Gunner Zaku Warrior

The long wait is over!

Here comes the Zaku....

 

One of the products of the long weekend. It's been almost a month or so when I started building this kit. Although not so much work has been done here, there are some factors that caused the delay - which includes the holidays.

The things I did for modifications were:

Sanding - I tried the continuous sanding method on this one, that is, to make it look non-plastic. It really worked.

Panel lining - I just used Uni drawing pen that I mentioned in my WIP Zaku post.

Painted the backpack and the axe with flat black.

Coated all body parts with clear flat to protect the panel lines.

For the other details, I just used the stickers included in the kit.

That's all for the building steps.

And of course the pictorial - my favorite part.

I'm quite satisfied with the result of the panel lines using Uni pen. Not bad for a cheap alternative for Gundam markers.

 

There are just few gimmicks in this kit but this one is really cool. The Zaku's eye can be rotated from left to right LOL

I enjoyed taking pictures LOL!

I even made a wallpaper hahaha!

Thanks for looking :)

Chevrolet Camaro by Tomica

Kung Hei Fat Choi everyone!
I went to the mall yesterday to visit the outside world after a long week of work and to buy "tikoy" to celebrate Chinese New Year. Of course I won't miss the chance to visit Toys R Us.


Whenever I am in a toy store, the first thing I always check is the acrylic display case of Tomica. I don't know why, either. The fact that my collection is 70% Hot Wheels and 15 % Matchbox and the rest consists of other brands (including Tomica) makes this habit a bit odd. The usual routine is after checking Tomica and find nothing interesting, I will go to the Hot Wheels and Matchbox section.

But yesterday was different. It was Tomica > stay....> Hot Wheels > Matchbox > Hot Wheels > Tomica > other toys > Tomica.

In the end, I found myself getting this:

Because a regular Tomica has a higher price than regular Hot Wheels and Matchbox, my criteria for buying from this brand is always the details and if the car is worth it.

And I can say that it is.

What I always like in Tomica is it's opening doors, though not all of their casting has them. Maybe that's also one reason why I bought this :-)

Details are good.

And another reason for buying this is my frustration with Tomica's Bumblebee. Man, that's too pricey for my taste. But this one satisfies me for a low price. I can just put black stripes on it's hood and it will become Bumblebee. (But I don't think I will do that LOL!)

I love that Chevy!

1:64 Scale Movies

I have a few movie themed cars from my collection.

GMC Vandura used on the movie A-Team a.k.a the A-Team van. Although the review for this casting is not so good, I think it is still worth buying for it is Hot Wheels' first time to produce one.

DMC Delorean from the movie Back to the Future. Like the A Team van, the details are not so good for this casting . Well, I got what I paid for haha.

'67 Shelby GT 500 " Eleanor" from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. Man, she is indeed one of the best cars I saw from a movie. The movie was great and so as the featured cars. 

The old Bumblebee 1969 Camaro. Frankly speaking, the old one is more beautiful than the new one.  Maybe because it's true that nothing really beats old school LOL.