I built a 1/1000 Cosmo Navy
Posted: 2013-05-29 06:06am
Everyone likes Flash Gordon rockets covered in fins, so I picked up the 1/1000 Cosmo Navy from Yamato 2199 a few weeks ago. I cheaped out on shipping and it only just arrived, and I'm pretty impressed. I built the middle one first (the 'cruiser') because I didn't want to fuck up the big one and the smaller one appeared to require actual modelling skills.
I'd looked at Dalong to see what the kits are like (which is why I decided against the Gamilas ships because they looked quite boring) so I was really surprised by the level of detail on the ships. They'd looked really flat and boring, but they're full of 'proper model' details. Mr Dalong even lazier than me!?
Alarmingly, however, it appeared the kits required GLUE. Being a super-lazy Bandai lazy modeller, this left me pretty aghast. Luckily, it isn't really true.
The ships are broken up into pieces that fit together more like a traditional Bandai Gundam kit than a regular boat kit; the hull is built in several frames that fit together to hold each other in place with pins and clips, rather than being two huge bits you just glue together down the middle.
I quickly found out that while most of the nub marks are hidden, this construction method means they have to be properly cleaned up or you're left with gaps where they don't fit together properly.
I'm going to go back and use glue (ugh) to get a better fit on the pieces, but I'm pretty happy with my $5 spaceship. I'm planning on trying out a wash and a flat topcoat on these ships; lots of the detail is basically invisible due to the scale, and I hear a flat coat will make the plastic look a bit less ... plastic. HOBBYISM AHOY! I've never used either, though, and I'm not sure how to use a wash so it picks out all the details without leaving smudgy poops all over the colours.
Finally - the essential test. It DOES make a great beam saber!
EDIT SWEET JESUS PHONE CAMERA SUCK
I'd looked at Dalong to see what the kits are like (which is why I decided against the Gamilas ships because they looked quite boring) so I was really surprised by the level of detail on the ships. They'd looked really flat and boring, but they're full of 'proper model' details. Mr Dalong even lazier than me!?
Alarmingly, however, it appeared the kits required GLUE. Being a super-lazy Bandai lazy modeller, this left me pretty aghast. Luckily, it isn't really true.
The ships are broken up into pieces that fit together more like a traditional Bandai Gundam kit than a regular boat kit; the hull is built in several frames that fit together to hold each other in place with pins and clips, rather than being two huge bits you just glue together down the middle.
I quickly found out that while most of the nub marks are hidden, this construction method means they have to be properly cleaned up or you're left with gaps where they don't fit together properly.
I'm going to go back and use glue (ugh) to get a better fit on the pieces, but I'm pretty happy with my $5 spaceship. I'm planning on trying out a wash and a flat topcoat on these ships; lots of the detail is basically invisible due to the scale, and I hear a flat coat will make the plastic look a bit less ... plastic. HOBBYISM AHOY! I've never used either, though, and I'm not sure how to use a wash so it picks out all the details without leaving smudgy poops all over the colours.
Finally - the essential test. It DOES make a great beam saber!
EDIT SWEET JESUS PHONE CAMERA SUCK