Work in progress...custom JM Great Mazinger

[jmc]

Hi,

First, thanks to everyone who has been helping with the residue issue. Still working on it In any event, I am also working on a custom JM Great Mazinger.  So what I have done is a complete repaint (head and body). I used rustoleum silver and metallic blue.  The head was my first attempt at airbrushing....what a learning curve.  So, my question to all of you is should I use the silver or gold sticker for the mid-section? I just put a repro red on the chest (I'll have to take more pics).  Also, should I used the silver stickers for the knees or leave it painted as is.  Really not sure where to take it.  This is for my son's room and not to play with.

Cheers,

J

[magengar]

Oh....my.....goddess..... bro, that looks BEAUTIFUL!
It looks so close to anime-correctness (in the anime the Brain Condor is red
and the black parts of the Brain Condor are orange).
You made a wise choice using the Rustoleum brand, as it adheres very well
to that hard plastic surface given the proper sanding.
Your paint job will surely last.

You airbrushed it. Also a wise choice... no streaks, just a nice smooth
evenly coated layer. Excellent technique there!
I can brush-paint my jumbos and not have any streaks, but I could never
get the paint applied as smoothly with a brush as you did with the air-brush.

I love the metallic look and feel of it, especially the metallic blue!
Does the Rustoleum brand have metallic blue?
Or did you mix a small ratio of the metallic silver into a blue base?
The metallic effect of the blue and silver compliment the black
really well, and so all the colors contrast one another so evenly
without overwhelming the appearance.

Leave the knees painted as is, IF that is the same silver as the limbs.
Because the knees bring that jumbo closer to anime-correctness.
Would be nice to see the sword blades painted with that silver as well.

For the mid-section: if the silver on the decal matches or is close
to the silver paint, go for the silver decal.
If you want that jumbo to appear New as a rendition of the original toy,
use the gold decal for the nostalgic appearance.

If the Scrambler Dash wings are still available (on eBay) you should
get them ($40 - $50 bucks on liquidation sale, I believe) as they would
complete the jumbo. Mazinger aint Great without his Wings.
I can't remember who the eBay vendor is for the wings.

If that were my jumbo Great Mazinger, I would give it that paint job
and Not put any stickers or decals on it at all, and keep it anime-correct.
I'm not a decal fan for the jumbos, because then every time when I wipe the
jumbo dust-free the edges of the decals get built up with lint and dust
which could break the edges of the decal thus giving off a dirty appearance.

You're doing a great job on it.
Post pics when its all done and ready for display!


zozo-mag

[jmc]

Aug 31, 2014 0:33:47 GMT -5 magengar said:

Oh....my.....goddess..... bro, that looks BEAUTIFUL!
It looks so close to anime-correctness (in the anime the Brain Condor is red
and the black parts of the Brain Condor are orange).
You made a wise choice using the Rustoleum brand, as it adheres very well
to that hard plastic surface given the proper sanding.
Your paint job will surely last.

You airbrushed it. Also a wise choice... no streaks, just a nice smooth
evenly coated layer. Excellent technique there!
I can brush-paint my jumbos and not have any streaks, but I could never
get the paint applied as smoothly with a brush as you did with the air-brush.

I love the metallic look and feel of it, especially the metallic blue!
Does the Rustoleum brand have metallic blue?
Or did you mix a small ratio of the metallic silver into a blue base?
The metallic effect of the blue and silver compliment the black
really well, and so all the colors contrast one another so evenly
without overwhelming the appearance.

Leave the knees painted as is, IF that is the same silver as the limbs.
Because the knees bring that jumbo closer to anime-correctness.
Would be nice to see the sword blades painted with that silver as well.

For the mid-section: if the silver on the decal matches or is close
to the silver paint, go for the silver decal.
If you want that jumbo to appear New as a rendition of the original toy,
use the gold decal for the nostalgic appearance.

If the Scrambler Dash wings are still available (on eBay) you should
get them ($40 - $50 bucks on liquidation sale, I believe) as they would
complete the jumbo. Mazinger aint Great without his Wings.
I can't remember who the eBay vendor is for the wings.

If that were my jumbo Great Mazinger, I would give it that paint job
and Not put any stickers or decals on it at all, and keep it anime-correct.
I'm not a decal fan for the jumbos, because then every time when I wipe the
jumbo dust-free the edges of the decals get built up with lint and dust
which could break the edges of the decal thus giving off a dirty appearance.

You're doing a great job on it.
Post pics when its all done and ready for display!


zozo-mag

Thank you for those kind words. I'm still on the fence about adding the silver midsection decal or not but I definitely want the wings! I found them on eBay and will order them. The only thing I added was the red decal to the chest.  I was so nervous about airbrushing lol but I'm glad you liked it...I just picked it up in late July and love it.

[sabbath]

Yes this GM looks very beautiful, very good idea.

I have now in stock three bonus raydeen (the classic version) all of them without the famous red arm part, I'm interesting if people have any idea for custom them? I made a couple of years a black and silver version, but now??? I see on EBay the yellow bow replacements, but I have not the good fist for fix them! If you have any example, I'm interesting! THANKS!

[bowhntr66]

Sept 7, 2014 5:16:24 GMT -5 sabbath said:

Yes this GM looks very beautiful, very good idea.

I have now in stock three bonus raydeen (the classic version) all of them without the famous red arm part, I'm interesting if people have any idea for custom them? I made a couple of years a black and silver version, but now??? I see on EBay the yellow bow replacements, but I have not the good fist for fix them! If you have any example, I'm interesting! THANKS!

The Raydeen that I grew up with looked similar to the JM version with a few differences. Try looking at him in one of Marvel's Shogun Warriors comics. May give you a few ideas. The entire bowfist can be purchase from bourno....
Tom

[sabbath]

Hello Tom,
thanks for your answer, I will check the Raydeen pictures and hope having custom ideas, also I contact Bourno for the bowfist....wait and see now! THANKS!!

[rudyrocketpunch]

Aug 30, 2014 21:41:09 GMT -5 jmc said:

Hi,

First, thanks to everyone who has been helping with the residue issue. Still working on it In any event, I am also working on a custom JM Great Mazinger.  So what I have done is a complete repaint (head and body). I used rustoleum silver and metallic blue.  The head was my first attempt at airbrushing....what a learning curve.  So, my question to all of you is should I use the silver or gold sticker for the mid-section? I just put a repro red on the chest (I'll have to take more pics).  Also, should I used the silver stickers for the knees or leave it painted as is.  Really not sure where to take it.  This is for my son's room and not to play with.

Cheers,

J

what did you do for the paint to stick? Any info would be appreciated