MG Zeta Karaba verDC23 - initial prime

This project has been more than 2 years in the making. This was a commissioned work back in 2011 right before I went awol and did not touch Gunpla for a full two years. I just came back in the hobby this year ( 2014 ) and resumed work on this project. The modifications are old school ( you will know what I mean after 2015 ). I informed the client of this build that I will no longer charge him the remaining 50% fee for working on this project. 2 years worth of wait does not justify doing it for free, my client actually deserves another finished build.

Glad that my client has patiently waited for this build which I am trying to finish before the year ends. The up coming Holidays should give me time to paint this project, but as is normal with Holidays, I might not be able to touch plastic at all. Hopefully I finish this as soon as I can.

Just wanted to archive these photos of the build during the first primed stage. I already puttied up some errors during modification and have actually painted this build last weekend. Tons of masking and hand painting this coming weekend and this should be done soon.

Anyways, here are photos of this old work. Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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MG Zeta ver 2.0 Karaba verDC23 WIP 062314

I tried to prime this kit yesterday but in the middle of sanding a few imperfections, I realized I needed to buy some primers, blu tack and some satay sticks. After cleaning all the parts with mild soap and water, I rushed to the nearest hobby shop and bought myself some supplies. Once I returned home, I then got lazy to put all of the parts ( see photo below ) into skewers with blu tack ( or alligator clips ) for priming.

I will try to acquire the necessary paints ( lots of white and pinks ) this week so that I could prime and paint this project by weekend. Unless my mood calls for working with other commissioned projects by weekend, like my MG Z'Gok OR my 1/144 diorama.

I decided the modding / detailing phase of this build is done as the painting will add further details to the kit anyways. The client wants pink patterns all over the armor parts to break the monotony of the whites.

I am both excited and worried to paint this kit as it has been so long since I last used an airbrush. I figured I need my airbrush to paint those pink patterns as I am not capable of achieving them thru hand painting or spray cans.

Anyways, here are more photos of this commissioned project ready for priming and painting...

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MG Zeta ver 2.0 Karaba verDC23 WIP 061914

As always I have posted a few of these photos at my Facebook pages and groups and at my Instagram account. However it is always better ( and more searchable ) when I archive here in my trusty old blog.

Not much progress since the last update but I do think this build is ready for priming. Will check for errors before and after priming and hope this build is ready for painting by next weekend. I personally think details are just enough as this will have an interesting pink camo pattern running along the armor parts.

Do check out older work in progress posts of this build at the label below...

MG Zeta Karaba WIPS

Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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MG Zeta Karaba verDC23 WIP resumes

I sincerely apologize to my client from Indonesia for putting this build aside. I was looking for him this year as I came out of my self imposed 2 year Gunpla hiatus and wanted to know if he wants me to finish this project. Gladly I received an email this week as my client still wants the kit before the year ends. This is a limited edition BANDAI MG Zeta ver 2.0 model kit and hope to do justice with this build.

If you are interested with the amount of modifications I did so far... below is the link of the label for this project.

MG Zeta Karaba verDC23 OLD wip posts

Again, my sincerest apologies and hope I can make up for the long deadline.

I plan to add tons of panel lines ( not pla plates ) to this kit as the painting will involve too much masking. And masking over pla plates is no fun at all. Hope to get a few more supplies ( and tools ) for this build very soon. And as usual I could only sparingly work on it during weekdays, but could intensively work on it on weekends.

So stay tuned guys as I try to please my old time client with this build! Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post! Just enjoy the hobby!

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MG Zeta Karaba in progress

 

This project was one of my ongoing commission works before I retired. I super highly apologize to my client from Indonesia for the delay of this project.

I could ship it unfinished to its current state right now or hopefully he could still wait and is still interested to see this project finished.

I plan to do more modifications to this MG Zeta Kit as it is still very bare and plain looking as of now. I did a lot of armor trimming and some hacking and sawing already, but a few more panel line scribing and a bit more plaplates should complete the look.

I plan to give this a clean finish with a weathered custom base. The contrast in the finishing of the base and the kit should give the overall look a nice contrast.

Anyways I hope you like this project as I will be posting updates once in a while. Thanks for dropping by! Until next post guys! :)

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MG Zeta Karaba WIP - major mods done!

Pardon the bad photos but I wanted to take a break and share what I have now. I have been working with this kit since lunch time and I think I am almost done. I am basically done with the major mods and will be adding a bit of detailing later.

The focus of this build is the painting and the color scheme. So will just be adding a few panel lines and holes and not much pla plating. I basically bastardized the back pack as I want to give it a different look than my other Zeta builds. Anyways next update would be the kit in primer. Now here are a few photos of my progress so far...

 

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