up man!

[FichtenFoo]

Looks Great! I have some TTT designs in vector format that I copied and recreated whenever I got my HGUC Hazel. You're welcome to them if you're interested.

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[clee-cm]

Thanks for the complements guys, I am also looking forward to the completion of this model, I have not thought about casting this model at this point in time, one of my main concerns is that I have no experience in resin casting, and the cost involved. I appreciate the offer for the decals, but my main concern about scaling a decal from 1/144 to 1/35 is the amount of detail that is missing.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone. 

[FichtenFoo]

The decals in that pic are in vector format as are all the decals I create. Meaning you can scale them up without any loss. Illustrator, Freehand, or Flash format. They're not pixel-based jpg/gif/tiff/bmp's.

[FichtenFoo]

Close-up of bunny head...

TR-1 Hazel Owsla/Primrose

[FichtenFoo]

I created these a while back when I got my Hazel. They were created in Flash and exported as an AI format. (which can be imported into photoshop, quark, whatever... They're vector so scalable without loss of data/quality. Here you go if you want them... while it lasts:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YRF8TH1S

[clee-cm]

Ok, I see what you are talking about, I am interested in the abstract bunny logos on the top left hand side of the decal sheet, I have noticed that many of the hazels included this bunny logo on the shoulder armor of the Gundam.

[FichtenFoo]

Well, everything you see is in that file. Enjoy!

[Major Blah]

I check this thread regularly, but didn't have much constructive things to say and thus the silence.  However, the scratch building for the Hazel head is simply amazing.  I can definitely see that you are improving by leaps and bounds in this area, so fast and so well done!

Keep up the good work man! 

[clee-cm]

  Wow, I finally hear from you, thank you for the compliment.. 

Thanks for the compliment about the Hazel's head. I am now at the unglamorous phase of the project, putty the seams.

BTW - Are you ready for spring? Major Blah. My Uncle in Toronto sent me photos of the snow that they are getting.    I would not want to shovel that much snow.

[Funaka]

Clee-

Nice work on the head!!! I have to admit, I was kind of thinking, "Sure, he's making lots of progress on the big blocky stuff, but how will he handle the complex curves and shapes of the head?"

The answer apparently is: "Very easily."

It's obvious you took some time drawing and planning, but still, you made it look pretty easy, and I'm sure it wasn't (or at least it wouldn't be for me  )

Nice decals. Where will you put the big one that says "SAMPLE"? 

Fichtenfoo: Thanks for the decals! I won't use any of them directly, but I did want to look at your blue bunny. I was hoping that the yellow shield would be its own whole piece since it's used as the universal background of all the "cartoony" bunny logos.

[clee-cm]

Thanks for the compliment, I am guessing that everyone is waiting for the head, well, me to. A Gundam is not a Gundam without the correct head. I started out by creating a set of plans for the head, I used the Gundam Quel's head as a starting point, and enlarged or scanned all of the images I needed to build the plans. I cut small polygon and triangular shaped pieces of styrene, and hand bent them to shape, a little heat helps (there are plenty of threads on this forum that cover the topic); since the pieces are glued to a frame and filled with putty the strips do not have to be exactly curved because the puttied surfaces will be sanded and shaped.

Since the Hazel's head is not a perfect sphere it does not have to be perfect, the shape has to close as possible. At this point in time, I do have the face plate for the head completed.

Hehehe.... I am going to create a great big sample decal on the tail... 

FitchtenFoo: Thanks for the bunny logo, I greatly appreciate the help.