Hi guys.. I'm building an MG 1/35 Ingram 1st from Patlabor series for WOOB4 (out-of-box build) :P

Since I missed the deadline for my last WOOB3, so this time around I better start off :rolleyes:


Just got this thing snap-fitted last weekend..


My source of ref (there’s only 2 illustration inside the mag.. rili kena tipu by the frontpage :( )



So I started off with the head antenna
To facilitate airbushing and seamline removal, I split the inner part


So the individual (diff color) parts can be inserted after AB


Move on with the head side armor
Covered the original hole with superglue


Sand off clean


Remake the new hole (original was 1 hole, I made 2)


Some minor reshape of the groove (this seems allowed as I do not add on any additional parts)


The mask
Before

After (added another hole)


Antenna
Before

After (added new panel line)



The head overall






Despite having new groove and deepen those shallow panels, I realised all the pics looked just like sanded original parts.. it's almost same same with the original piece.. :o

Well, all I can say about this Ingram is that some joints are screw tight, so have to sand abit to loosen the joint (esp the elbow), overwise it's gonna be damn tight. Those ugly rubber cloth TPE is damn hard to remove the nip marks and molding lines, but good this is the inner frame no need to remove mold line and paint :)

And it's standing taller than most Gundam 1/100 kit making it a solid mecha :lol:


That’s all for time being.. C&C welcome as usual...

hey... the carving skill is awesome..!!

keep it coming klay

okie okie.. thanks thanks..

BV.. i think i saw u b4 one of the saturday morning/noon at hhq
u r wearing yellow t's and putting that tomcat into display shelf.
i was the young guy buying that newly arrived 400ml x 2 mr.thinner n dozens of paint with dlcm that day.

so paiseh i think i recall u only after i saw this from ur thread..

ur sponge tray :lol:

good stuff, nice to see more kits other than the usual gundams. and your cutting mat has really good battle damaged 'weathering'.

shows you've been hard working. haha

brother klay, no need to paiseh ler,

after much long distraction and lazy rest..
decided to do some tiny update.. :P

not much, just joint movement enhancement..

Before



After





Becoz of the enhance hip movement, the thigh armor will block and scratch the hip/waist part, so some thinning of the side armor is required..





c&c are welcome as usual..

Ganbateh Bro Klay, will start my P2 very soon, hope can finish before the dateline of the group build.

PS: I joined too many GB lately, MKII, Car, Plamo's Non-Gundam, US armor and Viet War GB, I bet I cant finished all of them. :lol:

kirin, dun so tamak, later one also kenot finish :P

MKII one will be OK for me, since I already promise Ray, US armor one is actually a diorama while the VietWar also a diorama, but a commisioned build and the duration is one year. :D the rest, really dont know leh. <_<

Been a slacker lately.. rarely working more than 1 hour on every occasions.. where most work done here.. as u can see below.. SANDING..


The chest armor (with original rivets)



The side shoulder armor (which i added)



The rest are basically sanding and removing nip marks, mold release line.
Ankle armor


Leg part, before


After


Comparison (Left before sanding, right after)



Side Chest (before)


Side Chest (after)


Hand (Left sanded, Right before)



Cable holder
Before



After



Rescribe panel line, chest (visor plate)



Removing ejection pin hole:
Side shoulder armor piece




Arm




Side Leg Armor




Seam line removal and modded for "snap in" assembly of the beacon
Before




After






Cooking time

Due to lots of sanding, i find that cleaning with help of ultrasonic cleaner with water+window cleaner helps to remove sanding dust from crevices and nooks, panels come in handy. no need brushing every single piece with toothbrush.
just dump in, press "on", rinse.. kao-tim.

After cooking, started priming...

Below are primed with 1200 mr. surfacer, then 1000 mr. base white airbrushed.






the pilot (soft PS)


the other figure



finished airbrushing white armor, with mr.color (gloss white 80% + flat white 20%)

right leg


left leg


right arm



left arm



chest


back



Head




dunno why, the pic shows the shaded area a bit grayish..
the real one looks perfectly white in front my eyes..
when i noted on few panels/parts with different shades of white especially the leg parts, i then snap-fitted them together and given another layer of white. however it is still noticeable...

C&C welcome...

Nice ... :Drool! keep it come bro!

Kay,

Very nice detailing. Noticed the kidney shaped tool you use to apply putty, though over sized is unusual with serrated saw teeth. What tool is it and where to buy one?

Really like the sanding down the surface to make the original rivets protrude instead of depressed. Perfect idea for guys who had purchase the rivet stamping tool. Thanks for sharing.

emm that not for applying putty it IS a saw :P
found a good photo of it ...
http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTP-4

klay did you mail it in ?? nice tool :D to have .

thanks for the interest :P
yeah.. the kidney-shaped Photo-Etch saw (the non-serrated side) can be used to apply putty instead :lol:

revliss.. i got it fr oldman..
not sure he still has stock or not, it's much thinner than any conventional saw fr art stores since it's PE.
mine was from crazy-model :P

good for dacapitating small figure :P and seem like it can last for some time befor need replacement

some updates:





painted the figures using mr.color character blue, character yellow, flesh, white and black + brown for the hair





wash with enamel for lining



after some re-clean up and touch up


misting with mr.color semi-gloss





comments and suggestion welcome
i fiddle with photoshop to get sharper picture but somehow i overdo it, picture getting grainier..
:(

thanks for the feedback..

decided to go satin for the finishing look


started washing the panel lines...




ok.. some small updates..
(i'm just too bored in office <_< )

some masking done on the shield




(the minus mold is airbrushed with iron and once dried, buffed with paper)
masking the foot/sole





the masking was basically done with 2-3 layers of diluted white glue.
well if the layer is thick enough, it may peel off as one piece.


painted the piston alclad 2 chrome and masked, painted with grey

Jeolous man... My Ingram2 is like layiing on my workdesk for weeks liao...

Try your new airbrush? :P

Updates..

okay.. tackling the ugly waist rubber joint.
i dunno if those who had build this kit having problem with those rubber joints, especially the waist part. the rubber sleeve at the bottom keep coming off when there's even the slightest movement..
i've to glue it to the base as re-attachment is pretty cumbersome without armor removal


used masking tape to temporary secure and seal with superglue.



then to the application of dry transfer (problem again)

(the middle word, the left top corner there's a piece got detached even with my best efford of using masking tape to prevent movement of the transfer sheet)

cut off small piece from spares


allign and secure in place and tape it down.



after repair, not perfect but better than a cracked one



The shield is done (pic shows before stencil repair). The badge is sticker with edge trimmed.





Going to finish very soon :)

some teaser photos :lol:









bigger pics:





C&C are welcome...

your work is very interesting, truly a modeller. It is amazing seeing your work been done.Colour is spray evenly, nice and neat. You have the patience and determination. :o :o

abg klay, you're really a professional :o :o the mods on this baby is killer, you're WIP's will definately help out since you pointed out which parts need modification. I have to start building this one, Super impressive bro... ^_^

gundam76, thanks :D

abg langit.. takde pro lar.. it's just an OOB work ^_^
glad you find my WIP informative :)

wah, masking with white glue... nice progress.