With Mamoru Oshii’s Armored Trooper Votoms: The Grey Witch coming out soon, there will be a slew of new model kits coming from Bandai Spirits, Max Factory, Volks and Wave. Do get your copy of May 2026’s issue of Hobby Japan.
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20260203 TIE Fighter cutaway from Green Strawberry
Copied directly from the DK Star Wars Incredible cross-sections book… wait. Copied? Well, I certainly cannot say it was inspired. You can judge for ourself once you look at the two images below, minus the six hexagonal struts, that is. Maybe they have the Copyrights to this venture but anyway, I give you, Green Strawberry’s […]
20251215 MS-06Z Bishop by Hary Nugraha
This is a very nice take on converting a 1/144 DOM into using the Zaku Psycommu System. And this version by Hary Nugraha really stands out.
20251016 Gundam Spare Parts
I suppose buying model kit spare parts are not uncommon nowadays. Long ago, it was more of a parts swap during swap meets and that was that. But with the growing Warhammer Community, such activity was normal and you can find the parts you need from eBays and Websites. Gundam on the other hand, was […]
20250913 Yamato 2199 Expansion Set
This was one of those times when I joined a pre-order but it never arrived. This was also one of the reasons I kept my 1/500 Yamato 2199 in storage. The expansion set came out around mid-2014, just half a year after the 1/500 Yamato 2199. In a nutshell, the expansion set gives you that […]