maschinen krieger - 1/20 F-BOOT - Sanding down and building up the hull

Working on this hasn't been easy since I need to do most of the work on it out of doors because there so much dust is generated when sanding.

First step was to sand off all the details from the hull. With a hand held power sander. Yay!

I bought a bucket of Aves to resurface the hull so I can get my version  closer to Kow's.

Sanding.....

Sanding.....

So, mine is some what different from Kow's and the D3 1/35th kit which I'm also using as a reference.

And on its own I dig it and feel it's a pretty good version.

Next, more Aves and more anding! Woot Woot!

Past Posts: maschinen krieger - 1/20 F-BOOT - Introduction to Project

maschinen krieger - 1/20 F-BOOT - Introduction to Project

The F-Boot is 1/20. It was produced by T.H.A.T. for Wonder Festival. I picked this fella up from Jason Eaton a few weeks ago. Thanks, Jason. 

I was warned it would need much work. Mostly because the surface details are soft or not straight. If they were crisp, this T.H.A.T F-Boot version would be good enough for me to leave alone. However, since so many areas need work I'll be stripping it down to putty and sculpt a new surface. I'll replace many of the parts and panels attached with new. The work I hope will result in an F-Boot more in line with the Kow's version.

(F-BOOT by Kow Yokoyama. Photo from the book, Maschinen Krieger  Vol. 2) 

(1/20 T.H.A.T. F-BOOT shown along side 1/20 Mel)

(1/20 T.H.A.T. F-BOOT)

(F-BOOT by Kow Yokoyama. Photo from the book, Maschinen Krieger  Vol. 2)

For the sake of staying motivated I hope Hexamodels doesn't announce a 1/20 F-Boot release anytime soon. :)

Now, where to start?

Follow tag #Jsan9and2plasticcatsfbootbuild 

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maschinen krieger - D-3 Works - F-boot: Mail Order coming

D-3 Works will soon offer for mail order the 1/35th F-Boot as well as other Ma.K items. This production run will include a photo etch air intake.
See here for details: http://d3works.blog85.fc2.com/blog-entry-100.html
And here to order http://www.hlj.com/product/D3W0014/Sci

I'm not sure what the cost of the kit will be yet. As I understand, it and the 1/35 Grief will be sold through HLJ.com.

Below,  pics of an earlier D-3 Works' run of the 1/35th F-boot with 1/20 mechanic for scale comparison