Elyn Kshatriya OOB WIP 1

I normally don't do WIP for non painted kits, but seeing how this is a special kit I figure I would do one to give people a idea on my experience of this kit.
Now just because the parts are already precut and put into trays doesn't mean no clean up is needed.In fact I am finding that almost every part sadly do still have some nub marks on them and on some parts their is a bit of excess plastic still on the part that shouldn't be there.
In terms of the overall construction, the kit does look nice and they did a pretty good job in covering up seam lines so there will be very little masking to none when painting. But that being said, I am finding that just trying to put this guy together is some what of a pain. There is alot of pieces that are not very tight when trying to put a section together like the arms and will fall apart until the whole section is put together making it much more stable.
I highly recommended that if you are going to be building this guy to have a some type of pin vise,  crazy glue, and cement and your basic cleaning up stuff like sandpaper, snappers, knife, etc.

Anywho here is what I got done so far:

Get used to working with these cables, because you will be doing alot of them for this kit and every time is a pain....

The cables barely fit which cause them to fall out very easy. So I got my pin vise and drill a deeper hole to hold the cable better.

How the cables look once in the arms before the rest of the outer armor is on.

Elyn Kshatriya Manual

Elyn Kshatriya Box Review

It's time for another Kshatriya, and this time it is the 1/100 Kshatriya made by Elyn. This Kshatriya is different then the SMS Kshatriya that I have been working on as this one isn't resin but is made form plastic like a normal Bandai MG kit. This kit is not made by Bandai but by a different company. I have heard that Elyn was having some legal issues with Bandai about this kit and I was alittle shock that I was able to still get my hands on it.
This kit is alittle different as the parts don't come on runners but has already been cut off and place into trays. I have notice that there is still nub marks on some of the parts so it will require some clean up just like a normal kit.
This kit does have a complete inner frame which most of it looks like it is already been put tougher just like a RG kit. I have took a look at the frame and from what I see so far it is really tight which is a good thing as I am hoping that it won't have any wight issues but seeing how massive Kshatriya is we well see.
Now for the design, it is not new as it looks like they completely copy the G-system 1/72 resin Kshatriya, so I would say it is a mix from the TV version and the SMS one I am working on.
For the box, it has some nice box art and pictures on the side showing off the completed kit and pictures of it's inner frame. It's manual also come all in color and is rather nice looking.
Inside the box, I got tons of goodies such as LED's, LED Beam Sabers, Metal stickers, Waterslide decals, and etc.

Sorry about the pictures, my camera died so I ended up using my phone.

RG Justice

Here is my review for the RG kit Justice gundam. This was my very first RG kit that I have put together and I am quite happy with it. For poeple who are not too sure what a RG kit is, it stands for Real Grade. The RG kits are 1/144 scale just like the HG line, but unlike the HG line the RG have much greater detail, almost on terms with PG's and they do have the inner frame just like the MG and PG but are in a smaller scale. Another different is that unlike the PG and MG, the inner frame comes together in sections like the arms, legs, wrist, and etc making so they is not need to put them together.
As for the kit itself, seeing how this was my very first RG kit I can't really base it on the other RG, so I will be basing this review on this RG alone.
This kit didn't take me too long to put together compare to your average MG as it was much smaller in size and having the frame already together speed things up pretty fast as well. But do be careful when handling the frame as it is pretty tight when you first cut it from the tree, so be careful when moving it around not to break it as some of the parts are very small and easy to break.
Because this is a RG kit, you may notice that it has many different shades to it giving it more depth and that if you hate masking this would be the perfect kit as the part separation is fantastic.
As for the overall movement and stableness, it does have great movement making it easy to pull off any pose you make like and it quite stable for the most part without its backpack on. But if you do have the backpack on and folded up it is too back heavy and will not stand up on it's own without a stand which is why Bandai added a extra part for the backpack to fix that issue. It comes with a little stand that go on the backpack which holds it up from the ground so it will not fall over.
Overall, I am very happy with this kit and if you love the design I would say pick it up.
Anywho here is the pics:

Liger Zero Jager Review

First of all I would like to say sorry for the lack of updates lately. As some of you may know I have move to a new city and I have been really busy work and stuff and haven't had as much time to work on my models as much.
Anywho, for you Zoids fans out there, I did mange to put together the Liger Zero Jager. This kit was a real treat to work on. The overall constructing of the kit is very nice. Unlike most HMM kits which are known to have parts falling off quite easy, I find this kit to be quite stable overall. I still do have the odd part come off, but nothing to drive you crazy.
As for poseable and movement, this kit is highly stable and has a good range of movements making it very easy to pull off any pose you may like.
The nice thing about these Liger Zero kits is that you could just buy the basic Zero kit and just buy the CAS kits which are much cheaper overall, but if you are like me and would rather have all three CAS out at once then your force to buy the complete kits.
Anywho, here are the pictures:

Calgary's Military Museum

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates. As some of you may know, I have just lately move to Calgary so I been pretty busy looking for work and a place to live so its been hard to work on models. I hope to start getting some more updates in about a month once I get all settled down here.
Anywho, this post is about my little trip down to the Military Museum here in Calgary. It's only $10 to get in for a adult and it is a pretty nice place for its size. It took us about 3 hours to look at everything, we didn't really go outside as it was a little cold at the time.
It was made up of sections such as WWI, WWII and other time frames. Each section took anywhere form 20-40 mins to complete and overall a nice place to check out if you are into military history.

Anywho, time for the pictures.
P.S. Tons of pictures!!!

MG Heavyarms

My first painted kit of the year. I was hoping to have this finish before the new years, but stuff came up and a bit of laziness got in my way........
Sadly this will be my last painted kit for awhile as I will not have my gear to paint anything for the next while. I still plan to snap build a few kits, so I will most likely do a few reviews on them when I get them build.
Anywho, on to Heavyarms. This is quite the nice MG kit, my only complaint would be the ammo thread going from the gating gun to the ammo pack. The ends would keep falling of the rubber wire making it super hard to pose, which I just used some crazy glue and glue them on fixing that issue.
This kit also does have some issues with the ankle like my MG Deathscythe did as they both have the same frame. The only different is that it falls backwards and not forward like Deathscythe.
As for the kit itself, I stay mostly true to the colors with some minor changes mostly to the gun and the ammo pack. I also added a bit of gold to the frame outside of the missiles where the missile are painted silver.
Other then that, I basically cover everything else in my early post on this kit. I plan on doing some snap builds on my Zoids kits next. So I should have some reviews on them in the next awhile.

Anywho time for the pictures:

MG Heavyarms WIP 3

Sorry for the long update. With the holidays and with me getting ready to head off to Calgary soon, I been pretty busy as of late.
Anywho, this is the final WIP for Heavyarms as all I got left to do is the flat coat and it is all finish.
There isn't much too add this time around as this WIP basically covers the panel lines and decals sections on the kit.
The panel lining was pretty straight forward, and for the decals I tried using the waterslide precut decal this time around. I must say that they where very nice to work with. They are a little thicker then the ones from Samuel, but they were much stronger and the fact that they were precut save me alot of time.
Other then that I don't have much more to say about this WIP other then picture time!