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Nana-SHIKI nails it

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Since I casted the relevant parts from the FZ , I decided to (mostly) finish building the two kits I had. I didn't like the way the power pipes looked (that rubber...) and I think I'll switch in some resin hands (and cast a couple parts to replace the fiddly little thrusters I lost).

The left will be repainted to a Shield of Zeon unit from Plot to Assassinate Ghiren, and the right a stock unit to go along with my Colony Attack Rick Dom and Gelgoog Jaeger

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So, I mentioned when I was working on the Hamma-Hamma and Gyan, I needed to work on scratchbuilding some parts, so I went back to an older project, Magical Ensign Blaster Mari's Zaku I, to practice.

I had the lineart from an issue of Cyber Comix, and since it came out post War in the Pocket, the base isn't a Zaku II, but a Zaku FZ (chest, backpack, skirt, etc.) while the forearm armor looks closer to the Rick Dom (no knobs like the FZ).

So I puttied over the power pipes and shoulder parts, and rebuilt the visor with plaplate. I 3d scanned and printed the backpack, since I couldn't get a good copy from casting, and used a bit of Impressive Putty and UV curing resin to copy the relevant FZ parts and Dom II forearm guards.

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He Boot Too Big For He Dom Feet

When the Gyan came in, I built the Rick Dom (1.5) I bought around the same time, and I wanted to do a test fit for the old Rick Dom II conversion kit. At some point, I'd like to have a Colony Attack Rick Dom, and it looks like once I get some supplies to pin and fill some parts it won't be impossible.

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The Gyan finally came back in print, so I put the Hamma Hamma together as well, since I've wanted to have a "Jupiter Zeus in Operation Titan" set of Haman's Valkyrie and Char's Gyan Ex.

Now that I've got them assembled, I can get measurements for some 3d printed parts and print out some scale drawings to see what I can pull out of my parts boxes. Going to try out some light curing resin to copy out some things, like the Neo-Zeon emblem for the Gyan shield.

Not completely sold on building the shield, it'll have to wait until I finish scratchbuilding the other two arms and the shoulder mounting joint and see if it'll support the weight.