My MC Mazinger-Z kit assembly and repair

[magengar]

By members request, I've posted a pictorial documentary
showing the assembling/repairing of my MechaCollection
(Mechanic Collection) Mazinger-Z model kit.
The pics below show in detail all the work I've done to
this model kit. Enjoy!























This is the Revoltech Joint set which I used to repair the shoulder
on my MechaCollection Mazinger-Z model kit.
At the time of the repair, I didn't have any sets of black Revoltech joints.


zozo-mag

[TheMazingerZ]

Cool! Thanks for posting it Tony! Did you notice that you have a duplicate in there? I just noticed it myself. How di you manage to make the straight groves on the elbows and knees all the way around? Did you paint a thin line first, scribed it with a sharp x-acto knife, or just eyeballed it?

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[magengar]

Thanks, TMZ...... yeah, I noticed a duplicate page in there- I'll delete it.
I had trouble organizing the pages, because I didn't number them
the first time.

As for the grooves on the elbow joints and knee joints:
.....I just eyeballed it, using a very small 3-sided file (fine-toothed)
to gently scratch each groove all the way around...
.....then I used a nail file to make the grooves deeper and
smoothing them along the way.
.....then I lightly scuffed the joints with a small dremel wire-brush
and gently sanded them, then painted the joints with a thin coat
of grey enamel.
.....after the grey enamel dried, I used a brand new black fine-point
Sharpie marker to "paint" the grooves black. I used light pressure
on the Sharpie and had to work quickly, because the acetone in
the Sharpie marker's ink was starting to tack the grey enamel.
I applied the black ink in gentle reverse strokes to make the black dense
inside the grooves.

For future reference in regards to painting deep inside panel lines
with black paint:
.....it would be best to use black FLAT or Semi-gloss. The objective
is to keep the panel lines dark like deep "shadows".
Glossy paint will make the panel lines reflect light thus ruining the
shadowed effect inside the panel line.

BRUSH APPLICATION METHOD:
.....cut or break off a single strand of a long paintbrush bristle
and super-glue it to the pointed end of a pencil or toothpick.
Then dip the bristle into your paint, and scrape off excess paint
from the bristle so that you can apply the paint inside
the panel line without flooding it.
After starting the paint inside the panel line, go back and spread
that initial dab of paint as far as possible along the panel line...
...this will help thin the coat of paint to a minimum.
let the paint dry overnight, then apply another thin coat of
paint inside the panel line the next day.
Use no more than two coats of paint, regardless of the size
width and depth of the panel line.

Hope these tips help.

(PS: I had just now deleted the duplicate page
in the pictorial)

zozo-mag

[gt3ian]

Excellent!! May be it is time to pack up some spare Revoltech ball joints!!

[magengar]

HLJ still has Revoltech joints kits available dirt-cheap.
You'll also find them all over eBay as well.

zozo-mag