Godzilla Build

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December 20, 2019
Starting with the feet.
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December 20, 2019
Dry-fit seam on knee.
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December 20, 2019
Inside of lower jaw. The large (knock-out?) pin needs to be removed.
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December 20, 2019
Four-part head with two-part lower jaw.
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December 20, 2019
Result of the first session. Fit is generally pretty good.
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December 20, 2019
Second session.
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December 20, 2019
Dry fit of the left hand. I believe the hands will have some monstorious gaps after gluing.
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December 20, 2019
Legs coming together.
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December 20, 2019
Head, torso and upper tail.
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December 20, 2019
Arms and hands. The webbing between the thumb and forefinger mostly removed.
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December 20, 2019
Started filling seams with stretched sprue.
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December 20, 2019
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December 20, 2019
Preliminary filling of the gap between head and torso.
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December 20, 2019
He is getting BIG!
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December 20, 2019
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December 20, 2019
Lower jaw and lower tail dry fitted.
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December 20, 2019
Orginal ear moulding on the left and the reshaped one on the right.
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December 20, 2019
New fangs in progress. Upper left is the orginal.
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December 23, 2019
Second try of the new upper fangs and the lower jaw.
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December 23, 2019
Better. Maybe a little long...
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January 1, 2020
Drilled out the nostrils.
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January 1, 2020
Vallejo Plastic Putty on the major seams.
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January 1, 2020
Dorsal spine thingys are keyed and the mounting holes are numbered. Fit ranges from good to not-so-good.
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January 1, 2020
After some thought, I chose Tamiya acrylic XF-11, Imperial Japanese Navy Green.
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January 1, 2020
I think the colour works well.
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January 1, 2020
The bottle is the ten milliliter size and I used the whole bottle.
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December 10, 2020
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Kommentarer

9 20 December 2019, 19:28

JD
Looking forward to the paint job. Who doesn't like Godzilla?

23 December 2019, 21:48

Torsten
Count me in, looking forward to the painting

24 December 2019, 09:55

Spanjaard
wow, this you do not see everyday. nice

10 December 2020, 10:49

Torsten
Great progress 👍

10 December 2020, 12:10

Starbase101
Wow, I didn't realize that kit had such bad seams and fit - it will take a lot of sculpting to hide them due to the skin texture. I think the color you used looks good. Are you planning to accentuate it with shadows and highlights? Big kit!

10 December 2020, 14:21

Ben M
Rawr

9 November 2023, 02:43

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1954 Godzilla

32 bilder

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