Airbrush Pile
PURCHASED:
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BEGUN:
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COMPLETE:
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Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
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As I had Stegie out, and Ed was in the same box, I gave him a look over, but not much more. I cut away some excess vinyl around the upper torso and tried piecing him together in my mind. I will need a blueprint. Didn't do anything else except to lay the parts out.
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I wasn't going to do more than slice all the flash off the parts. Then I figured ‘why not just do the main leg assembly?'. Then it became the foot as well. Then the hip... Then it was all over.
He's now sitting in two pieces -top and bottom. I got one extra heel somehow...
After the flash was all sliced, I began stuffing the parts with shredded paper -- an excellent idea! And things just rolled from there. I had him entirely stuffed in one night’s session, which ended around 2 a.m. The left hip is a little dodgy, but it should be good.
He now needs major priming. There is some minor work on the back I have to do, but the whole is otherwise complete.
The arms and shoulder flaps are movable. I glued the hips into place and considering the weight, it may need reinforcement. I may still be able to have the body rotating on the hips, but I will likely need to glue that into place.
This is a big kit. I gotta find a good place to display it. No base is needed as the feet and balance are quite adequate. A sound chip would be a good addition to this one!
So, with some minor bodywork, priming, essentially this one is next in the airbrush pile. I have to dig up some color reference though first! I'm guessing he was a basic silver, but an underlying brass could be a nice accent.
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Need to dig up reference, but is otherwise ready for the airbrush.
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Still need ref!
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I rec'd some superior ref photos a few weeks ago from Lunadude. Thanks man!
I have to make a detailed study of the photos as I am so unfamiliar with Ed's color scheme. I had thought it was brown or a blue/gray. But Ed is primarily white with black and some spot colors. Go figure! The next time the airbrush pipeline ramps up, he is in it!
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Given that he is base white, I gave him some blasts of 'Rustoleum white metal primer'. Looks great! can't wait to bring him to completion!
