by FourEyedMonster | Aug 20, 2020
With scale model kit builds requiring individual parts to be painted first before assembly can begin, even intermediated payoffs can feel like a long time coming. After what seemed like a prolonged period of mundane prep work, airbrushing, top coating and panel lining...
by FourEyedMonster | Jul 15, 2020
In a move based more on flexing my creative license rather than mimicking physical reality, I went ahead to paint a burnt metal look on the Space Battleship Yamato Exhaust Nozzle. This effect is often found on titanium car exhaust mufflers with a burnt tip (see...
by FourEyedMonster | Jul 11, 2020
Undoubtedly, the early steps of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Cosmo Reverse version) project are going to be quite boring to the neutral observer. For that I apologize. While my work-in-progress blogs may hopefully be of help to scale modelers looking to tailor an...
by FourEyedMonster | Jul 3, 2020
After a break of nearly 15 months, the Space Battleship Yamato project is back on the work table. As there will be a few different versions of this iconic space ship entering my project pipeline in the future, it should be noted this particular kit shows the physical...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 19, 2019
You would think that finding matching colors for the hull and deck of the Super Battleship Yamato is a pretty straightforward exercise. Then again, I tend to overcomplicate things by overthinking solutions to problems arising out of extensive research. And so it was...