Post by gwangiboy on Jan 28, 2007 22:57:10 GMT -6
... the model show outside Rochester, MN (in Stewartville) next Saturday. I've got the cars picked out which I want to enter, but want to enter two in the SF/Fantasy category as well.
So got out this Godzilla kit to do some more work on. I got this many years ago, kept the painting to the Big Guy to his mouth, teeth and eyes, and weathered the base a little.
Looking at it now, it needed a lot more work. So I weathered the base some more, and started working on filing seams down, puttying in gaps on other seams, and repainting the Big Guy as well, after which I'll give him a black wash and some detail painting. He originally was molded in brown plastic, but he's getting a gray paintjob and then the black (Godzilla was an ash gray in the original movies -- never green!)
There are two Japanese fighter planes for him to hold as well, so I'll look at adding a little more detail to those. Originally I just painted them silver and left them at that! There might not be much more to do them anyway.
This kit was originally built during my first attempt at a comeback to the hobby, but my wife & I were experiencing a lot of difficulties in our personal lives then, and I didn't enjoy building as much as I had thought or hoped I would. Luckily the 2nd comeback attempt worked, and occasionally I go back and fix up what I did half-a**ed so long ago.
This is one of the best of the Bandai kits as well (1/250th scale), and based on the Godzilla in the original 1954 movie.
So got out this Godzilla kit to do some more work on. I got this many years ago, kept the painting to the Big Guy to his mouth, teeth and eyes, and weathered the base a little.
Looking at it now, it needed a lot more work. So I weathered the base some more, and started working on filing seams down, puttying in gaps on other seams, and repainting the Big Guy as well, after which I'll give him a black wash and some detail painting. He originally was molded in brown plastic, but he's getting a gray paintjob and then the black (Godzilla was an ash gray in the original movies -- never green!)
There are two Japanese fighter planes for him to hold as well, so I'll look at adding a little more detail to those. Originally I just painted them silver and left them at that! There might not be much more to do them anyway.
This kit was originally built during my first attempt at a comeback to the hobby, but my wife & I were experiencing a lot of difficulties in our personal lives then, and I didn't enjoy building as much as I had thought or hoped I would. Luckily the 2nd comeback attempt worked, and occasionally I go back and fix up what I did half-a**ed so long ago.
This is one of the best of the Bandai kits as well (1/250th scale), and based on the Godzilla in the original 1954 movie.
