Completed » VF-0A/S » Battroids + Reactive Armor

About The Build » I’ve been wanting to do a pair of VF-0 battorids for a while now. The reactive armored version is quite cool looking and far sleeker than it’s later VF-1 incarnation. Not much to write about here. OOB-builds except for replacing the thrusters with MechaSkunk T-Small aluminum…

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Pixie Puff

Went to the Washington County Humane Society today and got a new addition to our family. Pixie Puff! A little 10 week old calico kitten. Very cute and playful. Riley and Lanie love her already, but Pixie’s not to sure about Lanie just yet. “kiddy…” whap whap wahp. The whapping…

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Completed » Astray Gold Frame

About The Build » Another mental-health build for me after and during all of these scratchbuilds and involved projects. The kit is very nice OOB but I made a few minor changes to suit my likings. First off I removed the chrome plating by soaking the parts overnight in some…

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In Progress » Armored Dune Hopper

11.19.07» Source, Concepts & Initial Scratchbuilding And I said to myself… well, how did I get here? I started this project out mentally as another Martian Hovertank like my prior one… gathered all the parts I’ve been stashing for it then somehow used none of those parts and decided to…

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Painting the Zeon Cyclops Jeep

Every once in a while I decide to take a lot of step-by-step photos and make a tutorial out of them. I figured that this small jeep kit from the Gundam UC Hard Graph line would be a great piece to test out some techniques and write about the armor…

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‘What is Gundam?’ article for ModelÃrâ„¢

After creating my Gone Fishing article for Czech Republic based magazine ModelÃrâ„¢, I was asked to write a new short piece. Since the magazine focuses on military modeling, many of their readers don’t know what this crazy Gundam thing is all about. So this article describes in brief, what Gundam…

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Creating Moss and Lichen

As I gain experience in this hobby I find myself trying more and more to recreate nature in various scales. This involves plenty of research on modeling materials and real life examples/images. For my current project I’d like to place some moss and lichen on some rocks. Just a small…

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In Progress » Lighthouse Standoff

01.24.08 » Source, Concepts & Initial Scratchbuilding I’ve been wanting to make a lighthouse for quite a while now. One of my original ideas for my Griffon dio was to place it flying near one. After receiving the UC Hardgraph Cyclops Set, the idea came back to me. This diorama…

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