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Hello all, This will be my "2016 Build of the Year" entry: I bought these kits online a few years back. The reason I bought them was that I built these when I was a teen back in the 80's. I was out of the house at the time and my parents moved. They had deemed none of my models needed to make the move with them and were unceremoniously thrown in the trash. These are simple kits with limited articulation and I loved them. Nowhere near the quality and articulation of todays modern Bandai Gundam kits. I plan on building these 3 kits and adding some of my own touches. A bit of this and a bit of that and then constructing a diorama with the three models.      Best Regards,
Ron
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These will be interesting to see come together. Will look forward to seeing what you do with them. Good luck with the comp....  Regards Alan
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I'm not into 'Gundam' type modelling personally but these three look quite interesting and will make a nice diorama together, especially if you get the base and weathering right?
Well done Nytetrain, something different for the comp and I wish you luck with your entry!! 
Kev 
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Great news.Another USA entry for the competition.Good luck.I will be watching this build with interest.Are you planning on lighting them? I have a tiny laser that I am putting into an industria mechanika walker kit I have.
Carl
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Ron Hope you have great fun building these. Really feel for you when you say your parents threw away so much you treasured. I had a similar thng many years ago. Kept lots of my prized books in an old suitcase and one day went looking for it only to find it had gone out with the rubbish/trash. In the late 70's i think it was we had a programme called "model world" that as a youngster really nspired me. They produced a book to go with the series and that went out with the rubbish. After many years of longing to get hold of that book again i managed to get an excellant copy recently from ebay. If you get as much pleasure from building your models as i have had from my replaced book i thnk we will see a great build here. Wishing you all the bst with your build (and if you are interested in that old model world series there are some videos to watch here http://www.youtube.com/r...p;search_type=&aq=f
Kind regards Tony Happy Modelling
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darbyvet wrote:Great news.Another USA entry for the competition.Good luck.I will be watching this build with interest.Are you planning on lighting them? I have a tiny laser that I am putting into an industria mechanika walker kit I have.
Carl
I am planning on some lighting but I don't want to give too much away. I will say this though... no lasers. My interpretation of these mecha are more in the line of walking tanks. So more in the way of slug throwers then lasers. I will get more into the history and the story behind my build as it goes along. Ron Best Regards,
Ron
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The first one I am putting together is the Condar model as this will be my experimental build. I haven't put these kits together for 30 plus years and I knew they weren't great models in the first place. The hands and feet assembled...lots of sanding and putty as nothing lines up at all...   Shoulder armor...  Elbow joint... mold lines where shallow and didn't line up at all no matter what I tried. So I re-cut them with a file as best I could.  Wrist joint... same as the elbow joint... still ongoing filing and fixing  Head halves... these actually weren't that bad. Parts matched up pretty nice.  Upper leg joint assemblies... again not too bad for fit.  Pilots cockpit... very plain and boring. Room for improvement here  Overall the build is going pretty well here in the early stages. Revell used some very funky colors for plastic to mold these models in. This was molded in brown and (I cant even describe it) light greenish white? Until next time... Ron Best Regards,
Ron
On the bench: DeAgostini '67 Ford Shelby Mustang, Hachette Space Battleship Yamato 2202, Agora Models T-800 Terminator
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Way to go Nytetrain! I have one of these still in his box, rescued from the old garage workroom! (I think its the top one of the group) One day I'll be giving him a go, so I'll be watching your build with great interest!  Best of luck in the comp! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Looking good! love Gundam builds and good luck with your entry Spencer
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Warthog wrote: Looking good! love Gundam builds and good luck with your entry Spencer Thanks Spencer, Oh but these are far from Gundam builds.   Nowhere near the sophistication, engineering or ease of a Bandai model kit. These models where based off "Mechs" from different Japanese Anime shows from the late 70's and Early 80's. The "Zoltek" model was originally known as "Dougram" from the late 70's show "Fang of the Sun Dougram". Some of the models in this line by Revell where taken from other shows such as "Crusher Joe" and my all time favorite..."Robotech: The Macross Saga". The other two I have I will have to do a little research on to find out where they came from. So long story short Revell execs went to Japan... got ideas for some robot models to get into the Mech craze of the early 80's... Initially these models did ok in the US market but then Revell was sued by Harmony Gold, producers and owners of the Robotech series in the US, and production stopped abruptly. FASA also used the images of these Mechs in their game "Battletech", they were also sued and the original Mechs used in the game disappeared. The Zoltek mentioned above was called "Shadow Hawk" in the FASA version of the paper and pencil tabletop game. So if you have the original versions of the FASA game books and tech readouts they are worth some money. Here is the Wikipedia link to those that are interested in the history of these vintage models. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotech_Defenders
Ron Best Regards,
Ron
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Just a small update. Got some base color on some of the parts and dry fit them. I have to do it this way because as you see the parts, such as the legs, overlap quite a bit so these would be impossible to paint in one go. He is about 7 3/4" tall (19.7 cm) tall. Those gaps will disappear as he is just dry fitted so far. I wanted to pose him on one knee with his fist in the ground slumped over but the lack of articulation in this model prevents me from doing that unless I get the Dremel involved with a cutting blade. I will have to give this some more thought. Ron    Best Regards,
Ron
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Another Update...  So here is basically the first model nearing the end. I finished putting the main color on the mech. I had to do this in stages because of the way things went together. So lots of thinking and lots of masking tape went into this to get this far. I wanted to go with a monochrome color for this model as I didn't want it to look like a toy so much. I added some color here and there to break up the red and I might do more later on. No cockpit or canopy yet... and the weapon is a work in progress still...  Went a bit far with the chipping effect on his butt...  will have to remedy that...  Side view... not much going on here   There is a wash here to accent the panel lines but the camera washed it out... I tried many different types of washes... Vallejo, Testors, an oil "gunk wash" (which looked horrible) but I ended up using my own made from water and a ground up pastel stick...  Bad out of focus pic...  Some chipping and weathering effect on the foot...  A closer look of the wash I used... I am not sure is this is the right color wash for this color paint but the black and brown wash I did looked too dark so I went with this blue-grey almost looks like German grey.  Will be working on the cockpit and masking up the canopy here soon  ... More weathering and decals to come soon too. Let me know what you guys think... and if there can be some improvements made that I haven't thought of please let me know. Thanks for looking... Ron Best Regards,
Ron
On the bench: DeAgostini '67 Ford Shelby Mustang, Hachette Space Battleship Yamato 2202, Agora Models T-800 Terminator
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Ron Coming on a real treat. Very different to the usual builds so very nterested in seeing these out together and also the fact that these kits are somewhat rare so a big step building something not easily replaced. Hope the rest of the build goes well. Happy Modelling
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Thanks Tony, It has been fun building this kit and reliving a time when I was younger. I was looking through my other two kits and they look better quality then this particular kit so hopefully things will go a little smoother. It's still a fun build so far. Ron Best Regards,
Ron
On the bench: DeAgostini '67 Ford Shelby Mustang, Hachette Space Battleship Yamato 2202, Agora Models T-800 Terminator
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Hi Ron Excellent start to your compition entry,looks like your enjoying yourself, there is always something fascinating about robots but can't put my finger on it as to why. Good luck. Taz “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Hi Rob, he looks really cool. I love the colour
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Hi there Ron! That's a great start and the whole three together should look great! I've finally located my Condar and rescued him from the garage. When you said your finished model was about 7 inches or so in height I thought 'that doesn't sound right, I sure my one is bigger than that!' I was right - the box is identical to yours but the scale is 1/48 not 1/72! Despite years out in the damp garage it's still got the cellophane wrapper over the unopened box and everything inside should be still in mint condition! One day I'll put him together (possibly as a rusted out battlefield wreck - just for something different! ) Keep up the great work! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Thanks guys, Thanks Taz the encouragement is much appreciated. Yes, Dave I love this color too it's Tamiya's metallic red. Wasn't sure I would like it but when I started spraying I knew it was the right choice. Too bad its going to be matted down and destroyed. Might us this color on a car someday. Robin, glad you rescued yours from the garage. They are fun kits to build. They fetch a fair price on the open market. Especially, ones still in their cellophane. Hope you build yours though. If you do ever open the box, take pics I am curious if the bigger model was more detailed and more sophisticated in any way. Thanks, Ron Best Regards,
Ron
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I'll certainly do that Ron, if you'd like, when I do open her up I'll scan the instruction sheets and send them on to you for comparison. You're dead right about the cost of some of these 'vintage' kits on ebay etc - I also found my built Airfix Space 1999 MkIX Hawk which I might do a re-paint and some extra details on one day, it was about £3.99 when I bought it - almost £80 on some sites now!! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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