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News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:00 pm

Dead Metal wrote:That looks real good, man I wish I could get Gundams around here.

I can get Gundams in some local shops here, but the selection is quite limited and they cost more that way than they do when I order them from HLJ.
HLJ sells them at the Japanese Retail Price and have quite affordable shipping too.

Wheel_Jack wrote:spiritofcat, this is such a great idea and it's looking really good so far. I especially like the hands. I think another thing that works well for mustaches is super thin styrene. I've used it to cut out little head crests my prowl and his brothers. It looked really clean and smooth.
so how tall is this bad boy gonna be when it's all said and done.
thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the praise. I keep hearing about styrene, but I haven't investigated the availability of it in Australia. I'm happy enough to use just the materials I have on hand, but I'll certainly keep it in mind for more complicated projects in the future.

How tall is he? The 1/144 scale gundams are quite small. He's about the same scale as Revoltech Megatron, just a little bit smaller than Movie Concept Bumblebee. He'll probably fit in well with the smaller scale Classics figures like Starscream and Hot Rod.
I'll post comparison pics once he's done.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:54 pm

He's kinda freakier looking with the red nails.

Freaky in the way that kids are freaked out by clowns way.

Going on you size estimations Spiritocat, he should be of comparable size to Titanium Scourge...

News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:18 am

Well I've built his legs, so here's a photo for size comparison. Revoltech Megs is definitely the closest match.

You should recognise all the TFs here. I included the SD Destiny Gundam at too because he was so kind as to donate those hands.

He's not quite complete yet. I've still got to build his fist hands and his backpack, and do his panel lines.

by **olokin** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:26 am

I thought the Gundam would be larger. He does seem to fir with the TF revoltechs

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:04 pm

olokin wrote:I thought the Gundam would be larger. He does seem to fir with the TF revoltechs

Yea, that's true. He fits in great with those.

I didn't realize he'd be that small.

Nice work.

News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:59 am

Well he's been finished for a long time now, but I've only just got around to taking some final photos of him.
Here you go:

Now I can finally put him away in the display case and perhaps think about starting on my Jetfire project, or another SD Gundam.

[edit] Also, this thread probably belongs in the Kitbash section rather than the Repaints section. [/edit]

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:39 am

I had completely forgotten about this spiritofcat. It's great! Fantastic idea. I have to go now. I need to try to find this kit on ebay.

by **olokin** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:21 am

I wondered what happened to this one. Its excellent work, a creative use of a gundam kit.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:00 pm

Nice looking outcome and the bot mode is rockin'!

I just don't dig the alt mode too much. But, seriously, how much time would he spend in alt mode anyway :-)

Nice work!

News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:52 am

Yeah, the alt mode is not great, but still, it's better than no alt mode at all, which is what most gundam kits and the revoltech figures have.

Wheel_Jack, it should be pretty cheap. I got mine from HLJ for 1500 yen but they're out of stock at the moment.