Stargazer Z.A.F.T Edition

After my 1st project has complete. i started straight away on my 2nd project Stargazer. I always wanted to do something different on the original stargazer as it is too plain for me. And i way toying around the idea of what happened if Z.A.F.T capture the stargazer before the others get it? The i came with this color scheme. This time round i was using lots of masking jobs on it. Almost all the parts are masked in a slightly different way. The initial snap fitting is fast and cements plus sanding to remove the seams lines takes me only 1 and a half-day this time round. it not fast consider it a 1/144 kit. If i'm doing a MG then it might have not been so fast then. Anyway once i have finish the 1st phrase. It the Masking phrase. This phrase take me lots of time as i was doing the color scheme splitting on a few linearts i got from the net, and finally come up with the look i wanted then i process to mask this kit. Due to it size. It more harder to mask. Rather than the traditional masking tech" doing layer by layer and fianlly come up with the shape desire. i actually use the more lazy technique. it called mess masking. which i will lay out a few stripes of maskign tape on my cutting mat. and i draw out the shap i wanted to see. then i cut out the shape and pull out the rest of the masked tape with the design i wanted from the cutting mat and lay them over and filled in the gap which i might have miss to create this look you see below. It time saving and it gets most of the job done. It can be use on smaller kits where is easier to hide. But i don't think i will try this technique on the bigger scales models. :) Anyway enjoy my new work :) Stargazer Z.A.F.T edition.












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