Changing things up and going big this week with a look at Takom's 1/72nd scale HMS Hood turret kit.

#Takom #HMSHood #Scalemodel

So this is not something that i normally do but I wanted to share a brand of paint that I decided to give a try. Have seen this at my local game store for a while now and during a recent trip I needed to spend a little more in order to meet the minimum for credit purchase so I finally decided to give these paints a test. For testing purposes I chose to use Bubblegum Crisis, a pink-gold color shift paint.

For all of the test spoons I started with a primer coat of Mr. Surfacer 1500 White. For one of the spoons I then did a base coat of Mr. Color pink (C63) to see how it would work with a similar color base. While trying to find my bottle of Pink I found my bottle of Mr. Color Florescent Pink (C174) and decided to also do a spoon with this as a base coat.

Now when I airbrushed the first coat I messed up. As there is no included thinning recipe, and because this paint is very thick, I used a combination of Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver and Thinner. This resulted in the paint being overly thin. Was able to get an ok first coat down but it was far from good. For the second coat I used only the Flow Improver and that did the trick. Had I done I third coat it would have fully fixed the first coat but for the purpose of this testing the two coats would be more than enough. The spoons were allowed to sit overnight and then a little extra. One spoon was then overcoated with SMS Super Gloss, spoon 1. The next spoon was coated with Mr. Color UV Cut Gloss, spoon 2. The rest were coated with Alclad Aqua Gloss Clear, spoons 3-5.

Spoon 1
Was a little concerned applying the SMS as Turbo Dork's instructions say not to top coat with solvent base paints. However, I can find no issue with how it turned out. My guess is that given how thin the layer of paint is when airbrushing it is able to fully set up. Would be interested to see how it reacts when applied over a brush painted sample. Handling the sample I found no issues and no paint coming off.

Spoon 2
Much like the first spoo..

Looking at another one of Hasegawa's Egg Girl figures this week with their 1/12th scale Ami in her Bikini

#Scalemodel #Hasegawa #Modelkit

Back to scifi kits this week, finally getting a look at Bandai's 1/72nd scale X-Wing Kit.

#StarWars #Scalemodel #Xwing

Just a quick update on what is happening with the move and some general planning for the rest of the year.

#Vlog

Staying on figure's this week and looking at Max Factory's first larger scale entry with their Mari figure

#MaxFactory #Mari #Evangelion

Taking a look at another one of Hasegawa's 1/12th scale figure kits with their Auto Companion kit.

#Scalemodel #Hasegawa #Modelkit

Back from our January break to disccuss what is coming up in the new year and some important updates for the channel.

Back to for a fresh year of reviews and will be looking at Hasegawa's 1/2500th scale Arcadia kit. #Hasegawa #Arcadia #Scalemodel

Back again for our annual year end update video. This will be the second time that I am recording this as right after I uploaded the first version some information changed and I did not feel the video did a good enough job with the incorrect segment still in there. However, right before I am uploading this new version, that information has now changed for a third time. At this point I really don't care to record this video again (knowing my luck at this point it will change yet again should I do) and will just deal with it in the new year update in February.

I am also going to apologize for how I sound and look in this. I managed to pick up a touch of a cold on the trip back from Florida and the night before I recorded this had gotten very little sleep. Given that this was the last chance I would have to record anything likely until sometime in the new year I had to just go ahead and do it.

So in this video we will be discussing what is going on with the move, what other things are happening, status of review recording, and what to look forward to in the new year.

#Vlog