This step was about the rear suspension. Here’s the gallery with 19 images of this step. The shock absorbers and brake assemblies worked pretty much like the previous step. Getting things to line up was tricky because there are three…
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Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 3
This step was about the rear axle. Here’s the gallery with 32 images of this step. Although there were only six sprue pieces, all of them involved multiple paint colors. I also spent a little extra effort sanding off seam…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 2
This step was about the front suspension. Here’s the gallery with 6 images of this step. This portion was fairly straightforward, although I forgot my yellow paint (did this on vacation), so I went to Michael’s and got acrylic ink….
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 1
This step was about the front suspension and brakes. Here’s the gallery with 17 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: This was the first time I’ve used a rattle can to apply paint. It didn’t take but…
Warhammer Light of Eltharion
This was an interesting table-top mini from the Warhammer 40K universe that was almost entirely hand-painted; the build took about 12 hours to complete. Here’s a gallery of the entire build (73 photos). Context All of my kits have been…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 2a
This step was about assembling the air intakes. Here’s the gallery with 16 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: Metal files (versus sandpaper or sanding sticks) help quickly remove super glue (a.k.a. CA glue). I shouldn’t have…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 1d
This step was about assembling the fuselage and the landing skids. Here’s the gallery with 61 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: The two halves didn’t fit together, likely because of that protruding piece (sorry, I don’t…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 1c
This step was about prepping the inside of the fuselage. I didn’t encounter anything out of the ordinary here — gluing, filling some ejector pin marks, painting. Here’s the gallery of 36 images of this step. This step took about…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step A
Note: I’m identifying the steps that can be done independently with letters, and dependent ones with numbers. The two pieces for this step are the gearbox and the tail rotor that will be put on the main body once it’s…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 1b
I tried my hand at some scratch building with the target sight system (TSS). It isn’t exactly the same as this inspirational build video, and I tried using googly eyes for camera lenses and thin-gauge wire to build some internal…