After almost a year of hiatus due to my new hobby (Lego), I was able to finish kit. Kindda feels good to build another scale model for myself. About the kit; its an out of the box build. Primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000, and painted with Gaianotes paints. For the weathering, I used artist oils and pigments from Vallejo. 

Im having a problem with my old website so I'll just give the album link here -- HANOMAG

Just a personal project, planning to weather it heavily. Got carried away and took only a few photos during the process. So here it goes.

Very basic assembly, no fitting issues as far as I can remember.. 

 Wrong vehicle dude!

After priming with Mr. Surfacer 1000, I applied black on areas I want to have shadows then resprayed with a mix of dark red. I want the yellow to be a lil bit darker on this one.

 This will be my base coat. Gaianotes Dark Yellow.

Forgot that Gaianotes paints has a strong covering characteristic, all the blacks and reds were covered completely.

So I just opted to colour modulation/

Here is the current status of the build, applied rust and scratches by sponge and dry brushing with lacquer paints. Next thing to do is a pin wash and maybe some filtering to blend it all in.

Old kit just gathering dust in my workshop. Decided to build it as my brother's birthday gift. Just out of the box build and turned into a semi-fixed posed.

Latest commission project and first build of this year. Its a Master Grade Wing Gundam Ver. Ka by Bandai + resin conversion parts (Wing Zero TV Ver.). Painted with Gaianotes lacquer paints and Tamiya & Testors enamels. Bandai, Samuel decals & G-options Aurora film were also used for additional  details. This is probably one of the hardest scale models I've build due to the fact that the resin parts are recasted,  therefore most of the parts does not fit properly requiring a lot of trimming and modifications. The surface quality is also quite poor that it took me several coats of primer and sanding/re-sanding. The small details are also obscure that you have to replace it with after-market parts (Kotobukiya MSG's). There is also an issue of paint lifting after masking even though I already used Mr. Resin Primer. But overall it was a decent and challenging convo kit to work on. Im also digging the sexy proportion of the kit. A friendly advise to everyone who might like resin kits or conversion parts. Get the original cast, it might be more expensive but it has a higher quality and will save you time and effort when you build it. :D

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Aurora film was used for the camera lens effect.

Will just have to finish applying matte varnish to the rest of the parts.

Parts coated with gloss varnish.

Finished enamel painting (last resort to avoid more paint lifting issues).

Still on the masking stage.

As expected a few more paint lifting problems.

Repainted the parts with paint lifting issues and last stretch of masking.

Metallics and clear colors (green) applied. 

Painted the red parts with Gaianotes Bright Red.

Fortunately this time no paint lifting occurred. 

Started applying yellow on the parts.

Also applied dark gray for the internals and gloss black as base coat for the metallics that will be sprayed later on.

Hello Murphy! Im not sure if its the quality of the resin but paint (even Gaianotes Lacquers) are having a hard time staying on the surface, even I left it for 3 days to dry and cure.

Blue parts also painted. 

Primed both plastic and resin parts with Mr. Surfacer 1200.

Parts coated with base white (Gaianotes Lacquer Paints).

After the first round of putty + sanding + primer there are still some surface imperfections of the resin parts. Here are some of the photos;

 

 

 Parts that needs a second round of cleaning.

 

 

Primed all the resin parts making all the casting flaws more visible. Unfortunately 80-85% of the parts have problems like this.

Applied putty, and sanded all resin parts. Will prime again to check again for errors.