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WhiteGlint
Hi, welcome everyone. 🙂

@Jon: No, it is not my design. As Michał already pointed out, I bought it too.
Source is here: https://www.gambody.com/3d-models/ornithopter-dune
You can get optimised .stl files for both fff/fdm and dlp/sla printers. The resin ones are often smaller and use less parts.

@ Michał: Keep in mind that the wingspan would be around one metre. I hope you have enough space. 😄

As I said, I am not so happy with the wings as they are warped. Maybe I should have placed more supports attached to the sides. That could have stabilized them, maybe...
I hope to straighten them out a bit without breaking them.

S M
following!

WhiteGlint
The third of the Sakura Wars Spirit Armor kits.
The last one's too long ago, I made some of the same mistakes again. 😄
I should have painted the backside of some of the parts because they are visible, but only if you look at them at the right angle.

A bit of a quick build I started last sunday and finished today, so roughly just three days of work.
Quite a lot of parts to be painted and assembled. There is no glueing and sanding so most time went for painting.

Still struggling a lot with figure painting, though I think it went a bit better than the first two. I also need thinner brushed to paint details of the clothing. The figures are 1:24, reminds me why I mostly build my 1:72 jets without pilots. 😄

While the figures are still my weakpoint I made some other improvements. This time I didn't use any of the stickers provided with the kit.
The gold parts of the armor were painted with Tamiya Gold Leaf over a white base coat.
I don't think that I will prime yellow, green or red kits ever again with black... Maybe when it is necessary, though.
The green of the armor is too dark, it should be a bit lighter but I think it still matches well with the gold.

As the Spiricle Strikers of the Combat Revue are well maintened I decided against heavy weathering. This time there is almost no weathering or scratches at all due to the characters and Striker's style of combat.
Casting magic she would try to stay in the back and avoid getting close to the enemy.
Instead I did some pin wash and sealed everything with some gloss clear, avoiding getting it too glossy, like the others.

Not many WIP pictures, as it is mostly removing the parts from the sprues and painting them before putting everything together.
Well... I just forgot to take some. 😄

Four more to go.

S M
Good job with this one👍 It is fun to get a model quickly done 😄

WhiteGlint
Thanks mate. 🙂
Yeah, it's a nice change of pace as most projects take many weeks or sometimes many months.
Also they are pretty easy to build, which saves some energy that could be put into other projects or dioramas perhaps.

WhiteGlint
Thanks Jeramy and Daniel. 🙂

Chan Li
Inspiring, can't wait to rebuild some of my gundam kits.

WhiteGlint
Thank you Simon and Torsten. Much appreciated. 🙂
The decals were a pain in the ass, though. 😄
Decals are the step I fear the most in every build I do.

Chan Li
Nice build! I was always thinking to build a Macross aircraft, and now your results encouraged me to do so.

WhiteGlint
Finally all parts printed. Still more cleanup necessary before I can cure everything under UV light.
I had to reprint most parts several thimes. The only exception was the torso.

The legs also had to be reprinted because of the ball joints. Printing them didn't work out either, had the same problem with its arms.
After adding more supports to stabilize the round structure it worked out well.
Some of the supports are badly placed and fused to some of the parts. I need to remove them and clean them up, too.

Also some parts are again slightly warped, which is a nuisance but I will keep the parts now. I am still figuring things out with 3d printing.
In addition resin is not exactly cheap and it takes some hours to print everything.

I am thinking about showing this 'Mech fight another in a bit more detailed diorama.

WhiteGlint
Thank you very much, mates. 🙂
Yeah, I think it needed some silly nickname.

@Torsten: Thank you.
I am not completely happy with the snow but it was the first time using these products. Maybe the snow in my future dioramas will look better. I'll probably need to use a whole jar to get the hang of it.

WhiteGlint
Thanks Kathleena.
It's not my drawing. The picture of the original Tesla Tank is from the installer guide of the game, if I remember correctly.

WhiteGlint
Welcome aboard Dean.

Okay, so here are some first WIP pictures. As I said I screwed up the decals so I will try to paint the cockpit with a brush.
The colour of the dashboards and consoles are not correct. I decided for some NATO black and will try to detail it with different colours in the instruments with some fine brush as well as highlights with drybrushing.

The grey I used for the cockpit is a bit too glossy, but most of it will be probably hidden under the canopy anyways. 👀
I will take a look at some pictures of the cockpit of the aircraft, to get at least some of the details right and paint them with a brush.

This kit has a lot of stencils. 🙂 What did I get myself into? 😄

Sergej I
Made me laugh with photo 11. 😄 😄

JD
This deserves a 👍 from me!

WhiteGlint
Thank you very much mates. You kind words are much appreciated. 🙂

The next Battlemech is already in production. But I got some real trouble to print the spheres for the ball joints, like I had here.
This will require some more try and error...

WhiteGlint
An interesting year, to say the least, comes to an end.
Modeling-wise it was a nice mix of frustration and fun. 🙂

Happy New Year, mates!
Keep on modeling and keep having fun. 🙂

Cheers!

Marius
They all look great! You had a very productive year! I like the MiG-29 the most. Interesting camo for the F-22. Did it actually exist?

WhiteGlint
Thank you Marius. 🙂
Yes, it was quite productive, though I still got some things on the bench I could not finish 2021, but will hopefully finish them January. And some stuff I started and did not share with you Ladies and Gentlemen yet.

Before starting more new things want to finish some of these projects first, even though I can feel it itching to open the box of a model kit. 😄 (looking at my F-4EJ Kai or all these mecha kits I have.)

The MiG-29 is one of my favourites, too. It was a lot of fun to make and I think I even used (almost) alle decals and stencils that came with the kit. The base itself was an experiment and I wanted to do something like this for some time now. I believe the waves could have used some foam but I feared I would ruin it and Christmas was not that far off anymore.

My nephew really loved it as a present, which made me very happy. Though it really frustrates me that I always break off some pitot tubes or other small details on kits like these... He didn't seem to mind, so mission accomplished. 👍

As far as I know there are no Aggressor Squadrons operating F-22A, so this is a what-if.
I've seen this first in the DCS flight sim as one of the skins for the F-22A mod.

Neil
What a build year! 👏

Simon Nagorsnik
Cool dios!
The juggernaut looks so great,really like the paint job and really like it in combination with the rock base!
With some battle marks (crater?) it would suggest a very nice battlefield.
Also like the color of the smaller one!
Since it's a work drone, I might have added a little more chipping and weathering.
Bu that's just my opinion😁
However, nice👌

WhiteGlint
Thank you very much S M, Torsten and Simon. 🙂

No offense taken, Simon. 😄
I was thinking about weathering the drone a bit more too, but settled for a more subtle weathering like the Juggernaut has. I still have two more I can have some fun with. 🙂

With the Barrett it really shows it is a "toy" as the arms are hollow.
I am thinking about putting some more effort in the other two and fill out the arms.
With those I think I will try some other camo or maybe heavier wear and tear.

The colour is not correct either. In the Anime it is more orange and not as red as is mine. But I think it is still fitting for a "work drone" deployed on a base to be very visible.

As there are five of the bigger Reginleif Feldreß ( that's how the mecha are called in the series) waiting in my stash I can do some more dioramas in the future.
But first I need to procure some more diorama materials and get some inspiration to achieve more variety, because right now my scenery is a bit repetetive...

Torsten
I'm looking forward to it 👍

Matt Smurfmm
Oh...Meters I understand immediately. Maybe 1/144?

Brandon H
Very cool!! I might try one myself someday.

WhiteGlint
Thank you, Roland. 🙂

Alex Rodionov
Excellent result for so difficult kit.

WhiteGlint
Thanks guys! 🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
Funny idea!!
Like it very much and nice presentation👍

WhiteGlint
The Mothership from Homeworld.
Most antennas did not survive the clean-up and one is a bit warped. 🙁

Model cleaned and primed.

WhiteGlint
Hi Kenshiro, and welcome to Scalemates.
I get what you mean, the aircraft just looks awesome.
I was looking for some kind of conversion kits, too but had no luck yet either. So some kitbashing and scratchbuilding will be necessary The initial kit I was going to use was not the best choice, and I will use a F-15J instead. Which also saves me the need to procure additional decals for modern japanese aircraft.

Looking forward to your future projects. 👍

Kenshiro78
Thanks WhiteGlint! Yes I agree ,I suggest the F-15J kit MSIP,we'll have some great work 👍

S M
@Łukasz Thanks now I C that too XD

WhiteGlint
Thank you, mates. Your kind words are much appreciated. 🙂
It was a fun project. The base was fun as well, though I need to refine the frames for future projects. Wood is a good material.

The hardest judge is still to come on christmas eve. 🙂
I hope the little guy likes his present. It is his favourite aircraft, after all.

Torsten
I watch with great interest

WhiteGlint
Hi Torsten and welcome.
I am still a "3D printing novice" which means a lot of try and error. The printer is running at the moment, printing the legs. Torso is already done. I will upload the first pictures once all parts are printed.

After some reading I found out that my printer can print a lot faster with shorter exposure time than recommended for the resin I use.
This is more of a test right now and I hope it works out.

Torsten
I cross my fingers

Dmitri Kouterguine
Great build, looking forward to see it painted.

Murad ÖZER
JinRoh?

WhiteGlint
Yes, not sure how I am gonna do this. But the armor looks pretty intidimating and also cool.
Maybe with some Greenstuff and 3d printing.

Torsten
I love JinRoh 😎

WhiteGlint
Thank you very much, James.
I had few splatters but all in all I like the underside very much.

Okay, she is done. 🙂
Not my best piece, but she looks good.
I had the same problem with canopy masking as I had with my last Zero, I am definitely not happy abouth the canopy.
Also the chipping is not as I hoped it to be. It is very easy to go overboard and next time I may need an even finer brush for the that part of the build.

But I slowly get a bit better with colour and clear coat application by airbrush. Clear coats, which always gave me a headach, are slowly getting smoother, which I could see how water drops formed on the surface while applying decals or the wash. 🙂

I will maybe do some more work on the base later. Painting the borders black and maybe some more pigments.
@Simon: I tried out what you told me about the base and I probaly did some things wrong, but I still achieved a nice, dirty and dusty look on the concrete. Thanks for the idea, I think I will use this some more in the future.

The photos are a little over exposed, I think.

Simon Nagorsnik
Congratulate!
a really nice finish, the chipping is nicly done!
i think the base looks good so far!
I hope I was able to help you a bit!
you can only give suggestions, refine and try them out yourself 😉

WhiteGlint
Thank you, Julian 🙂

Clifford Keesler
A cool unusual project. Love the color scheme.