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Hasegawa Dirty Pair Kei & Yuri + 1:300 Lovely Angel plastic model build photoset May 1st, 2023

This was a straightforward build. Decals for the eyes of Kei and Yuri come included with the kit. I used pearlescent white and yellow respectively for their outfits and they look nice.

Kotobukiya 1:144 Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou Type-A fighter plastic model build photoset April 25th, 2023

Shmup love from Kotobukiya! They never did make a Type-B kit, unfortunately. I used Mr. Color lacquers to paint the kit. I didn’t really follow the instructions’ recommendations. The red is 68 Red Matter with a bit of 58 Orange Yellow. The green stripes are 64 Yellow Green with a bit of 1 White. The engine cans were painted with different Mr. Color, Gaia Notes, and Tamiya metallic lacquers. It looks nice, but it doesn’t have a pilot figure! I used Wave’s “Mobile Staff” figure set and cut up one figure to put into a reclined sitting position. Looks nice.

MPC 1:48 scale Star Wars A-Wing plastic model build photoset February 25th, 2023

Here is my finished MPC A-Wing. This is the old kit from the ‘80s with the tinted canopy. Fortunately, the triangle decals still work fine. The tiny pilot figure that comes with this kit is complete crap and I tossed him into my Sarlaac Pit (trash can). The pilot I used instead came from MPC’s TIE Interceptor, which is completely inaccurate for the Imperial pilot figure but looks rather appropriate as an A-Wing pilot!

The kit is nice, but I needed to use putty to fill in the huge holes where those landing gears plugged into. I used some copper rod and other parts to cover up the area where the central landing gear hole is.

I used Oyumaru and UV resin to drill out holes for the cockpit console to light up the instrumentation.

Since this is an older kit with raised panel lines, I first primed the A-Wing black, then used a pre-shading technique for the panels using Mr. Color 307 is the main base color. I then went over it with Tamiya LP-35, Insignia White. I used Mr. Color 66 Bright Green for the trim, which I think turned out nicely. I used masking solution to achieve the paint chipping. Gaia Notes 43 Clear Black was used for the smoke effect.

Lighting this kit was fairly easy, except for the cockpit interior. Holes were drilled for the engines. For the central cluster of engines, I used fiber optics, but in retrospect using SMDs would have provided a far better effect.

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Hasegawa Egg Girls Collection No.07 Haku Rinpha (China Dress) resin garage kit build January 10th, 2023

Another easy-to-build Eggplane Girl resin figure kit. The decals are nice, parts separation makes it easy to paint, and it comes together rather easily. I decided to add some underarm decoration, considering that she’s a Chinese girl. Hey, I think it’s cute. Natural girls are better than nasty tattoo girls, in my opinion. Not every natural girl is a moonbat.

If I ever find this kit again, I’d like to make molds of my Morrigan gachapon’s wings and attach them to this kit to make a custom Corona-chan figure.

Hasegawa Egg Girls Collection No.22 Haku Rinpha (Pajamas) resin garage kit build January 9th, 2023

This is an easy kit that came in just a very few parts. Nice flower decals for her pajama top. For the see-through look to her bra and panties, I masked those areas off, airbrushed Gaia Notes 050 Clear White over the flesh/hair parts, then hand-brushed the white for the lace effect. I think it turned out nicely.

Hasegawa Egg Girls Collection No 11 Mikumo Shiranagi Kunoichi resin garage kit build photoset 白凪みくも（くの一）

Freedom Models JASDF F-2A & F-2B Compact Series plastic model build

I had some setbacks with the decals with this kit and had to request replacements. The decals stuck to the paper that was supposed to protect them.

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water pencil board (shitajiki)

Arii 1:100 scale 15th Anniversary Macross Destroid Defender plastic model box

My new Sega pillows from Shimamura November 19th, 2022

This week, Sega pillows went on sale at discount clothing store Shimamura. I bought Megadrive, Saturn, and Dreamcast console and controller pillows. 

Arii 1:100 Macross Regult Heavy Missile battlepod plastic model box art

I started on this kit this weekend. Decals are taped to my window, and hopefully the sun will bleach them to a better color.

Bandai’s 1:12 scale Armored Lady 2: Macross Valkyrie Lady plastic model box scan

There were others in the series, such as a Gundam Lady. ABS plastic.

Blue Thunder Japanese promotional flyer (chirashi)

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Sakura Taisen game flyer (chirashi) for the Sega Saturn

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water pencil board (shitajiki)

Alien Danger game attraction by Capcom Top: Taken in a game center in Kyoto, 2006. Bottom: Taken in a game center in Ina, Nagano Prefecture in 2009.

Macross and Evangelion pachinko machines