Ah. MG is also fantastic. Same thing though if you could add a pin that would help keep it solid. In fact your odds are better with the MG since it’s larger and you could fit a larger piece of metal in there. You’d lose the waist articulation but at least you would have the rest.
Printer was sitting idle, so I figured I'd start tackling LootBoxPlus's Heavy Arms files, though upscaled to about 1:25 scale. Another week or two of printing to wrap up the chest pieces, then the rest of August sanding and priming while I wait for the next set of files to release. Not sure if I really care for the entire Gundam, or if I'll just wait for the November files to release, so I can pop on the shoulders for a bust. I've repaired swivel joints similarly - drill through the break and repair with a small screw. If we're talking pins, paper clips make for great 1mm pins - I use them all the time for small hinges. I think I have an MG Tallgeese kit I've been sitting on for a Leo conversion - I'll see if I can take a look at the waist piece for a more specific repair suggestion.
Cheers, its technically not the waist as it is more a part of the chest. Part 22 of runner C1. And its the ball joint that goes into the rest of the chest that broke
I'd say: 1) Take advantage of the flat-tipped balljoint as a starting point for the drill bit 2) Drill all the way through the part 3) Use a tiny screw to secure everything together. (If a suitable screw is unavailable, a small pin can be used to reenforce the glue repair.)
coming along about as well as my piss-poor skills with demanding old paint-and-glue plastic models will allow. decided to be deviant, and go my own way with markings, rather than stick by any canonical book. why not? my F-14 books show plenty of experimental/in-progress/one-off color-schemes/markings through the F-14's years in service;
Part 2 of decals. Woke up early this morning to gloss them before work and I can apply flat to all the parts this evening. Final assembly will be this weekend
Started building up the backlog again. Put in an order for the MG ZZ ver Ka and the HGUC Gundam Tertium, and received the HGUC Ex-S today. I'm really not a fan of ver Ka kits. Every one I've built has been either disappointing, a hand grenade, or both, but I've heard good things about the ZZ. Tertium looked cool, and I've been enjoying the HGUC kits lately. Ex-S...I have no idea why I ordered it, but at least it seems to be able to stand on its own, unlike the MG. I was going to order the HGUC Tristan but held off...for now. It looks like such a crazy mix of the Mk II, Alex, and Nu.
only thing i dislike about Ver.Ka MGs are their sheer dependence on Waterslide-type decals. BANDAI really ought to make duplicate decal sheets in Waterslide AND self-adhesive MANDATORY across the board for MGs, -if not for GUNPLA in general- satisfying both hardcore and casual modellers thoroughly within one fell swoop...
Yeah, be sure you have watched reviews of that thing. Bandai really cut corners with it by reusing old parts of the now ancient HGUC ALEX, so its articulation is hideously limited by modern standards.
Cheers. I was aware of the older parts used and I'm okay with the limited articulation, if only because it's such a wonky kitbash.
Honestly it's not just the reused parts that are lower quality. Many of the new elements are noticeably outdated as well, maybe it was some attempt at making the kit feel more cohesive and less like a kitbash?
Y'know... that DOES bring to mind one thought.... Other then the abysmal HGUC Tristan, why hasn't Bandai done an MG? Not even as a P-Bandai... They have literally TWO MG Alex' chassis they can use for the conversion.
slated to show up today, C/O UPS. i did the original 1/100 HG and 1/144 versions back in the late-90's, and now's the time for a crack at the modern MG interpretation;
