by Mangozac | Jan 8, 2014
Happy new year everyone! I’m fortunate that my day job takes a 3 week vacation over the Christmas holidays. The first week was spend doing Christmassy stuff. The second week I spent on a yacht on the Gold Coast. Now here I am with my third week half way through...
by Mangozac | Dec 29, 2013
Warning: epic blog post ahead! OK so it’s no secret that Tamiya Fine Surface Primer (in the small and large spray cans) is the best hobby primer out there. Some people say they get great results with other brands but either they haven’t tried the Tamiya...
by Mangozac | Dec 18, 2013
Brass etch success! Yay! The photosensitive coating kit I bought from ebay/China worked but it gave pretty poor resolution so wasn’t suitable for this. It may have worked if I experimented with it a bit more, but instead I decided to play around with the PRP...
by Mangozac | Dec 9, 2013
I’ve been busy over the last few days and made some great progress – although I don’t think that the pictures really do it justice! The exterior of the torso is 99% complete. I’m just waiting for an order of Tamiya supplies to arrive so I can...
by Mangozac | Nov 21, 2013
I’ve got a quick update this morning showing off the reactor detailing progress. Not the best picture, but I think it conveys the gist of it. I ended up going for a pair or fans with cylindrical cowlings and am pretty pleased with how they’ve turned out....
