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    Little teasers but all welcome nonetheless! - Things are looking to be coming along brilliantly dude, clearly many a lesson was learnt with your efforts on 1AZRAEL1's commission.

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    Looking great so far. Metrotitan's colour scheme fits this mould better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    Little teasers but all welcome nonetheless! - Things are looking to be coming along brilliantly dude, clearly many a lesson was learnt with your efforts on 1AZRAEL1's commission.
    It's a funny thing - 1AZRAEL1's Metroplex was easily the best thing I've ever done, but at the same time I don't want to quit there - I want to keep developing and improving.

    This one is quite a different beast to the first one - I'm not going to all the trouble gap filling this one, but there's now a whole lot of holes and gaps to get paint into, which is not always easy with the airbrush, especially when the paint is a different colour to the original piece. I'm trying some new techniques with the airbrush that are working pretty well so far.

    I've also tried out a new product in the last few days - a masking paint instead of tape. It comes off tomorrow evening, I'll post some pics of the results on Wednesday.

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    So the big question is, when am I coming to pick it up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1 View Post
    So the big question is, when am I coming to pick it up?


    Whenever that may be, I'll be very sure that it is ready!!!

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    An update! Body parts. I'm using gloss paints, but the idea is that it will look reasonably close to a store-bought Metrotitan (if there was such a thing) with slightly better paint apps. Keep in mind these are very unfinished pieces, needing plenty of touch ups before they're done.

    Back:
    DSC_0661 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0662 by M-bot2011

    Front:
    DSC_0664 by M-bot2011

    Together:
    DSC_0666 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0667 by M-bot2011

    Left side, still partially masked and short a few coats of paint:
    DSC_0665 by M-bot2011

    I have something planned for the right side of the chest and to that end, I tried out a new product - Humbrol Maskol, a liquid masking agent that is painted on, dries in 15-20mins, and then can be painted over. When it's removed, its a little like soft rubber.

    DSC_0652 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0653 by M-bot2011

    After about 6-8 coats of blue, over 3 days (which is the longest it should be left on, according to the instructions - although I'm unsure what the consequences would be if left on longer).
    DSC_0654 by M-bot2011

    After the Maskol is peeled off and the paint cleaned up a bit:
    DSC_0659 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0660 by M-bot2011

    Some of the edges didn't come off clean and will need to be touched up. I think next time I use the Maskol, I will run a very sharp blade down the edge so the it comes off cleaner. But overall, I think it was pretty successful first effort.

    I'm having a blast doing this, just like Metroplex before it. More updates soon I hope!

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    Wow! - Always love seeing these "In-Progress" shots dude, continuing to look good too so keep it up!

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    Some of the red bits... Mostly untouched, unfinished and without detailing which will come later.

    DSC_0679 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0680 by M-bot2011

    ...and a headless Metrodasher (I actually had no idea what Metrotitan's equivalent to Scamper was, had to look it up). I put him together (mostly) to check for rub points, which as you can see from the photos, there are several. I'll have to touch him up a fair bit.

    DSC_0678 by M-bot2011

    DSC_0677 by M-bot2011

    I've got something sweet planned for his windscreen, hope they work out OK...

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    Screen Shot 2014-04-28 at 6.43.19 pm by M-bot2011
    Pretty cool, no?

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    That red, sure is Red! ;-)

    Great work, thanks for keeping us updated.
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    Looking good!

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