Thoughts on the kit...
This kit is pretty solid. There's only 1 seam line to remove and that's on the gun. Everything seems to hold together pretty well. I only have a few complaints. To start, the shield connection to the shoulder is a little loose. The leg armor doesn't stay closed. Needed some glue to hold them together. Other than that, I'm really happy with the purchase. I've got to say I really recommend this kit.
Thoughts on my work...
I fairly pleased with my work on this one. Conceptually, I had planned on doing lighter blues. I wanted the lighter blue to actually be the dark blue. However, I couldn't get a really light blue consistently so I went with these colors. I also decided to go with metal option parts. Probably wont be doing that any more. The cables are such a pain to work with. Got super glue everywhere. But, for the most part everything turned out nicely. As for what I'm not happy about, I had some painting issues. Moisture was getting in my airbrush while painting some of the light blue. Normally, I paint with enamels so this isn't a real issue. But to do the blue I was using acrylic paint so this was not good. Blue pooled up a bit in a few places. One of the knees is in pretty bad shape. Not sure what the deal is but the paint is starting to look pretty weird. It has some texture and is discolored. Tried out dry transfer decals for the first time. They were hit and miss. It's really hard to line them up and sometimes they transfer with out rubbing them. I think I may be using more of these in the future as they look pretty nice when done correctly.
Overall I I'm really happy with this one. Tried a lot of new things. I think the gloss and shine really makes this kit stand out. Doesn't look like basic grunt suit any more. I think this is best kit to date. And I'm not the only one that thinks it's pretty nice.
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