Sunday, July 7, 2013

Hasegawa 1/72 Macross VF-1A Max TV Custom - 2

Like with the Lotus, the heat made getting any painting done really difficult. With the Valkyrie, I manage to prime the exhaust nozzles. I also applied Mr. Surfacer 500 to the areas were deep scratch marks from sanding were visible. I'll sand it down with 800 grit before applying another coat of priming and painting them with Metalizers.


Also found this pic on the internet to illustrate the look I'm going for.


Again, that's it for now. 

Tamiya 1/20 Lotus 99T - 2

Not much of an update for this week. Unfortunately, the current heat wave we're in coupled with humidity hovering between 70 to 75% limited the amount of airbrushing I could do. Since I don't have a paint booth yet, I'm relegated to doing my painting in the garage. On a 94 degree day, I'd be just as comfortable in an oven. 

However, before it got too hot, I did manage to lay down a coat of Primer/Sealer onto the Lotus' main body and front wing. Below, you can see the result after I wet-sanded the body with 800-grit 3M Wet and Dry sandpaper.


Hopefully, the heat will break sometime this week and I'll be able to add primer/sealer to the rest of the bodywork.