Hohg this took a long while. On and off for a bit over a month, a far cry from the quickbuild that the Y-Wing was. But it was definitely great practice! Pretty happy with how it turned out. Detailed with a mix of waterslides & hand painting with a simple wash. Vader's TIE Advanced is next!
Hohg this took a long while. On and off for a bit over a month, a far cry from the quickbuild that the Y-Wing was. But it was definitely great practice! Pretty happy with how it turned out. Detailed with a mix of waterslides & hand painting with a simple wash. Vader's TIE Advanced js next!
I'll be honest here- I botched this one up pretty bad. It was my first time using waterslides, but honestly they went really great! I've already fallen in love with them. However, it was also my first time using a new topcoat- specifically, DSPIAE's xg-903. I uh, didn't shake up the bottle enough, and it sprayed ALL matting agent, which made the whole thing snow white. Sadly, in tje process of cleaning it up, the decals came with it as ni extra layers of proper topcoat could have ever hoped to fix the mess- thus, leading to tgos half-decaled-half-clean look I "chose." Nonetheless, this is a pretty great looking model! It's a bit spotty in some areas, but it looks really fucking cool on my shelf and I definitely wanna get the regular Dom to go with it.
I truly think kit is peak master grade. Almost every bit of this has some great innerframe underneath, it has fun gimmicks like the extending limbs and the spring-loaded iron nails, bonus figures, its own unique display stand and even effect parts for the foot turbines and missiles. If you're considering getting an acguy, get it, it's so damn worth it.
Honestly, this was way better of a kit than I expected. Details are pretty sharp, almost every piece is undergated and the included waterslides, though pretty bad initially, blend in amazingly after a topcoat. It was a pretty simple and quick build, but it felt very good as the plastic quality is definitely above average for 3rd party kits. The stickers are pretty mediocre though, so I highly recommend painting- I used mephiston red on the vents, dawnstone on the crotch and forearm tubung, and abbaddon black elsewhere. For the price(about 20 USD when I purchased), I definitely recommend this kit.
My most recently completed build. It definitely shows it's age- even though this is the most recent reprint, many parts were quite brittle, the most noticeable being just above one of the waist cannons, which snapped. It also came together really fast, with many large halves snapping together. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out, as this was the final kit I needed to complete the current roster of 0079 aquatic MG's. I'll post the other 2 later most likely. Decals were the included dry transfers, particle cannons on the waist & head, as well as his thrusters, were hand painted as they came in grey and brown.
I got this kit in March of 2025 and completed it in April, but I finally feel like I can share some of my work. This was the first kit I ever took seriously, being a huge Zaku fan and lover of the 0079 series. I messed up quite a lot but I learned much from it. Decals were dry transfers from the kit, panel lined with GSI Creos gm01, and top coated with Mr. Super Clear Matte. Giant Bazooka was also donated from the Master Grade Rick-Dom. Its a beautiful kit but it's really loosened over time- the fingers are floppy, machine gun and bazookas don't hold well and the elbow pieces pop out constantly. But I still love it so much.